WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 6 PM EST
FRIDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN…SNOW AND SLEET…WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 6 PM EST FRIDAY.
* LOCATIONS…ROBESON…BLADEN…PENDER COUNTY EXCEPT FOR THE
IMMEDIATE COAST…COLUMBUS…MARLBORO AND DILLON COUNTIES.
* HAZARD TYPES…FREEZING RAIN…SNOW AND SLEET.
* ACCUMULATIONS…ICE ACCUMULATION OF UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH.
SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF UP TO AROUND A QUARTER OF AN
INCH.
* TIMING…FRIDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS…ROADWAYS AND WALKWAYS WILL LIKELY BECOME VERY
SLIPPERY. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS.
* WINDS…NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH.
* TEMPERATURES…UPPER 20S EARLY FRIDAY MORNING…RISING SLOWLY TO
AROUND FREEZING AND JUST ABOVE 32 DEGREES DURING THE AFTERNOON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN…
SNOW…AND SLEET WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.