New UPDATE on WINTER STORM WATCH Issued by the National Service @ 9:58 Sunday...Winter Storm Watch URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 958 PM EST SUN JAN 26 2014 GAZ036>039-046>062-066>076-078>084-089>096-102>107-271100- /O.CON.KFFC.WS.A.0002.140128T1500Z-140129T1800Z/ CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN- GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY- BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON- LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS- TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-WILKINSON-MUSCOGEE- CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-STEWART- WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATHENS...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN... PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...COLUMBUS... WARNER ROBINS...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE 958 PM EST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA. * HAZARD TYPES...A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO OR MORE INCHES. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF A HALF AN INCH OR MORE. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE MORE LIKELY ALONG A COLUMBUS TO MACON LINE...AND MAY UNDERCUT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS. * TIMING...WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AS EARLY AS MID MORNING TUESDAY AND LAST THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 10 PM TUESDAY AND 5 AM WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND SLEET COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE FOR TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. * WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES TUESDAY AFTERNOON WILL FALL IN THE TO LOWER 30S. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES TUESDAY NIGHT WILL FALL INTO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 20S. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY WILL REACH THE MIDDLE 30S...WITH VALUES RISING ABOVE FREEZING AFTER 2 PM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. NOW IS THE TIME TO PREPARE FOR THIS WINTER STORM. BE SURE TO BUY NON PERISHABLE FOODS. MAKE CONTINGENCY PLANS IF YOU PLAN ON TRAVELINGS DURING THIS PERIOD. IF YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR TRAVEL...DO SO BEFORE THE EVENT STARTS. NOW IS THE TIME TO PLAN...DO NOT WAIT FOR THE WARNING!
Posted on: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 04:44:02 +0000
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