Alert archive / South Carolina / Winter Storm Warnings in 2014
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this winter storm warning at Feb 10, 2014, 3:02 PM EST for 16 counties in South Carolina; 5 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Feb 11, 2014, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 41 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
- Feb 10, 2014, 3:02 PM EST (20:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 11, 2014, 7:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 13, 2014, 12:00 PM EST
- In force
- 41 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 20:08 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 1:17 AM EST | SLEET 0 | 2 N Mccormick, SC | PUBLIC REPORT OF SLEET/SNOW 2 MILES NORTH OF MCCORMICK |
| Feb 12, 2:00 AM EST | SLEET 0 | 1 Ene Cherryvale, SC | PUBLIC REPORT OF MODERATE SLEET NEAR SUMTER. STARTING TO ACCUMULATE. |
| Feb 12, 2:30 AM EST | SNOW 0 | 1 Sw Springdale, SC | SNOW AND SLEET AT CAE METRO AIRPORT |
| Feb 12, 3:14 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.05 | Summerton, SC | HEAVY SLEET IN SUMMERTON. ICE BUILDING ON CARS, TREES, AND POWERLINES. |
| Feb 12, 3:31 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.02 | 1 Sw Springdale, SC | SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AT COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT. THIN GLAZE ON VEHICLES, SIDEWALKS, AND TREES. |
| Feb 12, 4:15 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.02 | 1 Sw Springdale, SC | SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AT COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT. THIN GLAZE ON VEHICLES, SIDEWALKS AND TREES. ROADS ARE SLICK. |
| Feb 12, 4:25 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 17 Nw Saint Matthews, SC | MODERATE FREEZING RAIN AND TEMPERATURE 31 JUST EAST OF GASTON IN CALHOUN COUNTY. |
| Feb 12, 4:30 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 2 Ssw Pelion, SC | PUBLIC REPORT ON 1/4 INCH OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IN SWANSEA-PELION AREA |
| Feb 12, 5:32 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | 5 Ne Fort Gordon, GA | AUGUSTA W. PARKWAY AT AMLI WAY TREE BLOCKING SB LANE. BERCHMANS RD CLOSED FROM WASHINGTON TO INGLESIDE RD |
| Feb 12, 6:00 AM EST | ICE STORM 0.25 | 5 Nnw Murphys Estates, SC | SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF TREE LIMBS FALLING DOWN FROM ICE ALONG SWEETWATER RD. |
| Feb 12, 6:08 AM EST | ICE STORM 0.25 | Murphys Estates, SC | QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION NEAR MURPHYS ESTATES WITH TREE LIMBS FALLING. |
| Feb 12, 6:14 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 2 Sw Mulberry, SC | NWS SPOTTER REPORTED SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. LESS THAN 1/16 INCH. TEMP 29. |
| Feb 12, 6:22 AM EST | ICE STORM 0.25 | Aiken, SC | COLUMBIA MEDIA REPORTS OVER 7,000 PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER IN AIKEN COUNTY THIS MORNING DUE POWER OUTAGES. |
| Feb 12, 6:30 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 2 Sw Mulberry, SC | THIN COATING OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IN SUMTER. ICE ON STREETS. TEMP 29. |
| Feb 12, 6:30 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.13 | 1 Sw Springdale, SC | CAE METRO AIRPORT 1/8 INCH OF FREEZING RAIN, SLEET, AND SNOW. |
| Feb 12, 6:33 AM EST | ICE STORM 0.2 | Gilbert, SC | PUBLIC REPORTED VIA FB OF TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IN GILBERT. ROADS IN THE AREA TERRIBLE. |
| Feb 12, 6:35 AM EST | ICE STORM 0.25 | Aiken, SC | SCE&G REPORTING MORE THAN 4500 CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER DUE TO ICE |
| Feb 12, 6:36 AM EST | ICE STORM 0.25 | Martinez, GA | GEORGIA POWER REPORTS AROUND 100 PEOPLE NOW WITHOUT POWER BETWEEN MARTINEZ AND AUGUSTA. |
| Feb 12, 6:37 AM EST | ICE STORM 0.25 | Augusta, GA | EMERGENCY OPERATIONS REPORTS MULITPLE TREES DOWN IN THE AUGUSTA THIS MORNING DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATION. |
| Feb 12, 7:11 AM EST | ICE STORM 0.4 | Thomson, GA | DISPATCH REPORTED FEW TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN WITH OUTAGES WITH 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH OF ICE. |
| Feb 12, 7:13 AM EST | ICE STORM 0.2 | Lincolnton, GA | DISPATCH REPORTED 1/8 TO 1/4 INCH OF ICE. |
| Feb 12, 7:13 AM EST | SNOW 0.5 | 1 Ssw Springdale, SC | ONE HALF INCH ACCUMULATION OF SLEET AND SNOW AT NWS COLUMBIA AT COLUMBIA METRO APT. ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE. |
| Feb 12, 7:17 AM EST | ICE STORM 0.4 | Augusta, GA | DISPATCH REPORTED 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH OF ICE WITH TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN WITH OUTAGES. |
| Feb 12, 7:19 AM EST | ICE STORM 0.2 | Waynesboro, GA | DISPATCH REPORTED 1/8 TO 1/4 INCH OF ICE AND 1 SMALL TREE DOWN. |
| Feb 12, 7:20 AM EST | SNOW 1 | Mccormick, SC | DISPATCH REPORTED 1 INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET. AND 1/8 INCH OF ICE. |
| Feb 12, 7:24 AM EST | ICE STORM 0.5 | Aiken, SC | DISPATCH, ELECTRIC COMPANY, AND SOCIAL MEDIA REPORTED 1/2 INCH OF ICE WITH MANY TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN AND MANY OUTAGES. |
| Feb 12, 7:26 AM EST | ICE STORM 0.2 | Barnwell, SC | DISPATCH REPORTED 1/8 TO 1/4 INCH OF ICE AND 1 TREE DOWN IN BARNWELL. |
| Feb 12, 7:26 AM EST | SNOW 1 | 4 Sse Forest Acres, SC | 3/4 TO 1 INCH OF SLEET AND SNOW ACCUM...I-77 AND GARNERS FERRY RD |
| Feb 12, 7:28 AM EST | SNOW 0.5 | Saluda, SC | DISPATCH REPORTED 1/2 INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET. |
| Feb 12, 7:31 AM EST | ICE STORM 0.2 | Bamberg, SC | DISPATCH REPORTED 1/8 INCH OF ICE. |
| Feb 12, 7:32 AM EST | ICE STORM 0.3 | Saint Matthews, SC | DISPATCH REPORTED 1/4 INCH OF ICE. |
| Feb 12, 7:33 AM EST | ICE STORM 0.2 | Lexington, SC | DISPATCH REPORTED 1/8 TO 1/4 INCH OF ICE LOWER END OF COUNTY WITH SLEET AND SNOW NORTH END. |
| Feb 12, 7:35 AM EST | ICE STORM 0.2 | Columbia, SC | DISPATCH REPORTED 1/8 TO 1/4 INCH OF ICE AND SLEET LOWER HALF OF COUNTY AND SLEET AND SNOW NORTHERN HALF. |
| Feb 12, 7:36 AM EST | ICE STORM 0.2 | Sumter, SC | DISPATCH REPORTED 1/8 INCH OF ICE AND 1/4 INCH OF SLEET. |
| Feb 12, 7:37 AM EST | SNOW 2 | Newberry, SC | DISPATCH REPORTED 2 INCHES OF NEW SNOW. |
| Feb 12, 7:38 AM EST | SNOW 1 | Winnsboro, SC | DISPATCH REPORTED 1 INCH OF NEW SNOW. |
| Feb 12, 7:39 AM EST | SNOW 0.5 | Camden, SC | DISPATCH REPORTED LESS THAN AN INCH OF NEW SLEET AND SNOW. |
| Feb 12, 7:44 AM EST | ICE STORM 0.3 | Martinez, GA | DISPATCH REPORTED A 1/4 INCH OF ICE WITH A FEW TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN AND SOME OUTAGES. |
| Feb 12, 8:10 AM EST | ICE STORM 0.5 | 5 E Swansea, SC | NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED 1/2 INCH OF ICE IN TREES. |
| Feb 12, 8:17 AM EST | SNOW 1 | Bishopville, SC | DISPATCH REPORTED 1 INCH OF SNOW. |
| Feb 12, 8:30 AM EST | SNOW 1.5 | Irmo, SC | NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED 1.5 INCHES OF SLEET AND SNOW. |
| Feb 12, 8:34 AM EST | SNOW 1 | Chapin, SC | PUBLICE REPORTED 1 INCH OF SNOW WHICH HAS CHANGED OVER TO SLEET. |
| Feb 12, 8:40 AM EST | SNOW 3.3 | 6 Ese Blythewood, SC | SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF 3.25 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET AT LAKE CAROLINA |
| Feb 12, 8:52 AM EST | ICE STORM 0.2 | Sumter, SC | SPOTTER REPORTED SLEET CHANGED TO FREEZING RAIN WITH 1/8 TO 1/4 INCH OF ICE ON STRUCTURES AND TREES. |
| Feb 12, 9:00 AM EST | SNOW 3 | 5 Nw Pomaria, SC | COCORAHS REPORT |
| Feb 12, 9:12 AM EST | ICE STORM 0.5 | Bamberg, SC | EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED A LOT OF TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN WITH OUTAGES. |
| Feb 12, 9:13 AM EST | ICE STORM 0.5 | Barnwell, SC | EM REPORTED A LOT OF TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN WITH SOME OUTAGES. |
| Feb 12, 9:18 AM EST | ICE STORM 0.4 | Manning, SC | COUNTY REPORTED 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH OF ICE WITH TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN WITH SOME OUTAGES. |
| Feb 12, 9:23 AM EST | SNOW 2 | Chapin, SC | PUBLIC REPORTED 2 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND WITH SOME SLEET AS WELL. |
| Feb 12, 9:27 AM EST | SNOW 3 | Little Mountain, SC | COOP OBSERVER REPORTED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW WHICH HAS CHANGED OVER TO SLEET. |
| Feb 12, 9:30 AM EST | SNOW 3.5 | Little Mountain, SC | |
| Feb 12, 9:35 AM EST | ICE STORM 0.5 | Saint Matthews, SC | COUNTY REPORTS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN WITH SOME OUTAGES FROM 1/2 INCH OF ICE. |
| Feb 12, 9:37 AM EST | ICE STORM 0.5 | Edgefield, SC | COUNTY REPORTED SOME POWERLINES DOWN WITH OUTAGES AND 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH OF ICE. |
| Feb 12, 10:00 AM EST | SLEET 1 | 1 Ssw Springdale, SC | 0.9 INCHES OF SLEET ON TOP OF 0.1 INCHES OF ICE. NWS COLUMBIA...COLUMBIA METRO APT. |
| Feb 12, 10:21 AM EST | SNOW 4.5 | Silverstreet, SC | |
| Feb 12, 10:23 AM EST | ICE STORM 0.5 | Gaston, SC | PUBLIC REPORTS 1/2 INCH OF ICE ON ROADS AND STRUCTURES. |
| Feb 12, 10:24 AM EST | SNOW 3 | Irmo, SC | PUBLIC REPORTS 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET IN IRMO. |
| Feb 12, 10:55 AM EST | SLEET 1 | Aiken, SC | EM REPORTS 1 INCH OF SLEET AND 1/2 INCH OF ICE. NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN WITH OUTAGES. SCE&G REPORTS AROUND 12,000 WITHOUT POWER. |
| Feb 12, 11:53 AM EST | SNOW 5 | Pageland, SC | SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF 5 INCHES |
| Feb 12, 11:59 AM EST | ICE STORM 0.25 | 1 E Millwood, SC | TREE FELL ON POWERLINES DUE TO ICE WITH A LIVE WIRE SPARKING. |
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, 8.0 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
- 1226 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
742 WWUS42 KCAE 102002 WSWCAE URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 302 PM EST MON FEB 10 2014 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM LATE TUESDAY INTO THURSDAY MORNING... .CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED TO OUR NORTH WILL DIRECT COLD AIR INTO CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING IN THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL PUSH MOISTURE NORTHWARD. THE LOW WILL TRACK NORTHEASTWARD AND BE NEAR THE CAROLINA COAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS WEATHER PATTERN WILL BRING WINTER-TYPE PRECIPITATION TO OUR AREA. THERE IS A CHANCE OF MIXED RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW NORTH AND WEST OF COLUMBIA LATE TONIGHT. A MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS LIKELY FROM COLUMBIA NORTHWARD AND WESTWARD TUESDAY. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP. A CHANGE TO MAINLY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL LIKELY OCCUR FROM COLUMBIA NORTHWARD TUESDAY NIGHT. A CHANGEOVER TO FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY OCCUR FROM NORTH TO SOUTH OVER THE REST OF CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THE LATEST INFORMATION SHOWS THE CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY OCCUR IN THE COLUMBIA AND SUMTER AREAS TUESDAY EVENING. IN THE AREA SOUTH OF COLUMBIA THE CHANGEOVER WILL LIKELY OCCUR LATE TUESDAY NIGHT OR WEDNESDAY. THE LATEST INFORMATION SUPPORTS SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PLUS POSSIBLE ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/4 TO 3/4 OF AN INCH IN THE AREA NORTH OF A NEWBERRY AND CAMDEN LINE. THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN THROUGHOUT CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. DANGEROUS ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/4 TO 3/4 OF AN INCH ARE LIKELY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN MEETING WARNING CRITERIA IS LIKELY. WARNING CRITERIA IS AT LEAST 2 INCHES OF SNOW OR SLEET...OR AT LEAST 1/4 OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN. AT THIS TIME...THE CHANCE OF MEETING WARNING CRITERIA IS NEAR 80 PERCENT. GAZ040-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025-026-110815- /O.UPG.KCAE.WS.A.0002.140212T0000Z-140213T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KCAE.WS.W.0002.140212T0000Z-140213T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KCAE.WW.Y.0002.140211T0500Z-140212T0000Z/ LINCOLN-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD-MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD- KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLNTON...LANCASTER...ELGIN... CHERAW...PAGELAND...MCCORMICK...NEWBERRY...WINNSBORO...CAMDEN... LUGOFF...EDGEFIELD...JOHNSTON...SALUDA...RIDGE SPRING 302 PM EST MON FEB 10 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 PM EST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM TUESDAY TO NOON EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH AREA OF GEORGIA...