Winter Storm Warning: NORTH GA

[JenyEliza]

Winter Storm Watch
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1149 AM EST THU JAN 27 2005

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-1149 AM EST THU JAN 27 2005

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING TO SATURDAYAFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM WEST POINT TO THOMASTON TO SANDERSVILLE FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

COLD CANADIAN AIR SLIDING DOWN THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS AND MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL MEET ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. WITH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO BE NEAR OR JUST BELOW FREEZING FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY...A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WINTER WEATHER. LATER DEVELOPMENTS...SUCH AS THE EXACT PATH OF THE STORM...WILL DETERMINE IF...WHEN...AND WHERE A WARNING WILL BE ISSUED. FUTURE DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS...SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST
INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WINTER WEATHER SITUATION.

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JD/SN

[Brent]

Troup is the border county to my east.

*hides*

[JenyEliza]

[JenyEliza]

Is this the leading edge of the precip moving into AL?

[Brent]

It's virga. It won't reach the ground probably until tomorrow sometime.

[JenyEliza]

Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
305 AM EST FRI JAN 28 2005

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LUMPKIN-MADISON-MERIWETHER-MONROE-MORGAN-MURRAY-NEWTON-NORTH FULTON-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-PAULDING-PICKENS-PIKE-POLK-PUTNAM-ROCKDALE-SOUTH FULTON-SPALDING-TALIAFERRO-TOWNS-TROUP-UNION-UPSON-WALKER-WALTON-WARREN-WASHINGTON-WHITE-WHITFIELD-WILKES-
305 AM EST FRI JAN 28 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM ESTSATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM LAGRANGE TO THOMASTON TO SANDERSVILLE FROM FRIDAY EVENING UNTIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THIS INCLUDES THE ATLANTA AND ATHENS AREAS.

A STRONG AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD DOWN THE EAST SIDE OF THE APPALACHIANS TODAY...BRINGING COLDER AND DRIER AIR INTO NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. MEANWHILE RAIN OVER THE MID SOUTH WILL MOVE EASTWARD INTO GEORGIA OVERNIGHT. SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO FREEZING OR BELOW OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. THIS COULD LEAD TO A PROLONGED PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN. WHILE THERE
COULD BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET AT THE ONSET OF PRECIPITATION...AND THERE COULD BE SOME SNOW MIXED IN OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA...THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS. SOUTH OF THE ATLANTA AND ATHENS AREAS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE NEAR 1/4 INCH. FROM ATLANTA AND ATHENS NORTHWARD 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH OF ICE IS POSSIBLE...WITH AMOUNTS CLOSER TO 1/2 INCH OR GREATER POSSIBLE OVER THE FAR NORTHEAST.

ON SATURDAY TEMPERATURES WILL RISE ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA IN THE MORNING...CHANGING THE PRECIPITATION BACK TO ALL RAIN...BUT OVER NORTH GEORGIA TEMPERATURES WILL NOT WARM SIGNIFICANTLY...LEADING TO THE FREEZING RAIN CONTINUING WELL INTO THE DAY SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES SHOULD BEGIN TO WARM UP ABOVE FREEZING OVER NORTH GEORGIA LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON OR SATURDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR. HEAVY ICE MAY ACCUMULATE IN THE AFFECTED AREAS CAUSING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. TRAVEL SHOULD BE AVOIDED IN THE WARNING AREA AS ROADS WILL BECOME TREACHEROUS OR IMPASSABLE. ALSO ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON TREES AND POWER LINES COULD CAUSE EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST
INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS WINTER WEATHER SITUATION.

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