National Weather Service

Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1146 AM EST THU FEB 11 2016

...THREAT OF WINTER WEATHER FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

.LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY
NIGHT. LIGHT PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP FROM SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA BEGINNING FRIDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING
INTO THE LATE EVENING HOURS FRIDAY NIGHT. WITH COLD AIR IN
PLACE...PRECIPITATION WILL FALL IN THE FORM OF MOSTLY SNOW OVER
AREAS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 264...WITH A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET...SNOW
AND FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE. ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND
ICE ARE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHERN AREAS FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY
EVENING AND DANGEROUS TRAVELS CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP.


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MARTIN-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-BEAUFORT-MAINLAND HYDE-
OUTER BANKS DARE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLIAMSTON...ROBERSONVILLE...
OAK CITY...JAMESVILLE...PLYMOUTH...ROPER...CRESWELL...COLUMBIA...
GUM NECK...MANNS HARBOR...STUMPY POINT...EAST LAKE...WASHINGTON...
CHOCOWINITY...BELHAVEN...BATH...AURORA...ENGELHARD...FAIRFIELD...
PONZER...SCRANTON...SWANQUARTER...KITTY HAWK...NAGS HEAD...
MANTEO...RODANTHE...BUXTON...HATTERAS VILLAGE
1146 AM EST THU FEB 11 2016

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT
EST FRIDAY NIGHT...

...THREAT OF WINTER WEATHER FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

.LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY
NIGHT. LIGHT PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP FROM SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA BEGINNING FRIDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING
INTO THE LATE EVENING HOURS FRIDAY NIGHT. WITH COLD AIR IN
PLACE...PRECIPITATION WILL FALL IN THE FORM OF MOSTLY SNOW OVER
AREAS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 264...WITH A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET...SNOW
AND FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE. ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND
ICE ARE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHERN AREAS FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY
EVENING AND DANGEROUS TRAVELS CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP.


* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...ALONG
WITH AROUND A TRACE OF ICE.

* TIMING...FROM MID MORNING THROUGH LATE EVENING ON FRIDAY.

* IMPACTS...SLICK SPOTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON AREAS
ROADS...ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND SLEET MEANS WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO
FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION...FORECASTS...AND WARNINGS.

Meteorologist Mike Scott (Larry) SMSgt Minister Gerald A. Thomas SGT (Join to see)