National Weather Service
(Updated throughout the day)
WINTER STORM WATCH
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
405 PM EST MON FEB 10 2014
…ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND
NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING…
…ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHEAST
GEORGIA..UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA
TUESDAY…
…SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM LIKELY TO AFFECT THE WESTERN
CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING…
.A BAND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL REMAIN OVER PORTIONS OF
THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH
EARLY THIS EVENING. THIS BAND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE ONE TO TWO
INCHES OF SNOW…WITH ISOLATED AREAS OF THREE INCHES ACROSS THE
RIDGES. SNOWFALL RATES ARE FORECAST TO DECREASE SIGNIFICANTLY
AROUND SUNSET.
PRECIPITATION IS FORECAST TO SPREAD NORTHWARD ACROSS NORTHEAST
GEORGIA AND THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.
AS A MID LEVEL DISTURBANCE ARRIVES DURING THE MID MORNING…LIGHT
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA
MOUNTAINS EAST TO THE PIEDMONT. GENERALLY…THE PRECIPITATION
SHOULD FALL AS SNOW OR A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW ACROSS THE
REGION.
THROUGH MID WEEK…A COLD CANADIAN AIR MASS CENTERED NORTH OF THE
REGION WILL COMBINE WITH MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH LOW PRESSURE
DEVELOPING OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO TO PRODUCE A PERIOD
OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL AFFECT
THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA WEDNESDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT…WITH HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW…SLEET…AND
FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED.
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ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-
GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-
EASTERN MCDOWELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…STATESVILLE…MOCKSVILLE…HICKORY…
SALISBURY
405 PM EST MON FEB 10 2014
…WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON…
* LOCATIONS…THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS…AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
* HAZARDS…HEAVY SNOW…POSSIBLY MIXING WITH SLEET AND FREEZING
RAIN OVER THE PIEDMONT.
* TIMING…SNOW WILL LIKELY DEVELOP FROM THE SOUTH TUESDAY NIGHT
AND THEN INCREASE IN INTENSITY WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX IN ACROSS PIEDMONT SECTIONS
STARTING LATE WEDNESDAY.
* ACCUMULATIONS…SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 10 INCHES…ALONG
WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE.
* IMPACTS…THE HEAVY SNOW…WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MIXING
IN AT TIMES…WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. THE ACCUMULATIONS
MAY ALSO CREATE POWER OUTAGES…ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* TEMPERATURES…IN THE LOWER 30S.
* WINDS…NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW…SLEET…OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
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