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM TUESDAY TO NOON EST THURSDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE AREA NORTH AND WEST OF A CAMDEN TO NEWBERRY TO LINCOLNTON LINE. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 PM EST TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND SLEET WITH DANGEROUS ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE AREA NORTH OF COLUMBIA. ADDITIONALLY... DANGEROUS ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/4 TO 3/4 OF AN INCH POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. * TIMING...THERE IS A CHANCE OF MIXED RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW NORTH AND WEST OF COLUMBIA LATE TONIGHT. A MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS LIKELY FROM COLUMBIA NORTHWARD AND WESTWARD TUESDAY. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP. A CHANGE TO MAINLY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL LIKELY OCCUR FROM COLUMBIA NORTHWARD TUESDAY NIGHT. A CHANGEOVER TO FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY OCCUR FROM NORTH TO SOUTH OVER THE REST OF CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THE LATEST INFORMATION SHOWS THE CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY OCCUR IN THE COLUMBIA AND SUMTER AREAS TUESDAY EVENING. IN THE AREA SOUTH OF COLUMBIA THE CHANGEOVER WILL LIKELY OCCUR LATE TUESDAY NIGHT OR WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR ONCE THE FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE. THERE MAY BE LENGTHY POWER INTERRUPTIONS. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S FROM COLUMBIA NORTHWARD TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE MIDDLE 30S TO AROUND 40 SOUTH OF COLUMBIA TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 30S FROM COLUMBIA NORTHWARD TUESDAY. READINGS WILL BE IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 30S SOUTH OF COLUMBIA. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN MEETING WARNING CRITERIA IS LIKELY. WARNING CRITERIA IS AT LEAST 2 INCHES OF SNOW OR SLEET...OR AT LEAST 1/4 OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN. AT THIS TIME...THE CHANCE OF MEETING WARNING CRITERIA IS NEAR 80 PERCENT. 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. && $$ GAZ063>065-077-SCZ027>031-035>038-041-110815- /O.UPG.KCAE.WS.A.0002.140212T0000Z-140213T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KCAE.WS.W.0002.140212T0000Z-140213T1700Z/ MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LEXINGTON-RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN- SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON-BAMBERG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...THOMSON...MARTINEZ...EVANS...AUGUSTA... HEPHZIBAH...WAYNESBORO...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 302 PM EST MON FEB 10 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM TUESDAY TO NOON EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH AREA OF GEORGIA...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM TUESDAY TO NOON EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND SLEET WITH DANGEROUS ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE AREA NORTH OF COLUMBIA. ADDITIONALLY... DANGEROUS ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/4 TO 3/4 OF AN INCH POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. * TIMING...THERE IS A CHANCE OF MIXED RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW NORTH AND WEST OF COLUMBIA LATE TONIGHT. A MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS LIKELY FROM COLUMBIA NORTHWARD AND WESTWARD TUESDAY. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP. A CHANGE TO MAINLY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL LIKELY OCCUR FROM COLUMBIA NORTHWARD TUESDAY NIGHT. A CHANGEOVER TO FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY OCCUR FROM NORTH TO SOUTH OVER THE REST OF CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THE LATEST INFORMATION SHOWS THE CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY OCCUR IN THE COLUMBIA AND SUMTER AREAS TUESDAY EVENING. IN THE AREA SOUTH OF COLUMBIA THE CHANGEOVER WILL LIKELY OCCUR LATE TUESDAY NIGHT OR WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR ONCE THE FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE. THERE MAY BE LENGTHY POWER INTERRUPTIONS. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S FROM COLUMBIA NORTHWARD TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE MIDDLE 30S TO AROUND 40 SOUTH OF COLUMBIA TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 30S FROM COLUMBIA NORTHWARD TUESDAY. READINGS WILL BE IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 30S SOUTH OF COLUMBIA. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN MEETING WARNING CRITERIA IS LIKELY. WARNING CRITERIA IS AT LEAST 2 INCHES OF SNOW OR SLEET...OR AT LEAST 1/4 OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN. AT THIS TIME...THE CHANCE OF MEETING WARNING CRITERIA IS NEAR 80 PERCENT. && $$
17 follow-up statements
032 WWUS42 KCAE 102009 WSWCAE URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 309 PM EST MON FEB 10 2014 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM LATE TUESDAY INTO THURSDAY MORNING... .CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED TO OUR NORTH WILL DIRECT COLD AIR INTO CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING IN THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL PUSH MOISTURE NORTHWARD. THE LOW WILL TRACK NORTHEASTWARD AND BE NEAR THE CAROLINA COAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS WEATHER PATTERN WILL BRING WINTER-TYPE PRECIPITATION TO OUR AREA. THERE IS A CHANCE OF MIXED RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW NORTH AND WEST OF COLUMBIA LATE TONIGHT. A MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS LIKELY FROM COLUMBIA NORTHWARD AND WESTWARD TUESDAY. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP. A CHANGE TO MAINLY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL LIKELY OCCUR FROM COLUMBIA NORTHWARD TUESDAY NIGHT. A CHANGEOVER TO FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY OCCUR FROM NORTH TO SOUTH OVER THE REST OF CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THE LATEST INFORMATION SHOWS THE CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY OCCUR IN THE COLUMBIA AND SUMTER AREAS TUESDAY EVENING. IN THE AREA SOUTH OF COLUMBIA THE CHANGEOVER WILL LIKELY OCCUR LATE TUESDAY NIGHT OR WEDNESDAY. THE LATEST INFORMATION SUPPORTS SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PLUS POSSIBLE ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/4 TO 3/4 OF AN INCH IN THE AREA NORTH OF A NEWBERRY AND CAMDEN LINE. THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN THROUGHOUT CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. DANGEROUS ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/4 TO 3/4 OF AN INCH ARE LIKELY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN MEETING WARNING CRITERIA IS LIKELY. WARNING CRITERIA IS AT LEAST 2 INCHES OF SNOW OR SLEET...OR AT LEAST 1/4 OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN. AT THIS TIME...THE CHANCE OF MEETING WARNING CRITERIA IS NEAR 80 PERCENT. GAZ040-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025-026-110915- /O.CON.KCAE.WS.W.0002.140212T0000Z-140213T1700Z/ /O.CON.KCAE.WW.Y.0002.140211T0500Z-140212T0000Z/ LINCOLN-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD-MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD- KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLNTON...LANCASTER...ELGIN... CHERAW...PAGELAND...MCCORMICK...NEWBERRY...WINNSBORO...CAMDEN... LUGOFF...EDGEFIELD...JOHNSTON...SALUDA...RIDGE SPRING 309 PM EST MON FEB 10 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 PM EST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM TUESDAY TO NOON EST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND SLEET WITH DANGEROUS ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE AREA NORTH OF COLUMBIA. ADDITIONALLY... DANGEROUS ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/4 TO 3/4 OF AN INCH POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. * TIMING...THERE IS A CHANCE OF MIXED RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW NORTH AND WEST OF COLUMBIA LATE TONIGHT. A MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS LIKELY FROM COLUMBIA NORTHWARD AND WESTWARD TUESDAY. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP. A CHANGE TO MAINLY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL LIKELY OCCUR FROM COLUMBIA NORTHWARD TUESDAY NIGHT. A CHANGEOVER TO FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY OCCUR FROM NORTH TO SOUTH OVER THE REST OF CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THE LATEST INFORMATION SHOWS THE CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY OCCUR IN THE COLUMBIA AND SUMTER AREAS TUESDAY EVENING. IN THE AREA SOUTH OF COLUMBIA THE CHANGEOVER WILL LIKELY OCCUR LATE TUESDAY NIGHT OR WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR ONCE THE FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE. THERE MAY BE LENGTHY POWER INTERRUPTIONS. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S FROM COLUMBIA NORTHWARD TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE MIDDLE 30S TO AROUND 40 SOUTH OF COLUMBIA TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 30S FROM COLUMBIA NORTHWARD TUESDAY. READINGS WILL BE IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 30S SOUTH OF COLUMBIA. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN MEETING WARNING CRITERIA IS LIKELY. WARNING CRITERIA IS AT LEAST 2 INCHES OF SNOW OR SLEET...OR AT LEAST 1/4 OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN. AT THIS TIME...THE CHANCE OF MEETING WARNING CRITERIA IS NEAR 80 PERCENT. 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. && $$ GAZ063>065-077-SCZ027>031-035>038-041-110915- /O.CON.KCAE.WS.W.0002.140212T0000Z-140213T1700Z/ MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LEXINGTON-RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN- SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON-BAMBERG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...THOMSON...MARTINEZ...EVANS...AUGUSTA... HEPHZIBAH...WAYNESBORO...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 309 PM EST MON FEB 10 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM TUESDAY TO NOON EST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND SLEET WITH DANGEROUS ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE AREA NORTH OF COLUMBIA. ADDITIONALLY... DANGEROUS ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/4 TO 3/4 OF AN INCH POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. * TIMING...THERE IS A CHANCE OF MIXED RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW NORTH AND WEST OF COLUMBIA LATE TONIGHT. A MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS LIKELY FROM COLUMBIA NORTHWARD AND WESTWARD TUESDAY. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP. A CHANGE TO MAINLY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL LIKELY OCCUR FROM COLUMBIA NORTHWARD TUESDAY NIGHT. A CHANGEOVER TO FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY OCCUR FROM NORTH TO SOUTH OVER THE REST OF CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THE LATEST INFORMATION SHOWS THE CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY OCCUR IN THE COLUMBIA AND SUMTER AREAS TUESDAY EVENING. IN THE AREA SOUTH OF COLUMBIA THE CHANGEOVER WILL LIKELY OCCUR LATE TUESDAY NIGHT OR WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR ONCE THE FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE. THERE MAY BE LENGTHY POWER INTERRUPTIONS. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S FROM COLUMBIA NORTHWARD TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE MIDDLE 30S TO AROUND 40 SOUTH OF COLUMBIA TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 30S FROM COLUMBIA NORTHWARD TUESDAY. READINGS WILL BE IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 30S SOUTH OF COLUMBIA. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN MEETING WARNING CRITERIA IS LIKELY. WARNING CRITERIA IS AT LEAST 2 INCHES OF SNOW OR SLEET...OR AT LEAST 1/4 OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN. AT THIS TIME...THE CHANCE OF MEETING WARNING CRITERIA IS NEAR 80 PERCENT. && $$
