Potential Ice Storm Friday

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
408 PM EST WED JAN 23 2013

...POTENTIAL ICE STORM FRIDAY...

.A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST ON FRIDAY BRINGING
PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA. COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE...ESPECIALLY
WEDGED ALONG THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS...WILL RESULT IN
PRECIPITATION FALLING AS FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET.

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>023-240515-
/O.NEW.KFFC.WS.A.0002.130125T0600Z-130126T0000Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW-
CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE
408 PM EST WED JAN 23 2013

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.

* LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA...GENERALLY NORTH OF A
LINE FROM ROME TO GAINESVILLE.

* HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET.

* ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE.

* TIMING...LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...WITH MOST
OF THE PRECIPITATION FALLING DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY.

* IMPACTS...ICE AND POSSIBLE SLEET WILL CAUSE ROADWAYS AND
SIDEWALKS TO BECOME SLIPPERY...MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS
ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. ICE MAY ALSO ACCUMULATE ON
POWER LINES...POSSIBLY LEADING TO POWER OUTAGES.

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

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