URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 802 PM EST MON JAN 26 2015 ...ALTHOUGH PERIODS OF VERY LIGHT SNOW WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE TONIGHT THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE BLACK ICE... .THE CURRENT RADAR TREND INDICATES A RAIN AND SNOW MIX WERE ENTERING NORTH GA ASSOCIATED WITH WRAP AROUND MOISTURE AND COLD AIR. OCCASIONAL PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT WILL CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF NORTH GA TUESDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIMITED TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS FOR THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS GIVEN THE LACK OF AVAILABLE MOISTURE. OF MORE CONCERN IS THE POTENTIAL FOR PATCHES OF BLACK ICE TO DEVELOP ON ROADS AND BRIDGES THIS EVENING AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING. ALTHOUGH ONLY AREAS ABOVE 2500FT HAVE SEEN TRAVEL ISSUES THUS FAR...IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE ELEVATIONS THAT SEE BLACK ICE WILL LOWER THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE BLACK ICE WILL BE MOST PREVALENT ALONG THE WIND SHELTERED SIDE OF MOUNTAINS WHERE RESIDUAL WATER ON ROADWAYS WILL NOT DRY OUT. GAZ001>005-011-012-019>021-030-270915- /O.EXA.KFFC.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150127T1400Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-CHATTOOGA-GORDON-FLOYD- BARTOW-CHEROKEE-POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...ROME...CARTERSVILLE 802 PM EST MON JAN 26 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND BLACK ICE POTENTIAL...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS...MAINLY THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CEDARTOWN THROUGH CANTON AND DAWSONVILLE TO CLEVELAND. * HAZARD TYPES...BLACK ICE ALONG WITH LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. * ACCUMULATIONS...GENERALLY LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * TIMING...BLACK ICE INCREASING IN AREAL COVERAGE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...PATCHES OF BLACK ICE WILL MAKE FOR SLICK SPOTS ON ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLACK ICE MEANS THAT PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW AND PATCHES OF BLACK ICE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. &&
Posted on: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 01:07:17 +0000
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