240 WWUS42 KCAE 110036 WSWCAE URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 736 PM EST MON FEB 10 2014 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM LATE TUESDAY INTO THURSDAY MORNING... .CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED TO OUR NORTH WILL DIRECT COLD AIR INTO CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING IN THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL PUSH MOISTURE NORTHWARD. THE LOW WILL TRACK NORTHEASTWARD AND BE NEAR THE CAROLINA COAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS WEATHER PATTERN WILL BRING WINTER-TYPE PRECIPITATION TO OUR AREA. THERE IS A CHANCE OF MIXED RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW NORTH AND WEST OF COLUMBIA LATE TONIGHT. A MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS LIKELY FROM COLUMBIA NORTHWARD AND WESTWARD TUESDAY. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP. A CHANGE TO MAINLY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL LIKELY OCCUR FROM COLUMBIA NORTHWARD TUESDAY NIGHT. A CHANGEOVER TO FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY OCCUR FROM NORTH TO SOUTH OVER THE REST OF CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THE LATEST INFORMATION SHOWS THE CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY OCCUR IN THE COLUMBIA AND SUMTER AREAS TUESDAY EVENING. IN THE AREA SOUTH OF COLUMBIA THE CHANGEOVER WILL LIKELY OCCUR LATE TUESDAY NIGHT OR WEDNESDAY. THE LATEST INFORMATION SUPPORTS SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PLUS POSSIBLE ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/2 TO 1 INCH IN THE AREA NORTH OF A NEWBERRY AND CAMDEN LINE. THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN THROUGHOUT CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. DANGEROUS ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/2 TO 1 INCH ARE LIKELY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN MEETING WARNING CRITERIA IS LIKELY. WARNING CRITERIA IS AT LEAST 2 INCHES OF SNOW OR SLEET...OR AT LEAST 1/4 OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN. AT THIS TIME...THE CHANCE OF MEETING WARNING CRITERIA IS NEAR 80 PERCENT. GAZ040-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025-026-111200- /O.CON.KCAE.WS.W.0002.140212T0000Z-140213T1700Z/ /O.CON.KCAE.WW.Y.0002.140211T0500Z-140212T0000Z/ LINCOLN-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD-MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD- KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLNTON...LANCASTER...ELGIN... CHERAW...PAGELAND...MCCORMICK...NEWBERRY...WINNSBORO...CAMDEN... LUGOFF...EDGEFIELD...JOHNSTON...SALUDA...RIDGE SPRING 736 PM EST MON FEB 10 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 PM EST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM TUESDAY TO NOON EST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND SLEET WITH DANGEROUS ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND ONE HALF TO THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TIMING...THERE IS A CHANCE OF MIXED RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW NORTH AND WEST OF COLUMBIA LATE TONIGHT. A MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS LIKELY FROM COLUMBIA NORTHWARD AND WESTWARD TUESDAY. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP. A CHANGE TO MAINLY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL LIKELY OCCUR FROM COLUMBIA NORTHWARD TUESDAY NIGHT. A CHANGEOVER TO FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY OCCUR FROM NORTH TO SOUTH OVER THE REST OF CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THE LATEST INFORMATION SHOWS THE CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY OCCUR IN THE COLUMBIA AND SUMTER AREAS TUESDAY EVENING. IN THE AREA SOUTH OF COLUMBIA THE CHANGEOVER WILL LIKELY OCCUR LATE TUESDAY NIGHT OR WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR ONCE THE FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE. THERE MAY BE LENGTHY POWER INTERRUPTIONS. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN MEETING WARNING CRITERIA IS LIKELY. WARNING CRITERIA IS AT LEAST 2 INCHES OF SNOW OR SLEET...OR AT LEAST 1/4 OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN. AT THIS TIME...THE CHANCE OF MEETING WARNING CRITERIA IS NEAR 80 PERCENT. 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. && $$ GAZ063>065-077-SCZ027>031-035>038-041-111200- /O.CON.KCAE.WS.W.0002.140212T0000Z-140213T1700Z/ MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LEXINGTON-RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN- SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON-BAMBERG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...THOMSON...MARTINEZ...EVANS...AUGUSTA... HEPHZIBAH...WAYNESBORO...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 736 PM EST MON FEB 10 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM TUESDAY TO NOON EST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND SLEET WITH DANGEROUS ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION GENERALLY LESS THAN 1 INCH...ALONG WITH AROUND ONE HALF TO 1 INCH OF ICE. * TIMING...THERE IS A CHANCE OF MIXED RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW NORTH AND WEST OF COLUMBIA LATE TONIGHT. A MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS LIKELY FROM COLUMBIA NORTHWARD AND WESTWARD TUESDAY. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP. A CHANGE TO MAINLY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL LIKELY OCCUR FROM COLUMBIA NORTHWARD TUESDAY NIGHT. A CHANGEOVER TO FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY OCCUR FROM NORTH TO SOUTH OVER THE REST OF CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THE LATEST INFORMATION SHOWS THE CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY OCCUR IN THE COLUMBIA AND SUMTER AREAS TUESDAY EVENING. IN THE AREA SOUTH OF COLUMBIA THE CHANGEOVER WILL LIKELY OCCUR LATE TUESDAY NIGHT OR WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR ONCE THE FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE. THERE MAY BE LENGTHY POWER INTERRUPTIONS. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN MEETING WARNING CRITERIA IS LIKELY. WARNING CRITERIA IS AT LEAST 2 INCHES OF SNOW OR SLEET...OR AT LEAST 1/4 OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN. AT THIS TIME...THE CHANCE OF MEETING WARNING CRITERIA IS NEAR 80 PERCENT. && $$
410 WWUS42 KCAE 111036 WSWCAE URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 536 AM EST TUE FEB 11 2014 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM LATE TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... .CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED TO OUR NORTH WILL DIRECT COLD AIR INTO CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING IN THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL PUSH MOISTURE NORTHWARD. THE LOW WILL TRACK NORTHEASTWARD AND BE NEAR THE CAROLINA COAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS WEATHER PATTERN WILL BRING WINTER-TYPE PRECIPITATION TO OUR AREA. A MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS LIKELY FROM COLUMBIA NORTHWARD AND WESTWARD TODAY. ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN JUST ABOVE FREEZING THROUGH THE DAY...THERE COULD BE A LIGHT ACCUMULATION ON ELEVATED SURFACES AND GRASSY AREAS...ESPECIALLY THROUGH THIS MORNING. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP LATER TODAY. SOUTH OF THIS LINE THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD MAINLY FALL AS LIGHT RAIN. A CHANGE TO MAINLY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL LIKELY OCCUR FROM COLUMBIA NORTHWARD TONIGHT. A CHANGEOVER TO MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY OCCUR OVER THE REST OF CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE LATEST INFORMATION SHOWS THE CHANGE FROM A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TO ALL FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY OCCUR IN THE COLUMBIA AND SUMTER AREAS WEDNESDAY MORNING BETWEEN 7 AM AND 10 AM. IN THE AREA SOUTH OF COLUMBIA THE CHANGEOVER WILL OCCUR MID TO LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE LATEST INFORMATION SUPPORTS SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES FROM NEWBERRY COUNTY EAST NORTHEAST ACROSS FAIRFIELD...KERSHAW AND INTO CHESTERFIELD COUNTIES AND NORTHWARD. THE GREATEST SNOW POTENTIAL WILL BE ACROSS THE PANHANDLE OF LANCASTER COUNTY WHERE 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE. THERE WILL ALSO BE THE POSSIBILITY OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH IN THE AREA NORTH OF A NEWBERRY AND CAMDEN LINE. THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN THROUGHOUT CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. DANGEROUS ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/2 TO 1 INCH ARE LIKELY. AT THIS TIME...THE GREATEST THREAT FOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS APPROACHING 1 INCH WILL BE ALONG AND JUST SOUTH OF THE I-20 CORRIDOR. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF AUGUSTA...AIKEN...NORTH AND ST. MATTHEWS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN MEETING WARNING CRITERIA IS LIKELY. WARNING CRITERIA IS AT LEAST 2 INCHES OF SNOW OR SLEET...OR AT LEAST 1/4 OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN. GAZ040-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025-026-112145- /O.CON.KCAE.WS.W.0002.140212T0000Z-140213T1700Z/ /O.CON.KCAE.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140212T0000Z/ LINCOLN-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD-MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD- KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLNTON...LANCASTER...ELGIN... CHERAW...PAGELAND...MCCORMICK...NEWBERRY...WINNSBORO...CAMDEN... LUGOFF...EDGEFIELD...JOHNSTON...SALUDA...RIDGE SPRING 536 AM EST TUE FEB 11 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND SLEET WITH DANGEROUS ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 INCH...MAINLY ON GRASSY AND ELEVATED SURFACE. THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. BY TONIGHT AND INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY TEMPERATURES WILL DROP AND THE SNOW AND SLEET WILL INTENSIFY. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL ARE EXPECTED FROM NEWBERRY COUNTY EAST NORTHEAST ACROSS FAIRFIELD...KERSHAW AND INTO CHESTERFIELD COUNTIES AND NORTHWARD. THE GREATEST SNOW POTENTIAL WILL BE ACROSS THE PANHANDLE OF LANCASTER COUNTY WHERE 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE. BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM ONE QUARTER INCH TO ONE HALF INCH POSSIBLE. THE GREATEST ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE ACROSS THE NORTHERN CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER COUNTIES...WHERE AMOUNTS COULD APPROACH THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH. * TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS LIKELY FROM COLUMBIA NORTHWARD AND WESTWARD TODAY. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP. A CHANGE TO MAINLY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL OCCUR FROM COLUMBIA NORTHWARD TONIGHT. A CHANGEOVER TO FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR OVER THE REST OF CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA WEDNESDAY. THE LATEST INFORMATION SHOWS THE CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR IN THE COLUMBIA AND SUMTER AREAS DURING WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN THE AREA SOUTH OF COLUMBIA THE CHANGEOVER WILL OCCUR FROM MID TO LATE MORNING ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP ONCE THE FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE. WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON TREES...LIMBS AND POWERLINES NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES WILL DEVELOP. SOME OF THESE OUTAGES WILL BE LENGTHY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MIDDLE 30S TODAY THEN DROPPING INTO THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S BY TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN MEETING WARNING CRITERIA IS LIKELY. WARNING CRITERIA IS AT LEAST 2 INCHES OF SNOW OR SLEET...OR AT LEAST 1/4 OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN. 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. IF YOU ENCOUNTER DOWNED POWER LINES...DO NOT TOUCH THE LINES BECAUSE YOU COULD BE ELECTROCUTED. REPORT DOWNED POWER LINES TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE POWER COMPANY. PREPARE TO REMAIN IN A SAFE SHELTER WITHOUT ELECTRICITY FOR MANY HOURS. OBTAIN VITAL SUPPLIES SUCH AS BOTTLED WATER...NON-PERISHABLE FOOD SUCH AS CANNED FOODS...MEDICINE...BATTERIES...FLASHLIGHTS AND A BATTERY POWERED RADIO. && $$ GAZ063>065-077-SCZ027>031-035>038-041-112145- /O.CON.KCAE.WS.W.0002.140212T0000Z-140213T1700Z/ MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LEXINGTON-RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN- SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON-BAMBERG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...THOMSON...MARTINEZ...EVANS...AUGUSTA... HEPHZIBAH...WAYNESBORO...