Alert archive / Georgia / Winter Storm Warnings in 2010
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this winter storm warning at Jan 29, 2010, 4:35 AM EST for 16 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Jan 29, 2010, 1:21 PM EST. It was in force for 20 hr. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 29, 2010, 4:35 AM EST (09:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 29, 2010, 1:21 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2010, 9:33 AM EST
- In force
- 20 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
Counties Banks County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Dade County, GA, Dawson County, GA, Fannin County, GA, Gilmer County, GA, Hall County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Lumpkin County, GA, Madison County, GA, Murray County, GA, Towns County, GA, Union County, GA, Walker County, GA, White County, GA, Whitfield County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 2:50 PM EST | SNOW 1.5 | La Fayette, GA | ESTIMATED 1.5 INCHES OF SNOW AS OF 3 PM AND STILL ACCUMULATING. |
| Jan 29, 2:50 PM EST | SNOW 1.5 | Trenton, GA | ESTIMATED 1.5 INCHES OF SNOW AS OF 3PM AND STILL ACCUMULATING. |
| Jan 29, 3:00 PM EST | SNOW 0.5 | Ringgold, GA | ESTIMATED .5 INCHES OF SNOW AS OF 3 PM AND STILL ACCUMULATING. |
| Jan 29, 3:00 PM EST | SNOW 1.5 | Dalton, GA | ESTIMATED 1.5 INCHES OF SNOW AS OF 3PM AND STILL ACCUMULATING. |
| Jan 29, 5:00 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Mccaysville, GA | MEASURED 5 INCHES AS OF 5 PM FRIDAY. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WAS UP TO 8 INCHES BY LATE EVENING. |
| Jan 29, 6:00 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Blairsville, GA | SNOW ACCUMULATED BEFORE PRECIP CHANGED OVER TO RAIN DURING THE EVENING. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 141 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1965 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
364 WWUS42 KFFC 290935 WSWFFC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 435 AM EST FRI JAN 29 2010 ...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT NORTH GEORGIA FROM THIS EVENING INTO SATURDAY... .A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL TRACK EAST ACROSS THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TODAY REACHING THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS BY THIS EVENING. A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES FALLING TO NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING WILL ALLOW SNOW AND SLEET TO START ACCUMULATING ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH GEORGIA TONIGHT...WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED OVER THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS. THE SNOW AND SLEET MIX WILL SWITCH OVER TO FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND RAIN LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA SATURDAY MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BRIEFLY TRANSITION BACK TO LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES SATURDAY BEFORE ENDING SATURDAY AFTERNOON. GAZ005>009-014>016-023-024-292200- /O.UPG.KFFC.WS.A.0001.100129T2300Z-100130T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFFC.WS.W.0001.100129T2100Z-100130T1800Z/ MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-HALL-BANKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...GAINESVILLE 435 AM EST FRI JAN 29 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM EST SATURDAY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES AN AREA ROUGHLY ALONG AND NORTHEAST OF A LINE THROUGH CHATSWORTH...DAWSONVILLE... GAINESVILLE AND DANIELSVILLE. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...HOWEVER LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED INITIALLY AS TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WELL ABOVE FREEZING. TEMPERATURES FALLING TO NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING WILL ALLOW THE SNOW AND SLEET TO START ACCUMULATING THIS EVENING. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. INDICATIONS ARE THAT ICE ACCUMULATIONS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING COULD REACH UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OVER MUCH OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA WITH AMOUNTS OF UP TO A HALF INCH IN TOWNS...UNION...LUMPKIN AND WHITE COUNTIES. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO SWITCH BACK OVER TO LIGHT SNOW SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE ENDING SATURDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. HEAVY WET SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY RESULT IN DOWNED TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. PREPARE FOR POWER OUTAGES BY HAVING FLASHLIGHTS AND EMERGENCY SUPPLIES READY. && $$ GAZ025-027-292200- /O.NEW.KFFC.WS.W.0001.100129T2100Z-100130T1800Z/ JACKSON-MADISON- 435 AM EST FRI JAN 29 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM EST SATURDAY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES AN AREA ROUGHLY ALONG AND NORTHEAST OF A LINE THROUGH CHATSWORTH...DAWSONVILLE... GAINESVILLE AND DANIELSVILLE. A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...HOWEVER LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED INITIALLY AS TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WELL ABOVE FREEZING. TEMPERATURES FALLING TO NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING WILL ALLOW THE SNOW AND SLEET TO START ACCUMULATING THIS EVENING. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. INDICATIONS ARE THAT ICE ACCUMULATIONS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING COULD REACH UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OVER MUCH OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA WITH AMOUNTS OF UP TO A HALF INCH IN TOWNS...UNION...LUMPKIN AND WHITE COUNTIES. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO SWITCH BACK OVER TO LIGHT SNOW SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE ENDING SATURDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. HEAVY WET SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY RESULT IN DOWNED TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. PREPARE FOR POWER OUTAGES BY HAVING FLASHLIGHTS AND EMERGENCY SUPPLIES READY. && $$ GAZ001>004-292200- /O.UPG.KFFC.WS.A.0001.100129T2300Z-100130T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KFFC.WW.Y.0002.100129T2300Z-100130T1800Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD- 435 AM EST FRI JAN 29 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET... SNOW...AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST SATURDAY. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES MUCH OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM ROME TO CANTON TO CUMMING. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...HOWEVER LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED INITIALLY AS TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WELL ABOVE FREEZING. TEMPERATURES FALLING TO NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING LATE TONIGHT WILL ALLOW LIGHT SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF A DUSTING TO HALF INCH. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT WITH A LIGHT GLAZING OF ICE POSSIBLE. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO SWITCH BACK OVER TO LIGHT SNOW SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE ENDING SATURDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ GAZ011>013-019>022-292200- /O.NEW.KFFC.WW.Y.0002.100129T2300Z-100130T1800Z/ CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-FLOYD-BARTOW-CHEROKEE-FORSYTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...ROME...CARTERSVILLE 435 AM EST FRI JAN 29 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET... SNOW...AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST SATURDAY. THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES MUCH OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM ROME TO CANTON TO CUMMING. A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...HOWEVER LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED INITIALLY AS TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WELL ABOVE FREEZING. TEMPERATURES FALLING TO NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING LATE TONIGHT WILL ALLOW LIGHT SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF A DUSTING TO HALF INCH. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT WITH A LIGHT GLAZING OF ICE POSSIBLE. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO SWITCH BACK OVER TO LIGHT SNOW SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE ENDING SATURDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
6 follow-up statements
980 WWUS42 KFFC 291821 WSWFFC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 121 PM EST FRI JAN 29 2010 ...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT NORTH GEORGIA FROM THIS EVENING INTO SATURDAY... .A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL TRACK EAST ACROSS THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TODAY REACHING THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS BY THIS EVENING. A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES FALLING TO NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING WILL ALLOW SNOW AND SLEET TO START ACCUMULATING ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH GEORGIA TONIGHT...WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED OVER THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS. THE SNOW AND SLEET MIX WILL SWITCH OVER TO FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND RAIN LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA SATURDAY MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BRIEFLY TRANSITION BACK TO LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES SATURDAY BEFORE ENDING SATURDAY AFTERNOON. GAZ001>004-300230- /O.UPG.KFFC.WW.Y.0002.100129T2300Z-100130T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KFFC.WS.W.0001.100129T1821Z-100130T1800Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD- 121 PM EST FRI JAN 29 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THOSE AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM TRENTON...TO ELLIJAY...TO GAINESVILLE...TO DANIELVILLE. A MIX OF SLEET...SNOW...AND SOME RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THIS AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW COULD REACH UP TO 2 INCHES THIS AFTERNOON WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET THIS EVENING BEFORE SWITCHING OVER TO A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATION OF SNOW AND SLEET COULD REACH 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH UP TO AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER INCH OF ICE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ GAZ005>009-014>016-023>025-027-300230- /O.EXT.KFFC.WS.W.0001.100129T1821Z-100130T1800Z/ MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-HALL-BANKS- JACKSON-MADISON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...GAINESVILLE 121 PM EST FRI JAN 29 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SATURDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SATURDAY...GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM TRENTON...TO ELLIJAY...TO GAINESVILLE...TO DANIELSVILLE. A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON. UP TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS. SNOW AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THIS EVENING WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY MORNING WITH UP TO A HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF ICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. HEAVY WET SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY RESULT IN DOWNED TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. PREPARE FOR POWER OUTAGES BY HAVING FLASHLIGHTS AND EMERGENCY SUPPLIES READY. && $$ GAZ011>013-019>022-300230- /O.CON.KFFC.WW.Y.0002.100129T2300Z-100130T1800Z/ CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-FLOYD-BARTOW-CHEROKEE-FORSYTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...ROME...CARTERSVILLE 121 PM EST FRI JAN 29 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST SATURDAY. A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...HOWEVER LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED INITIALLY AS TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WELL ABOVE FREEZING. TEMPERATURES FALLING TO NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING LATE TONIGHT WILL ALLOW LIGHT SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF A DUSTING TO HALF INCH. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO RAIN... FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT WITH A LIGHT GLAZING OF ICE POSSIBLE. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO SWITCH BACK OVER TO LIGHT SNOW SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE ENDING SATURDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
600 WWUS42 KFFC 291924 CCA WSWFFC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 211 PM EST FRI JAN 29 2010 ...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT NORTH GEORGIA FROM THIS EVENING INTO SATURDAY... .A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL TRACK EAST ACROSS THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TODAY REACHING THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS BY THIS EVENING. A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES FALLING TO NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING WILL ALLOW SNOW AND SLEET TO START ACCUMULATING ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH GEORGIA TONIGHT...WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED OVER THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS. THE SNOW AND SLEET MIX WILL SWITCH OVER TO FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND RAIN LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER NORTHEAST GEORGIA SATURDAY MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BRIEFLY TRANSITION BACK TO LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES SATURDAY BEFORE ENDING SATURDAY AFTERNOON. GAZ001>004-300330- /O.UPG.KFFC.WW.Y.0002.100129T2300Z-100130T1800Z/ /O.COR.KFFC.WS.W.0001.100129T1911Z-100130T1800Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD- 211 PM EST FRI JAN 29 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THOSE AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM TRENTON...TO ELLIJAY...TO GAINESVILLE...TO DANIELSVILLE. A MIX OF SLEET...SNOW...AND SOME RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THIS AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW COULD REACH UP TO 2 INCHES THIS AFTERNOON WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET THIS EVENING BEFORE SWITCHING OVER TO A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATION OF SNOW AND SLEET COULD REACH 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH UP TO AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER INCH OF ICE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. HEAVY WET SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY RESULT IN DOWNED TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. PREPARE FOR POWER OUTAGES BY HAVING FLASHLIGHTS AND EMERGENCY SUPPLIES READY. && $$ GAZ005>009-014>016-023>025-027-300330- /O.EXT.KFFC.WS.W.0001.100129T1821Z-100130T1800Z/ MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-HALL-BANKS- JACKSON-MADISON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...GAINESVILLE 211 PM EST FRI JAN 29 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SATURDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SATURDAY...GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM TRENTON...TO ELLIJAY...TO GAINESVILLE...TO DANIELSVILLE. A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON. UP TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS. SNOW AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THIS EVENING WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY MORNING WITH UP TO A HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF ICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. HEAVY WET SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY RESULT IN DOWNED TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. PREPARE FOR POWER OUTAGES BY HAVING FLASHLIGHTS AND EMERGENCY SUPPLIES READY. && $$ GAZ011>013-019>022-300330- /O.COR.KFFC.WW.Y.0002.100129T2300Z-100130T1800Z/ CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-FLOYD-BARTOW-CHEROKEE-FORSYTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...ROME...CARTERSVILLE 211 PM EST FRI JAN 29 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST SATURDAY AFTERNOON... A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED INITIALLY AS TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING. TEMPERATURES FALLING TO NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT WILL ALLOW SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF A HALF INCH TO NEAR TWO INCHES. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. A GLAZING OF ONE QUARTER INCH OR LESS OF ICE IS POSSIBLE. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO SWITCH BACK OVER TO LIGHT SNOW SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE ENDING SATURDAY AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN ONE INCH CAN BE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
809 WWUS42 KFFC 292345 WSWFFC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 645 PM EST FRI JAN 29 2010 ...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT NORTH GEORGIA FROM THIS EVENING INTO SATURDAY... .THE WINTER STORM THAT HAS MOVED INTO PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...RAIN...AND FREEZING RAIN TO MUCH OF NORTH GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF TO LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES SATURDAY MORNING. GAZ001>009-014>016-023>025-027-300745- /O.CON.KFFC.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100130T1800Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...GAINESVILLE 645 PM EST FRI JAN 29 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SATURDAY FOR THOSE AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM TRENTON...TO ELLIJAY...TO GAINESVILLE...TO DANIELSVILLE. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE EXTREME NORTHERN COUNTIES IN THE WARNING AREA...GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM TRENTON...TO ELLIJAY...TO HELEN. THE SNOW MAY BECOMING MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM DADE COUNTY TO MURRAY COUNTY...AND AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE FROM ELLIJAY AND BLUE RIDGE TO HIAWASEE AND HELEN. ALSO IN THE BLUE RIDGE TO HIAWASEE AREA...ICE ACCUMULATION OF A HALF INCH TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE LIKELY OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA...AND 7 TO 9 INCHES IN THE NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS. SOUTH OF THIS AREA THERE WILL BE A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A HALF INCH...MAINLY FROM DAWSONVILLE...TO GAINESVILLE..TO DANIELSVILLE ARE LIKELY. