...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...MAINLY ALONG A LINE FROM FRANKLIN...TO PEACHTREE CITY...TO LEXINGTON. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND SLEET. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS AROUND HALF AN INCH. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA BY MID MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. SLEET WILL MIX WITH SNOW AT TIMES THROUGH THE EVENING. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE BEGINNING TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY. LIGHT ICING WILL MAKE SIDEWALKS AND WALKWAYS TREACHEROUS. * VISIBILITIES...REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN AREAS OF SNOW WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN ADDITION TO SLICK ROADWAYS. * TEMPERATURES...HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR EARLY TUESDAY MORNING WITH VALUES FALLING THROUGH THE 20S IN THE AFTERNOON. OVERNIGHT TUESDAY TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER TEENS TO AROUND 20. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY ARE EXPECTED IN THE MIDDLE 30S...WITH VALUES FINALLY RISING ABOVE FREEZING DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND SLEET MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE AMOUNT OF SNOW THAT IS FORECAST WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && MC
Posted on: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 02:40:36 +0000
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