NC weather: Winter storm warning issued for several provinces as snow begins to fall

RALEIGH, NC (WTVD) – A winter storm warning has been issued for several North Carolina counties as snow began to fall in the area overnight.

According to the National Weather Service, the warning is out until 8 a.m. for the provinces of Granville, Halifax, Person, Vance and Warren. The NWS predicts that these provinces could accumulate up to three to four centimeters of snow. Many other provinces in the area are under a Winter Storm advice.

In Roxboro, one of the units in our newest fleet is around 2:30 a.m.

A car also got stuck in Roxboro along the road.

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On Wednesday, the Winter Weather Advisory was issued for the northern half of our lookout area from Thursday at midnight to 8 p.m. The advice includes the triangle provinces, along with areas north, bordering I-85 and I-95.

Accumulations now appear to be between 3 and 4 inches of snow along the Virginia border and 2 to 3 inches in the triangle. Areas south of the triangle should be less than a centimeter.

Most of the accumulation should be grassy surfaces, but since it will occur at night, there may be slippery spots in the morning.

“It looks like it was similar to our event last February, which dropped 1 to 3 inches one night but did not accumulate much on the roads,” said Chris Meteorologist Chris Meteorologist Chris Hohmann. “It must be a very wet snow, which will be nice to the trees, etc. We are not going to go no less than twelve hours of the 50s and sunshine to snow; it must be interesting.”

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Wednesday night’s rain put the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s salt and sand trucks on standby due to the possibility that it would wash away. Crew is expected to report for duty between midnight and 4 p.m.

The NCDOT expects much of the winter precipitation to melt quickly, but the main concern is roads and bridges at higher altitudes

The Sandhills region will accumulate less, from gusts to half an inch.

ABC !! Meteorologist Don “Big Weather” Schwenneker said the precipitation will move between our region between 5 and 8 a.m. and begin in the southwest of the lookout area. The sky shines in the morning and the sun comes up again. Temperatures will remain well below average in the 1940s, and cold winds will be most of the day in the 1930s with a stiff gust of around 25 MPH.

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