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Last updated: Friday, January 24, 2025 11:20AM GMT
VIDEOS: Winter storm brings another snowfall to central NC

NORTH CAROLINA (WTVD) -- The dangerously cold weather is here to stay for a while, and snow moved through central North Carolina, the Sandhills, and some NC coastal areas.

The ABC11 First Alert Weather Team continues to track the snow and who will see the greatest impact.

This comes only a week after many across central NC got a measurable snowfall since 2022. RDU officially got less than an inch of snow, along with 0.07" of ice. Areas closer to the Virginia border saw the highest amount of snow around 3 to 4 inches.

Schools closings and delays

The Wake County Public School System said all classes are canceled Thursday for students. Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools said Wednesday afternoon that Thursday will be a remote learning day.

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Stay tuned to ABC11 Eyewitness News for the latest and check back here for real-time updates and developments on the winter storm front.

Jan 22, 2025, 2:16 PM GMT

VIDEO: Snowy downtown Wilson after storm moves through

ABC11's Diane Wilson is in Wilson Wednesday morning after a winter storm moved through central NC.

Watch below.

ABC11's Diane Wilson is in Wilson Wednesday morning after a winter storm moved through central NC.
Jan 22, 2025, 12:01 PM GMT

NCDOT gives update, works to clean up snow, ice on roads

Many of the major roads are in good shape on Wednesday morning. North Carolina Department of Transportation is working hard to remove the remaining snow and ice with 800 NCDOT crews on the road statewide.

NCDOT's Doug McNeal gave ABC11 an update:

NCDOT's Doug McNeal gave ABC11 an update following snowfall in North Carolina.
Jan 22, 2025, 11:05 AM GMT

Snowfall record tied in RDU; many weather alerts still in effect

The daily snowfall record tied at RDU Tuesday, which is 1.5 inches.

For many counties, weather alerts, including Winter Storm Warning, Winter Weather Advisory and Cold Weather Advisory, are still in effect Wednesday morning.

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Jan 22, 2025, 5:50 AM GMT

Goldsboro gets rare measurable snowfall

It's not every day that eastern North Carolina communities see more snow than Raleigh and Durham, but walking around downtown Goldsboro on Tuesday night the rarity of a winter storm was very apparent.

"We get a couple of inches of snow and everything shuts down. Everybody's outside playing, or cuddling up by the fireplace," said Jannah Bond, who works at Bicycle World downtown.

While crews worked to keep pace with the snow, business owners, like Jannah's boss Mike Wiggins, said they were bracing for issues come Wednesday morning.

"People laugh at us for shutting down for 2, 3 inches of snow but if we've got 4 snowplows, you go to Ohio and they've got 400 or whatever. So it's based on how quickly they can clear the roads," Wiggins said.

Winter treated people in Goldsboro and Wayne County to something they haven't seen in decades--snow!