Never thought I would have to live through a Dec 2000 again...but here we are. But, that still beats this...we were getting 12-18" totals 24-36 hours out from that one.
I remember looking at the radar and saying screw this...and my wife and I drove to I95.
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Shall we go to the archives?? I'll just leave this here...
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH, NC
300 PM EST SAT DEC 2 2000
...MAJOR WINTER STORM EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-032300-
ALAMANCE NC-ANSON NC-CHATHAM NC-CUMBERLAND NC-DAVIDSON NC-DURHAM NC-
EDGECOMBE NC-FORSYTH NC-FRANKLIN NC-GRANVILLE NC-GUILFORD NC-
HALIFAX NC-HARNETT NC-HOKE NC-JOHNSTON NC-LEE NC-MONTGOMERY NC-
MOORE NC-NASH NC-ORANGE NC-PERSON NC-RANDOLPH NC-RICHMOND NC-
SAMPSON NC-SCOTLAND NC-STANLY NC-VANCE NC-WAKE NC-WARREN NC-WAYNE NC-
WILSON NC-
300 PM EST SAT DEC 2 2000
...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY...
...MAJOR WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA LATE
TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...
A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE MIDWEST INTO NORTH
CAROLINA TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPS AND
INTENSIFIES JUST OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST. MEANWHILE HIGH
PRESSURE TO OUR NORTH CONTINUES TO PUMP COLD AIR INTO THE STATE.
THUS CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY WINTER PRECIPITATION.
ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA... WEST OF INTERSTATE 95
INCLUDING THE TRIANGLE AND TRIAD... PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO FALL
AS ALL SNOW... BEGINNING THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY.
THE SNOW MAY MIX AT TIMES WITH SLEET ON SUNDAY. SNOWFALL THROUGH
EARLY SUNDAY EVENING IS LIKELY TO TOTAL
6 TO 12 INCHES... WITH THE
HIGHEST TOTALS EXPECTED TO BE IN A BAND FROM CARTHAGE TO SANFORD TO
THE TRIANGLE TO HENDERSON. SOME ISOLATED AMOUNTS OVER ONE FOOT ARE
POSSIBLE OVER SECTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
IN AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 95... A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET
TONIGHT WILL BECOME A MIX OF SNOW... SLEET... AND RAIN ON SUNDAY.
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 5 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN THIS AREA
THROUGH LATE SUNDAY.
****Actually the 5 to 8 inches verified east of 95.