Lane wrote:Brent are you still seeing snow? Non here yet.
It snowed briefly then went to sleet/rain. It's coming later.
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1214 PM EST SAT DEC 25 2010
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR NORTH GEORGIA UNTIL 1 AM
EST SUNDAY...
.A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN US AND
MOVE UP THE MID ATLANTIC THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND. TWO TO FOUR INCHES
OF SNOW WILL FALL THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA WITH
UP TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS. UP
TO 1 INCH OF SNOW IS LIKELY AS FAR SOUTH AS COLUMBUS...MACON AND
SANDERSVILLE.
GAZ001>009-011>016-019>024-260115-
/O.UPG.KFFC.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-101226T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KFFC.WS.W.0005.101225T1714Z-101226T1800Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW-
CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE
1214 PM EST SAT DEC 25 2010
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1
PM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
THE STORM SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THIS
AFTERNOON CONTINUES TO GAIN STRENGTH WHILE COLD AIR PUSHES FURTHER
SOUTH. UP TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN FAR NORTH
GEORGIA AS OF MIDDAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO PROGRESS
SLOWLY SOUTH ACROSS THE STATE THROUGH TONIGHT WITH THE HEAVIEST
FALLING OVER NORTH GEORGIA.
DUE TO THE LONGER DURATION OF SNOW ACROSS AREAS NORTH OF A ROME
TO GAINESVILLE LINE...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING.
SOME AREAS IN THE FAR NORTH PART OF THE STATE AS
WELL AS HIGHER ELEVATIONS COULD SEE UP TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW.SNOW PACKED AND ICY ROADS WILL CONTINUE TO BE A SIGNIFICANT THREAT
WELL AFTER THE SNOW TAPERS OFF TONIGHT AND TEMPERATURES DROP WELL
BELOW FREEZING. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO THE MID 20S AND WILL NOT
WARM ABOVE FREEZING BY EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SOME AREAS...
ESPECIALLY HIGHER ELEVATIONS WILL REMAIN BELOW FREEZING ALL DAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
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. BE SURE TO
CHECK ON RELATIVES DURING THE WEEKEND.
&&
$$