Winter Weather Advisory | Eastern North Carolina Now

    News Release:

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC

    236 PM EST MON FEB 23 2015

    ...LIGHT SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY...

    .THE SECOND IN A SERIES OF LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS TO AFFECT OUR AREA IS FORECAST TO TRACK SOUTHEAST OF THE REGION ON TUESDAY. EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA WILL BE ON THE NORTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE PRECIPITATION SHIELD WITH THIS SYSTEM WITH TEMPERATURES COLD ENOUGH FOR A PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW WHICH IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP TUESDAY MORNING AND END LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS IN THE ADVISORY AREA OF AROUND AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY EAST OF HIGHWAY 17.

    TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-BEAUFORT-MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-CARTERET-ONSLOW-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLUMBIA...WASHINGTON...RIVER OAD ...WALLACE ...WARSAW ...ROSE HILL...KENANSVILLE...BEULAVILLE... MAGNOLIA...MAYSVILLE...POLLOCKSVILLE...TRENTON...NEW BERN...HAVELOCK...VANCEBORO...ORIENTAL...ALLIANCE...BAYBORO...ARAPAHOE...MINNESOTT BEACH...VANDEMERE...STONEWALL...MOREHEAD CITY...BEAUFORT...EMERALD ISLE...NEWPORT...JACKSONVILLE... KILL DEVIL HILLS...KITTY HAWK...NAGS HEAD...SOUTHERN SHORES

    236 PM EST MON FEB 23 2015

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST TUESDAY...

    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MUCH OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA EAST OF HIGHWAY 17 FOR A PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATING AROUND 1 INCH TUESDAY. THE ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST

    TUESDAY.

    * LOCATIONS...DUPLIN...ONSLOW...JONES...BEAUFORT...TYRELL...CRAVEN...PAMLICO...ONSLOW...CARTERET...DARE...AND HYDE COUNTIES.

    * TIMING...TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

    * HAZARD TYPES...PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW.

    * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM A DUSTING TO AN INCH OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE ADVISORY AREA TO 1 INCH NEAR AND ALONG THE COAST. SOME LOCATIONS OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE ADVISORY AREA COULD SEE UP TO 2 INCHES OF SNOWFALLL BY TUESDAY EVENING.

    * MAIN IMPACT...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

    A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW 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.

    The snow is scheduled to begin possibly as rain or snow around 7:00am tomorrow morning and begin tapering off at 4:00pm and end by 9:00pm. This is a surprise snowfall and Beaufort County could see one inch in Washington by days end and two inches of accumulation in Aurora or vice-versa. As we get more information we will advise you. Getting to Work or School in the morning should not be a challenge, hopefully the getting home will not be. Spring is not here yet.

    Stay weather aware.


    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