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 536 AM EST TUE FEB 11 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND SLEET WITH DANGEROUS ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 INCH...ALONG WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE INCH. * TIMING...THERE IS A CHANCE OF MIXED RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW NORTH AND WEST OF COLUMBIA THIS MORNING. THEN WITH TEMPERATURES ABOVE FREEZING THROUGH THE DAY...LIGHT RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. A CHANGEOVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR OVER CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THE LATEST INFORMATION SHOWS THE CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR IN THE COLUMBIA AND SUMTER AREAS TONIGHT WITH A CHANGEOVER TO ALL FREEZING RAIN OCCURRING WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY. OVERPASSES AND BRIDGES IN THE WARNING AREA WILL BE THE FIRST TO FREEZE AND COULD BECOME DANGEROUS. THIS WILL OCCUR ONCE THE FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM ONE HALF INCH UP TO ONE INCH ACROSS THE AREA. THIS WILL ACCUMULATE ON TREES...LIMBS...POWERLINES. WITH SUCH HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED...WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES AND TREE DAMAGE ARE PROBABLE. SOME AREAS MAY LOSE POWER FOR A LENGTHY PERIOD OF TIME. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S TODAY THEN FALLING INTO THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S TONIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN MEETING WARNING CRITERIA IS LIKELY. WARNING CRITERIA IS AT LEAST 2 INCHES OF SNOW OR SLEET...OR AT LEAST 1/4 OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN. IF YOU ENCOUNTER DOWNED POWER LINES...DO NOT TOUCH THE LINES BECAUSE YOU COULD BE ELECTROCUTED. REPORT DOWNED POWER LINES TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE POWER COMPANY. PREPARE TO REMAIN IN A SAFE SHELTER WITHOUT ELECTRICITY FOR MANY HOURS. OBTAIN VITAL SUPPLIES SUCH AS BOTTLED WATER...NON-PERISHABLE FOOD SUCH AS CANNED FOODS... MEDICINE...BATTERIES...FLASHLIGHTS AND A BATTERY POWERED RADIO. && $$ VAUGHAN
033 WWUS42 KCAE 111410 WSWCAE URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 910 AM EST TUE FEB 11 2014 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM LATE TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... .CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED TO OUR NORTH WILL DIRECT COLD AIR INTO CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING IN THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL PUSH MOISTURE NORTHWARD. THE LOW WILL TRACK NORTHEASTWARD AND BE NEAR THE CAROLINA COAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS WEATHER PATTERN WILL BRING WINTER-TYPE PRECIPITATION TO OUR AREA. A MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS LIKELY FROM COLUMBIA NORTHWARD AND WESTWARD TODAY. ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN JUST ABOVE FREEZING THROUGH THE DAY...THERE WILL BE A LIGHT ACCUMULATION MAINLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES AND GRASSY AREAS. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP TODAY. SOUTH OF THIS LINE THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD MAINLY FALL AS RAIN. A CHANGE TO MAINLY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL OCCUR FROM COLUMBIA NORTHWARD TONIGHT OR WEDNESDAY. A CHANGEOVER TO FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR OVER THE REST OF CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA WEDNESDAY. THE LATEST INFORMATION SHOWS THE CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR IN THE COLUMBIA AND SUMTER AREAS WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN THE AREA SOUTH OF COLUMBIA THE CHANGEOVER WILL OCCUR FROM MID TO LATE MORNING ON WEDNESDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN MEETING WARNING CRITERIA IS LIKELY. WARNING CRITERIA IS AT LEAST 2 INCHES OF SNOW OR SLEET...OR AT LEAST 1/4 OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN. GAZ040-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025-026-112215- /O.CON.KCAE.WS.W.0002.140212T0000Z-140213T1700Z/ /O.CON.KCAE.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140212T0000Z/ LINCOLN-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD-MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD- KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLNTON...LANCASTER...ELGIN... CHERAW...PAGELAND...MCCORMICK...NEWBERRY...WINNSBORO...CAMDEN... LUGOFF...EDGEFIELD...JOHNSTON...SALUDA...RIDGE SPRING 910 AM EST TUE FEB 11 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND SLEET WITH DANGEROUS ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF A SALUDA...COLUMBIA...AND BISHOPVILLE LINE. EXCEPT... AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES MAY OCCUR IN NORTHERN LANCASTER COUNTY. DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/2 TO 1 INCH ARE FORECAST. THE LATEST INFORMATION INDICATES THE GREATEST AMOUNTS IN THE AREA EXTENDING FROM AUGUSTA TO AIKEN TO ORANGEBURG TO MANNING. THE BULK OF THE ICE ACCUMULATION WILL LIKELY OCCUR WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS LIKELY FROM COLUMBIA NORTHWARD AND WESTWARD TODAY. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. A CHANGE TO MAINLY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL OCCUR FROM COLUMBIA NORTHWARD TONIGHT. A CHANGEOVER TO FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR OVER THE REST OF CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA WEDNESDAY. THE LATEST INFORMATION SHOWS THE CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR IN THE COLUMBIA AND SUMTER AREAS DURING WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN THE AREA SOUTH OF COLUMBIA THE CHANGEOVER WILL OCCUR FROM MID TO LATE MORNING ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP. WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON TREES... LIMBS AND POWERLINES NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES WILL DEVELOP. SOME OF THESE OUTAGES WILL BE LENGTHY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY ADD TO THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ICE ACCUMULATION. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MIDDLE 30S TODAY...AND UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN MEETING WARNING CRITERIA IS LIKELY. WARNING CRITERIA IS AT LEAST 2 INCHES OF SNOW OR SLEET...OR AT LEAST 1/4 OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN. 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. IF YOU ENCOUNTER DOWNED POWER LINES...DO NOT TOUCH THE LINES BECAUSE YOU COULD BE ELECTROCUTED. REPORT DOWNED POWER LINES TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE POWER COMPANY. PREPARE TO REMAIN IN A SAFE SHELTER WITHOUT ELECTRICITY FOR MANY HOURS. OBTAIN VITAL SUPPLIES SUCH AS BOTTLED WATER...NON-PERISHABLE FOOD SUCH AS CANNED FOODS...MEDICINE...BATTERIES...FLASHLIGHTS AND A BATTERY POWERED RADIO. && $$ GAZ063>065-077-SCZ027>031-035>038-041-112215- /O.CON.KCAE.WS.W.0002.140212T0000Z-140213T1700Z/ MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LEXINGTON-RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN- SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON-BAMBERG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...THOMSON...MARTINEZ...EVANS...AUGUSTA... HEPHZIBAH...WAYNESBORO...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 910 AM EST TUE FEB 11 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND SLEET WITH DANGEROUS ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF A SALUDA...COLUMBIA...AND BISHOPVILLE LINE. DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/2 TO 1 INCH ARE FORECAST. THE LATEST INFORMATION INDICATES THE GREATEST AMOUNTS IN THE AREA EXTENDING FROM AUGUSTA TO AIKEN TO ORANGEBURG TO MANNING. THE BULK OF THE ICE ACCUMULATION WILL LIKELY OCCUR WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS LIKELY FROM COLUMBIA NORTHWARD AND WESTWARD TODAY. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. A CHANGE TO MAINLY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL OCCUR FROM COLUMBIA NORTHWARD TONIGHT. A CHANGEOVER TO FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR OVER THE REST OF CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA WEDNESDAY. THE LATEST INFORMATION SHOWS THE CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR IN THE COLUMBIA AND SUMTER AREAS DURING WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN THE AREA SOUTH OF COLUMBIA THE CHANGEOVER WILL OCCUR FROM MID TO LATE MORNING ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP. WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON TREES... LIMBS AND POWERLINES NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES WILL DEVELOP. SOME OF THESE OUTAGES WILL BE LENGTHY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY ADD TO THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ICE ACCUMULATION. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MIDDLE 30S TODAY...AND UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN MEETING WARNING CRITERIA IS LIKELY. WARNING CRITERIA IS AT LEAST 2 INCHES OF SNOW OR SLEET...OR AT LEAST 1/4 OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN. IF YOU ENCOUNTER DOWNED POWER LINES...DO NOT TOUCH THE LINES BECAUSE YOU COULD BE ELECTROCUTED. REPORT DOWNED POWER LINES TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE POWER COMPANY. PREPARE TO REMAIN IN A SAFE SHELTER WITHOUT ELECTRICITY FOR MANY HOURS. OBTAIN VITAL SUPPLIES SUCH AS BOTTLED WATER...NON-PERISHABLE FOOD SUCH AS CANNED FOODS...MEDICINE...BATTERIES...FLASHLIGHTS AND A BATTERY POWERED RADIO. && $$
776 WWUS42 KCAE 111829 WSWCAE URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 129 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... .CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED TO OUR NORTH WILL DIRECT COLD AIR INTO CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING IN THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL PUSH MOISTURE NORTHWARD. THE LOW WILL TRACK NORTHEASTWARD AND BE NEAR THE CAROLINA COAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS WEATHER PATTERN WILL BRING WINTER-TYPE PRECIPITATION TO OUR AREA. A MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS LIKELY FROM COLUMBIA NORTHWARD AND WESTWARD TODAY. ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN JUST ABOVE FREEZING THROUGH THE DAY...THERE WILL BE A LIGHT ACCUMULATION MAINLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES AND GRASSY AREAS. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP TODAY. SOUTH OF THIS LINE THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD MAINLY FALL AS RAIN. A CHANGE TO MAINLY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL OCCUR FROM COLUMBIA NORTHWARD TONIGHT OR WEDNESDAY. A CHANGEOVER TO FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR OVER THE REST OF CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA WEDNESDAY. THE LATEST INFORMATION SHOWS THE CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR IN THE COLUMBIA AND SUMTER AREAS WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN THE AREA SOUTH OF COLUMBIA THE CHANGEOVER WILL OCCUR FROM MID TO LATE MORNING ON WEDNESDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN MEETING WARNING CRITERIA IS LIKELY. WARNING CRITERIA IS AT LEAST 2 INCHES OF SNOW OR SLEET...OR AT LEAST 1/4 OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN. GAZ040-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025-026-120230- /O.CON.KCAE.WS.W.0002.140212T0000Z-140213T1700Z/ /O.CON.KCAE.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140212T0000Z/ LINCOLN-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD-MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD- KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLNTON...LANCASTER...ELGIN... CHERAW...PAGELAND...MCCORMICK...NEWBERRY...WINNSBORO...CAMDEN... LUGOFF...EDGEFIELD...JOHNSTON...SALUDA...RIDGE SPRING 129 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND SLEET WITH DANGEROUS ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF A SALUDA...COLUMBIA...AND BISHOPVILLE LINE. EXCEPT...AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES MAY OCCUR IN NORTHERN LANCASTER COUNTY. DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/2 TO 1 INCH ARE FORECAST. THE LATEST INFORMATION INDICATES THE GREATEST AMOUNTS IN THE AREA EXTENDING FROM AUGUSTA TO AIKEN TO ORANGEBURG TO MANNING. THE BULK OF THE ICE ACCUMULATION WILL LIKELY OCCUR WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS LIKELY FROM COLUMBIA NORTHWARD AND WESTWARD TODAY. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. A CHANGE TO MAINLY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL OCCUR FROM COLUMBIA NORTHWARD TONIGHT. A CHANGEOVER TO FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR OVER THE REST OF CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA WEDNESDAY. THE LATEST INFORMATION SHOWS THE CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR IN THE COLUMBIA AND SUMTER AREAS DURING WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN THE AREA SOUTH OF COLUMBIA THE CHANGEOVER WILL OCCUR FROM MID TO LATE MORNING ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP. WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON TREES... LIMBS AND POWERLINES NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES WILL DEVELOP. SOME OF THESE OUTAGES WILL BE LENGTHY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY ADD TO THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ICE ACCUMULATION. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MIDDLE 30S THIS AFTERNOON...AND UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN MEETING WARNING CRITERIA IS LIKELY. WARNING CRITERIA IS AT LEAST 2 INCHES OF SNOW OR SLEET...OR AT LEAST 1/4 OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN. 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. IF YOU ENCOUNTER DOWNED POWER LINES...DO NOT TOUCH THE LINES BECAUSE YOU COULD BE ELECTROCUTED. REPORT DOWNED POWER LINES TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE POWER COMPANY. PREPARE TO REMAIN IN A SAFE SHELTER WITHOUT ELECTRICITY FOR MANY HOURS. OBTAIN VITAL SUPPLIES SUCH AS BOTTLED WATER...NON-PERISHABLE FOOD SUCH AS CANNED FOODS...MEDICINE...BATTERIES...FLASHLIGHTS AND A BATTERY POWERED RADIO. && $$ SCZ029-120230- /O.EXA.KCAE.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140212T0000Z/ /O.CON.KCAE.WS.W.0002.140212T0000Z-140213T1700Z/ LEE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BISHOPVILLE 129 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND SLEET WITH DANGEROUS ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE FORECAST IN LEE COUNTY...WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS IN THE NORTH PART OF THE COUNTY. DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/2 TO 1 INCH ARE FORECAST FOR THE COUNTY. THE BULK OF THE ICE ACCUMULATION WILL LIKELY OCCUR WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * TIMING...A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW WILL OCCUR IN LEE COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON. A CHANGE TO MAINLY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL OCCUR TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP. WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON TREES... LIMBS AND POWERLINES NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES WILL DEVELOP. SOME OF THESE OUTAGES WILL BE LENGTHY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY ADD TO THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ICE ACCUMULATION. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S THIS AFTERNOON...AND UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN MEETING WARNING CRITERIA IS LIKELY. WARNING CRITERIA IS AT LEAST 2 INCHES OF SNOW OR SLEET...OR AT LEAST 1/4 OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN. 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. IF YOU ENCOUNTER DOWNED POWER LINES...DO NOT TOUCH THE LINES BECAUSE YOU COULD BE ELECTROCUTED. REPORT DOWNED POWER LINES TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE POWER COMPANY. PREPARE TO REMAIN IN A SAFE SHELTER WITHOUT ELECTRICITY FOR MANY HOURS. OBTAIN VITAL SUPPLIES SUCH AS BOTTLED WATER...NON-PERISHABLE FOOD SUCH AS CANNED FOODS...MEDICINE...BATTERIES...FLASHLIGHTS AND A BATTERY POWERED RADIO. && $$ GAZ063>065-077-SCZ027-028-030-031-035>038-041-120230- /O.CON.KCAE.WS.W.0002.140212T0000Z-140213T1700Z/ MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LEXINGTON-RICHLAND-AIKEN-SUMTER- BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON-BAMBERG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...THOMSON...MARTINEZ...EVANS...AUGUSTA... HEPHZIBAH...WAYNESBORO...WEST COLUMBIA...CAYCE...LEXINGTON... RED BANK...COLUMBIA...SAVANNAH RIVER SITE...AIKEN... NORTH AUGUSTA...SUMTER...BARNWELL...WILLISTON...BLACKVILLE... ORANGEBURG...ST. MATTHEWS...MANNING...SUMMERTON...BAMBERG... DENMARK 129 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND SLEET WITH DANGEROUS ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF A SALUDA...COLUMBIA...AND BISHOPVILLE LINE. DAMAGING ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/2 TO 1 INCH ARE FORECAST. THE LATEST INFORMATION INDICATES THE GREATEST AMOUNTS IN THE AREA EXTENDING FROM AUGUSTA TO AIKEN TO ORANGEBURG TO MANNING. THE BULK OF THE ICE ACCUMULATION WILL LIKELY OCCUR WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS LIKELY FROM COLUMBIA NORTHWARD AND WESTWARD TODAY. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. A CHANGE TO MAINLY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL OCCUR FROM COLUMBIA NORTHWARD TONIGHT. A CHANGEOVER TO FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR OVER THE REST OF CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA WEDNESDAY. THE LATEST INFORMATION SHOWS THE CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR IN THE COLUMBIA AND SUMTER AREAS DURING WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN THE AREA SOUTH OF COLUMBIA THE CHANGEOVER WILL OCCUR FROM MID TO LATE MORNING ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP. WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON TREES... LIMBS AND POWERLINES NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES WILL DEVELOP. SOME OF THESE OUTAGES WILL BE LENGTHY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY ADD TO THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ICE ACCUMULATION. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MIDDLE 30S THIS AFTERNOON...AND UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN MEETING WARNING CRITERIA IS LIKELY. WARNING CRITERIA IS AT LEAST 2 INCHES OF SNOW OR SLEET...OR AT LEAST 1/4 OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN. IF YOU ENCOUNTER DOWNED POWER LINES...DO NOT TOUCH THE LINES BECAUSE YOU COULD BE ELECTROCUTED. REPORT DOWNED POWER LINES TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE POWER COMPANY. PREPARE TO REMAIN IN A SAFE SHELTER WITHOUT ELECTRICITY FOR MANY HOURS. OBTAIN VITAL SUPPLIES SUCH AS BOTTLED WATER...NON-PERISHABLE FOOD SUCH AS CANNED FOODS...MEDICINE...BATTERIES...FLASHLIGHTS AND A BATTERY POWERED RADIO. && $$
314 WWUS42 KCAE 111908 WSWCAE URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 208 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... ...MAJOR ICE STORM EXPECTED... .CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED TO OUR NORTH WILL DIRECT COLD AIR INTO OUR REGION AT LOW LEVELS...WHILE LOW PRESSURE MOVES EAST ALONG THE GULF COAST AND UP THE CAROLINA COAST TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY. THE COMBINATION OF SUFFICIENT MOISTURE AND COLD LOW LEVEL AIR WILL PROVIDE A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE REGION. THOUGH SNOW HAS FALLEN EARLIER TODAY ACROSS THE NORTHERN MIDLANDS AND PIEDMONT OF SOUTH CAROLINA...IT APPEARS THAT THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR LATE TONIGHT...WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ACROSS THE NORTHERN MIDLANDS AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA...MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE IN THE FORM OF SNOW AND SLEET...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF A CHANGEOVER TO FREEZING RAIN. ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE MIDLANDS AND CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA...IT APPEARS THAT THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE A COMBINATION OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...OR A CHANGEOVER TO ALL FREEZING RAIN. GAZ040-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025-026-029-120100- /O.CON.KCAE.WS.W.0002.140212T0000Z-140213T1700Z/ /O.CON.KCAE.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140212T0000Z/ LINCOLN-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD-MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD- KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLNTON...LANCASTER...ELGIN... CHERAW...PAGELAND...MCCORMICK...NEWBERRY...WINNSBORO...CAMDEN... LUGOFF...EDGEFIELD...JOHNSTON...SALUDA...RIDGE SPRING... BISHOPVILLE 208 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND SLEET WITH DANGEROUS ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...EXCECT TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 2 TO 5 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND ONE HALF OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP. WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON TREES... LIMBS AND POWERLINES NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES WILL DEVELOP. SOME OF THESE OUTAGES WILL BE LENGTHY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN MEETING WARNING CRITERIA IS LIKELY. WARNING CRITERIA IS AT LEAST 2 INCHES OF SNOW OR SLEET...OR AT LEAST 1/4 OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN. 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. IF YOU ENCOUNTER DOWNED POWER LINES...DO NOT TOUCH THE LINES BECAUSE YOU COULD BE ELECTROCUTED. REPORT DOWNED POWER LINES TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE POWER COMPANY. PREPARE TO REMAIN IN A SAFE SHELTER WITHOUT ELECTRICITY FOR MANY HOURS. OBTAIN VITAL SUPPLIES SUCH AS BOTTLED WATER...NON-PERISHABLE FOOD SUCH AS CANNED FOODS...MEDICINE...BATTERIES...FLASHLIGHTS AND A BATTERY POWERED RADIO. && $$ GAZ063>065-077-SCZ027-028-030-031-035>038-041-120100- /O.CON.KCAE.WS.W.0002.140212T0000Z-140213T1700Z/ MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LEXINGTON-RICHLAND-AIKEN-SUMTER- BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON-BAMBERG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...THOMSON...MARTINEZ...EVANS...AUGUSTA... HEPHZIBAH...WAYNESBORO...WEST COLUMBIA...CAYCE...LEXINGTON... RED BANK...COLUMBIA...SAVANNAH RIVER SITE...AIKEN... NORTH AUGUSTA...SUMTER...BARNWELL...WILLISTON...BLACKVILLE... ORANGEBURG...ST. MATTHEWS...MANNING...SUMMERTON...BAMBERG... DENMARK 208 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. * HAZARD TYPES...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WITH DANGEROUS ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW OR SLEET ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 1 INCH...ALONG WITH AROUND ONE INCH OF ICE. * TIMING...MOST OF THE DANGEROUS WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP. WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON TREES... LIMBS AND POWERLINES NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES WILL DEVELOP. SOME OF THESE OUTAGES WILL BE LENGTHY. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN MEETING WARNING CRITERIA IS LIKELY. WARNING CRITERIA IS AT LEAST 2 INCHES OF SNOW OR SLEET...OR AT LEAST 1/4 OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN. IF YOU ENCOUNTER DOWNED POWER LINES...DO NOT TOUCH THE LINES BECAUSE YOU COULD BE ELECTROCUTED. REPORT DOWNED POWER LINES TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE POWER COMPANY. PREPARE TO REMAIN IN A SAFE SHELTER WITHOUT ELECTRICITY FOR MANY HOURS. OBTAIN VITAL SUPPLIES SUCH AS BOTTLED WATER...NON-PERISHABLE FOOD SUCH AS CANNED FOODS...MEDICINE...BATTERIES...FLASHLIGHTS AND A BATTERY POWERED RADIO. && $$
