National Weather Service
♦ WINTER STORM WARNING
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
433 AM EST WED FEB 12 2014
…MAJOR WINTER STORM TO SEVERELY IMPACT THE REGION TODAY THROUGH
THURSDAY…
.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO TO THE
SOUTHEAST COASTAL WATERS WILL COMBINE WITH AN APPROACHING STRONG
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT TO CREATE WIDESPREAD
HEAVY WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA. PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION FROM
THE SOUTH THIS MORNING…THEN BECOME HEAVIER THROUGH THE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING HOURS. WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED…WITH
HEAVY SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN DEVELOPING OVER THE LOWER PIEDMONT.
THE PRECIPITATION WILL END FROM THE WEST THURSDAY MORNING AS A
FINAL ROUND OF SNOW SHOWERS…POSSIBLY LINGERING INTO EARLY
THURSDAY AFTERNOON EAST OF INTERSTATE 77.
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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…STATESVILLE…MOCKSVILLE…HICKORY…
SALISBURY…SHELBY…LINCOLNTON…GASTONIA…CHARLOTTE…CONCORD
433 AM EST WED FEB 12 2014
…WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST
THURSDAY…
* LOCATIONS…THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
* HAZARDS…HEAVY SNOW…MIXING WITH SLEET AT TIMES TONIGHT.
* TIMING…LIGHT SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION FROM THE SOUTH
THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVIER THROUGH THE AFTERNOON
HOURS AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. ONE FINAL ROUND OF HEAVY SHOW
SHOWERS IS EXPECTED THURSDAY MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON.
* ACCUMULATIONS…SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 7 TO 11 INCHES…ALONG WITH
A TRACE TO ONE TENTH INCH OF ICE.
* IMPACTS…THE HEAVY SNOW…MIXED WITH SOME SLEET AT TIMES IN
SOUTHEAST SECTIONS…WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS…IF NOT
IMPOSSIBLE. THE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY CREATE POWER
OUTAGES…ESPECIALLY LATE TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
* TEMPERATURES…MAINLY IN THE UPPER 20S.
* WINDS…NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.
* VISIBILITY…ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL…BE SURE TO TAKE ALONG YOUR CELL
PHONE. WEAR A WARM COAT…GLOVES…AND BOOTS. KEEP A BLANKET…
FLASHLIGHT…FOOD…AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.
PLEASE REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS…AS WELL AS ANY DAMAGE
TO TREES OR STRUCTURES…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.
