Alert archive / South Carolina / Winter Storm Warnings in 2014
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this winter storm warning at Jan 27, 2014, 1:57 PM EST for 5 counties in Georgia; 16 counties in South Carolina. It took effect at Jan 28, 2014, 11:00 AM EST. It was in force for 22 hr. 60 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 27, 2014, 1:57 PM EST (18:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 28, 2014, 11:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 29, 2014, 9:00 AM EST
- In force
- 22 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
All 21 counties
Burke County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Aiken County, SC, Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Chesterfield County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lee County, SC, Lexington County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Richland County, SC, Saluda County, SC, Sumter County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:58 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 28, 4:59 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.02 | 1 Se Sumter, SC | |
| Jan 28, 5:01 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.01 | 2 Ssw Mulberry, SC | LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON ELEVATED SURFACES, BUSHES, ETC |
| Jan 28, 5:08 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.01 | 1 Ssw Springdale, SC | LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION ON METAL SIGNS AND BUSHES AT THE COLUMBIA METROPOLITAN AIRPORT. |
| Jan 28, 5:10 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.01 | Saint Matthews, SC | RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION IN ST. MATTHEWS. |
| Jan 28, 5:13 PM EST | SNOW 0 | Silverstreet, SC | LIGHT SNOW ACCUM |
| Jan 28, 5:25 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.02 | 5 Sse Windsor, SC | LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION ON SHRUBS, 3 MILES WNW OF WILLISTON |
| Jan 28, 6:00 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.01 | Gilbert, SC | |
| Jan 28, 6:07 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.13 | 1 Nnw Cherryvale, SC | TRAINED SPOTTER NEAR SHAW AFB REPORTED 1/8 INCH ICE, MAINLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES. |
| Jan 28, 6:10 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.01 | Saluda, SC | |
| Jan 28, 6:30 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.01 | Irmo, SC | |
| Jan 28, 6:59 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.04 | 2 Ene Lake Murray Of Ric, SC | MAINLY ELEVATED SURFACES. BALLENTINE |
| Jan 28, 7:14 PM EST | ICE STORM 0.13 | 2 Nnw South Congaree, SC | RETIRED NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED 1/8TH OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IN THE THREE FOUNTAINS AREA. |
| Jan 28, 7:30 PM EST | ICE STORM 0.13 | 4 Nnw Augusta, GA | AUGUSTA MEDIA REPORTED AT LEAST 1/8TH IN OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ALONG RIVER WATCH PARKWAY. |
| Jan 28, 7:30 PM EST | SNOW 0 | Winnsboro, SC | BROADCAST MEDIA REPORTED A DUSTING OF SNOW IN WINNSBORO. |
| Jan 28, 7:33 PM EST | SNOW 0.3 | Lincolnton, GA | LIGHT DUSTING OF SNOW IN LINCOLNTON. |
| Jan 28, 7:36 PM EST | SNOW 0.3 | Mccormick, SC | DUSTING OF SNOW ON GRASSY SURFACES IN MCCORMICK. |
| Jan 28, 7:37 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | 4 Sse Forest Acres, SC | NEAR GARNERS FERRY AND I-77. |
| Jan 28, 8:00 PM EST | ICE STORM 0.5 | 1 Se Sumter, SC | OBSERVER REPORTED ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH DEPTH OF MOSTLY SLEET WITH SOME FREEZING RAIN. TEMPERATURE 29 DEGREES. |
| Jan 28, 8:00 PM EST | SNOW 0 | 2 Ene Lake Murray Of Ric, SC | NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED A DUSTING OF SNOW IN BALLENTINE AND STILL SNOWING. |
| Jan 28, 8:00 PM EST | SNOW 0 | Chapin, SC | PUBLIC REPORTED A DUSTING OF SNOW AND STILL SNOWING IN CHAPIN. |
| Jan 28, 8:00 PM EST | SNOW 0 | Ridgeway, SC | BROADCAST MEDIA REPORTED A DUSTING OF SNOW IN RIDGEWAY. |
| Jan 28, 8:33 PM EST | SNOW 0.2 | 4 Sse Forest Acres, SC | SLEET CHANGING TO SNOW, DUSTING ON GROUND. GARNERS FERRY AND I-77. |
| Jan 28, 8:50 PM EST | ICE STORM 0.75 | 7 Wnw Pageland, SC | PUBLIC REPORTED 1/2 INCH TO 3/4 INCH OF A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW NEAR PAGELAND. |
| Jan 28, 9:00 PM EST | SNOW 2 | Newberry, SC | REPORTED 2 INCHES OF SNOW IN NEWBERRY. |
| Jan 28, 9:20 PM EST | ICE STORM 0.5 | Swansea, SC | PUBLIC REPORTED ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH OF ICE ON DECK AND TREESS IN SWANSEA. |
| Jan 28, 9:20 PM EST | SNOW 1 | Little Mountain, SC | PUBLIC REPORTED 1 INCH OF SNOW IN LITTLE MOUNTAIN. |
| Jan 28, 9:30 PM EST | ICE STORM 0.25 | Cheraw, SC | REPORT OF JUST OVER 1/4 INCH OF SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATION. |
| Jan 28, 9:35 PM EST | ICE STORM 0.25 | Barnwell, SC | BARNWELL EM REPORTED A SOLID 1/4 INCH OF ICE ON EVERYTHING IN BARNWELL INCLUDING POWERLINES. CURRENTLY 29 DEGREES. JUST CHANGED TO SNOW IN NORTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY. |
| Jan 28, 9:40 PM EST | ICE STORM 0.25 | Sumter, SC | SPOTTER REPORTED 1/4 INCH OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IN SUMTER. |
| Jan 28, 9:40 PM EST | SNOW 0.8 | 1 Ene Lexington, SC | NEARLY 3/4 OF AN INCH OF SNOW IN LEXINGTON REPORTED BY NWS EMPLOYEE. |
| Jan 28, 10:00 PM EST | SNOW 0.5 | 4 Sse Forest Acres, SC | PUBLIC REPORTED 1/2 INCH OF SNOW ON TOP OF A 1/10 INCH OF ICE. STILL SNOWING ALONG GARNERS FERRY ROAD. |
| Jan 28, 10:02 PM EST | SNOW 1 | 3 Ene Red Bank, SC | PUBLIC REPORTED 1 INCH OF SNOW NEAR RED BANK AND STILL SNOWING. |
| Jan 28, 10:05 PM EST | SNOW 1 | Blythewood, SC | SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF 1 INCH OF SNOW IN BLYTHEWOOD. |
| Jan 28, 10:10 PM EST | SNOW 1 | 3 Wsw Lexington, SC | |
| Jan 28, 10:15 PM EST | SNOW 3 | 1 Ene Thomson, GA | PUBLIC REPORTING AROUND 3 INCHES OF SNOW IN THOMSON. |
| Jan 28, 10:34 PM EST | SNOW 1 | 3 Ne Irmo, SC | NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED 1 INCH OF SNOW NEAR HARBISON STATE FOREST. ROADS BECOMING COVERED. |
| Jan 28, 10:35 PM EST | SNOW 1.3 | 4 Sse Forest Acres, SC | PUBLIC REPORTED JUST OVER AN INCH OF SNOW ALONG GARNERS FERRY ROAD AREA. |
| Jan 28, 10:40 PM EST | SNOW 2 | Mccormick, SC | SHERIFF DISPATCH REPORTED 2 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE TOWN OF MCCORMICK. |
| Jan 28, 10:41 PM EST | SNOW 1.5 | Newberry, SC | SHERIFF DISPATCH REPORTED 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE TOWN OF NEWBERRY. |
| Jan 28, 10:47 PM EST | SNOW 2 | Winnsboro, SC | DISPATCH REPORTED 1 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS THE COUNTY WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS. |
| Jan 28, 10:51 PM EST | SNOW 1 | Saluda, SC | DISPATCH REPORTED AN INCH OF SNOW IN THE TOWN OF SALUDA WITH PLENTY OF ICING ON THE ROADWAYS. |
| Jan 28, 11:15 PM EST | ICE STORM 0.75 | Summerton, SC | JUST OVER THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH ICE ACCRETION IN SUMMERTON RELAYED BY BROADCAST MEDIA |
| Jan 28, 11:15 PM EST | SNOW 2 | 1 E Lake Murray Of Richl, SC | SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF 2 INCHES OF SNOW IN BALLENTINE. |
| Jan 28, 11:22 PM EST | SNOW 2 | 3 Sse Forest Acres, SC | ESTIMATED 2 1/8 INCH OF SNOW. |
| Jan 28, 11:44 PM EST | SNOW 1.5 | 2 Ese Columbia, SC | SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF JUST UNDER 1.5 INCHES |
| Jan 29, 12:00 AM EST | SNOW 1.5 | 1 Ssw Springdale, SC | 1.5 INCHES OF SNOW MEASURED AT THE NWS FORECAST OFFICE |
| Jan 29, 12:00 AM EST | SNOW 2.3 | 1 Ese Martinez, GA | REPORT OF 2.3 INCHES SNOW ACCUMULATION IN MARTINEZ OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS. |
| Jan 29, 12:45 AM EST | SNOW 2 | 2 W Lexington, SC | |
| Jan 29, 1:02 AM EST | SNOW 2 | Blythewood, SC | |
| Jan 29, 1:29 AM EST | SNOW 3 | 3 Sse Forest Acres, SC | |
| Jan 29, 2:16 AM EST | SNOW 3 | Cheraw, SC | |
| Jan 29, 2:16 AM EST | SNOW 3.5 | Pageland, SC | |
| Jan 29, 2:25 AM EST | SNOW 1.5 | Chapin, SC | |
| Jan 29, 2:25 AM EST | SNOW 2 | Swansea, SC | |
| Jan 29, 2:30 AM EST | SNOW 2.5 | 6 Ene Bishopville, SC | |
| Jan 29, 2:35 AM EST | SNOW 2.5 | Aiken, SC | |
| Jan 29, 2:40 AM EST | SNOW 2 | Wagener, SC | |
| Jan 29, 2:45 AM EST | SNOW 2.5 | Monetta, SC | |
| Jan 29, 2:45 AM EST | SNOW 3.3 | 1 N Irmo, SC | |
| Jan 29, 3:15 AM EST | ICE STORM 0.5 | Bamberg, SC | BAMBERG DISPATCH REPORTED A TREE FELL ON A HOUSE DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATION. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 1624 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
348 WWUS42 KCAE 271857 WSWCAE URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 157 PM EST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA TONIGHT. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL FOLLOW THIS FRONT. THE FRONT WILL STALL JUST OFF THE COAST AND LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE STALLED FRONT. THE OFFSHORE LOW WILL PUSH MOISTURE INLAND AND THIS MOISTURE COMBINED WITH THE COLD AIR SHOULD RESULT IN WINTRY PRECIPITATION. THE WINTER STORM WARNING CRITERIA FOR CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA IS AT LEAST 2 INCHES OF SNOW...OR AT LEAST 1/4 OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ016-018-022-025>031-035>038-041-281200- /O.UPG.KCAE.WS.A.0001.140128T1600Z-140129T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KCAE.WS.W.0001.140128T1600Z-140129T1400Z/ LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-CHESTERFIELD-MCCORMICK- KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON-RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER- BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON-BAMBERG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLNTON...THOMSON...MARTINEZ... EVANS...AUGUSTA...HEPHZIBAH...WAYNESBORO...CHERAW...PAGELAND... MCCORMICK...CAMDEN...LUGOFF...EDGEFIELD...JOHNSTON...SALUDA... RIDGE SPRING...WEST COLUMBIA...CAYCE...LEXINGTON...RED BANK... COLUMBIA...BISHOPVILLE...SAVANNAH RIVER SITE...AIKEN... NORTH AUGUSTA...SUMTER...BARNWELL...WILLISTON...BLACKVILLE... ORANGEBURG...ST. MATTHEWS...MANNING...SUMMERTON...BAMBERG... DENMARK 157 PM EST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TUESDAY TO 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TUESDAY TO 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES AND 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH OF ICE. * TIMING...LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL MAY DEVELOP. THERE MAY BE LENGTHY POWER INTERRUPTIONS. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...READINGS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S TUESDAY AFTERNOON...IN THE LOWER TO MID 20S TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND IN THE 30S WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. LOWS WILL BE IN THE TEENS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ SCZ015-020-021-281200- /O.NEW.KCAE.WS.W.0001.140128T1600Z-140129T1400Z/ LANCASTER-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LANCASTER...ELGIN...NEWBERRY... WINNSBORO 157 PM EST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TUESDAY TO 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TUESDAY TO 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS...THE NORTHERN MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. * TIMING...LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL MAY DEVELOP. THERE MAY BE LENGTHY POWER INTERRUPTIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
13 follow-up statements
361 WWUS42 KCAE 272056 WSWCAE URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 356 PM EST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH IT HAS BEEN A WARM DAY...TEMPERATURES ARE MUCH COLDER BEHIND THE FRONT. THE TEMPERATURES IN THE 20S THAT WERE IN TENNESSEE THIS AFTERNOON WILL BEGIN TO SPILL OVER THE MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING AND WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATER TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL STALL JUST OFF THE COAST BY MORNING AND LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT. THE OFFSHORE LOW WILL PUSH MOISTURE INLAND AND THIS MOISTURE COMBINED WITH THE COLD AIR SHOULD RESULT IN WINTRY PRECIPITATION. CONFIDENCE FOR REACHING WINTER STORM WARNING CRITERIA IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA HAS INCREASED TO 80 PERCENT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING CRITERIA FOR CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA IS AT LEAST 2 INCHES OF SNOW...OR AT LEAST 1/4 OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 281230- /O.CON.KCAE.WS.W.0001.140128T1600Z-140129T1400Z/ LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLNTON...THOMSON...MARTINEZ... EVANS...AUGUSTA...HEPHZIBAH...WAYNESBORO...LANCASTER...ELGIN... CHERAW...PAGELAND...MCCORMICK...NEWBERRY...WINNSBORO...CAMDEN... LUGOFF...EDGEFIELD...JOHNSTON...SALUDA...RIDGE SPRING... WEST COLUMBIA...CAYCE...LEXINGTON...RED BANK...COLUMBIA... BISHOPVILLE...SAVANNAH RIVER SITE...AIKEN...NORTH AUGUSTA... SUMTER...BARNWELL...WILLISTON...BLACKVILLE...ORANGEBURG... ST. MATTHEWS...MANNING...SUMMERTON...BAMBERG...DENMARK 356 PM EST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TUESDAY TO 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...THE LATEST INFORMATION INDICATES SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL OCCUR IN THE PIEDMONT...THIS INCLUDES THE AREA EXTENDING FROM MCCORMICK TO SALUDA TO NEWBERRY TO FAIRFIELD...TO LANCASTER. ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA AND MIDLANDS....THIS AREA INCLUDES THE AREA FROM AUGUSTA TO AIKEN TO COLUMBIA TO CAMDEN TO CHERAW. SOUTHEAST OF THIS AREA A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR. THIS INCLUDES THE AREA EXTENDING FROM WAYNESBORO TO BARNWELL TO BAMBERG TO ORANGEBURG...TO MANNING. HERE...THE MOST LIKELY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 2 TO 4 INCHES PLUS DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/4 TO 1/2 OF AN INCH. * TIMING...THERE IS A CHANCE THE PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP AROUND 7 AM TUESDAY MORNING ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA SOUTH AND EAST OF COLUMBIA. HOWEVER...THE CHANCE WILL BE INCREASING DURING THE DAY AND PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY ACROSS THE AREA AROUND 300 PM. SNOW IS FORECAST TO END FROM WEST TO EAST WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL WILL DEVELOP. THERE MAY BE LENGTHY POWER INTERRUPTIONS. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...READINGS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S TUESDAY...IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 20S TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 30S WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. LOWS WILL BE IN THE TEENS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
984 WWUS42 KCAE 280137 WSWCAE URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 837 PM EST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH MONDAY WAS VERY WARM WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 60S TO AROUND 70...TEMPERATURES ARE MUCH COLDER BEHIND THE FRONT. EVENING READINGS WERE IN THE TEENS JUST UPSTREAM IN TENNESSEE. THE AIR MASS WILL MODIFY AS IT SPILLS OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FILTERS INTO OUR AREA LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...BUT IT WILL STILL BE QUITE COLD. THE FRONT WILL STALL JUST OFF THE COAST BY MORNING AND LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT. THE OFFSHORE LOW WILL PUSH MOISTURE INLAND AND THIS MOISTURE COMBINED WITH THE COLD AIR SHOULD RESULT IN WINTRY PRECIPITATION IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. CONFIDENCE FOR REACHING WINTER STORM WARNING CRITERIA IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA HAS INCREASED TO 80 PERCENT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING CRITERIA FOR CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA IS AT LEAST 2 INCHES OF SNOW...OR AT LEAST 1/4 OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 281245- /O.CON.KCAE.WS.W.0001.140128T1600Z-140129T1400Z/ LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLNTON...THOMSON...MARTINEZ... EVANS...AUGUSTA...HEPHZIBAH...WAYNESBORO...LANCASTER...ELGIN... CHERAW...PAGELAND...MCCORMICK...NEWBERRY...WINNSBORO...CAMDEN... LUGOFF...EDGEFIELD...JOHNSTON...SALUDA...RIDGE SPRING... WEST COLUMBIA...CAYCE...LEXINGTON...RED BANK...COLUMBIA... BISHOPVILLE...SAVANNAH RIVER SITE...AIKEN...NORTH AUGUSTA... SUMTER...BARNWELL...WILLISTON...BLACKVILLE...ORANGEBURG... ST. MATTHEWS...MANNING...SUMMERTON...BAMBERG...DENMARK 837 PM EST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TUESDAY TO 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...THE LATEST INFORMATION INDICATES SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL OCCUR IN THE PIEDMONT...THIS INCLUDES THE AREA EXTENDING FROM MCCORMICK TO SALUDA TO NEWBERRY TO FAIRFIELD...TO LANCASTER. ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA AND MIDLANDS....THIS AREA INCLUDES THE AREA FROM AUGUSTA TO AIKEN TO COLUMBIA TO CAMDEN TO CHERAW. SOUTHEAST OF THIS AREA A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR. THIS INCLUDES THE AREA EXTENDING FROM WAYNESBORO TO BARNWELL TO BAMBERG TO ORANGEBURG...TO MANNING. HERE...THE MOST LIKELY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 2 TO 4 INCHES PLUS DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/4 TO 1/2 OF AN INCH. * TIMING...THERE IS A CHANCE THE PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP AROUND 7 AM TUESDAY MORNING ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA SOUTH AND EAST OF COLUMBIA. HOWEVER...THE CHANCE WILL BE INCREASING DURING THE DAY. PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BE WIDESPREAD BEGINNING AROUND 200 PM. SNOW IS FORECAST TO END FROM WEST TO EAST WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL WILL DEVELOP. THERE MAY BE LENGTHY POWER INTERRUPTIONS. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...READINGS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S TUESDAY...IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 20S TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 30S WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. LOWS WILL BE IN THE TEENS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ONLY TRAVEL IF IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. IF YOU MUCH TRAVEL...BE PREPARED FOR WINTERTIME EMERGENCIES. && $$
694 WWUS42 KCAE 280332 WSWCAE URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1032 PM EST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH MONDAY WAS VERY WARM WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 60S TO AROUND 70...TEMPERATURES ARE MUCH COLDER BEHIND THE FRONT. READINGS WERE IN THE TEENS JUST UPSTREAM IN TENNESSEE. THE AIR MASS WILL MODIFY AS IT SPILLS OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FILTERS INTO OUR AREA LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...BUT IT WILL STILL BE QUITE COLD. THE FRONT WILL STALL JUST OFF THE COAST BY MORNING AND LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT. THE OFFSHORE LOW WILL PUSH MOISTURE INLAND AND THIS MOISTURE COMBINED WITH THE COLD AIR SHOULD RESULT IN WINTRY PRECIPITATION IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. CONFIDENCE FOR REACHING WINTER STORM WARNING CRITERIA IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA HAS INCREASED TO 80 PERCENT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING CRITERIA FOR CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA IS AT LEAST 2 INCHES OF SNOW...OR AT LEAST 1/4 OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 281200- /O.CON.KCAE.WS.W.0001.140128T1600Z-140129T1400Z/ LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLNTON...THOMSON...MARTINEZ... EVANS...AUGUSTA...HEPHZIBAH...WAYNESBORO...LANCASTER...ELGIN... CHERAW...PAGELAND...MCCORMICK...NEWBERRY...WINNSBORO...CAMDEN... LUGOFF...EDGEFIELD...JOHNSTON...SALUDA...RIDGE SPRING... WEST COLUMBIA...CAYCE...LEXINGTON...RED BANK...COLUMBIA... BISHOPVILLE...SAVANNAH RIVER SITE...AIKEN...NORTH AUGUSTA... SUMTER...BARNWELL...WILLISTON...BLACKVILLE...ORANGEBURG... ST. MATTHEWS...MANNING...SUMMERTON...BAMBERG...DENMARK 1032 PM EST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TUESDAY TO 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...THE LATEST INFORMATION INDICATES SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL OCCUR IN THE PIEDMONT...THIS INCLUDES THE AREA EXTENDING FROM MCCORMICK TO SALUDA TO NEWBERRY TO FAIRFIELD...TO LANCASTER. ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA AND MIDLANDS....THIS AREA INCLUDES THE AREA FROM AUGUSTA TO AIKEN TO COLUMBIA TO CAMDEN TO CHERAW. SOUTHEAST OF THIS AREA A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR. THIS INCLUDES THE AREA EXTENDING FROM WAYNESBORO TO BARNWELL TO BAMBERG TO ORANGEBURG...TO MANNING. HERE...THE MOST LIKELY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 2 TO 4 INCHES PLUS DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/4 TO 1/2 OF AN INCH. * TIMING...THERE IS A CHANCE THE PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP AROUND 7 AM TUESDAY MORNING ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA SOUTH AND EAST OF COLUMBIA. HOWEVER...THE CHANCE WILL BE INCREASING DURING THE DAY. PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BE WIDESPREAD BEGINNING AROUND 200 PM. SNOW IS FORECAST TO END FROM WEST TO EAST WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP. THERE MAY BE LENGTHY POWER INTERRUPTIONS. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...READINGS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S TUESDAY...IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 20S TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 30S WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. LOWS WILL BE IN THE TEENS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. ONLY TRAVEL IF IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING SAFETY TIPS. PLAN PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME. DRIVE SLOWLY AND LEAVE PLENTY OF SPACE BETWEEN YOU AND THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF YOU. BRAKE GENTLY AND AVOID MAKING SUDDEN TURNS. BRING THE FOLLOWING WITH YOU IN CASE YOU GET STRANDED...FOOD AND WATER....BLANKET.. WINDSHIELD SCRAPPER AND BRUSH...AND FIRST AID KIT. LET SOMEONE ELSE KNOW WHEN YOU WILL TRAVEL AND WHAT ROUTES YOU WILL TAKE. && $$
899 WWUS42 KCAE 280334 WSWCAE URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1034 PM EST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH MONDAY WAS VERY WARM WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 60S TO AROUND 70...TEMPERATURES ARE MUCH COLDER BEHIND THE FRONT. READINGS WERE IN THE TEENS JUST UPSTREAM IN TENNESSEE. THE AIR MASS WILL MODIFY AS IT SPILLS OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FILTERS INTO OUR AREA LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...BUT IT WILL STILL BE QUITE COLD. THE FRONT WILL STALL JUST OFF THE COAST BY MORNING AND LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT. THE OFFSHORE LOW WILL PUSH MOISTURE INLAND AND THIS MOISTURE COMBINED WITH THE COLD AIR SHOULD RESULT IN WINTRY PRECIPITATION IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. CONFIDENCE FOR REACHING WINTER STORM WARNING CRITERIA IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA HAS INCREASED TO 80 PERCENT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING CRITERIA FOR CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA IS AT LEAST 2 INCHES OF SNOW...OR AT LEAST 1/4 OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 281300- /O.CON.KCAE.WS.W.0001.140128T1600Z-140129T1400Z/ LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLNTON...THOMSON...MARTINEZ... EVANS...AUGUSTA...HEPHZIBAH...WAYNESBORO...LANCASTER...ELGIN... CHERAW...PAGELAND...MCCORMICK...NEWBERRY...WINNSBORO...CAMDEN... LUGOFF...EDGEFIELD...JOHNSTON...SALUDA...RIDGE SPRING... WEST COLUMBIA...CAYCE...LEXINGTON...RED BANK...COLUMBIA... BISHOPVILLE...SAVANNAH RIVER SITE...AIKEN...NORTH AUGUSTA... SUMTER...BARNWELL...WILLISTON...BLACKVILLE...ORANGEBURG... ST. MATTHEWS...MANNING...SUMMERTON...BAMBERG...DENMARK 1034 PM EST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TUESDAY TO 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...THE LATEST INFORMATION INDICATES SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL OCCUR IN THE PIEDMONT...THIS INCLUDES THE AREA EXTENDING FROM MCCORMICK TO SALUDA TO NEWBERRY TO FAIRFIELD...TO LANCASTER. ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA AND MIDLANDS....THIS AREA INCLUDES THE AREA FROM AUGUSTA TO AIKEN TO COLUMBIA TO CAMDEN TO CHERAW. SOUTHEAST OF THIS AREA A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR. THIS INCLUDES THE AREA EXTENDING FROM WAYNESBORO TO BARNWELL TO BAMBERG TO ORANGEBURG...TO MANNING. HERE...THE MOST LIKELY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 2 TO 4 INCHES PLUS DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/4 TO 1/2 OF AN INCH. * TIMING...THERE IS A CHANCE THE PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP AROUND 7 AM TUESDAY MORNING ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA SOUTH AND EAST OF COLUMBIA. HOWEVER...THE CHANCE WILL BE INCREASING DURING THE DAY. PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BE WIDESPREAD BEGINNING AROUND 200 PM. SNOW IS FORECAST TO END FROM WEST TO EAST WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP. THERE MAY BE LENGTHY POWER INTERRUPTIONS. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...READINGS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S TUESDAY...IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 20S TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 30S WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. LOWS WILL BE IN THE TEENS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. ONLY TRAVEL IF IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING SAFETY TIPS. PLAN PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME. DRIVE SLOWLY AND LEAVE PLENTY OF SPACE BETWEEN YOU AND THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF YOU. BRAKE GENTLY AND AVOID MAKING SUDDEN TURNS. BRING THE FOLLOWING WITH YOU IN CASE YOU GET STRANDED...FOOD AND WATER.... BLANKET.. WINDSHIELD SCRAPPER AND BRUSH...AND FIRST AID KIT. LET SOMEONE ELSE KNOW WHEN YOU WILL TRAVEL AND WHAT ROUTES YOU WILL TAKE. && $$
728 WWUS42 KCAE 280932 WSWCAE URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 432 AM EST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM TO IMPACT CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... .A COLD FRONT PUSHED EAST OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND AN ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL SETTLE OVER THE REGION TODAY. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY FALL THROUGH THE DAY AS PRECIPITATION DEVELOPS BY MID MORNING AND BECOMES WIDESPREAD THIS AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE A WIDE VARIETY OF PRECIPITATION TYPES ACROSS THE MIDLANDS AND CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA. PRIMARILY SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM AUGUSTA TO COLUMBIA TO CAMDEN AND CHERAW...WHILE A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE EASTERN MIDLANDS. THE WINTER STORM WARNING CRITERIA FOR CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA IS AT LEAST 2 INCHES OF SNOW...OR AT LEAST 1/4 OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 282300- /O.CON.KCAE.WS.W.0001.140128T1600Z-140129T1400Z/ LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLNTON...THOMSON...MARTINEZ... EVANS...AUGUSTA...HEPHZIBAH...WAYNESBORO...LANCASTER...ELGIN... CHERAW...PAGELAND...MCCORMICK...NEWBERRY...WINNSBORO...CAMDEN... LUGOFF...EDGEFIELD...JOHNSTON...SALUDA...RIDGE SPRING... WEST COLUMBIA...CAYCE...LEXINGTON...RED BANK...COLUMBIA... BISHOPVILLE...SAVANNAH RIVER SITE...AIKEN...NORTH AUGUSTA... SUMTER...BARNWELL...WILLISTON...BLACKVILLE...ORANGEBURG... ST. MATTHEWS...MANNING...SUMMERTON...BAMBERG...DENMARK 432 AM EST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE PIEDMONT...THIS INCLUDES THE AREA EXTENDING FROM MCCORMICK TO SALUDA TO NEWBERRY TO FAIRFIELD...TO LANCASTER. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES EXPECTED IN THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA AND MIDLANDS...THIS AREA INCLUDES THE AREA FROM AUGUSTA TO AIKEN TO COLUMBIA. ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED FROM CAMDEN TO BISHOPVILLE TO CHERAW. SOUTHEAST OF THIS AREA A MIXTURE OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED. THIS INCLUDES THE AREA EXTENDING FROM WAYNESBORO TO BARNWELL TO BAMBERG TO ORANGEBURG...TO MANNING. HERE...THE MOST LIKELY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 2 TO 4 INCHES PLUS DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/4 TO 1/2 OF AN INCH. * TIMING...SCATTERED PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS MORNING IN AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF COLUMBIA BUT WILL EXPAND AND BECOME WIDESPREAD BY AFTERNOON. SNOW IS FORECAST TO END FROM WEST TO EAST EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP. THIS INCLUDES MAJOR ROUTES SUCH AS INTERSTATE 77...INTERSTATE 26...INTERSTATE 20...AND INTERSTATE 95. THERE MAY BE LENGTHY POWER INTERRUPTIONS. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL COULD PERSIST WELL INTO WEDNESDAY AS TEMPERATURES STRUGGLE TO REACH FREEZING. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...READINGS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S TODAY...IN THE TEENS TO MID 20S TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 30S WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. LOWS WILL BE IN THE TEENS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. ONLY TRAVEL IF IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING SAFETY TIPS. PLAN PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME. DRIVE SLOWLY AND LEAVE PLENTY OF SPACE BETWEEN YOU AND THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF YOU. BRAKE GENTLY AND AVOID MAKING SUDDEN TURNS. BRING THE FOLLOWING WITH YOU IN CASE YOU GET STRANDED...FOOD AND WATER.... BLANKET.. WINDSHIELD SCRAPPER AND BRUSH...AND FIRST AID KIT. LET SOMEONE ELSE KNOW WHEN YOU WILL TRAVEL AND WHAT ROUTES YOU WILL TAKE. && $$
139 WWUS42 KCAE 281642 WSWCAE URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1142 AM EST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM TO IMPACT CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... .AN ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL SETTLE OVER THE REGION TODAY. TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY FALL DURING THE AFTERNOON AS PRECIPITATION BECOMES WIDESPREAD. THERE WILL BE A VARIETY OF PRECIPITATION TYPES ACROSS THE MIDLANDS AND CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA. PRIMARILY SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM AUGUSTA TO COLUMBIA TO CAMDEN AND CHERAW...WHILE A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE EASTERN MIDLANDS. THE WINTER STORM WARNING CRITERIA FOR CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA IS AT LEAST 2 INCHES OF SNOW...OR AT LEAST 1/4 OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 282300- /O.CON.KCAE.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T1400Z/ LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLNTON...THOMSON...MARTINEZ... EVANS...AUGUSTA...HEPHZIBAH...WAYNESBORO...LANCASTER...ELGIN... CHERAW...PAGELAND...MCCORMICK...NEWBERRY...WINNSBORO...CAMDEN... LUGOFF...EDGEFIELD...JOHNSTON...SALUDA...RIDGE SPRING... WEST COLUMBIA...CAYCE...LEXINGTON...RED BANK...COLUMBIA... BISHOPVILLE...SAVANNAH RIVER SITE...AIKEN...NORTH AUGUSTA... SUMTER...BARNWELL...WILLISTON...BLACKVILLE...ORANGEBURG... ST. MATTHEWS...MANNING...SUMMERTON...BAMBERG...DENMARK 1142 AM EST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE PIEDMONT...THIS INCLUDES THE AREA EXTENDING FROM MCCORMICK TO SALUDA TO NEWBERRY TO FAIRFIELD...TO LANCASTER. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES EXPECTED IN THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA AND MIDLANDS...THIS AREA INCLUDES THE AREA FROM AUGUSTA TO AIKEN TO COLUMBIA. ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED FROM CAMDEN TO BISHOPVILLE TO CHERAW. SOUTHEAST OF THIS AREA A MIXTURE OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW IS FORECASTED. THIS INCLUDES THE AREA EXTENDING FROM WAYNESBORO TO BARNWELL TO BAMBERG AND ORANGEBURG...TO MANNING. HERE...THE MOST LIKELY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 2 TO 4 INCHES PLUS DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/4 TO 1/2 OF AN INCH. * TIMING...SCATTERED PRECIPITATION AROUND MIDDAY FROM I-20 SOUTHWARD WILL EXPAND AND BECOME WIDESPREAD BY LATE AFTERNOON. SNOW IS FORECAST TO END FROM WEST TO EAST EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP. THIS INCLUDES MAJOR ROUTES SUCH AS INTERSTATE 77...INTERSTATE 26... INTERSTATE 20...AND INTERSTATE 95. THERE MAY BE LENGTHY POWER INTERRUPTIONS. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL COULD PERSIST WELL INTO WEDNESDAY AS TEMPERATURES STRUGGLE TO REACH FREEZING. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...READINGS RANGING THROUGH THE 30S AT MIDDAY WILL REACH AT OR BELOW THE FREEZING MARK BY 4 PM. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE TEENS TO MID 20S TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING... AND IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 30S WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. LOWS WILL BE IN THE TEENS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. ONLY TRAVEL IF IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING SAFETY TIPS. PLAN PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME. DRIVE SLOWLY AND LEAVE PLENTY OF SPACE BETWEEN YOU AND THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF YOU. BRAKE GENTLY AND AVOID MAKING SUDDEN TURNS. BRING THE FOLLOWING WITH YOU IN CASE YOU GET STRANDED...FOOD AND WATER.... BLANKET.. WINDSHIELD SCRAPPER AND BRUSH...AND FIRST AID KIT. LET SOMEONE ELSE KNOW WHEN YOU WILL TRAVEL AND WHAT ROUTES YOU WILL TAKE. && $$
781 WWUS42 KCAE 281922 WSWCAE URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 222 PM EST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM TO IMPACT CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... .AS AN ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL SETTLES OVER THE REGION TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY FALL AND PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD. THERE WILL BE A VARIETY OF PRECIPITATION TYPES ACROSS THE MIDLANDS AND CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA. PRIMARILY SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM AUGUSTA TO COLUMBIA TO CAMDEN AND CHERAW...WHILE A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE EASTERN MIDLANDS. THE WINTER STORM WARNING CRITERIA FOR CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA IS AT LEAST 2 INCHES OF SNOW...OR AT LEAST 1/4 OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 290300- /O.CON.KCAE.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T1400Z/ LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLNTON...THOMSON...MARTINEZ... EVANS...AUGUSTA...HEPHZIBAH...WAYNESBORO...LANCASTER...ELGIN... CHERAW...PAGELAND...MCCORMICK...NEWBERRY...WINNSBORO...CAMDEN... LUGOFF...EDGEFIELD...JOHNSTON...SALUDA...RIDGE SPRING... WEST COLUMBIA...CAYCE...LEXINGTON...RED BANK...COLUMBIA... BISHOPVILLE...SAVANNAH RIVER SITE...AIKEN...NORTH AUGUSTA... SUMTER...BARNWELL...WILLISTON...BLACKVILLE...ORANGEBURG... ST. MATTHEWS...MANNING...SUMMERTON...BAMBERG...DENMARK 222 PM EST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE PIEDMONT...THIS INCLUDES THE AREA EXTENDING FROM MCCORMICK TO SALUDA TO NEWBERRY TO FAIRFIELD...TO LANCASTER. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES EXPECTED IN THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA AND MIDLANDS...THIS AREA INCLUDES THE AREA FROM AUGUSTA TO AIKEN TO COLUMBIA. ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED FROM CAMDEN TO BISHOPVILLE TO CHERAW. SOUTHEAST OF THIS AREA A MIXTURE OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW IS FORECASTED. THIS INCLUDES THE AREA EXTENDING FROM WAYNESBORO TO BARNWELL TO BAMBERG AND ORANGEBURG...TO MANNING. HERE...THE MOST LIKELY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 2 TO 4 INCHES PLUS DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/4 TO 1/2 OF AN INCH. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD BY LATE AFTERNOON. SNOW IS FORECAST TO END FROM WEST TO EAST WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP. THIS INCLUDES MAJOR ROUTES SUCH AS INTERSTATE 77...INTERSTATE 26... INTERSTATE 20...AND INTERSTATE 95. THERE MAY BE LENGTHY POWER INTERRUPTIONS. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL COULD PERSIST WELL INTO WEDNESDAY AS TEMPERATURES STRUGGLE TO REACH FREEZING. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...READINGS RANGING THROUGH THE 30S THIS AFTERNOON WILL FALL BELOW THROUGH EARLY EVENING. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE TEENS TO MID 20S OVERNIGHT...AND IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 30S WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. LOWS WILL BE IN THE TEENS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. ONLY TRAVEL IF IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING SAFETY TIPS. PLAN PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME. DRIVE SLOWLY AND LEAVE PLENTY OF SPACE BETWEEN YOU AND THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF YOU. BRAKE GENTLY AND AVOID MAKING SUDDEN TURNS. BRING THE FOLLOWING WITH YOU IN CASE YOU GET STRANDED...FOOD AND WATER.... BLANKET.. WINDSHIELD SCRAPPER AND BRUSH...AND FIRST AID KIT. LET SOMEONE ELSE KNOW WHEN YOU WILL TRAVEL AND WHAT ROUTES YOU WILL TAKE. && $$
836 WWUS42 KCAE 282151 WSWCAE URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 451 PM EST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM IMPACTING CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... .ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE HAS DIRECTED COLD AIR INTO CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. LOW PRESSURE HAS DEVELOPED OFF THE GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA COAST. THE LOW HAS PUSHED MOISTURE INLAND AND WINTRY PRECIPITATION HAS DEVELOPED. PRIMARILY SNOW AND SLEET WILL OCCUR ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE EXTENDING THOUGH AUGUSTA...COLUMBIA...CAMDEN AND CHERAW. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL OCCUR EAST OF THIS LINE BUT PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME ALL SNOW LATER TONIGHT. THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY IN THE ACCUMULATION FORECAST BECAUSE SMALL CHANGES IN THE VERTICAL PROFILE CAN HAVE A LARGE INFLUENCE ON THE PRECIPITATION TYPE AND ACCUMULATION. HOWEVER...THERE IS HIGH CONFIDENCE IN REACHING THE WINTER STORM WARNING CRITERIA. THE WINTER STORM WARNING CRITERIA FOR CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA IS AT LEAST 2 INCHES OF SNOW...OR AT LEAST 1/4 OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 290600- /O.CON.KCAE.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T1400Z/ LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLNTON...THOMSON...MARTINEZ... EVANS...AUGUSTA...HEPHZIBAH...WAYNESBORO...LANCASTER...ELGIN... CHERAW...PAGELAND...MCCORMICK...NEWBERRY...WINNSBORO...CAMDEN... LUGOFF...EDGEFIELD...JOHNSTON...SALUDA...RIDGE SPRING... WEST COLUMBIA...CAYCE...LEXINGTON...RED BANK...COLUMBIA... BISHOPVILLE...SAVANNAH RIVER SITE...AIKEN...NORTH AUGUSTA... SUMTER...BARNWELL...WILLISTON...BLACKVILLE...ORANGEBURG... ST. MATTHEWS...MANNING...SUMMERTON...BAMBERG...DENMARK 451 PM EST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE PIEDMONT...THIS INCLUDES THE AREA EXTENDING FROM MCCORMICK TO SALUDA TO NEWBERRY TO FAIRFIELD...TO LANCASTER. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA AND SOUTH MIDLANDS...THIS INCLUDES THE AREA FROM AUGUSTA TO AIKEN TO COLUMBIA. ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE NORTH MIDLANDS FROM CAMDEN TO BISHOPVILLE TO CHERAW. SOUTHEAST OF THIS AREA A MIXTURE OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW IS FORECASTED. THIS INCLUDES THE AREA EXTENDING FROM WAYNESBORO TO BARNWELL TO BAMBERG AND ORANGEBURG...TO MANNING. HERE...THE MOST LIKELY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 2 TO 4 INCHES PLUS DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/4 TO 1/2 OF AN INCH. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL BE WIDESPREAD TONIGHT AND END FROM WEST TO EAST WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...THERE WILL BE VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THERE MAY BE LENGTHY POWER INTERRUPTIONS. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY PERSIST INTO THURSDAY AS VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...READINGS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S EARLY TONIGHT. IT WILL FURTHER COOL TO NEAR 20 LATE TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 20S WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. LOWS WILL BE MAINLY 10 TO 15 WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. ONLY TRAVEL IF IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING SAFETY TIPS. PLAN PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME. DRIVE SLOWLY AND LEAVE PLENTY OF SPACE BETWEEN YOU AND THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF YOU. BRAKE GENTLY AND AVOID MAKING SUDDEN TURNS. BRING THE FOLLOWING WITH YOU IN CASE YOU GET STRANDED...FOOD AND WATER.... BLANKET...WINDSHIELD SCRAPPER AND BRUSH...AND FIRST AID KIT. LET SOMEONE ELSE KNOW WHEN YOU WILL TRAVEL AND WHAT ROUTES YOU WILL TAKE. && $$
765 WWUS42 KCAE 282347 WSWCAE URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 647 PM EST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM IMPACTING CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... .ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE HAS DIRECTED COLD AIR INTO CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. LOW PRESSURE HAS DEVELOPED OFF THE GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA COAST. THE LOW HAS PUSHED MOISTURE INLAND AND WINTRY PRECIPITATION HAS DEVELOPED. PRIMARILY SNOW AND SLEET WILL OCCUR NORTHWEST OF A LINE EXTENDING THROUGH AUGUSTA...COLUMBIA...CAMDEN AND CHERAW. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL OCCUR ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF THIS LINE BUT PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME ALL SNOW LATER TONIGHT. THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY IN THE ACCUMULATION FORECAST BECAUSE SMALL CHANGES IN THE VERTICAL PROFILE CAN HAVE A LARGE INFLUENCE ON THE PRECIPITATION TYPE AND ACCUMULATION. HOWEVER...THERE IS HIGH CONFIDENCE IN REACHING THE WINTER STORM WARNING CRITERIA. THE WINTER STORM WARNING CRITERIA FOR CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA IS AT LEAST 2 INCHES OF SNOW...OR AT LEAST 1/4 OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 290800- /O.CON.KCAE.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T1400Z/ LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLNTON...THOMSON...MARTINEZ... EVANS...AUGUSTA...HEPHZIBAH...WAYNESBORO...LANCASTER...ELGIN... CHERAW...PAGELAND...MCCORMICK...NEWBERRY...WINNSBORO...CAMDEN... LUGOFF...EDGEFIELD...JOHNSTON...SALUDA...RIDGE SPRING... WEST COLUMBIA...CAYCE...LEXINGTON...RED BANK...COLUMBIA... BISHOPVILLE...SAVANNAH RIVER SITE...AIKEN...NORTH AUGUSTA... SUMTER...BARNWELL...WILLISTON...BLACKVILLE...ORANGEBURG... ST. MATTHEWS...MANNING...SUMMERTON...BAMBERG...DENMARK 647 PM EST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE PIEDMONT...THIS INCLUDES THE AREA EXTENDING FROM MCCORMICK TO SALUDA TO NEWBERRY TO FAIRFIELD...TO LANCASTER. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA AND SOUTH MIDLANDS...THIS INCLUDES THE AREA FROM AUGUSTA TO AIKEN TO COLUMBIA PLUS ICE ACCUMULATIONS NEAR ONE-TENTH OF AN INCH. ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE NORTH MIDLANDS FROM CAMDEN TO BISHOPVILLE TO CHERAW. SOUTHEAST OF THIS AREA A MIXTURE OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW IS FORECASTED. THIS INCLUDES THE AREA EXTENDING FROM WAYNESBORO TO BARNWELL TO BAMBERG AND ORANGEBURG...TO MANNING. HERE...THE MOST LIKELY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 2 TO 4 INCHES PLUS DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/4 TO 1/2 OF AN INCH. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL BE WIDESPREAD TONIGHT AND END FROM WEST TO EAST WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...THERE WILL BE VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THERE MAY BE LENGTHY POWER INTERRUPTIONS. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY PERSIST INTO THURSDAY AS VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...READINGS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S EARLY TONIGHT. IT WILL FURTHER COOL TO NEAR 20 LATE TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 20S WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. LOWS WILL BE MAINLY 10 TO 15 WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. ONLY TRAVEL IF IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING SAFETY TIPS. PLAN PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME. DRIVE SLOWLY AND LEAVE PLENTY OF SPACE BETWEEN YOU AND THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF YOU. BRAKE GENTLY AND AVOID MAKING SUDDEN TURNS. BRING THE FOLLOWING WITH YOU IN CASE YOU GET STRANDED...FOOD AND WATER.... BLANKET...WINDSHIELD SCRAPPER AND BRUSH...AND FIRST AID KIT. LET SOMEONE ELSE KNOW WHEN YOU WILL TRAVEL AND WHAT ROUTES YOU WILL TAKE. && $$
356 WWUS42 KCAE 290132 WSWCAE URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 832 PM EST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM IMPACTING CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... .ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE HAS DIRECTED COLD AIR INTO CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. LOW PRESSURE HAS DEVELOPED OFF THE GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA COAST. THE LOW HAS PUSHED MOISTURE INLAND AND WINTRY PRECIPITATION HAS DEVELOPED. SNOW WAS OCCURRING ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF AN AUGUSTA...COLUMBIA AND CHESTERFIELD LINE AT 830 PM. SOUTHEAST OF THIS LINE IT WAS FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. THIS LINE HAS BEEN SHIFTING EASTWARD DURING THE EVENING AND THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE. DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR IN THE SOUTHEAST SECTION WHERE THE CHANGEOVER TO SNOW WILL BE LATER. THIS IS THE AREA EXTENDING FROM WAYNESBORO TO BARNWELL TO BAMBERG TO ORANGEBURG TO MANNING. GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 290945- /O.CON.KCAE.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T1400Z/ LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLNTON...THOMSON...MARTINEZ... EVANS...AUGUSTA...HEPHZIBAH...WAYNESBORO...LANCASTER...ELGIN... CHERAW...PAGELAND...MCCORMICK...NEWBERRY...WINNSBORO...CAMDEN... LUGOFF...EDGEFIELD...JOHNSTON...SALUDA...RIDGE SPRING... WEST COLUMBIA...CAYCE...LEXINGTON...RED BANK...COLUMBIA... BISHOPVILLE...SAVANNAH RIVER SITE...AIKEN...NORTH AUGUSTA... SUMTER...BARNWELL...WILLISTON...BLACKVILLE...ORANGEBURG... ST. MATTHEWS...MANNING...SUMMERTON...BAMBERG...DENMARK 832 PM EST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE PIEDMONT...THIS INCLUDES THE AREA EXTENDING FROM MCCORMICK TO SALUDA TO NEWBERRY TO FAIRFIELD...TO LANCASTER. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA AND SOUTH MIDLANDS...THIS INCLUDES THE AREA FROM AUGUSTA TO AIKEN TO COLUMBIA PLUS ICE ACCUMULATIONS NEAR ONE-TENTH OF AN INCH. ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE NORTH MIDLANDS FROM CAMDEN TO BISHOPVILLE TO CHERAW. SOUTHEAST OF THIS AREA A MIXTURE OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW IS FORECASTED. THIS INCLUDES THE AREA EXTENDING FROM WAYNESBORO TO BARNWELL TO BAMBERG AND ORANGEBURG...TO MANNING. HERE...THE MOST LIKELY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 2 TO 4 INCHES PLUS DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/4 TO 1/2 OF AN INCH. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL BE WIDESPREAD TONIGHT AND END FROM WEST TO EAST WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...THERE WILL BE VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THERE MAY BE LENGTHY POWER INTERRUPTIONS. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY PERSIST INTO THURSDAY AS VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IT WILL REMAIN BELOW FREEZING AND FALL TO NEAR 20 BY SUNRISE. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 20S WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. LOWS WILL BE MAINLY 10 TO 15 WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. ONLY TRAVEL IF IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING SAFETY TIPS. PLAN PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME. DRIVE SLOWLY AND LEAVE PLENTY OF SPACE BETWEEN YOU AND THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF YOU. BRAKE GENTLY AND AVOID MAKING SUDDEN TURNS. BRING THE FOLLOWING WITH YOU IN CASE YOU GET STRANDED...FOOD AND WATER.... BLANKET...WINDSHIELD SCRAPPER AND BRUSH...AND FIRST AID KIT. LET SOMEONE ELSE KNOW WHEN YOU WILL TRAVEL AND WHAT ROUTES YOU WILL TAKE. && $$
509 WWUS42 KCAE 290236 WSWCAE URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 936 PM EST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM IMPACTING CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... .ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE HAS DIRECTED COLD AIR INTO CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. LOW PRESSURE HAS DEVELOPED OFF THE GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA COAST. THE LOW HAS PUSHED MOISTURE INLAND AND WINTRY PRECIPITATION HAS OVERSPREAD THE AREA. SATELLITE TRENDS HAVE SHOWN COOLING CLOUD TOP TEMPERATURES. THIS SUPPORTS SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND THE FORECAST APPEARS ON TRACK. THE TRANSITION FROM FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TO ALL SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS HAVE OCCURRED AHEAD OF THIS TRANSITION LINE. THIS IS THE AREA EXTENDING FROM WAYNESBORO TO BARNWELL TO BAMBERG TO ORANGEBURG TO MANNING. GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 291045- /O.CON.KCAE.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T1400Z/ LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLNTON...THOMSON...MARTINEZ... EVANS...AUGUSTA...HEPHZIBAH...WAYNESBORO...LANCASTER...ELGIN... CHERAW...PAGELAND...MCCORMICK...NEWBERRY...WINNSBORO...CAMDEN... LUGOFF...EDGEFIELD...JOHNSTON...SALUDA...RIDGE SPRING... WEST COLUMBIA...CAYCE...LEXINGTON...RED BANK...COLUMBIA... BISHOPVILLE...SAVANNAH RIVER SITE...AIKEN...NORTH AUGUSTA... SUMTER...BARNWELL...WILLISTON...BLACKVILLE...ORANGEBURG... ST. MATTHEWS...MANNING...SUMMERTON...BAMBERG...DENMARK 936 PM EST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE PIEDMONT...THIS INCLUDES THE AREA EXTENDING FROM MCCORMICK TO SALUDA TO NEWBERRY TO FAIRFIELD... TO LANCASTER. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA AND SOUTH MIDLANDS...THIS INCLUDES THE AREA FROM AUGUSTA TO AIKEN TO COLUMBIA PLUS ICE ACCUMULATIONS NEAR ONE- TENTH OF AN INCH. ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE NORTH MIDLANDS FROM CAMDEN TO BISHOPVILLE TO CHERAW. SOUTHEAST OF THIS AREA A MIXTURE OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW IS FORECASTED. THIS INCLUDES THE AREA EXTENDING FROM WAYNESBORO TO BARNWELL TO BAMBERG AND ORANGEBURG...TO MANNING. HERE...THE MOST LIKELY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 2 TO 4 INCHES PLUS DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/4 TO 1/2 OF AN INCH. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL BE WIDESPREAD TONIGHT AND END FROM WEST TO EAST WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...THERE WILL BE VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THERE MAY BE LENGTHY POWER INTERRUPTIONS. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY PERSIST INTO THURSDAY AS VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IT WILL REMAIN BELOW FREEZING AND FALL TO NEAR 20 BY SUNRISE. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 20S WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. LOWS WILL BE MAINLY 10 TO 15 WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. ONLY TRAVEL IF IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING SAFETY TIPS. PLAN PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME. DRIVE SLOWLY AND LEAVE PLENTY OF SPACE BETWEEN YOU AND THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF YOU. BRAKE GENTLY AND AVOID MAKING SUDDEN TURNS. BRING THE FOLLOWING WITH YOU IN CASE YOU GET STRANDED...FOOD AND WATER.... BLANKET...WINDSHIELD SCRAPPER AND BRUSH...AND FIRST AID KIT. LET SOMEONE ELSE KNOW WHEN YOU WILL TRAVEL AND WHAT ROUTES YOU WILL TAKE. && $$
176 WWUS42 KCAE 290323 WSWCAE URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1023 PM EST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM IMPACTING CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... .ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE HAS DIRECTED COLD AIR INTO CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. LOW PRESSURE HAS DEVELOPED OFF THE GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA COAST. THE LOW HAS PUSHED MOISTURE INLAND AND WINTRY PRECIPITATION HAS OVERSPREAD THE AREA. SATELLITE TRENDS HAVE SHOWN COOLING CLOUD TOP TEMPERATURES. THIS SUPPORTS SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND THE FORECAST APPEARS ON TRACK. THE TRANSITION FROM FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TO ALL SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS HAVE OCCURRED AHEAD OF THIS TRANSITION LINE. THIS IS THE AREA EXTENDING FROM WAYNESBORO TO BARNWELL TO BAMBERG TO ORANGEBURG TO MANNING. GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 291130- /O.CON.KCAE.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T1400Z/ LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLNTON...THOMSON...MARTINEZ... EVANS...AUGUSTA...HEPHZIBAH...WAYNESBORO...LANCASTER...ELGIN... CHERAW...PAGELAND...MCCORMICK...NEWBERRY...WINNSBORO...CAMDEN... LUGOFF...EDGEFIELD...JOHNSTON...SALUDA...RIDGE SPRING... WEST COLUMBIA...CAYCE...LEXINGTON...RED BANK...COLUMBIA... BISHOPVILLE...SAVANNAH RIVER SITE...AIKEN...NORTH AUGUSTA... SUMTER...BARNWELL...WILLISTON...BLACKVILLE...ORANGEBURG... ST. MATTHEWS...MANNING...SUMMERTON...BAMBERG...DENMARK 1023 PM EST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE PIEDMONT...THIS INCLUDES THE AREA EXTENDING FROM MCCORMICK TO SALUDA TO NEWBERRY TO FAIRFIELD... TO LANCASTER. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA AND SOUTH MIDLANDS...THIS INCLUDES THE AREA FROM AUGUSTA TO AIKEN TO COLUMBIA PLUS ICE ACCUMULATIONS NEAR ONE- TENTH OF AN INCH. ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE NORTH MIDLANDS FROM CAMDEN TO BISHOPVILLE TO CHERAW. SOUTHEAST OF THIS AREA A MIXTURE OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW IS FORECASTED. THIS INCLUDES THE AREA EXTENDING FROM WAYNESBORO TO BARNWELL TO BAMBERG AND ORANGEBURG...TO MANNING. HERE...THE MOST LIKELY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 2 TO 4 INCHES PLUS DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/4 TO 1/2 OF AN INCH. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL BE WIDESPREAD TONIGHT AND END FROM WEST TO EAST WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...THERE WILL BE VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THERE MAY BE LENGTHY POWER INTERRUPTIONS. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY PERSIST INTO THURSDAY AS VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IT WILL REMAIN BELOW FREEZING AND FALL TO NEAR 20 BY SUNRISE. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 20S WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. LOWS WILL BE MAINLY 10 TO 15 WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. ONLY TRAVEL IF IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING SAFETY TIPS. PLAN PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME. DRIVE SLOWLY AND LEAVE PLENTY OF SPACE BETWEEN YOU AND THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF YOU. BRAKE GENTLY AND AVOID MAKING SUDDEN TURNS. BRING THE FOLLOWING WITH YOU IN CASE YOU GET STRANDED...FOOD AND WATER.... BLANKET...WINDSHIELD SCRAPPER AND BRUSH...AND FIRST AID KIT. LET SOMEONE ELSE KNOW WHEN YOU WILL TRAVEL AND WHAT ROUTES YOU WILL TAKE. && $$
016 WWUS42 KCAE 290825 WSWCAE URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 325 AM EST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY MOVE EASTWARD AND OUT OF THE AREA LATER ON THIS MORNING... .ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE HAS DIRECTED COLD AIR INTO CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. THE PRECIPITATION HAS JUST ABOUT ENDED ACROSS THE WEST...WITH ONLY LIGHT AMOUNTS OR FLURRIES EXPECTED INTO THE MORNING. GAZ040-063>065-SCZ015-018-020-021-025-026-291400- /O.CAN.KCAE.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KCAE.WW.Y.0001.140129T0825Z-140129T1400Z/ LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-LANCASTER-MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY- FAIRFIELD-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLNTON...THOMSON...MARTINEZ... EVANS...AUGUSTA...HEPHZIBAH...LANCASTER...ELGIN...MCCORMICK... NEWBERRY...WINNSBORO...EDGEFIELD...JOHNSTON...SALUDA... RIDGE SPRING 325 AM EST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * LOCATIONS...WESTERN MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE NORTHWESTERN CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. * HAZARD TYPES...LIGHT SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN ONE INCH. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ALTHOUGH THE SNOWFALL IS COMING TO AN END...THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO THE SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS. THERE MAY BE LENGTHY POWER INTERRUPTIONS. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY PERSIST INTO THURSDAY AS VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE. * WINDS...NORTH 5 MPH OR LESS. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MID 20S THIS MORNING...CLIMBING TO NEAR FREEZING LATER THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. DUE TO THE REMAINING SNOW ON AREA ROADWAYS... BE SURE TO DRIVE SLOWLY AND LEAVE PLENTY OF SPACE BETWEEN YOU AND THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF YOU. BRAKE GENTLY AND AVOID MAKING SUDDEN TURNS. && $$ GAZ077-SCZ016-022-027>031-035>038-041-291400- /O.CON.KCAE.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T1400Z/ BURKE-CHESTERFIELD-KERSHAW-LEXINGTON-RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER- BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON-BAMBERG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAYNESBORO...CHERAW...PAGELAND... CAMDEN...LUGOFF...WEST COLUMBIA...CAYCE...LEXINGTON...RED BANK... COLUMBIA...BISHOPVILLE...SAVANNAH RIVER SITE...AIKEN... NORTH AUGUSTA...SUMTER...BARNWELL...WILLISTON...BLACKVILLE... ORANGEBURG...ST. MATTHEWS...MANNING...SUMMERTON...BAMBERG... DENMARK 325 AM EST WED JAN 29 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL AND EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE SOUTHERN SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 INCH...ALONG WITH UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA LATER ON THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...THERE WILL BE VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THERE MAY BE LENGTHY POWER INTERRUPTIONS. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY PERSIST INTO THURSDAY AS VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE. * WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S THIS MORNING...CLIMBING TO NEAR FREEZING LATER THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. ONLY TRAVEL IF IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING SAFETY TIPS. PLAN PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME. DRIVE SLOWLY AND LEAVE PLENTY OF SPACE BETWEEN YOU AND THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF YOU. BRAKE GENTLY AND AVOID MAKING SUDDEN TURNS. BRING THE FOLLOWING WITH YOU IN CASE YOU GET STRANDED...FOOD AND WATER.... BLANKET...WINDSHIELD SCRAPPER AND BRUSH...AND FIRST AID KIT. LET SOMEONE ELSE KNOW WHEN YOU WILL TRAVEL AND WHAT ROUTES YOU WILL TAKE. && $$
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 Columbia, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Jan 27, 9:43 AM EST, 4 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 27, 9:43 AM EST, 4 hours 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
943 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND
THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA THIS EVENING. MUCH
COLDER AIR WILL FOLLOW THIS FRONT. THE FRONT WILL STALL JUST OFF
THE COAST. LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE STALLED FRONT. THE
OFFSHORE LOW WILL PUSH MOISTURE INLAND. THIS MOISTURE COMBINED
WITH THE COLD AIR SHOULD RESULT IN WINTER-TYPE PRECIPITATION.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
WEAK SHORT WAVES MOVING THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING WITH
RESULTING MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS. LOW LEVELS REMAIN DRY. WITH
SOUTHWEST-WEST LOW LEVEL FLOW TODAY...WEAK WARM ADVECTION EARLY
AND DOWNSLOPE FLOW WILL RESULT IN TEMPERATURES ABOVE NORMAL IN THE
LOW TO MID 60S DESPITE CONSIDERABLE MID AND HIGH CLOUDS AT TIMES.
BROAD UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER CENTRAL AND EAST CANADA/CONUS WITH
RIDGE IN THE WESTERN STATES. COLD ARCTIC AIR POISED TO DIVE TOWARD
THE CAROLINAS AND GEORGIA LATER TODAY. CLIPPER SYSTEM MOVING FROM
THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES TO THE CANADIAN MARITIMES WILL DRIVE A
STRONG COLD FRONT THROUGH THE CAROLINAS THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES
WILL BE FALLING STEADILY BEHIND THE FRONT THIS EVENING AS COLD AIR
ADVECTION INCREASES. SHALLOW COLD AIR DAMMING WILL DEVELOP TOWARD
TUESDAY MORNING. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE UPPER
20S TO MID 30S. AS SHORT WAVES ROTATE THROUGH BASE OF UPPER TROUGH
LATE TONIGHT...WEAK CYCLOGENESIS WILL OCCUR OFF THE SOUTH CAROLINA
COAST. SOME LIGHT PRECIPITATION MAY DEVELOP IN THE SOUTHERN AND
POSSIBLY CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA TOWARDS DAWN ASSOCIATED WITH WEAK
MOISTURE ADVECTION/ISENTROPIC LIFT. MODEL SOUNDINGS AND PARTIAL
THICKNESS SCHEME SUGGESTS WINTRY PRECIP MIX POSSIBLE BEFORE DAWN
BUT AMOUNTS WOULD BE LIGHT AND PROBABILITY REMAINS LOW. WILL GO
WITH 20 PERCENT PROBABILITY. NO SIGNIFICANT ISSUES EXPECTED
THROUGH DAYBREAK.
&&
.SHORT TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING FOR A WINTER STORM IN CENTRAL AND
EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CSRA BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND
OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THE MAIN AREA OF CONCERN IS SOUTH AND
EAST OF I-20 WHERE THE PROBABILITY OF A WINTRY PRECIPITATION MIX
IS AROUND 70 PERCENT. STILL A QUESTION AS TO WESTERN EXTENT TO THE
PRECIPITATION AS MOISTURE MAY BE LIMITED IN THE PIEDMONT AND
NORTHWEST MIDLANDS. TIGHT PRECIPITATION GRADIENT EXPECTED DUE TO
LACK OF ISENTROPIC LIFT/MOISTURE ADVECTION TO THE NORTH AND WEST.
A BROAD UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH IN THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN CONUS IS
FORECAST TO AMPLIFY LATE TUESDAY. ALTHOUGH ISENTROPIC LIFT AND
MOISTURE ADVECTION APPEARS FOCUSED TOWARD THE COAST...UPPER LEVEL
FORCING WILL BE STRONG WITH REGION UNDER FAVORABLE UPPER LEVEL
JET ENTRANCE REGION. STRONG UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE EXPECTED
TO ENHANCING LIFT PRIMARILY DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. MODEL
SOUNDINGS SUGGEST LOW LEVEL WARM LAYER NEARLY ISOTHERMAL NEAR 0C
WILL RESULT IN A WINTRY PRECIPITATION MIX EARLY TUESDAY
EVENING...THEN A CHANGE OVER TO SNOW/SLEET DURING THE OVERNIGHT
WHEN LIFT IS STRONGEST AND LOW LEVELS CONTINUE TO COOL...LIKELY
TO BELOW FREEZING. LIGHT SNOW WILL DIMINISH DURING WEDNESDAY
MORNING AS THE SURFACE LOW MOVES NORTHEAST FROM THE COAST. ANY
PRECIPITATION SHOULD END DURING THE AFTERNOON FROM NORTHWEST TO
SOUTHEAST AS THE COASTAL LOW MOVES EAST/NORTHEAST AND COLD/DRY
ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE FILTERS INTO THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL
STRUGGLE TO RISE THROUGH THE MID 30S TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.
OVERNIGHT LOWS TUESDAY NIGHT WILL LIKELY BE BELOW FREEZING...THE
PERIOD OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION.
HAVE INCREASED SNOW/SLEET AMOUNTS SLIGHTLY FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST
WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EAST MIDLANDS/CSRA...LOWER
AMOUNTS TO THE NORTHWEST. IN ADDITION TO SNOW/SLEET ACCUMULATION...FREEZING
RAIN EXPECTED IN THE SOUTHEAST MIDLANDS/CSRA WHERE ICING AROUND 0.25
TO 0.50 INCHES IS EXPECTED...MAINLY TUESDAY EVENING.
WILL CONTINUE WINTER STORM WATCH AS IS...WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR
SITUATION THROUGH THE DAY FOR ADJUSTMENTS.
&&
.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
LONG-TERM MODELS INDICATE A PATTERN CHANGE FOR THE END OF THE
WEEK THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND. THE BROAD UPPER TROUGH CROSSING THE
EASTERN CONUS WILL GIVE WAY TO HEIGHT RISES AS A RIDGE BUILDS OFF
THE FLORIDA COAST BY NEXT WEEKEND.
COLD AND DRY ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES OVER THE REGION THURSDAY
THEN MOVES OFF THE COAST FRIDAY. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL LINGER TO
OUR NORTH AS THE OFFSHORE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE RIDGES INTO THE
SOUTHEASTERN STATES. SHOULD SEE TEMPERATURES AS WELL AS MOISTURE
INCREASING FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ENSEMBLE POPS BELOW NORMAL
THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...THEN NEAR NORMAL SUNDAY. HAVE INCLUDED
CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY.
HIGHS IN THE 40S THURSDAY MODERATE TO THE LOWER 50S FRIDAY...THEN
LOWER/MID 60S BY SUNDAY. LOWS IN THE 20S THURSDAY NIGHT...LOWER 30S
FRIDAY...THEN LOW/MID 40S SATURDAY NIGHT.
&&
.AVIATION /15Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
HIGH CONFIDENCE IN VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD.
SCT-BKN MID AND HIGH CLOUDS WILL PASS OVER THE AREA TODAY WITH
LITTLE IMPACT ON AVIATION INTERESTS. SW WINDS WILL INCREASE TO
AROUND 10-15 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS AND BECOME MORE WESTERLY
BY AFTERNOON IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT. THE FRONT SHOULD PUSH
THROUGH THE TERMINALS DURING THE 02Z- 04Z TIME FRAME WITH WINDS
TURNING TO THE NORTHWEST OR NORTH AROUND 10 MPH. A WEAK UPPER
DISTURBANCE WILL CROSS THE AREA TODAY BUT MOISTURE REMAINS LIMITED
AND DO NOT EXPECT ANY PRECIPITATION OTHER THAN A POSSIBLE
SPRINKLE. VFR CIGS ABOVE 10KFT THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING ALTHOUGH
SOME SCATTERED CUMULUS POSSIBLE DURING PEAK HEATING. CIGS WILL
LOWER AFTER 03Z-06Z AGS/DNL/OGB WITH THE APPROACH OF A WINTER
STORM. PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE AT THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD
BUT CONFIDENCE IS LOW SO DID NOT MENTION.
EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...RELATIVELY HIGH CONFIDENCE IN IFR/LIFR
CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH WINTRY PRECIPITATION TUESDAY AFTERNOON
INTO WEDNESDAY.
&&
.CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SC...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SCZ016-018-022-025>031-035>038-041.
GA...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR GAZ040-063>065-077.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 27, 4:56 AM EST, 9 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 456 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014 SCZ015-020-021-281000- LANCASTER-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD- 456 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. LIGHT SNOW IS FORECAST FOR THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR LIGHT ACCUMULATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ016-018-022-025>031-035>038-041-281000- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-CHESTERFIELD-MCCORMICK- KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON-RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER- BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON-BAMBERG- 456 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in South Carolina, 2014Winter Storm Warnings in Georgia, 2014Every winter storm warning in 2014
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.