The NWS Newport/Morehead City NC issued an updated winter storm watch at 7:55 a.m. on Tuesday valid from Wednesday 7 a.m. until Thursday 10 a.m. The watch is for Mainland Dare, Mainland Hyde and Northern Outer Banks.

Winter weather is expected to have a significant impact on North Carolina and Virginia this week. This storm will be the latest in a series of storms to hit the area in February. Two days of freezing rain last week brought one-half to three-quarters of an inch of ice from the North Carolina mountains deep into central Virginia,

On Monday at 3:14 p.m. the NWS Raleigh NC issued a winter storm watch valid from Wednesday 7 a.m. until Thursday 10 a.m. The watch is for Person, Granville, Vance, Warren, Halifax, Forsyth, Guilford,