RFP Staff
♦ The National Weather Service currently forecasts Rowan County as having 70% chance of snow from Tuesday afternoon through early Wednesday morning. Predictions call for snow with amounts ranging from 1 to 2 inches accumulation starting around 2 p.m. Tuesday. Temperatures will drop into the low 20s Tuesday afternoon. Stay warm!
Follow our National Weather Service forecast link on the right hand side of Rowan Free Press.
Will be updated.
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
919 PM EST MON JAN 27 2014
…HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING IN THE
NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA…
…SNOW DEVELOPING ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT ON TUESDAY…
.COLD TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY WINDS BEHIND A COLD FRONT WILL LOWER
WIND CHILL VALUES TO AROUND 5 DEGREES BELOW ZERO IN THE NORTHERN
MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT. A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE WILL
DEVELOP OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST EARLY TUESDAY…SPREADING SNOW
ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON
HOURS. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE HEAVIEST THE FARTHER EAST ONE
GOES.
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GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-
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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…TOCCOA…HARTWELL…SALISBURY…
GASTONIA…CHARLOTTE…CONCORD…GREENVILLE…SPARTANBURG…
GAFFNEY…ROCK HILL…ANDERSON
919 PM EST MON JAN 27 2014
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO
9 AM EST WEDNESDAY…
* LOCATIONS…THE NORTHERN UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA…PARTS OF
NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA.
* HAZARDS…ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL.
* TIMING…SNOW WILL BEGIN AROUND NOON ON TUESDAY AND BECOME
HEAVIER DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS.
* ACCUMULATIONS…SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 2 INCHES.
* IMPACTS…HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
* TEMPERATURES…IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S.
* WINDS…NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
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.
