Franklin County is now under a Winter Storm Warning until Saturday 10 am  (see NWS message below)…

The Franklin County EOC remains at EOC Activation Level 3;Monitoring

RL

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

934 PM EST FRI FEB 12 2010

...A WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT MOST OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

TONIGHT...

.A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK OFF THE FLORIDA COAST

OVERNIGHT AND OUT TO SEA EARLY SATURDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED

OVERNIGHT... GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF FROM THE WEST LATE TONIGHT AND

EARLY SATURDAY.

NCZ010-011-026>028-041-075-076-131045-

/O.UPG.KRAH.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-100213T1500Z/

/O.EXA.KRAH.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100213T1500Z/

WARREN-HALIFAX-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-WAKE-MOORE-LEE-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...

LOUISBURG...NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...RALEIGH...SOUTHERN PINES...

SANFORD

934 PM EST FRI FEB 12 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM

WARNING FOR SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST SATURDAY. THE

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK WELL SOUTH OF CENTRAL NORTH

CAROLINA TONIGHT. THIS WEATHER SYSTEM WILL SPREAD MOISTURE ACROSS

OUR AREA. DUE TO THE COLD AIR IN PLACE...THE PRECIPITATION WILL

FALL IN THE FORM OF SNOW.

PRECIPITATION TYPES AND ACCUMULATION...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO

4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THE HEAVIER TOTALS WILL OCCUR FROM NEAR

SOUTHERN PINES NORTHEAST THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE

TRIANGLE AREA... AND NORTHEAST TO NEAR ROANOKE RAPIDS.

PRECIPITATION TYPES AND ACCUMULATION...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO

4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED... WITH LOCALLY UP TO 5 INCHES MAINLY EAST

AND SOUTH OF RALEIGH.

TIMING AND DURATION...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE

OVERNIGHT HOURS... THEN DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW

IS EXPECTED THROUGH 200 TO 300 AM. THE SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF BY

DAYBREAK IN THE TRIANGLE AREA...AND AROUND TARBORO BY 9 AM.

IMPACTS...THE SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON AREA ROADWAYS...CREATING

DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE

EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL

MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

This notice was issued by NWS. The original can be found at
http://www.weather.gov/alerts/NC.html#NCZ026.RAHWSWRAH.023400
Some times there is a delay in the NWS page getting updated.

Randall Likens, NREMT-P

Director/Fire Marshal

Franklin County Office of Emergency Services

8146 NC 56 Hwy

Louisburg, NC 27549

919-496-5005

919-496-0198

Anticipate, Adapt, Overcome, Get it Done!

Franklin County is under a Winter Weather Advisory (see below)

The Franklin County EOC is now at EOC Activation Level 3; and continuing to monitor the developing weather event;

This event is currently forecast to be a snow only event so we are not anticipating eoc activation level escalation…

We do anticipate travel conditions to become hazardous after dark Friday…

Be safe

RL

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC

1131 AM EST FRI FEB 12 2010

...A WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT MOST OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT...

.COLD AND DRY AIR WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. MEANWHILE A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM

WILL TRACK ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO THIS

AFTERNOON...ACROSS THE FLORIDA PENINSULA THIS EVENING...AND EXIT

OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST EARLY SATURDAY.

NCZ011-026>028-040-041-043-075-076-130500-

/O.EXT.KRAH.WW.Y.0008.100212T2100Z-100213T1500Z/

HALIFAX-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-CHATHAM-WAKE-WILSON-MOORE-LEE-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROANOKE RAPIDS...LOUISBURG...

NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH...WILSON...

SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD

1131 AM EST FRI FEB 12 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON

TO 10 AM EST SATURDAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS

AFTERNOON TO 10 AM EST SATURDAY.

BASIS...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK WELL SOUTH OF CENTRAL NORTH

CAROLINA TONIGHT. THIS WEATHER SYSTEM WILL SPREAD MOISTURE ACROSS

OUR AREA. DUE TO THE COLD AIR IN PLACE...THE PRECIPITATION WILL

FALL IN THE FORM OF SNOW.

PRECIPITATION TYPES AND ACCUMULATION...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE

TO THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THE HIGHER TOTALS ARE EXPECTED SOUTH

OF A LINE FROM PITTSBORO TO SOUTH OF RALEIGH TO NEAR TARBORO.

TIMING AND DURATION...LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE

AREAS SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET...WITH THE HEAVIER SNOW FALL EXPECTED

BETWEEN 11 PM AND 4 AM. THE SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF BY DAYBREAK IN

THE TRIANGLE AREA...AND AROUND TARBORO AND WILSON BY 9 AM.

IMPACTS...THE SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON AREA ROADWAYS...CREATING

DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.

$$

Randall Likens, NREMT-P

Director / Fire Marshal

Franklin County

Office of Emergency Services

8146 NC 56 Hwy

Louisburg, NC 27549

919/ 496-5005

919/ 496-0198 (fax)

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NOTIFICATION

Franklin County government offices will be closed Monday

February 1, 2010 due to hazardous road conditions…

The FC EOC Alert Notification line has been updated to reflect this

and local media will be advised…

The FC EOC Alert Notification line # is 919-496-4196

The NWS has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for black ice

beginning 6 pm Sunday through noon Monday…

Randy

Randall Likens, NREMT-P

Director/Fire Marshal

Franklin County Office of Emergency Services

8146 NC 56 Hwy

Louisburg, NC 27549

919-496-5005

919-496-0198

Anticipate, Adapt, Overcome, Get it Done!