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Storm Damages Reports

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON 
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 5 AND 
  8 INCHES POSSIBLE. LOCALLY SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL ALSO 
  BE POSSIBLE. WIND GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH.

* WHERE...ALL OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

* WHEN...FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS AND WEIGHT OF SNOW ON TREE LIMBS MAY 
  DOWN POWER LINES AND COULD CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. TRAVEL 
  MAY BECOME DANGEROUS OR EVEN IMPOSSIBLE WITH WIDESPREAD CLOSURES 
  AND DISRUPTIONS TO INFRASTRUCTURE POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.

CONSIDER DELAYING ALL TRAVEL. IF TRAVEL IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY, 
DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION. CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG 
WITH YOU AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU 
BECOME STRANDED.

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