NWS finally issues special weather statement for GA

[GAStorm]

NWS still uncertain about the storm for my area. Temps will drop fast since the dewpoint is only 7! Here is the the comment that catches my attention "UNCERTAINTY REMAINS CONCERNING THE AMOUNT AND TYPE OF PRECIPITATION EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM...AND ANY VARIATION IN THE ACTUAL STORM TRACK OR TEMPERATURES AND MOISTURE...COULD GREATLY INFLUENCE THE FINAL OUTCOME OF THIS EVENT."

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
120 PM EST THU JAN 8 2004

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>037-041>045-047-082306-
BANKS GA-BARROW GA-BARTOW GA-CARROLL GA-CATOOSA GA-CHATTOOGA
GA-CHEROKEE GA-CLARKE GA-COBB GA-DADE GA-DAWSON GA-DE KALB
GA-DOUGLAS GA-FANNIN GA-FLOYD GA-FORSYTH GA-GILMER GA-GORDON
GA-GWINNETT GA-HALL GA-HARALSON GA-JACKSON GA-LUMPKIN GA-MADISON
GA-MURRAY GA-NORTH FULTON GA-OCONEE GA-PAULDING GA-PICKENS GA-POLK
GA-SOUTH FULTON GA-TOWNS GA-UNION GA-WALKER GA-WALTON GA-WHITE
GA-WHITFIELD GA-

CORRECTED TO ADD TOWNS COUNTY.

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...
ACWORTH...ALPHARETTA...ATHENS...ATLANTA...AUBURN...AUSTELL...
BREMEN...BUFORD...CALHOUN...CANDLER-MCAFEE...CANTON...CARROLLTON...
CARTERSVILLE...CEDARTOWN...CHAMBLEE...CHATSWORTH...CLARKSTON...
COLLEGE PARK...COMMERCE...CUMMING...DAHLONEGA...DALLAS...DALTON...
DECATUR...DORAVILLE...DOUGLASVILLE...DRUID HILLS...DULUTH...
DUNWOODY...EAST POINT...FAIRBURN...FAIRVIEW...FORT OGLETHORPE...
GAINESVILLE...GRESHAM PARK...HAPEVILLE...HIAWASSEE...JEFFERSON...
KENNESAW...LAFAYETTE...LAKEVIEW...LAWRENCEVILLE...LILBURN...
LINDALE...LITHIA SPRINGS...LOGANVILLE...MABLETON...MARIETTA...
MONROE...MOUNTAIN PARK...NORCROSS...NORTH DECATUR...NORTH DRUID
HILLS... PANTHERSVILLE...POWDER SPRINGS...REDAN...ROCKMART...ROME...
ROSSVILLE...ROSWELL...SANDY SPRINGS...SCOTTDALE...SMYRNA...
SNELLVILLE...SOCIAL CIRCLE...STONE MOUNTAIN...SUGAR HILL...
SUMMERVILLE...TALLAPOOSA...TUCKER...UNION CITY...VILLA RICA...
VININGS...WINDER...WOODSTOCK AND YOUNG HARRIS

103 PM EST THU JAN 8 2004

...WINTRY PRECIPITATION HEADED FOR EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA...

WINTRY WEATHER IS HEADED FOR NORTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON...TONIGHT
AND FRIDAY. A STORM SYSTEM...OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO...WILL
MOVE ACROSS THE GULF STATES TO OFF THE SOUTHEASTERN ATLANTIC COAST
BY FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD MOISTURE INTO GEORGIA
TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE PRIMARILY IN THE FORM OF RAIN
FROM THE ATLANTA AND ATHENS AREAS NORTH. HOWEVER...ACROSS EXTREME
NORTH GEORGIA ...THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS A WINTRY MIX.

IN THE ATLANTA AND ATHENS AREAS THE PRECIPITATION MAY BE BRIEFLY
MIXED WITH SLEET AS IT BEGINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...CHANGE
OVER TO ALL RAIN AND BRIEFLY BECOME MIXED WITH SNOW FRIDAY AS IT
ENDS. NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED...THOUGH ON EXPOSED SURFACES SUCH
AS BRIDGES...VERY SPOTTY ICING MAY OCCUR AS TEMPERATURES HOVER
AROUND FREEZING.

HOWEVER...NORTH OF A LINE FROM ROME...TO JASPER...DAHLONEGA...AND
CLEVELAND...THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE A WINTRY MIX. AT THIS TIME...
IT APPEARS THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL PRIMARILY IN THE FORM OF
RAIN...WITH SOME SLEET MIXED IN. THERE COULD ALSO BE SOME FREEZING
RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE RAIN COULD CHANGE TO SNOW OVERNIGHT IN THE
NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS. SOME OF THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE NORTHEAST
MOUNTAINS COULD SEE PREDOMINANTLY SNOWFALL. ALTHOUGH ONLY LIGHT
AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...THERE IS A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY
THAT SOME ROADS AND BRIDGES WILL BECOME ICY DUE TO THE RECENT COLD
WEATHER. IN ADDITION...UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION MAY BE
POSSIBLE IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

UNCERTAINTY REMAINS CONCERNING THE AMOUNT AND TYPE OF PRECIPITATION
EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM...AND ANY VARIATION IN THE ACTUAL STORM
TRACK OR TEMPERATURES AND MOISTURE...COULD GREATLY INFLUENCE THE
FINAL OUTCOME OF THIS EVENT.

STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS
SITUATION.