Ice Storm Warning URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 424 AM EST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA TODAY INTO WEDNESDAY... .AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING ON THE FRONT OFF THE COAST BY LATER TODAY. THE LOW WILL THEN LIFT QUICKLY NORTHEAST OVER THE ATLANTIC INTO WEDNESDAY. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THIS AFTERNOON...AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY BY TONIGHT...BEFORE SLOWLY TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST WEDNESDAY MORNING. WITH COLD AIR IN PLACE...SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW. ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM EST WEDNESDAY... * TEMPERATURES...FALLING INTO THE LOWER 30S THIS AFTERNOON...THEN INTO THE MID TO UPPER 20S TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION WILL CREATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR MOTORISTS...INCLUDING FIRST RESPONDERS. DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES IS LIKELY. WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND ONE HALF OF AN INCH. * TIMING...RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET BY THIS EVENING AS MUCH COLDER AIR PUSHES SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE REGION. PRECIPITATION SHOULD END AS A PERIOD OF SNOW AND SLEET LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE OR WALK WHEN THIS STORM IS UNDERWAY. ICE ACCUMULATION WILL DAMAGE TREES AND POWER LINES. IF YOU ENCOUNTER DOWNED POWER LINES...DO NOT TOUCH THE LINES BECAUSE YOU COULD BE ELECTROCUTED. REPORT DOWNED POWER LINES TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE POWER COMPANY.
Posted on: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 15:51:58 +0000
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