RFP Staff & National Weather Service
♦ Snow rapidly piling up in Rowan County and Salisbury. Cars are sliding and roads are rapidly becoming dangerous. Avoid travel. High probability of area power outages. Get your batteries, generators, radios, cell phone charged and other “ducks in a row”. Stay off the streets and roads period.
The Rowan Free Press will update each NWS Winter Storm Warning as they change.
WINTER STORM WARNING
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
824 PM EST WED FEB 12 2014
…MAJOR WINTER STORM TO SEVERELY IMPACT THE REGION THROUGH
THURSDAY…
.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER THE NORTHEAST GULF OF
MEXICO WILL COMBINE WITH AN APPROACHING STRONG UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE TO CREATE WIDESPREAD HEAVY WINTRY PRECIPITATION
ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. MAINLY SNOW IS
EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS…WITH
SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS MOST OF THE REST OF THE FOOTHILL
AND PIEDMONT AREAS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL END FROM THE WEST
THURSDAY MORNING AS A FINAL BAND OF SNOW. SNOW MAY LAST INTO THE
AFTERNOON HOURS THURSDAY ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 77.
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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…STATESVILLE…MOCKSVILLE…HICKORY…
SALISBURY…SHELBY…LINCOLNTON…GASTONIA…CHARLOTTE…CONCORD
824 PM 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…A MIX HEAVY SNOW…SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.
* TIMING…SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE THE MAIN PRECIPITATION
TYPES THE REST OF THE NIGHT…THOUGH A FEW PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW
WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF CHARLOTTE. A FINAL
ROUND OF HEAVY SHOW IS EXPECTED THURSDAY MORNING INTO THE EARLY
AFTERNOON.
* ACCUMULATIONS…SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 7 TO 11
INCHES…ALONG WITH A TRACE TO ONE TENTH INCH OF ICE.
* IMPACTS…THE HEAVY SNOW…SLEET AND PERIODIC FREEZING RAIN WILL
MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS…IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. THE ACCUMULATIONS
WILL LIKELY CREATE POWER OUTAGES.
* TEMPERATURES…MAINLY IN THE MID 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 AND ICE MEANS SEVERE WINTER
WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS
OF SNOW AND ICE 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. BE PREPARED FOR EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES.
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.
