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News Release:

    See Below. Here comes Round 2!

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

    924 AM EST WED FEB 25 2015

    ...ANOTHER WINTER STORM EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY...

    .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL FORM IN THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST TONIGHT. THIS LOW WILL PRODUCE ANOTHER WINTER WEATHER EVENT WITH POSSIBLE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS FOR MOST OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. MAIN ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT...BUT A LINGERING THREAT OF FROZEN OR FREEZING PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY MORNING.

    MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-GREENE-BEAUFORT-LENOIR-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLIAMSTON...ROBERSONVILLE...GREENVILLE...PLYMOUTH...SNOW HILL...HOOKERTON...WASHINGTON...RIVER ROAD...KINSTON

    924 AM EST WED FEB 25 2015

    ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST THURSDAY...

    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND POSSIBLE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST

    THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

    * LOCATIONS...MARTIN...PITT AND GREENE COUNTIES.

    * TIMING...TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY.

    * HAZARD TYPES...SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND SOME SLEET IS EXPECTED...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SOME FREEZING RAIN.

    * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES EXPECTED.

    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

    A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR 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...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. 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.

    Enough said! Remember what the Five P's stand for: "Prior Planning Prevents Poor Performance".


    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
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Weather Advisory: Snow /Sleet for February 25, 2015 Public Issues, Government, Governing Beaufort County Governor Declares State of Emergency in Preparation for Winter Storm


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