Originally Posted by National Weather Service
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.
WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE REGION LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. THIS PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO INITIALLY TAKE THE FORM OF SNOW... WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MIXING IN LATE MONDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... ALONG WITH MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS.
ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. THIS PRECIPITATION MAY INITIALLY FALL AS A MIXTURE OF SNOW... SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN... BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. PRECIPITATION MAY CHANGE TO RAIN LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... BEFORE CHANGING TO LIGHT SNOW BY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF A QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE. SOME AREAS MAY SEE OVER A HALF INCH OF ICE... ESPECIALLY NEAR AND NORTH OF A CELINA TO KENTON LINE... WHERE PRECIPITATION IS LESS LIKELY TO CHANGE TO RAIN. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW AND ICE... NORTHWEST WINDS MAY OCCASIONALLY GUST TO 35 MPH OR HIGHER ON WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL ADD STRESS TO ICE COVERED POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS... WHICH COULD LEAD TO WIDESPREAD AND PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES.
