The NWS says Winter Storm Pax could cause as much inland damage as a hurricane: [View all]
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"Major winter storm part two is underway," National Weather Service Meteorologist Steven Pfaff said of a series of two winter storms that pummeled the Pee Dee and Grand Strand Tuesday and Wednesday and were projected to do so through Thursday.
The inland impact from these two storms, he said, could rival the damage left behind by a hurricane.
"Our experience has been with some of these past storms -- like the one in 2004 we've mentioned -- there have been some areas that've had three quarters to an inch of freezing rain and it took a week to two weeks to get back on their feet in some areas. Some of the people we spoke to said the destruction from those past storms was more severe than some of the hurricanes they've had over the years in these inland areas," Pfaff said on Wednesday morning's conference call to update emergency responders and media on the storm.
"The bulk of the amounts will occur across the Pee Dee where we can have upwards of three quarters of an inch of icing, up to one inch in parts of Darlington, Florence and into western parts of Williamsburg County and possibly getting into Marlboro County," Pfaff said of the storm.
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We are up to a forecast of 1 inch of ice, and it is going up every time I read a new report.
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