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First time level 3 in a while.

Elon university in alamance county just sent out an emergency alert of possible tornadoes sighted and to take shelter immediately.

As a weather noob, but political science and policy professional, I have some survey data (pandemic disrupted plans to publish) showing that the public does not get tired or ignore stuff when it turns out to be overhyped and wrong. We focused on hurricane warnings and preparedness and found warnings that did not live up to the hype failed to diminish peoples willingness to prepare for and believe future warnings.

Still pouring in Durham NC. No sign of snow yet.

How are you faring in Chapel Hill? Sounds like one was up by Weaver Dairy off of 40 and another up by 86. I am down by Southpoint and it has been very quiet here so far, except for all the Tornado warnings on the phones and weather radio.

Tornado about 9 miles north and west of here. Wild stuff.

All our rulers have apparently been turned into ninja swords or reinforcing pieces to box forts lol. Guesstimate of 8 inches in Durham NC by the Southpoint Mall. Freezing rain now - pinging off the house non stop. Few loud sounding gusts of wind rolling in.

Snowy morning in the southpoint area of Durham.

Hi all, I am more of a lurker here (for a decade or so lol). I generally keep quiet because my expertise in a far different field and I just enjoy reading. I did have a noob question, that is both for general knowledge purposes and also with an eye for my personal situation. As a native New Englander who now lives about ten miles from RDU airport, the only things that really bother me in NC about weather are tornadoes and ice storms. I have read a good bit about ice storms, but am unsure the extent to which the icing in this storm will have impacts. From a layman's perspective, I understand snow, sleet, and freezing rain in general. That being said, I have read estimates from model runs ranging from .10 to .70 inches of icing. As I understand it, it is when the icing hits .25 the problems start and by .50 there are pretty widespread power outages around here. Assuming this is correct, why has there been so little said about the icing potential of this storm in the Triangle? Is there something with the expected mix of snow, sleet, freezing rain and rain in this that would minimize that risk for trees, powerlines etc. The only thing in 13 years in NC that has caused significant time without power here for us is ice storms. It is something I never appreciated as a New Englander before moving south. Thanks in advance for any replies and enjoy the snow :)

For sure - I live in Chancellor's Ridge.

I live about 1.25 miles from the mall - been pretty quiet here.

Still here - couple good bursts of serious wind but nothing crazy beyond that.

Meanwhile up at Elon they have been hard hit with the power out and multiple trees down on campus. https://www.elon.edu/E-Net/Article/167050

We just had about 12-15 minutes of some seriously gusty winds and an increase in rain. It has now passed and is raining gently again and trees barely moving in Durham.

Same here in Southpoint corner of Durham.