…A WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY…
Radar image as of 6:25AM for NW Georgia
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WATCH AND THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH 7AM EST THURSDAY.
* LOCATIONS… ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CARROLLTON TO ATLANTA TO WASHINGTON.
* HAZARD TYPES… A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW… SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.
* ACCUMULATIONS… UP TO ONE INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS AROUND 7 INCHES IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF THIS AREA. IN ADDITION… AROUND A QUARTER INCH OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE FLOYD TO CHEROKEE TO BANKS AREA WITH UP TO A HALF INCH OF ICE ON THE EASTERN SIDE NEAR THE JACKSON COUNTY AREA.
* TIMING… SNOW AND SLEET THIS MORNING WILL TRANSITION INTO MOSTLY RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN BACK TO A SNOW/SLEET/FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT AND THEN BECOME PREDOMINATELY A SNOW/FREEZING RAIN MIX WEDNESDAY AND THEN TRANSITION TO SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS… SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON ROADS MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT. AS THE MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND ICE ACCUMULATION OCCURS WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT… TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS GIVEN THE HIGH SNOW AMOUNTS COMBINED WITH THE ICE. WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE HIGHER ICE ACCUMULATION.
* WINDS… NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.
* TEMPERATURES… IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S TODAY… THE LOWER 30S TONIGHT… THE MID 30S WEDNESDAY… .AND THE UPPER 20S WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND ICE MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS SNOW AND ICE ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL… KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT… FOOD… AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. WITH THE FORECAST SNOW AND ICE AMOUNTS… WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE.