INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…CALHOUN…ROME…CARTERSVILLE
225 PM EST MON FEB 10 2014
…WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM
EST TUESDAY…
…WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR A WINTRY MIX…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7
PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* LOCATIONS…PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA…MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH
OF A LINE FROM ROME TO CARTERSVILLE.
* HAZARD TYPES…RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW AND SLEET ON LATE TONIGHT
INTO TUESDAY… WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ON WEDNESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* ACCUMULATIONS…1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY.
AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND ICE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY
AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* TIMING…RAIN TONIGHT WILL MIX WITH AND CHANGE OVER TO SNOW OR
A SNOW SLEET MIX BY SUNRISE TUESDAY MORNING. AS TEMPERATURES
WARM THROUGH THE DAY…PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY CHANGE BACK
OVER TO RAIN BEFORE TRANSITIONING AGAIN BACK TO A MIX OF RAIN
SLEET AND SNOW TUESDAY EVENING. BY WEDNESDAY MORNING…EXPECT A
MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN… FINALLY TRANSITIONING BACK TO
SNOW BY THURSDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS…SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON ROADS MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS EARLY TUESDAY. ON WEDNESDAY…ICE WILL
BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE ON ROADS MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS. ICE THAT ACCUMULATES ON TREES
AND POWERLINES COULD BRING DOWN LARGE TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE
POWER OUTAGES.
* WINDS…NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.
* TEMPERATURES…IN THE LOW TO MID 30S.
* UNCERTAINTY…THERE IS INCREASING CONFIDENCE IN A SIGNIFICANT
WINTER STORM BUT EXACT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE WITHIN THE
WARNING AND WATCH AREAS REMAIN HIGHLY UNCERTAIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW…
SLEET…AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU
MUST TRAVEL…KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT…FOOD… AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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.