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. HEAVY WET SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY RESULT IN DOWNED TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. PREPARE FOR POWER OUTAGES BY HAVING FLASHLIGHTS AND EMERGENCY SUPPLIES READY. && $$ GAZ011>013-019>022-300745- /O.CON.KFFC.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-100130T1800Z/ CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-FLOYD-BARTOW-CHEROKEE-FORSYTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...ROME...CARTERSVILLE 645 PM EST FRI JAN 29 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SATURDAY FOR THOSE AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM ROME AND SUMMERVILLE...TO CUMMING. A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL FALL THIS EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO START UNTIL AFTER 8 PM AS TEMPERATURES FALL TO NEAR FREEZING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE ADVISORY AREA BY SATURDAY MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER INCH OR LESS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BECOME LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE ENDING SATURDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
003 WWUS42 KFFC 300538 AAA WSWFFC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1238 AM EST SAT JAN 30 2010 ...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT NORTH GEORGIA THROUGH MID-DAY SATURDAY ... .THE WINTER STORM THAT HAS MOVED ACROSS SOUTHERN-CENTRAL U.S. WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...RAIN...AND FREEZING RAIN TO MUCH OF NORTH GEORGIA THIS MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF TO SNOW FLURRIES BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. GAZ001>009-014>016-023>025-027-301345- /O.CON.KFFC.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100130T1800Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...GAINESVILLE 1238 AM EST SAT JAN 30 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SATURDAY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM TRENTON...TO ELLIJAY...TO GAINESVILLE TO DANIELSVILLE... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SATURDAY. WARM AIR ALOFT AND AT THE SURFACE SURGED NORTHWARD FRIDAY EVENING...DECREASING THE CHANCE FOR HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATION IN NORTH GEORGIA. DESPITE THE WARMING...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE EXTREME NORTHERN COUNTIES OF GEORGIA...GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM TRENTON...TO ELLIJAY...TO HELEN. A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL EVENTUALLY TRANSITION TO SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW AFTER 6 A.M. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST GEORGIA...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE FROM ELLIJAY AND BLUE RIDGE TO HIAWASEE AND HELEN. ALSO IN THE BLUE RIDGE TO HIAWASEE AREA...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE-QUARTER TO ONE-HALF OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. BY THE END OF THIS EVENT...TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHWEST GEORGIA...WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS. SOUTH OF THIS AREA THERE WILL BE A MIXTURE OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET...CHANGING OVER TO LIGHT SNOW BY SUNRISE. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS UP TO ONE INCH WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN ONE-QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY FROM DAWSONVILLE...TO GAINESVILLE..TO DANIELSVILLE BY NOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. HEAVY WET SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY RESULT IN DOWNED TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. PREPARE FOR POWER OUTAGES BY HAVING FLASHLIGHTS AND EMERGENCY SUPPLIES READY. && $$ GAZ011>013-019>022-301345- /O.CON.KFFC.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-100130T1800Z/ CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-FLOYD-BARTOW-CHEROKEE-FORSYTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...ROME...CARTERSVILLE 1238 AM EST SAT JAN 30 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SATURDAY GENERALLY ALONG A LINE FROM ROME...TO SUMMERVILLE TO CUMMING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SATURDAY. WARM AIR ALOFT AND AT THE SURFACE SURGED NORTHWARD FRIDAY EVENING...DECREASING THE CHANCE FOR SIGNIFICANT WINTER PRECIPITATION THIS MORNING. A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET...AND LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS MORNING. MINOR ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED AS TEMPERATURES REMAIN NEAR OR JUST ABOVE FREEZING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE ADVISORY AREA BY NOON. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN A QUARTER INCH ALSO POSSIBLE...AND WILL BE LIMITED TO ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH HAS TREE BRANCHES AND HANDRAILS. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO A MIXTURE OF LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW FLURRIES BY MID-DAY BEFORE ENDING THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
001 WWUS42 KFFC 300859 WSWFFC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 359 AM EST SAT JAN 30 2010 ...WINTER STORM IMPACTING NORTH GEORGIA TODAY... A WINTER MIX CONTINUES TO SPREAD ITS GRIP ACROSS THE NORTHERNMOST COUNTIES OF GEORGIA AS A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN U.S. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF THIS MORNING...BUT AS TEMPERATURES COOL ALOFT...FLURRIES WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO THE EVENING. GAZ001>005-301800- /O.CAN.KFFC.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100130T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KFFC.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-100130T1800Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY- 359 AM EST SAT JAN 30 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR EXTREME NORTHWEST GEORGIA... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WARM AIR ALOFT AND AT THE SURFACE HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASED THE CHANCE FOR SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS...HOWEVER...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN ONE-QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH MID-DAY. MOST ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIMITED TO ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH HAS TREE BRANCHES AND HANDRAILS...BUT SOME ROADS MAY BE AFFECTED. BY 1 PM...THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH...ALTHOUGH A CHANCE OF SNOW FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. LITTLE OR NO SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ GAZ025-027-301000- /O.CAN.KFFC.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100130T1800Z/ JACKSON-MADISON- 359 AM EST SAT JAN 30 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR JACKSON AND MADISON COUNTIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. WARM AIR ALOFT AND AT THE SURFACE HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASED THE CHANCE FOR SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN THIS AREA. ANY ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE FORM OF RAIN...ALTHOUGH BRIEF PERIODS OF RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET AND/OR SNOW FLURRIES ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. BY MID- DAY...THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH...ALTHOUGH A CHANCE OF BRIEF SNOW FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. LITTLE OR NO SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. $$ GAZ012-013-019>022-301000- /O.CAN.KFFC.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-100130T1800Z/ GORDON-PICKENS-FLOYD-BARTOW-CHEROKEE-FORSYTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...ROME...CARTERSVILLE 359 AM EST SAT JAN 30 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. WARM AIR ALOFT AND AT THE SURFACE HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASED THE CHANCE FOR SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN THIS AREA. ANY ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE FORM OF RAIN...ALTHOUGH BRIEF PERIODS OF RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET AND/OR SNOW FLURRIES ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. BY LATE MORNING...THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH...ALTHOUGH A CHANCE OF BRIEF SNOW FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. LITTLE OR NO SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. $$ GAZ006>009-014>016-023-024-301800- /O.EXT.KFFC.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100131T0000Z/ FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-HALL-BANKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...GAINESVILLE 359 AM EST SAT JAN 30 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN CONDITIONS. SURFACE TEMPERATURES NEAR FREEZING ALONG WITH STEADY LIGHT RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON TODAY. AS A RESULT...SOME AREAS MAY SEE ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE-QUARTER OF AN INCH...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES. AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS...SOME ROADS WILL REMAIN SLICK FROM ICE ACCUMULATION AND ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. BY EARLY EVENING... THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH...ALTHOUGH A CHANCE OF BRIEF SNOW FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE PAST MIDNIGHT. LITTLE OR NO SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED AFTER 7 PM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. HEAVY WET SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY RESULT IN DOWNED TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES. TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. PREPARE FOR POWER OUTAGES BY HAVING FLASHLIGHTS AND EMERGENCY SUPPLIES READY. && $$ GAZ011-301800- /O.CON.KFFC.