445 WWUS42 KCAE 120052 WSWCAE URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 752 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... ...MAJOR ICE STORM EXPECTED... .CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED TO OUR NORTH WILL DIRECT COLD AIR INTO OUR REGION AT LOW LEVELS...WHILE LOW PRESSURE MOVES EAST ALONG THE GULF COAST AND UP THE CAROLINA COAST TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY. THE COMBINATION OF SUFFICIENT MOISTURE AND COLD LOW LEVEL AIR WILL PROVIDE A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE REGION. THOUGH SNOW HAS FALLEN EARLIER TODAY ACROSS THE NORTHERN MIDLANDS AND PIEDMONT OF SOUTH CAROLINA...IT APPEARS THAT THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR LATE TONIGHT...WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ACROSS THE NORTHERN MIDLANDS AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA...MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE IN THE FORM OF SNOW AND SLEET...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF A CHANGEOVER TO FREEZING RAIN. ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE MIDLANDS AND CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA...IT APPEARS THAT THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE A COMBINATION OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN... OR A CHANGEOVER TO ALL FREEZING RAIN. GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 120900- /O.CON.KCAE.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140213T1700Z/ 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 752 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND SLEET WITH DANGEROUS ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...ACROSS THE NORTHERN MIDLANDS EXPECT TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 3 TO 6 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND ONE HALF OF AN INCH OF ICE. ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH MIDLANDS...AND CSRA EXPECT SNOW OR SLEET ACCUMULATION OF AROUND 1 INCH...ALONG WITH AROUND ONE INCH OF ICE. * TIMING...MOST OF THE DANGEROUS WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP. WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON TREES... LIMBS AND POWERLINES NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES WILL DEVELOP. SOME OF THESE OUTAGES WILL BE LENGTHY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN MEETING WARNING CRITERIA IS LIKELY. WARNING CRITERIA IS AT LEAST 2 INCHES OF SNOW OR SLEET...OR AT LEAST 1/4 OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN. IF YOU ENCOUNTER DOWNED POWER LINES...DO NOT TOUCH THE LINES BECAUSE YOU COULD BE ELECTROCUTED. REPORT DOWNED POWER LINES TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE POWER COMPANY. PREPARE TO REMAIN IN A SAFE SHELTER WITHOUT ELECTRICITY FOR MANY HOURS. OBTAIN VITAL SUPPLIES SUCH AS BOTTLED WATER...NON-PERISHABLE FOOD SUCH AS CANNED FOODS...MEDICINE...BATTERIES...FLASHLIGHTS AND A BATTERY POWERED RADIO. && $$
742 WWUS42 KCAE 120639 WSWCAE URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 139 AM EST WED FEB 12 2014 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... ...A MAJOR ICE STORM WILL OCCUR... .CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED TO OUR NORTH WILL DIRECT COLD AIR INTO OUR REGION AT LOW LEVELS...WHILE LOW PRESSURE MOVES EAST ALONG THE GULF COAST AND UP THE CAROLINA COAST TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY. THE COMBINATION OF SUFFICIENT MOISTURE AND COLD LOW-LEVEL AIR WILL PROVIDE A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE REGION. ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...SNOW AND SLEET WILL OCCUR WITH AN EVENTUAL CHANGEOVER TO FREEZING RAIN. ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE MIDLANDS AND CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA...THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE A COMBINATION OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WITH A CHANGEOVER TO ALL FREEZING RAIN. GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 121445- /O.CON.KCAE.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140213T1700Z/ 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 139 AM EST WED FEB 12 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND SLEET WITH DANGEROUS ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...ACROSS THE NORTH-CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA EXPECT TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 6 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND ONE HALF OF AN INCH OF ICE. ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH MIDLANDS PLUS CSRA EXPECT SNOW OR SLEET ACCUMULATION OF AROUND 1 INCH...ALONG WITH AROUND ONE INCH OF ICE. * TIMING...DANGEROUS WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS. THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAVE URGED PEOPLE TO STAY OFF THE ROADWAYS. WITH HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON TREES...LIMBS AND POWERLINES... NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES WILL DEVELOP. SOME OF THESE OUTAGES WILL BE LENGTHY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN MEETING WARNING CRITERIA IS LIKELY. WARNING CRITERIA IS AT LEAST 2 INCHES OF SNOW OR SLEET...OR AT LEAST 1/4 OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN. IF YOU ENCOUNTER DOWNED POWER LINES...DO NOT TOUCH THE LINES BECAUSE YOU COULD BE ELECTROCUTED. REPORT DOWNED POWER LINES TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE POWER COMPANY. IF YOU ABSOLUTELY 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. && $$
070 WWUS42 KCAE 121041 WSWCAE URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 541 AM EST WED FEB 12 2014 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... ...A MAJOR ICE STORM WILL OCCUR... .CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED TO OUR NORTH WILL DIRECT COLD AIR INTO OUR REGION AT LOW LEVELS. A DEVELOPING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO THIS MORNING WILL MOVE EAST NORTHEAST REACHING NORTHERN FLORIDA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. THE STORM WILL THEN HEAD NORTHEAST ALONG THE CAROLINA COAST LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. THE COMBINATION OF SUFFICIENT MOISTURE AND COLD LOW-LEVEL AIR WILL PROVIDE A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE REGION. ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA...SNOW AND SLEET WILL OCCUR WITH AN EVENTUAL CHANGEOVER TO FREEZING RAIN BY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE MIDLANDS AND CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA...THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE A COMBINATION OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WITH A CHANGEOVER TO ALL FREEZING RAIN DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS TOWARD NOONTIME. GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 122000- /O.CON.KCAE.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140213T1700Z/ 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 541 AM EST WED FEB 12 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND SLEET WITH DANGEROUS ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...ACROSS THE NORTH-CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA EXPECT TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 5 INCHES...ALONG WITH AROUND ONE HALF OF AN INCH OF ICE. ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH MIDLANDS PLUS CSRA EXPECT SNOW OR SLEET ACCUMULATION OF AROUND 1 INCH...ALONG WITH AROUND ONE INCH OF ICE. * TIMING...DANGEROUS WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS. THE GOVERNOR OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA HAVE ISSUED STATE OF EMERGENCIES FOR BOTH STATES. BOTH SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA DEPARTMENTS OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION HAVE URGED PEOPLE TO STAY OFF THE ROADWAYS. WITH HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON TREES...LIMBS AND POWERLINES...NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES WILL DEVELOP. SOME OF THESE OUTAGES WILL BE LENGTHY. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN MEETING WARNING CRITERIA IS LIKELY. WARNING CRITERIA IS AT LEAST 2 INCHES OF SNOW OR SLEET...OR AT LEAST 1/4 OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN. IF YOU ENCOUNTER DOWNED POWER LINES...DO NOT TOUCH THE LINES BECAUSE YOU COULD BE ELECTROCUTED. REPORT DOWNED POWER LINES TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE POWER COMPANY. REPORT DOWNED POWER LINES TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE POWER COMPANY. PREPARE TO REMAIN IN A SAFE SHELTER WITHOUT ELECTRICITY FOR MANY HOURS. IF YOU ABSOLUTELY 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.... A BLANKET...WINDSHIELD SCRAPPER AND BRUSH AND FIRST AID KIT. LET SOMEONE ELSE KNOW WHEN YOU WILL TRAVEL AND WHAT ROUTES YOU WILL TAKE. && $$ VAUGHAN
366 WWUS42 KCAE 121335 WSWCAE URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 835 AM EST WED FEB 12 2014 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... ...HEAVY SNOW NORTHERN MIDLANDS AND PIEDMONT OF SOUTH CAROLINA... ...MAJOR ICE STORM CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA... .CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED TO OUR NORTH WILL DIRECT COLD AIR INTO OUR REGION AT LOW LEVELS. A DEVELOPING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO THIS MORNING WILL MOVE EAST NORTHEAST REACHING NORTHERN FLORIDA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. THE STORM WILL THEN HEAD NORTHEAST ALONG THE CAROLINA COAST LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. THE COMBINATION OF SUFFICIENT MOISTURE AND COLD LOW-LEVEL AIR WILL PROVIDE A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE REGION. ACROSS THE NORTHERN MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA...SNOW OR A SNOW AND SLEET COMBINATION...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...WITH A CHANGEOVER TO FREEZING RAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM NEAR NEWBERRY TO LANCASTER...FOLLOWED BY ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH. ACROSS THE CENTRAL MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA...AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA...SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY...WITH A CHANGEOVER TO FREEZING RAIN IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON. EXPECT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SLEET...FOLLOWED BY ONE HALF INCH TO ONE INCH ACCUMULATION OF ICE. ACROSS THE SOUTHERN MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA...AND CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA...EXPECT CONTINUED FREEZING RAIN WITH MAJOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS OVER ONE INCH EXPECTED. DRIVING WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES WITH PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES EXPECTED. GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 122145- /O.CON.KCAE.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140213T1700Z/ 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 835 AM EST WED FEB 12 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...WITH DANGEROUS ACCUMULATIONS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 6 TO 8 INCHES NORTHERN MIDLANDS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OVER ONE INCH SOUTHERN MIDLANDS AND CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA. * TIMING...DANGEROUS WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS. THE GOVERNOR OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA HAVE ISSUED STATE OF EMERGENCIES FOR BOTH STATES. BOTH SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA DEPARTMENTS OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION HAVE URGED PEOPLE TO STAY OFF THE ROADWAYS. WITH HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON TREES... LIMBS AND POWERLINES...NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES WILL DEVELOP. SOME OF THESE OUTAGES WILL BE LENGTHY. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN MEETING WARNING CRITERIA IS LIKELY. WARNING CRITERIA IS AT LEAST 2 INCHES OF SNOW OR SLEET...OR AT LEAST 1/4 OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN. IF YOU ENCOUNTER DOWNED POWER LINES...DO NOT TOUCH THE LINES BECAUSE YOU COULD BE ELECTROCUTED. REPORT DOWNED POWER LINES TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE POWER COMPANY. REPORT DOWNED POWER LINES TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE POWER COMPANY. PREPARE TO REMAIN IN A SAFE SHELTER WITHOUT ELECTRICITY FOR MANY HOURS. IF YOU ABSOLUTELY 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.... A BLANKET...WINDSHIELD SCRAPPER AND BRUSH AND FIRST AID KIT. LET SOMEONE ELSE KNOW WHEN YOU WILL TRAVEL AND WHAT ROUTES YOU WILL TAKE. && $$
