An update regarding the winter weather event from the National Weather Service is provided in the paragraphs below. Stay tuned to local and national weather outlets as the impacts of this weather event can change. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ TUESDAY TO 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING... TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS... ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SLEET OR SNOW IS POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM GENEVA TO TIFTON. ELSEWHERE SNOW AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM A TRACE TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH. * MAIN IMPACT... ICY ROADS AND BRIDGES WILL MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS. EVEN SMALL AMOUNTS OF ICING CAN HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL IN THE DEEP SOUTH. * OTHER IMPACTS... IF THERE IS MORE FREEZING RAIN THAN CURRENTLY EXPECTED... POWER OUTAGES COULD BECOME A CONCERN. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE TEENS AND 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE... SLEET... OR SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ... WINTER STORM WARNING TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTH GEORGIA... SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND... ... COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS WILL ARRIVE TUESDAY...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT... BRINGING AN ABRUPT END TO TODAYS WARM TEMPERATURES. COLD LIGHT RAIN WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS THE TEMPERATURE FALLS TO FREEZING. THE FREEZING LINE WILL SHIFT SOUTHEASTWARD TUESDAY NIGHT... BRINGING A THIN GLAZE OF ICE AS FAR SOUTH AS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND. A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET OR SNOW IS POSSIBLE JUST BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION ENDS... WHICH WILL BE WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM TIFTON TO DOTHAN NORTHWARD. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA. ELSEWHERE THE CHANCE FOR SNOW WILL BE LOWER... THOUGH A TRACE OF SLEET OR SNOW IS POSSIBLE AS FAR SOUTH AS FLORIDA. THE MAIN IMPACT FROM THIS EVEN WILL MOST LIKELY BE THE FREEZING RAIN... AS EVEN SMALL AMOUNTS CAN SERIOUSLY DISRUPT LOCAL TRAVEL.
Posted on: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 21:35:47 +0000
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