URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1046 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 ***ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY*** RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO-SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT-PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-ROSS-HOCKING-HAMILTON-CLERMONT-BROWN-HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VERSAILLES...LAWRENCEBURG... RISING SUN...VEVAY...CARROLLTON...WARSAW...BURLINGTON... INDEPENDENCE...ALEXANDRIA...OWENTON...WILLIAMSTOWN...FALMOUTH...BROOKSVILLE...MOUNT OLIVET...MAYSVILLE...VANCEBURG...CHILLICOTHE...LOGAN...CINCINNATI...MILFORD...GEORGETOWN...HILLSBORO...WEST UNION...PIKETON...PORTSMOUTH 1046 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY......WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS...WITH SOME SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ONE QUARTER INCH TO ONE HALF INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...WILL VARY GREATLY FROM A HALF INCH TO UP TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING...WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL QUICKLY OVERSPREAD THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. AN ONSET OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL FREEZING RAIN LATER IN THE EVENING. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL THEN BE MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES AS IT CONTINUES INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ENOUGH WARM AIR AT THE SURFACE WILL LIKELY PUSH INTO PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY FOR A CHANGE OVER TO RAIN BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO A LIGHT WINTRY MIX BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...PRIMARILY DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATIONS. THE ICE WILL ACCUMULATE APPRECIABLY IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. UNTREATED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS WILL BECOME A SHEET OF ICE. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ILN AS WELL AS ON OUR FACEBOOK AND TWITTER PAGES.
Posted on: Tue, 04 Feb 2014 15:57:57 +0000
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