New event. Winter Storm Warning from 2/16/2015 7:00 AM to 2/17/2015 7:00 AM EST for Rutherford County
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM EST
TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR A WINTRY MIX...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
7 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM EST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.
* LOCATIONS...THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH
CAROLINA...THE SOUTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS.
* HAZARDS...HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATION ALONG WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS
OF SNOW AND SLEET.
* TIMING...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA
SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE MONDAY...BEGINNING AS SNOW OR A MIX OF
SNOW AND SLEET. A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED DURING
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL TAPER OFF
BEGINNING LATE IN THE EVENING...LIKELY ENDING AS JUST RAIN IN
SOME OF THE LOWER VALLEYS.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...ALONG
WITH AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE.
* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S.
* IMPACTS...SNOW AND HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATION COULD CAUSE
SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. HEAVY ICE
ACCUMULATION MAY RESULT IN FALLING TREES AND POWER LINES...
RESULTING IN AT LEAST SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF
WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN
BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/GSP.
Address/Location
Rutherford County Sheriff's Office
198 N Washington St
Rutherfordton, NC 28139
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 828-287-6247
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