Gov. Josh Stein and other state officials encouraged North Carolinians to stay off the roads and prepare for a winter storm this weekend, making travel unsafe and potentially causing flooding in coastal areas.
Widespread snowfall is expected to fall across the state starting Friday afternoon and continuing through Sunday morning.
“In many places, we don’t expect to get above freezing until early next week, so whatever snow falls on Saturday is going to stick around for a while,” Stein said at a briefing on Friday.
Strong tides and high winds in coastal North Carolina, especially the Outer Banks, could lead to flooding.
North Carolina Emergency Management Director Will Ray called it a “significant” storm.
“In addition to snowfall, dangerously cold temperatures and strong wind gusts are forecast through the weekend,” he said. “These strong wind gusts will bring below-zero chills across the state and the possibility of coastal flooding.”
The cold temperatures will linger into early next week, Ray said, prolonging the impacts of the snowfall.
“All North Carolinians should be finalizing plans now and should be prepared to stay home and off the roadways starting tonight through early next week,” he said.
A winter storm warning will go into effect statewide Friday afternoon. Snowfall amounts of eight to 12 inches are expected across portions of the state, Ray said, and wind chills are forecasted to be as low as negative 22 degrees across the mountains.
Stein declared a state of emergency on Thursday.
This storm, unlike last weekend’s event, is not expected to include ice, which poses a higher risk of widespread power outages. Still, Stein said, high winds and heavy snow could lead to some power loss.
“We are in constant contact with our energy partners,” Stein said. “If the snowfall comes in at the high end, and communities experience 15 inches of snow, that’s a lot of weight, and that will knock over trees, and that will knock over power lines.”
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