National Weather Service
Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 442 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE TRACKING ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL PASS EASTWARD THROUGH THE CAROLINAS TONIGHT. A WINTRY MIXED BAG OF PRECIPITATION HAS ALREADY SPREAD INTO THE FORECAST AREA... AND THE INTENSITY OF THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD STEADILY INCREASE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SNOW AND SLEET FALLING EARLY IN THE EVENT WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST...AND POSSIBLY TO ALL RAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN SECTIONS. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND ICE ARE EXPECTED... ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE WINTER STORM WARNING AREAS. NCZ035>037-056-057-502-504-506-170545- /O.CON.KGSP.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150217T1200Z/ ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GREATER CALDWELL- GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BETHLEHEM...TAYLORSVILLE... STONY POINT...STATESVILLE...MOORESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY... NEWTON...ST. STEPHENS...SALISBURY 442 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST TUESDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. * HAZARDS...HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF INTERSTATE 40...ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 40. * TIMING...SNOW AND SLEET WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN FROM THE SOUTH THIS EVENING. THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET SHOULD GRADUALLY TAPER OFF OVERNIGHT...BUT WITH A POSSIBLE TRANSITION BACK TO LIGHT SNOW ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS BEFORE ENDING. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 40...AND 3 TO 6 INCHES NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSTATE. ABOUT ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE IS EXPECTED... EXCEPT CLOSER TO ONE THIRD INCH IN SECTIONS SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 40. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW FALLING ON COLD ROADS...WITH SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...WILL LIKELY CAUSE MAJOR TRAVEL PROBLEMS ALONG THE I-40 CORRIDOR LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. PLEASE REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...1...800...2 6 7...8 1 0 1. LEAVE A MESSAGE WITH YOUR OBSERVATION AND THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE IT OCCURRED. YOU CAN ALSO POST YOUR REPORT TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG FACEBOOK OR TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG NWSGSP. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP
