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Ice Storm Warning 1, NWS Atlanta, GA

February 11, 201447 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this ice storm warning at Feb 11, 2014, 4:30 PM EST for 47 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Feb 11, 2014, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 42 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 11, 2014, 4:30 PM EST (21:30 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 11, 2014, 7:00 PM EST
Expired
Feb 13, 2014, 1:00 PM EST
In force
42 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
All 47 counties

Baldwin County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Butts County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Greene County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Madison County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pike County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Troup County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA

The radar

The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 12, 5:30 AM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0.5Jackson, GA*** 1 FATAL *** MAN SLIPPED AND FELL. DIED FROM HEAD INJURIES.
Feb 12, 6:38 AM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0Midtown, GAICING REPORTED ON SURFACES 17TH ST AS WELL AS CHESHIRE BRIDGE RD
Feb 12, 6:42 AM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0Fayetteville, GAICING REPORTED ON VEHICLES
Feb 12, 6:42 AM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0Peachtree City, GAICING ON VEHICLES
Feb 12, 6:43 AM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0.12 Sse Atlanta, GAONE TENTH OF AN INCH ACCUM OF ICE ON CARS... TREES AND POWERLINES AT STATE OPERATIONS CENTER. HEAVY FZRA ATTM
Feb 12, 6:46 AM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0Bolingbroke, GAICING ON EXPOSED SURFACES. TEMP 28 DEGREES.
Feb 12, 6:51 AM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0Sandersville, GALIGHT ICING ON EXPOSED SURFACES
Feb 12, 6:54 AM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0Haddock, GAICE FORMING ON TREES
Feb 12, 6:55 AM ESTFREEZING RAIN 03 N Atlanta, GAFREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. ROADS ARE TURNING WHITE. ICING ON METAL SURFACES.
Feb 12, 6:58 AM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0Forest Park, GAREPORT OF SOME TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
Feb 12, 7:20 AM ESTFREEZING RAIN 01 W Cannongate, GAPOWER LINE DOWN HWY 154 AND HAMMOCK RD. TREE DOWN.
Feb 12, 7:27 AM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0Wrightsville, GAICE BUILDING UP ON POWER LINES AND TREES
Feb 12, 7:27 AM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0.25Winterville, GA
Feb 12, 7:30 AM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0.25Fayetteville, GA
Feb 12, 7:30 AM ESTSLEET 0.5Atlanta, GAONE QUARTER INCH ICE ON TREES. ONE HALF INCH SLEET ICE ON ROADS AND SIDEWALKS IN CENTENNIAL PARK
Feb 12, 7:30 AM ESTSNOW 26 W Danielsville, GA
Feb 12, 7:48 AM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0Louisville, GAPOWER OUTAGES BEING REPORTED ACROSS THE COUNTY
Feb 12, 8:10 AM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0Eatonton, GAWIDESPREAD REPORTS OF ICING ON TREES AND POWER LINES
Feb 12, 8:20 AM ESTSNOW 2Danielsville, GAFREEZING RAIN CHANGED TO SLEET NOW SNOW. ROADS SNOW AND ICE COVERED. TEMP 26 AT 7AM
Feb 12, 8:45 AM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0Milledgeville, GAICE ACCUMULATING ON PAVEMENT AND LIMBS FALLING AT NORTH LAKE SINCLAIR.
Feb 12, 10:48 AM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0.25Roberta, GABROADCAST MEDIA RELAYED A REPORT OF 0.25 INCHES OF ICE.
Feb 12, 12:30 PM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0Fairburn, GA2 TREES DOWN ON HOMES IN FAIRBURN FROM ICE
Feb 12, 12:31 PM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0College Park, GA64 TREES DOWN IN FULTON COUNTY FROM ICE
Feb 12, 12:34 PM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0Louisville, GA1 TREE ON A HOUSE DUE TO ICE
Feb 12, 12:34 PM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0Union City, GA1 TREE ON A HOUSE IN UNION CITY FROM ICE
Feb 12, 12:35 PM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0Alpharetta, GA2 TREES ON HOUSES IN ALPHARETTA
Feb 12, 12:36 PM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0College Park, GA2 TREES ON HOUSES IN COLLEGE PARK FROM ICE
Feb 12, 2:31 PM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0.25Concord, GA0.25 ICE ON TREES AND BUIDLINGS IN DOWNTOWN CONCORD