538 WWUS42 KCAE 121551 WSWCAE URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1051 AM EST WED FEB 12 2014 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... ...HEAVY SNOW NORTHERN MIDLANDS AND PIEDMONT OF SOUTH CAROLINA... ...MAJOR ICE STORM CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA... .CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED TO OUR NORTH WILL DIRECT COLD AIR INTO OUR REGION AT LOW LEVELS. A DEVELOPING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO THIS MORNING WILL MOVE EAST NORTHEAST REACHING NORTHERN FLORIDA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. THE STORM WILL THEN HEAD NORTHEAST ALONG THE CAROLINA COAST LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. THE COMBINATION OF SUFFICIENT MOISTURE AND COLD LOW-LEVEL AIR WILL PROVIDE A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE REGION. ACROSS THE NORTHERN MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA...SNOW OR A SNOW AND SLEET COMBINATION...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON... WITH A CHANGEOVER TO FREEZING RAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...FOLLOWED BY ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH. ACROSS THE CENTRAL MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA...AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA...SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY...WITH A CHANGEOVER TO FREEZING RAIN IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON. EXPECT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SLEET...FOLLOWED BY ONE HALF INCH TO ONE INCH ACCUMULATION OF ICE. ACROSS THE SOUTHERN MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA...AND CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA...EXPECT CONTINUED SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN CHANGING TO ALL FREEZING RAIN WITH MAJOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS OVER ONE INCH EXPECTED. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE HALF INCH POSSIBLE. DRIVING WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES WITH PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES EXPECTED. GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 130000- /O.CON.KCAE.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140213T1700Z/ 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 1051 AM EST WED FEB 12 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...WITH DANGEROUS ACCUMULATIONS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 4 TO 8 INCHES NORTHERN MIDLANDS...1 TO 3 INCHES CENTRAL MIDLANDS AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OVER ONE INCH SOUTHERN MIDLANDS AND CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA....ONE HALF TO ONE INCH CENTRAL MIDLANDS AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH NORTHERN MIDLANDS. * TIMING...DANGEROUS WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS. THE GOVERNOR OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA HAVE ISSUED STATE OF EMERGENCIES FOR BOTH STATES. BOTH SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA DEPARTMENTS OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION HAVE URGED PEOPLE TO STAY OFF THE ROADWAYS. WITH HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON TREES... LIMBS AND POWERLINES...NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES WILL DEVELOP. SOME OF THESE OUTAGES WILL BE LENGTHY. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN MEETING WARNING CRITERIA IS LIKELY. WARNING CRITERIA IS AT LEAST 2 INCHES OF SNOW OR SLEET...OR AT LEAST 1/4 OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN. IF YOU ENCOUNTER DOWNED POWER LINES...DO NOT TOUCH THE LINES BECAUSE YOU COULD BE ELECTROCUTED. REPORT DOWNED POWER LINES TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE POWER COMPANY. REPORT DOWNED POWER LINES TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE POWER COMPANY. PREPARE TO REMAIN IN A SAFE SHELTER WITHOUT ELECTRICITY FOR MANY HOURS. IF YOU ABSOLUTELY 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.... A BLANKET...WINDSHIELD SCRAPPER AND BRUSH AND FIRST AID KIT. LET SOMEONE ELSE KNOW WHEN YOU WILL TRAVEL AND WHAT ROUTES YOU WILL TAKE. && $$
295 WWUS42 KCAE 121931 WSWCAE URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 231 PM EST WED FEB 12 2014 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... ...HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET NORTHERN MIDLANDS AND PIEDMONT OF SOUTH CAROLINA... ...MAJOR ICE STORM SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA... .CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED TO OUR NORTH WILL CONTINUE TO DIRECT COLD AIR INTO OUR REGION AT LOW LEVELS. LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST AND NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA AND THE CAROLINA COAST LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. THE COMBINATION OF SUFFICIENT MOISTURE AND COLD LOW-LEVEL AIR WILL PROVIDE A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE REGION. LATEST RADAR INDICATING THE BULK OF HEAVIER WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION WILL PUSH TO OUR EAST THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...CONTINUED PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE PRECIPITATION EXPECTED TO CONIUNE AT LEAST THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. PRECIPTIATION AMOUNTS AND ADDITONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIGHTEN UP LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY. ACROSS THE NORTHERN MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA...SNOW OR A SNOW AND SLEET COMBINATION...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON... WITH A CHANGEOVER TO FREEZING RAIN LATE TODAY OR THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...FOLLOWED BY ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH. ACROSS THE CENTRAL MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA...AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA...SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY...WITH A CHANGEOVER TO FREEZING RAIN IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON. EXPECT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SLEET...FOLLOWED BY ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH ACCUMULATION OF ICE. ACROSS THE SOUTHERN MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA...AND CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA...EXPECT CONTINUED SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN CHANGING TO ALL FREEZING RAIN. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE HALF INCH ARE EXPECTED. DRIVING WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES WITH PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES EXPECTED. GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 130400- /O.CON.KCAE.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140213T1700Z/ 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 231 PM EST WED FEB 12 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...WITH DANGEROUS ACCUMULATIONS. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 4 TO 8 INCHES NORTHERN MIDLANDS...1 TO 3 INCHES CENTRAL MIDLANDS AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA. STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE INCH SOUTHERN MIDLANDS AND CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH CENTRAL MIDLANDS AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA...UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH NORTHERN MIDLANDS. * TIMING...DANGEROUS WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS. THE GOVERNOR OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA HAVE ISSUED STATE OF EMERGENCIES FOR BOTH STATES. BOTH SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA DEPARTMENTS OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION HAVE URGED PEOPLE TO STAY OFF THE ROADWAYS. WITH HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON TREES... LIMBS AND POWERLINES...NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES WILL DEVELOP. SOME OF THESE OUTAGES WILL BE LENGTHY. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN MEETING WARNING CRITERIA IS LIKELY. WARNING CRITERIA IS AT LEAST 2 INCHES OF SNOW OR SLEET...OR AT LEAST 1/4 OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN. IF YOU ENCOUNTER DOWNED POWER LINES...DO NOT TOUCH THE LINES BECAUSE YOU COULD BE ELECTROCUTED. REPORT DOWNED POWER LINES TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE POWER COMPANY. REPORT DOWNED POWER LINES TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE POWER COMPANY. PREPARE TO REMAIN IN A SAFE SHELTER WITHOUT ELECTRICITY FOR MANY HOURS. IF YOU ABSOLUTELY 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.... A BLANKET...WINDSHIELD SCRAPPER AND BRUSH AND FIRST AID KIT. LET SOMEONE ELSE KNOW WHEN YOU WILL TRAVEL AND WHAT ROUTES YOU WILL TAKE. && $$
660 WWUS42 KCAE 122325 WSWCAE URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 625 PM EST WED FEB 12 2014 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... ...HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET NORTHERN MIDLANDS AND PIEDMONT OF SOUTH CAROLINA... ...MAJOR ICE STORM SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA... .CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED TO OUR NORTH WILL CONTINUE TO DIRECT COLD AIR INTO OUR REGION AT LOW LEVELS. LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST AND NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA AND THE CAROLINA COAST LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. THE COMBINATION OF SUFFICIENT MOISTURE AND COLD LOW-LEVEL AIR WILL PROVIDE A MIX OF SNOW... SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE REGION. LATEST RADAR INDICATING THE BULK OF HEAVIER WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION HAS WEAKENED AND PUSHED TO OUR EAST. HOWEVER...AHEAD OF THE UPPER SYSTEM...PATCHY LIGHT TO MODERATE PRECIPITATION COVERS MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THIS ACTIVITY WILL AFFECT OUR REGION TONIGHT...PROVIDING ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. THIS WILL LEAD TO VERY SLICK ROADWAYS. DRIVING WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES WITH PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES EXPECTED. GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 130500- /O.CON.KCAE.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140213T1700Z/ 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 625 PM EST WED FEB 12 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. * HAZARD TYPES...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...WITH DANGEROUS ACCUMULATIONS. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 4 TO 8 INCHES NORTHERN MIDLANDS...1 TO 3 INCHES CENTRAL MIDLANDS AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA. STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE INCH SOUTHERN MIDLANDS AND CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH CENTRAL MIDLANDS AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA...UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH NORTHERN MIDLANDS. * TIMING...DANGEROUS WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS. THE GOVERNOR OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA HAVE ISSUED STATE OF EMERGENCIES FOR BOTH STATES. BOTH SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA DEPARTMENTS OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION HAVE URGED PEOPLE TO STAY OFF THE ROADWAYS. WITH HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON TREES... LIMBS AND POWERLINES...NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES WILL DEVELOP. SOME OF THESE OUTAGES WILL BE LENGTHY. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN MEETING WARNING CRITERIA IS LIKELY. WARNING CRITERIA IS AT LEAST 2 INCHES OF SNOW OR SLEET...OR AT LEAST 1/4 OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN. IF YOU ENCOUNTER DOWNED POWER LINES...DO NOT TOUCH THE LINES BECAUSE YOU COULD BE ELECTROCUTED. REPORT DOWNED POWER LINES TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE POWER COMPANY. REPORT DOWNED POWER LINES TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE POWER COMPANY. PREPARE TO REMAIN IN A SAFE SHELTER WITHOUT ELECTRICITY FOR MANY HOURS. IF YOU ABSOLUTELY 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.... A BLANKET...WINDSHIELD SCRAPPER AND BRUSH AND FIRST AID KIT. LET SOMEONE ELSE KNOW WHEN YOU WILL TRAVEL AND WHAT ROUTES YOU WILL TAKE. && $$