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-100130T1800Z/ CHATTOOGA- 359 AM EST SAT JAN 30 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR CHATTOOGA COUNTY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR POSSIBLE ICING CONDITIONS AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. WARM AIR ALOFT AND AT THE SURFACE HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASED THE CHANCE FOR SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS...HOWEVER...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN ONE-QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH MID-DAY. MOST ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIMITED TO ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH HAS TREE BRANCHES AND HANDRAILS...BUT SOME ROADS MAY BE AFFECTED. BY 1 PM...THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH...ALTHOUGH A CHANCE OF SNOW FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. LITTLE OR NO SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
067 WWUS42 KFFC 301433 WSWFFC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 933 AM EST SAT JAN 30 2010 ...WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO IMPACT PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA... GAZ006>009-014>016-023-024-302245- /O.CAN.KFFC.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100131T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFFC.WW.Y.0003.100130T1433Z-100131T0000Z/ FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-HALL-BANKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...GAINESVILLE 933 AM EST SAT JAN 30 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A MIX OF DRIZZLE...FREEZING DRIZZLE... AND LIGHT SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. THIS REPLACES THE WINTER STORM WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE PRECIPITATION ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA HAS BECOME LIGHT...HOWEVER IT CONTINUES TO FALL IN THE FORM OF DRIZZLE AND FREEZING DRIZZLE AS MANY AREAS ARE STILL BELOW FREEZING. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE ARE EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES THIS AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS...ELSEWHERE AROUND A HALF INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ GAZ001>005-011-301545- /O.CAN.KFFC.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-100130T1800Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-CHATTOOGA- 933 AM EST SAT JAN 30 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE PRECIPITATION ACROSS NORTHWEST GEORGIA HAS BECOME VERY LIGHT AND ONLY LIGHT DRIZZLE OR FREEZING DRIZZLE IS POSSIBLE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING. NO ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME SNOW FLURRIES THIS AFTERNOON WITH ONLY A DUSTING OF SNOW EXPECTED. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Jan 28, 9:55 PM EST, 6 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 28, 9:55 PM EST, 6 hours 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 955 PM EST THU JAN 28 2010 .UPDATE... NO CHANGES PLANNED AT THIS TIME. (PREVIOUS) .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... OVERALL PATTERN KEEPS THE CWA IN AN ACTIVE SOUTHERLY STREAM PATTERN THROUGH THE FORECAST PACKAGE. OF COURSE ALL ATTENTION IN THE SHORT TERM IS ON THE APPROACHING WINTER STORM AND ITS AFFECT ON THE CWA. IN THE NEAR TERM. THE H5 CLOSED LOW OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST IS BEGINNING TO MERGE WITH A WEAK H5 S/W MOVING OUT OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS. AS IT DOES THE H5 LOW WILL FILL AS THE WEAK S/W STRENGTHENS WITH THE WHOLE SYSTEM BECOMING A SIGNIFICANT SHORT WAVE TROUGH AND DEEPEN OVER THE EASTERN U.S. THIS WILL ALLOW THE COLD FRONT OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TO DRIFT INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA ON FRIDAY SETTING IN PLACE THE COLD DRY AIR. IT BECOMES RATHER COMPLICATED AFTER THIS. THE WEDGE SETS IN PLACE FRIDAY NIGHT AND AT THE SAME TIME A STRONGER SURFACE LOW DEVELOPS OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST SATURDAY. AS THIS DEVELOPS THE MOISTURE IS PULLED RAPIDLY EASTWARD AS INDICATED BY ALL MODELS. THE QUESTION IS HOW FAST WILL THE MOISTURE BE PULLED OUT OF THE AREA WHICH WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE AMOUNT OF WINTER PRECIP THAT FALLS. IT APPEARS THE PRECIP WILL BEGIN SOMETIME FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND ACCORDING TO LOW LEVEL THICKNESS PATTERNS