Feb 12, 2:32 PM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0.25Peachtree City, GA.23 INCH OF ICE ON TREES NEAR THE SURFACE BUT IT INCREASES IN DEPTH HIGHER IN THE TREES.
Feb 12, 2:45 PM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0.255 Se Alpharetta, GATHE ICE STARTED ACCUMULATING SINCE 4 AM. SLEET ACCUMULATED TO 3 4 INCH. HEAVY SLEET FALLING NOW.
Feb 12, 2:56 PM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0.3Mcdonough, GAPUBLIC RELAYED A REPORT OF 0.3 INCHES OF ICE IN HENRY CO.
Feb 12, 3:06 PM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0Louisville, GAJEFFERSON COUNTY EMA RELAYED A REPORT OF SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS. MANY TREES ARE REPORTED DOWN AND THEY ARE STILL GETTING FREEZING RAIN.
Feb 12, 4:00 PM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0.25Blackjack Mountain, GATHE AIR TEMPERATURE IS 25 DEGREES. THAWED ICE ON ROADS IS NOW REFREEZING.
Feb 12, 4:15 PM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0.38Forsyth, GAPUBLIC RELAYED A REPORT OF 3 8TH INCH OF ICE IN FORSYTH.
Feb 12, 4:19 PM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0.25Atlantic Station, GA
Feb 12, 4:22 PM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0.25Villa Rica, GA
Feb 12, 4:24 PM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0.15 Se Athens, GAMOSTLY RAIN EARLY...THEN A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE. SLEET MEASURES 1 2 INCH IN DEPTH
Feb 12, 4:30 PM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0.411 N Gray, GAPLENTY OF LIMBS BREAKING IN THE AREA.
Feb 12, 5:10 PM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0.4Locust Grove, GAPUBLIC RELAYED A REPORT OF 0.4 INCHES OF ICE.
Feb 13, 7:00 AM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0.33 S Douglasville, GAIN ADDITIONA 2 INCHES OF SNOW FELL MIXING WITH SLEET.
Feb 13, 7:00 AM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0.41 Se Redwine, GASTORM TOTAL. DOWNED TREES AND LIMBS.
Feb 13, 7:00 AM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0.5Sylvan Hills, GATHIS REPORT IS A STORM TOTAL. SLEET ALSO OCCURED WITH 1 INCH OF SNOW.
Feb 13, 7:05 AM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0.255 W Byron, GASTORM TOTAL.
Feb 13, 8:00 AM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0.13Whitehall, GASTORM TOTAL.
Feb 13, 8:00 AM ESTSNOW 3.2Whitehall, GASTORM TOTAL SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN.
Feb 13, 8:46 AM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0.382 Se Peachtree City, GASTORM TOTAL ESTIMATION FROM NWS OFFICE LOCATION.
Feb 13, 9:00 AM ESTSNOW 0.72 Se Peachtree City, GANWS OFFICE REPORTED TWO THIRDS INCH NEW SNOW FROM 6-9 AM.
Feb 13, 9:07 AM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0.1Macon, GASTORM TOTAL.
Feb 13, 9:12 AM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0.152 E Roswell, GASTORM TOTAL.
Feb 13, 9:12 AM ESTSNOW 2.62 E Roswell, GASTORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN... SLEET... AND SNOW.
Feb 13, 9:52 AM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0.25Griffin, GASTORM TOTAL.
Feb 13, 9:52 AM ESTSNOW 2.2Griffin, GASTORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW.
Feb 13, 10:00 AM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0.16 W Danielsville, GASTORM TOTAL.
Feb 13, 10:00 AM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0.33 S Vinings, GASTORM TOTAL.
Feb 13, 10:00 AM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0.35 W Thomaston, GASTORM TOTAL
Feb 13, 10:15 AM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0.131 E Athens, GASTORM TOTAL.
Feb 13, 10:30 AM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0.25Fayetteville, GASTORM TOTAL.
Feb 13, 10:30 AM ESTFREEZING RAIN 0.5Sandersville, GASTORM TOTAL. MULTIPILE POWER OUTAGES AND TREES FALLEN ON AT LEAST 6 HOMES.
Feb 13, 10:30 AM ESTFREEZING RAIN 1Wrens, GASTORM TOTAL. MULTIPLE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
Feb 13, 10:30 AM ESTFREEZING RAIN 1Wrightsville, GASTORM TOTAL. MULTIPLE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. AROUND 20 HOMES WITH TREE DAMAGE.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 80 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2014-02-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2014-02-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
423 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
322 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

