About time they upgraded it...
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
434 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014
...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS INLAND
PORTIONS OF GEORGIA AND THE CAROLINAS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...
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CANDLER-BULLOCH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...METTER...STATESBORO
434 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014
...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EST
THURSDAY...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED AN ICE
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM
EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF OF AN
INCH...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS TO THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF
STATESBORO AND METTER.
* TIMING...AREAS OF DRIZZLE ARE FORECAST TO CHANGE TO FREEZING
DRIZZLE LATE THIS EVENING AND THEN BECOME FREEZING RAIN LATE
TONIGHT. THE MAIN TIME PERIOD FOR ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE FROM
LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. A CHANGEOVER TO RAIN IS
THEN FORECAST LATE ON WEDNESDAY...BEFORE ADDITIONAL FREEZING
RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE IS POSSIBLE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO
THURSDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION COULD CREATE DANGEROUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES...OVERPASSES
AND UNTREATED ROADS. DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES ARE LIKELY
AS WELL AS POWER OUTAGES ACROSS THE AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE OR WALK. ICE ACCUMULATION
WILL DAMAGE TREES AND POWER LINES. IF YOU ENCOUNTER DOWNED POWER
LINES...DO NOT TOUCH THE LINES BECAUSE YOU COULD BE ELECTROCUTED.
REPORT DOWNED POWER LINES TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE POWER
COMPANY. PREPARE TO REMAIN IN A SAFE SHELTER WITHOUT ELECTRICITY
FOR MANY HOURS. OBTAIN VITAL SUPPLIES SUCH AS POTABLE WATER...NON-
PERISHABLE FOOD...MEDICINE...BATTERIES...FLASHLIGHTS AND A
BATTERY POWERED RADIO.