IT WILL BEGIN AS A MIX OF RAIN/SLEET/SNOW ACROSS EXTREME NORTH GA BUT TEMPS WILL BE ABOVE FREEZING SO DO NOT EXPECT ANY ROAD PROBLEMS DURING THE AFTERNOON EXCEPT FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS. SURFACE WET BULB TEMPS DURING THE AFTERNOON WILL REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING EXCEPT FOR RIGHT AROUND FREEZING IN TOWNS AND UNION COUNTIES AND THERE SOME OF THE PRECIP MAY STICK TO THE GROUND. HOWEVER THINGS CHANGE FRIDAY NIGHT AS DRIER AIR IS ADVECTED INTO NORTHEAST GA AND SURFACE WET BULB TEMPS DROP BELOW FREEZING. THE PRECIP WILL LIKELY SWITCH OVER TO MAINLY A SLEET/FREEZING RAIN EVENT IN THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS AND PARTS OF NORTHEAST GA WITH RAIN GENERALLY SOUTH OF AN AHN TO LAWRENCEVILLE TO ROME LINE. ACCORDING TO ALL MODELS THE BULK OF THE PRECIP WILL HAVE ENDED ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA BY 12Z SAT. WRAP AROUND WILL MOVE INTO THE EXTREME NORTHERN COUNTIES SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND THIS SHOULD FALL AS LIGHT SNOW WITH LITTLE ACCUMULATION AND FLURRIES AS FAR SOUTH AS ATL/AHN SATURDAY AFTERNOON. AS FOR THUNDER...THERE ARE SOME CAPES...AROUND 200...OVER CENTRAL GA FRIDAY NIGHT...HOWEVER FEEL THEY WILL REMAIN OUT OF THE WARM SECTOR AS THE SURFACE LOW WILL REMAIN SOUTH OF THE CWA AND THEREFORE WILL NOT INCLUDE THUNDER. .LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... COOL HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE NORTHWEST SUNDAY REACHING THE CAROLINAS BY MONDAY. RETURN FLOW ON THE BACK SIDE OF THAT HIGH WILL BRING MOISTURE AND THE POSSIBILITY OF PRECIPITATION BACK INTO THE PICTURE LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY AS A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE TRAVERSES SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT OVER TOP GA. ANOTHER HIGH PROGGED BY THE GLOBAL MODELS TO BUILD IN FOR WEDNESDAY. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS WITH WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH 10-12Z FRIDAY. WINDS WILL BEGIN SHIFTING TO NORTHEAST AND EAST NEAR 10 KTS THROUGH 00Z SATURDAY. CIGS WILL LOWER BUT REMAIN VFR...UNTIL ONSET OF -RA AROUND 00Z IN THE ATL AREA WHEN CIGS/VSBY WILL DROP INTO MVFR RANGE. AFTER 00Z SATURDAY WINDS WILL ALSO BEGIN INCREASING TO 10-15KTS OUT OF THE EAST. ANY WINTRY PRECIP WILL REMAIN NORTH OF TAFS SITES THROUGH FORECAST PERIOD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 36 49 34 38 24 / 0 20 100 40 10 ATLANTA 37 51 35 40 27 / 0 30 100 20 5 BLAIRSVILLE 29 44 30 32 24 / 0 70 100 30 20 CARTERSVILLE 31 48 34 39 26 / 0 50 100 20 10 COLUMBUS 38 59 46 50 30 / 0 10 100 20 5 GAINESVILLE 36 46 31 36 26 / 0 40 100 30 10 MACON 35 58 45 48 28 / 0 10 100 40 5 ROME 32 47 35 39 26 / 0 70 100 20 10 PEACHTREE CITY 33 52 36 42 26 / 0 20 100 20 5 VIDALIA 38 62 46 54 34 / 0 5 80 80 5 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WATCH FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BANKS...CATOOSA...DADE... DAWSON...FANNIN...GILMER...HALL...LUMPKIN...MURRAY...TOWNS... UNION...WALKER...WHITE...WHITFIELD. && 17
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 28, 5:00 AM EST, 23 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 500 AM EST THU JAN 28 2010 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-291000- BALDWIN-BANKS-BARROW-BARTOW-BIBB-BLECKLEY-BUTTS-CARROLL-CATOOSA- CHATTAHOOCHEE-CHATTOOGA-CHEROKEE-CLARKE-CLAYTON-COBB-COWETA- CRAWFORD-CRISP-DADE-DAWSON-DEKALB-DODGE-DOOLY-DOUGLAS-EMANUEL- FANNIN-FAYETTE-FLOYD-FORSYTH-GILMER-GLASCOCK-GORDON-GREENE- GWINNETT-HALL-HANCOCK-HARALSON-HARRIS-HEARD-HENRY-HOUSTON-JACKSON- JASPER-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-JONES-LAMAR-LAURENS-LUMPKIN-MACON- MADISON-MARION-MERIWETHER-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-MORGAN-MURRAY- MUSCOGEE-NEWTON-NORTH FULTON-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-PAULDING-PEACH- PICKENS-PIKE-POLK-PULASKI-PUTNAM-ROCKDALE-SCHLEY-SOUTH FULTON- SPALDING-STEWART-SUMTER-TALBOT-TALIAFERRO-TAYLOR-TELFAIR-TOOMBS- TOWNS-TREUTLEN-TROUP-TWIGGS-UNION-UPSON-WALKER-WALTON-WARREN- WASHINGTON-WEBSTER-WHEELER-WHITE-WHITFIELD-WILCOX-WILKES- WILKINSON- 500 AM EST THU JAN 28 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE AIRMASS WILL BE TOO STABLE FOR ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATING SNOW AND ICE CAN BE EXPECTED OVER FAR NORTH GEORGIA FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. BDL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 4:35 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | FFC | Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dade, Floyd and 6 more | 29 hr |
| Jan 29, 10:43 AM EST | River Flood Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Treutlen, Wheeler | 6 days |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.