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City of Thomasville, NC
Saturday January 7th, 2017 :: 03:18 p.m. EST

Advisory

Winter Weather Advisory until 12:00PM Tuesday

...DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK... .AN ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA TONIGHT AND LINGER THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND LOW TEENS TONIGHT...REMAIN IN THE 20S ON SUNDAY... APPROACH RECORD LOWS SUNDAY NIGHT...AND REMAIN BELOW FREEZING ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. AS A RESULT...SNOW...SLEET AND ICE FROM THE RECENT WINTER STORM WILL LINGER ON AREA ROADS THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. ...THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED... ...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TUESDAY.

* LOCATION AND TIMING...TRAVEL WILL REMAIN DANGEROUS IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK...PARTICULARLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN PIEDMONT WHERE THE GREATEST SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WERE OBSERVED.

* IMPACT...AN ELEVATED RISK OF MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS...INJURIES AND DEATHS DUE TO A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH LINGERING SNOW...SLEET AND ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS.

* AFFECTED AREAS: ALAMANCE ... ANSON ... CHATHAM ... DAVIDSON ... DURHAM ... EDGECOMBE ... FORSYTH ... FRANKLIN ... GRANVILLE ... GUILFORD ... HALIFAX ... HARNETT ... JOHNSTON ... LEE ... MONTGOMERY ... MOORE ... NASH ... ORANGE ... PERSON ... RANDOLPH ... RICHMOND ... STANLY ... VANCE ... WAKE ... WARREN ... WAYNE ... WILSON

Instructions:

UNNECESSARY TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED...ESPECIALLY DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. IF YOU ABSOLUTELY MUST DRIVE...SLOW DOWN...LEAVE PLENTY OF FOLLOWING DISTANCE...AND EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION... PARTICULARLY AT INTERSECTIONS AND ON HIGHWAY ONRAMPS AND OFFRAMPS WHERE ACCIDENTS ARE MORE LIKELY TO OCCUR.

Address/Location
City of Thomasville, NC
10 Salem St
Thomasville, NC 27360

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 336-475-4210

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Alert Details

Severity:
Minor - Minimal to no known threat to life or property
Urgency:
Expected - Responsive action SHOULD be taken soon (within next hour)
Certainty:
Likely (p > ~50%)
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Winter Weather Advisory

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