… WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST TUESDAY… … WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED…

THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST TUESDAY.

* LOCATIONS… THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA.

* HAZARDS… BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES THIS MORNING. HEAVY SNOW… MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES… MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT.

* TIMING… SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED DEVELOP FROM THE SOUTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SLEET LATE IN THE DAY… BEFORE GRADUALLY ENDING AS A PERIOD OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE MONDAY NIGHT.

* ACCUMULATIONS… TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES… WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR THE BORDER WITH GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA. A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE MAY ALSO ACCRUE MONDAY NIGHT.

* IMPACTS… ROADS WILL BECOME VERY SLIPPERY QUITE QUICKLY ON MONDAY MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW EARLY IN THE EVENT… WITH LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS MONDAY NIGHT… COULD CAUSE SOME ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES.

* TEMPERATURES… HIGHS AROUND 30 WITH LOWS IN THE MID 20S DURING THE WINTER STORM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL… BE SURE TO TAKE ALONG YOUR CELL PHONE. WEAR A WARM COAT… GLOVES… AND BOOTS. KEEP A BLANKET… FLASHLIGHT… FOOD… AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.