Winter Weather Advisory for Beaufort County | Eastern North Carolina Now

News Release:

    Good Morning Everybody:

    The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory effective midnight tonight running through Wednesday 11:00 am for possible light ice accumulations, mainly on bridges and overpasses. The Western half of Beaufort County appears like it will be most heavily impacted, but after just talking to the NWS forecasters in Morehead City it appears the greatest impact will be much further West of Beaufort County. However, we should not go unprepared as even a little ice on the roadway can lead to many accidents, falls and even significant injuries to our citizens and employees.

    I have enclose a graphic of the likely hood of accumulating ice in the various areas of the NC Coastal Plains. We should prepare for an icing event and take all the necessary precautions associated with black ice on the road ways. The latter in the morning Wednesday that travel takes place the less likely icing will become a factor for travel. We just talked with NCDOT and they are prepared to treat the roads prior to the sleet if it isn't raining to heavily, but even if raining once the transition to sleet begins they will begin treating the bridges and other known trouble areas.

    Please remember to remind our fellow employees and first responders to have emergency supplies in their vehicles to keep them warm and safe. First Responders please keep in mind the road conditions and when directing traffic be visible and remember stopping or steering of the oncoming traffic could be affected so protect yourself and accident victims and other emergency responders. In icing conditions one accident can easily become three or four separate accidents as chain reactions could occur.

Winter Weather Advisory

    URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

    NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC

    332 AM EST TUE JAN 13 2015

    ...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED OVER THE COASTAL PLAINS TONIGHT... .MOISTURE WILL MOVE IN FROM THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST TONIGHT AND OVERSPREAD A SHALLOW COLD AIR MASS. THIS WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...MAINLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 17...LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.


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    ONSLOW - INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ...WILLIAMSTON...ROBERSONVILLE...GREENVILLE...PLYMOUTH...SNOW HILL...HOOKERTON...WASHINGTON... RIVER ROAD...WALLACE...WARSAW...ROSE HILL...KENANSVILLE...BEULAVILLE...MAGNOLIA...KINSTON...MAYSVILLE...POLLOCKSVILLE...TRENTON...NEW BERN...HAVELOCK...VANCEBORO...JACKSONVILLE

332 AM EST TUE JAN 13 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO

11 AM EST WEDNESDAY...

    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY HAS ISSUED

    A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 AM EST WEDNESDAY.

* ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ONE TENTH INCH OF FREEZING RAIN. TIMING...FROM AROUND MIDNIGHT THROUGH LATE MORNING WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...ICING OF ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROAD SURFACES.

* WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S.

* WIND CHILL...IN THE LOWER 20S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. NEVER USE A GENERATOR INDOORS. GAS GRILLS, GENERATORS, AND CAMP STOVES CREATE DEADLY CARBON MONOXIDE FUMES THAT WILL BUILD UP WHEN USED IN YOUR HOME. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION...FORECASTS...AND WARNINGS.

    Updates to the Weather could follow during the day. Be alert to the weather and stay alive!


    John Pack

    Coordinator, Beaufort County Emergency Services

     1420 Highland Drive
     Washington, NC 27889
     (252)946-2046 Office   •   (252) 975-6802 Fax   •   john.pack@co.beaufort.nc.us