264 WWUS42 KCAE 130230 WSWCAE URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 930 PM EST WED FEB 12 2014 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... ...SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND SLEET NORTH AND CENTRAL MIDLANDS AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA TOPPED BY ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS... ...CONTINUED HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE SOUTHERN MIDLANDS AND CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA... .CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED TO OUR NORTH WILL CONTINUE TO DIRECT COLD AIR INTO OUR REGION AT LOW LEVELS. LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST AND NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA AND THE CAROLINA COAST LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. THE COMBINATION OF SUFFICIENT MOISTURE AND COLD LOW LEVEL AIR WILL PROVIDE A MIX OF SNOW... SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE REGION. REGIONAL RADAR INDICATES A BATCH OF PRECIPITATION...MOST LIKELY IN THE FORM OF SNOW AND SLEET...WILL SKIRT THE NORTHERN FORECAST AREA (FA) OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS FROM MCCORMICK TO NEWBERRY TO LANCASTER. SCATTERED LIGHT TO MODERATE PRECIPITATION OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH GEORGIA...MOVING TO THE NE...WILL AFFECT OUR FA OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THINK MOST OF OUR FA WILL EXPERIENCE FREEZING RAIN WITH THIS ACTIVITY...WITH ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED. ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES WITH PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES EXPECTED. GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 130700- /O.CON.KCAE.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140213T1700Z/ 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 930 PM EST WED FEB 12 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...WITH DANGEROUS ACCUMULATIONS. * ACCUMULATIONS...ACROSS THE NORTHERN MIDLANDS AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA...STORM TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES TOPPED BY ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER INCH EXPECTED. ACROSS THE CENTRAL MIDLANDS...STORM TOTAL SLEET AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES TOPPED BY AN ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE THIRD OF AN INCH EXPECTED. ACROSS THE SOUTHERN MIDLANDS AND CSRA...SLEET AMOUNTS UP TO ONE INCH...TOPPED BY TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE INCH EXPECTED. * TIMING...DANGEROUS WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS. THE GOVERNOR OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA HAVE ISSUED STATE OF EMERGENCIES FOR BOTH STATES. BOTH SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA DEPARTMENTS OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION HAVE URGED PEOPLE TO STAY OFF THE ROADWAYS. WITH HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON TREES... LIMBS AND POWERLINES...NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES WILL DEVELOP. SOME OF THESE OUTAGES WILL BE LENGTHY. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN MEETING WARNING CRITERIA IS LIKELY. WARNING CRITERIA IS AT LEAST 2 INCHES OF SNOW OR SLEET...OR AT LEAST 1/4 OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN. IF YOU ENCOUNTER DOWNED POWER LINES...DO NOT TOUCH THE LINES BECAUSE YOU COULD BE ELECTROCUTED. REPORT DOWNED POWER LINES TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE POWER COMPANY. REPORT DOWNED POWER LINES TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE POWER COMPANY. PREPARE TO REMAIN IN A SAFE SHELTER WITHOUT ELECTRICITY FOR MANY HOURS. IF YOU ABSOLUTELY 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.... A BLANKET...WINDSHIELD SCRAPPER AND BRUSH AND FIRST AID KIT. LET SOMEONE ELSE KNOW WHEN YOU WILL TRAVEL AND WHAT ROUTES YOU WILL TAKE. && $$
827 WWUS42 KCAE 130801 WSWCAE URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 301 AM EST THU FEB 13 2014 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM THROUGH THIS MORNING... .LOW PRESSURE NEAR THE GEORGIA AND CAROLINA COAST THIS MORNING WILL MOVE NORTHEAST OF OUR AREA THIS AFTERNOON. LITTLE ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR AFTER 400 AM. HOWEVER...MUCH OF THE AREA WILL HAVE A PERIOD OF SNOW BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION ENDS FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. MOST ROADS ARE A SOLID SHEET OF ICE. THE GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENTS URGE PEOPLE TO STAY OFF THE ROADS. THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE THIS AFTERNOON... BUT DANGEROUS CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 131600- /O.CON.KCAE.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140213T1700Z/ 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 301 AM EST THU FEB 13 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR AFTER 400 AM. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE 1 TO 2 INCHES FROM COLUMBIA NORTHWARD...AND AN INCH OR LESS ELSEWHERE. * TIMING...DANGEROUS WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL END FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE DANGEROUS. THE GOVERNORS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA HAVE ISSUED STATES OF EMERGENCIES. BOTH SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA DEPARTMENTS OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION HAVE URGED PEOPLE TO STAY OFF THE ROADWAYS. NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES HAVE RESULTED BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON TREES...LIMBS AND POWER LINES. SOME OF THESE OUTAGES WILL BE LENGTHY. * WINDS...NORTH TO WEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS 20 TO 25 MPH WILL OCCUR TODAY. * TEMPERATURES...MAINLY IN THE LOWER 30S THIS MORNING...AND LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S THIS AFTERNOON. LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN MEETING WARNING CRITERIA IS LIKELY. WARNING CRITERIA IS AT LEAST 2 INCHES OF SNOW OR SLEET...OR AT LEAST 1/4 OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN. STAY AWAY FROM DOWNED POWERLINES. YOU COULD GET ELECTROCUTED. BE VERY CAREFUL USING ALTERNATIVE HEAT SOURCES. MAKE SURE YOUR SMOKE DETECTORS ARE WORKING. MANY ROADS ARE A SOLID SHEET OF ICE. THE GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENTS URGE PEOPLE TO STAY OFF THE ROADS. IF YOU ABSOLUTELY 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.... A BLANKET...WINDSHIELD SCRAPPER AND BRUSH AND FIRST AID KIT. LET SOMEONE ELSE KNOW WHEN YOU WILL TRAVEL AND WHAT ROUTES YOU WILL TAKE. && $$
821 WWUS42 KCAE 130905 WSWCAE URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 405 AM EST THU FEB 13 2014 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM THROUGH THIS MORNING... .LOW PRESSURE NEAR THE GEORGIA AND CAROLINA COAST THIS MORNING WILL MOVE FARTHER NORTHEAST OF OUR AREA THIS AFTERNOON. AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE WILL OCCUR EARLY THIS MORNING. LITTLE ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. MUCH OF THE AREA WILL HAVE A PERIOD OF SNOW LATER THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE 1 TO 2 INCHES FROM COLUMBIA NORTHWARD...AND AN INCH OR LESS ELSEWHERE. THE PRECIPITATION WILL END FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. MOST ROADS ARE A SOLID SHEET OF ICE. THE GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENTS URGE PEOPLE TO STAY OFF THE ROADS. THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE THIS AFTERNOON... BUT DANGEROUS CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 131700- /O.CON.KCAE.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140213T1700Z/ 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 405 AM EST THU FEB 13 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE 1 TO 2 INCHES FROM COLUMBIA NORTHWARD...AND AN INCH OR LESS ELSEWHERE. * TIMING...DANGEROUS WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL END FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE DANGEROUS. THE GOVERNORS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA HAVE ISSUED STATES OF EMERGENCIES. BOTH SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA DEPARTMENTS OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION HAVE URGED PEOPLE TO STAY OFF THE ROADWAYS. NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES HAVE RESULTED BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON TREES...LIMBS AND POWER LINES. SOME OF THESE OUTAGES WILL BE LENGTHY. * WINDS...NORTH TO WEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS 20 TO 25 MPH WILL OCCUR TODAY. * TEMPERATURES...MAINLY IN THE LOWER 30S THIS MORNING...AND LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S THIS AFTERNOON. LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN MEETING WARNING CRITERIA IS LIKELY. WARNING CRITERIA IS AT LEAST 2 INCHES OF SNOW OR SLEET...OR AT LEAST 1/4 OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN. STAY AWAY FROM DOWNED POWERLINES. YOU COULD GET ELECTROCUTED. BE VERY CAREFUL USING ALTERNATIVE HEAT SOURCES. MAKE SURE YOUR SMOKE DETECTORS ARE WORKING. MANY ROADS ARE A SOLID SHEET OF ICE. THE GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENTS URGE PEOPLE TO STAY OFF THE ROADS. IF YOU ABSOLUTELY 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.... A BLANKET...WINDSHIELD SCRAPPER AND BRUSH AND FIRST AID KIT. LET SOMEONE ELSE KNOW WHEN YOU WILL TRAVEL AND WHAT ROUTES YOU WILL TAKE. && $$
774 WWUS42 KCAE 131348 WSWCAE URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 848 AM EST THU FEB 13 2014 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM CONTINUES... .SURFACE LOW PRESSURE CURRENTLY NEAR THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST WILL MOVE FARTHER NORTHEAST OF OUR AREA THIS AFTERNOON...WHILE AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH...CURRENTLY TO OUR WEST...MOVES EAST THROUGH THE REGION LATER TODAY. COLDER AIR COMING IN BEHIND THE SURFACE LOW...ALONG WITH UPPER LIFT AHEAD OF THE UPPER TROUGH...WILL CONTRIBUTE TO SOME LIGHT SNOW OVER THE REGION TODAY. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THE BEST CHANCE OF ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE OVER THE NORTHERN MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA NORTH OF COLUMBIA. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TODAY OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NORTHERN MIDLANDS...GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEWBERRY TO CHERAW. LIGHTER AMOUNTS UP TO ONE HALF INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM SALUDA TO COLUMBIA TO BISHOPVILLE. A LIGHT DUSTING OF SNOW POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE. THE SNOW AREA WILL LIFT NORTHEAST DURING THE DAY AND WILL MOVE OUT OF THE NORTHERN MIDLANDS AROUND MID AFTERNOON. GRADUALLY DECREASING CLOUD COVER IS EXPECTED FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON. AIR TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FREEZING THIS AFTERNOON...AND SOME PARTIAL MELTING IS ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER...A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SNOW...SLEET OR ICE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE AND WILL REFREEZE TONIGHT. THIS WILL LEAD TO CONTINUED HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS AT LEAST THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. CURRENTLY...MOST ROADS ARE A SOLID SHEET OF ICE. THE GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENTS URGE PEOPLE TO STAY OFF THE ROADS. GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 131700- /O.CON.KCAE.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140213T1700Z/ 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 848 AM EST THU FEB 13 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... * LOCATIONS...CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE 1 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS THE NORTHERN MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA...AROUND ONE HALF INCH CENTRAL MIDLANDS...AND A DUSTING ELSEHWERE. * TIMING...THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE DANGEROUS. THE GOVERNORS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA HAVE ISSUED STATES OF EMERGENCIES. BOTH SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA DEPARTMENTS OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION HAVE URGED PEOPLE TO STAY OFF THE ROADWAYS. NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES HAVE RESULTED BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON TREES...LIMBS AND POWER LINES. SOME OF THESE OUTAGES WILL BE LENGTHY. * TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES WILL RISE ABOVE FREEZING THIS AFTERNOON...BUT WILL FALL BACK INTO THE 20S TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN MEETING WARNING CRITERIA IS LIKELY. WARNING CRITERIA IS AT LEAST 2 INCHES OF SNOW OR SLEET...OR AT LEAST 1/4 OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN. STAY AWAY FROM DOWNED POWERLINES. YOU COULD GET ELECTROCUTED. BE VERY CAREFUL USING ALTERNATIVE HEAT SOURCES. MAKE SURE YOUR SMOKE DETECTORS ARE WORKING. MANY ROADS ARE A SOLID SHEET OF ICE. THE GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENTS URGE PEOPLE TO STAY OFF THE ROADS. IF YOU ABSOLUTELY 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.... A BLANKET...WINDSHIELD SCRAPPER AND BRUSH AND FIRST AID KIT. LET SOMEONE ELSE KNOW WHEN YOU WILL TRAVEL AND WHAT ROUTES YOU WILL TAKE. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 5:36 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 10 more | 9 hr |
| Feb 10, 3:02 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAE | Chesterfield, Edgefield, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lee, McCormick and 2 more | 28 hr |
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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.