A winter storm that brought snow, sleet and freezing rain to much of central North Carolina headed out to sea early Saturday, leaving power outages and slick roads but expectations of a quick warm-up. Precipitation stopped across the state by 6 a.m. Saturday, the National Weather Service said, and all winter storm warnings were dropped.

A winter storm that dropped heavy snow and glazed roads throughout the U.S. South is maintaining its icy grip on much of the region into the weekend

By mid-afternoon Sunday, light snow was falling in North Carolina around Winston-Salem and Greensboro — with reports of flurries in Burlington. North Carolina Department of Transportation cameras showed snowfall in areas north of and in Winston-Salem and Greensboro.

An updated winter weather advisory was issued by the NWS Newport/Morehead City NC on Friday at 1:44 p.m. valid from 4 p.m. until Saturday 10 a.m. The advisory is for Martin, Pitt, Greene and Lenoir counties.

An updated winter storm warning was issued by the NWS Blacksburg VA on Thursday at 1:49 p.m. valid from Friday 1 p.m. until Saturday 7 a.m. The warning is for Ashe, Alleghany, Surry, Stokes, Rockingham,