URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 415 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...COASTAL SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. * HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN...SNOW AND SLEET. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1/2 OR 1 INCH...ALONG WITH UP TO 1/4 INCH OF ICE. * IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT ICE...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION WILL CREATE DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR EVERYONE INCLUDING FIRST RESPONDERS. * DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES AND EVEN STRUCTURES IS POSSIBLE. WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES COULD PRODUCE LIFE THREATENING SITUATIONS. * TIMING...LATE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AS MUCH COLDER AIR SPREADS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION. THEN... PRECIPITATION COULD MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SNOW EARLY WEDNESDAY. PRECIPITATION COULD TAPER OFF WEDNESDAY OR COULD LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WIND CHILL READINGS...LOWEST IN THE UPPER TEENS AND LOWER 20S LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... NOW IS THE TIME TO PREPARE FOR THIS WINTER STORM. ONCE THE STORM BEGINS...CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY AND TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. PREPARE TO REMAIN IN A SAFE SHELTER WITHOUT ELECTRICITY FOR SEVERAL DAYS. OBTAIN VITAL SUPPLIES SUCH AS POTABLE WATER...NON-PERISHABLE FOOD... MEDICINE... BATTERIES... FLASHLIGHTS... A BATTERY POWERED RADIO AND AN ALTERNATE HEAT SOURCE SUCH AS A GENERATOR...NON- ELECTRIC SPACE HEATER OR WOOD FOR YOUR FIREPLACE. For more information stay tuned to local news media or the national weather service at weather.gov
Posted on: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 15:03:02 +0000
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