...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO 6 PM EST
TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY
TO 6 PM EST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.
* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...14 TO 24 INCHES.
* TIMING...SNOW DEVELOPS BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND 5 AM MONDAY,
THEN IT CONTINUES THROUGH THE DAY. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME
HEAVY AT TIMES LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING
WHEN SNOWFALL RATES OF A COUPLE OF INCHES PER HOUR CAN OCCUR AT
TIMES, THEN TAPER OFF DURING TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...SOME IMPACT ON THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE, THEN
SIGNIFICANT AND WIDESPREAD IMPACTS THEREAFTER. AREAS OF BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ADD TO THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS.
* WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH MONDAY, THEN
BECOMING NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH MONDAY NIGHT
INTO TUESDAY.
* TEMPERATURES...RANGING FROM THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S MONDAY,
THEN DROPPING INTO THE LOWER TO MID 20S MONDAY NIGHT INTO
TUESDAY.
* VISIBILITIES...AS LOW AS ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW IS
EXPECTED, AND STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES.
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