Atlanta drivers stayed home, but many in North Carolina didn’t and wound up stuck in an icy traffic jam.
Heavy snow with some parts of Alabama reporting 10 inches of snow. Heavy snow in Charlotte, North Carolina caused the Fellowship Hall of University Hills Baptist Church in University City to collapse. No injuries were reported. Traffic jams like those seen in Atlanta last week occurred yesterday in North Carolina.
The winter storm that brought heavy snows and significant ice accumulations to portions of the Southeast on Wednesday and Thursday will begin its track up the Eastern Seaboard on Thursday and Friday. An abundance of Atlantic moisture getting wrapped into the storm will continue to fuel widespread precipitation. A wide swath of heavy snow accumulations are expected with this storm, but air off the warmer ocean water should change snow over to rain along the coastal areas.
A narrow axis of sleet and freezing rain will be possible within the transition zone…which is expected to set up near the I-95 corridor. Heavy snow is headed for New York, where a Winter Storm Warning is in effect until 6:00 a.m. Friday, February 14, 2014 for New York City. Up to 12 inches of snow are forecast for New York City.
Birmingham, Alabama recorded 3 inches of snow on Wednesday, February 12, 2014.
In Birmingham, Alabama a Winter Weather Advisory and a Civil Emergency Message was in effect until 6:00 a.m. Thursday, February 13, 2014.
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE
ALABAMA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY CLANTON ALABAMA
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
905 PM CST WED FEB 12 2014
THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE
COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES IN CALHOUN AND CHEROKEE
COUNTIES.
NUMEROUS ROADWAYS…BOTH MAJOR THROUGH FARES AND LESSER TRAVELED
ROADWAYS…ARE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS AND IN SOME CASES IMPASSABLE.
THESE CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THESE
COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES REQUEST THAT TRAVEL BE
LIMITED TO EMERGENCIES ONLY FOR YOUR SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF
FIRST RESPONDERS.
CNN’s Anderson Cooper reports on the snow and ice that has crippled southern states.
Drivers got caught in monumental traffic jams and abandoned their cars Wednesday in North Carolina in a replay of what happened in Atlanta just two weeks ago.
WINTER STORM WARNING for Raleigh, North Carolina until 6:00 p.m. EST Wednesday, February 13, 2014 …
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
432 AM EST THU FEB 13 2014
…SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM STILL AFFECTING MOST OF CENTRAL NORTH
CAROLINA…
.VERY DANGEROUS WINTRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH
CAROLINA TODAY. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS… AND
RESIDENTS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO STAY HOME.
GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-CHATHAM-WAKE-STANLY-
MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-ANSON-RICHMOND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…OXFORD…BUTNER…CREEDMOOR…
HENDERSON…NORLINA…WARRENTON…DURHAM…LOUISBURG…
FRANKLINTON…SILER CITY…PITTSBORO…RALEIGH…CARY…
ALBEMARLE…TROY…BISCOE…MOUNT GILEAD…SOUTHERN PINES…
PINEHURST…ABERDEEN…SEVEN LAKES…SANFORD…WADESBORO…
POLKTON…ROCKINGHAM…HAMLET…EAST ROCKINGHAM
432 AM EST THU FEB 13 2014
…WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS
EVENING…
* LOCATIONS…THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PIEDMONT…INCLUDING THE
TRIANGLE AREA.
* TIMING…FREEZING RAIN EARLY THIS MORNING WILL DIMINISH SHORTLY
AFTER DAYBREAK. AREAS OF SNOW WILL REDEVELOP ACROSS THIS REGION
BY NOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
* ACCUMULATIONS…ADDITIONAL ICE ACCRUAL EARLY THIS MORNING SHOULD
AVERAGE A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION
SHOULD RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT…AND
3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT INCLUDING THE TRIANGLE
AREA.
* IMPACTS…TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND SNOW WILL
RESULT IN DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND COULD ALSO RESULT IN DOWNED
TREES AND PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO OCCUR. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE WILL MAKE
TRAVEL DANGEROUS AND COULD POTENTIALLY RESULT IN PROPERTY DAMAGE
AND EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES. IF YOU PLAN TO USE ANY ALTERNATIVE
HEATING SOURCE…BE SURE TO DO IT SAFELY AND FOLLOW MANUFACTURERS
INSTRUCTIONS.
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— NWS Birmingham (@NWSBirmingham) February 13, 2014