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Closings and Weather 02/20 – 02/21

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Closings and Weather 02/20 – 02/21

  • Crossroads Christian — closed Friday, Feb 21
  • Vance County Schools — closed 2/21/2020 with an optional teacher workday. March 18 now a full day of school.
  • Vance-Granville Community College — Closed Feb 21
  • Victory Christian School — closed Friday, February 21

 

  • Chick-fil-A Henderson — open at 8 a.m. Friday, Feb 21
  • City of Henderson — operating on a 3 hour delay on Friday, February 21, 2020
  • VANCE COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS — BOTH OF THE ONE-STOP, EARLY VOTING SITES IN VANCE COUNTY WILL PLAN TO OPEN AT 11 A.M. FRIDAY, FEB 21, 2020
  • Vance County Courts — All Vance County Courts have been cancelled February 21, 2020.  The Clerk’s Office will open at 11 a.m.
  • Versatrim — Opening at 10 a.m. on Friday, Feb 21

Vance, Granville, Warren and Franklin Counties remain under a winter weather advisory until 12 noon, Friday, Feb 21, 2020.

Winter Weather Possible Along Virginia Border

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UPDATED…Wintry Weather possible near the Virginia border tonight…

(Full 4:00 P.M. Release)

  • Rain will mix with, or briefly change to snow and sleet, when precipitation rates are heaviest tonight, mainly between 10pm and 4am. This may result in a very light accumulation of snow and sleet on grassy and elevated surfaces across the northern NC Piedmont, mainly from Roxboro to Henderson to Warrenton.
  • Temperatures initially around 40 degrees when the precipitation begins to reach the ground this evening will fall to between 32 and 35 degrees overnight, coldest (at freezing) when precipitation rates are highest.
  • A Winter Weather Advisory is not anticipated at this time due to limited accumulations. However, a heavier band of snow could produce up to one inch of snow.

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(Full 7:00 A.M. Release)

Information provided by Brian Short, Director of Emergency Operations for Henderson and Vance County, indicates the possibility of winter weather tonight for portions of our area.

The National Weather Service briefing from 7:00 A.M. Thursday, which is linked above, says:

“Rain will mix with, or briefly change to snow and sleet, when precipitation rates are heaviest tonight. This may result in a light accumulation of snow and sleet across the northern NC Piedmont, from the Triad to Roxboro to Henderson to Warrenton to Roanoke Rapids. Higher amounts are expected from the NC Mountains to Central VA.”

The briefing continues, “Temperatures initially around 40 degrees when the precipitation begins to reach the ground this evening will fall to between 32 and 35 degrees overnight, coldest (at freezing) when precipitation rates are highest.  A Winter Weather Advisory may be issued for the far northern NC Piedmont later today.”