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Piedmont Triad residents will see more of the same today, as light snow and rain are expected to fall and add to the possibility of downed trees and swollen creeks.

The National Weather Service predicts new snow accumulation of less than half an inch. The high temperature is expected to reach 35 degrees, with a low of 22. 
 

Sunday and Monday forecasts predict clear, sunny days. But Tuesday could bring more rain, something local residents have become accustomed to. 

About 2 to 3 inches of snow fell in Guilford County early Friday morning and gave way to 1 to 2 inches of rainfall throughout the rest of the day.

Areas once blanketed in snow became a slushy mess.

The precipitation fed into local creeks prone to swelling, prompting the National Weather Service to issue a flood watch for Guilford, Forsyth, Randolph, Alamance and Davidson counties for much of Friday.

Buffalo and Horse Pen creeks in Greensboro are usual flooding sites.

National Weather Service meteorologist Mike Strickler said South Buffalo Creek at McConnell Road was about 6 inches above the 12-foot flood stage.

“It shouldn’t go too much higher than that,” Strickler said. “Another foot or so, but nothing too significant.”

About 4 to 5 inches of snow fell in Rockingham County, according to the National Weather Service in Blacksburg, Va. But, at least in terms of snow, the worst is over, said meteorologist Marc Chenard.

The Weather Service on Friday afternoon downgraded conditions in Rockingham County from a winter storm warning to a winter weather advisory, Chenard said. The advisory is in effect through 4 p.m. today. There’s a good chance the county will see an additional inch of snow overnight or early today, he said. 

But Rockingham County was dealing with other problems by late Friday — trees across roads and downed power lines. County dispatchers were overwhelmed with calls, said Don Cook, Rockingham’s emergency management coordinator.

“We have trees falling all over the place,” he said. Area fire departments and Department of Transportation crews worked to remove the trees.

As of 7:37 p.m., 16,915 Duke Energy customers in Rockingham County were without power, according to outage information on the company’s Web site.
There were 816 Guilford County customers without power.

Cook said earlier Friday that Rockingham’s primary roads, such as U.S. 29 and N.C. 14, were “pretty passable.”

He said late Friday there had been a few accidents — including one in which a vehicle hit a tractor-trailer on U.S. 29 — but only minor injuries had been reported.

Contact Jonnelle Davis at 373-7080 or jonnelle.davis@news-record.com

Contact Dioni L. Wise at 373-7090 or dioni.wise@news-record.com