246 
WWUS42 KFFC 112130
WSWFFC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
430 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014

GAZ052>054-056-058>062-066>076-081>086-094>098-121200-
/O.CAN.KFFC.WS.W.0002.140212T0000Z-140213T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KFFC.IS.W.0001.140212T0000Z-140213T1800Z/
HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-SPALDING-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-
TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-
GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-
PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN...
MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO...WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN
430 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014

...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST
THURSDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED BUT HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH AN
ICE STORM WARNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED AN ICE
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM
EST THURSDAY. AN ICE STORM WARNING HAS IMPACTS WHICH ARE AS GREAT
OR GREATER THAN THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS
THE ICE STORM WARNING AREA WILL HAVE MORE ICE THAN SNOW WITH ITS
IMPACTS FOR THIS EVENT.

* LOCATIONS...ALONG AND EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM FRANKLIN TO
  NEWNAN AND PEACHTREE CITY TO WARRENTON.

* HAZARD TYPES...MAINLY FREEZING RAIN WITH SOME SNOW AND SLEET.

* TIMING...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN LATE
  TONIGHT...GENERALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY.
  THIS WILL GRADUALLY CHANGEOVER TO ALL FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY
  INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE ACTIVITY SHOULD END AS LIGHT SNOW LATE
  WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...THESE HIGH ICE ACCUMULATION AMOUNTS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
  IMPOSSIBLE. THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE A CATASTROPHIC EVENT.
  WIDESPREAD AND EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY AS ICE
  ACCUMULATES ON TREES AND POWERLINES AND BRINGS THEM DOWN. PLEASE
  PREPARE TO BE WITHOUT POWER IN SOME LOCATIONS FOR DAYS AND
  PERHAPS AS LONG AS A WEEK. ONCE THE ICE BEGINS TO MELT ON
  THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...FALLING ICE FROM BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES
  WILL CREATE AN ADDITIONAL HAZARD.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. THESE
  WIND SPEEDS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ICE WILL EXACERBATE THE
  POTENTIAL FOR FALLING TREES.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S AND DROPPING INTO THE UPPER 20S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR ICE MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS ICE ARE
FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS AND IMPOSSIBLE IN MOST
CASES. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN
EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF
AN EMERGENCY. WITH THE FORECAST ICE AMOUNTS...WIDESPREAD POWER
OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN THE WEDNESDAY TO WEDNESDAY
NIGHT TIME PERIOD.

A LAYER OF ICE...COMBINED WITH WINDY CONDITIONS...IS EXPECTED TO
BREAK TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM THESE
HAZARDS...AND PREPARE FOR POWER OUTAGES BY HAVING FLASHLIGHTS AND
EMERGENCY SUPPLIES READY.

&&

$$

GAZ027-036>039-042>044-046>051-055-057-121200-
/O.CAN.KFFC.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140213T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KFFC.IS.W.0001.140212T0000Z-140213T1800Z/
MADISON-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-
SOUTH FULTON-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-
CLAYTON-HENRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...
EAST POINT...CONYERS...COVINGTON
430 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014

...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST
THURSDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED BUT HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH AN
ICE STORM WARNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED AN ICE
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM
EST THURSDAY. AN ICE STORM WARNING HAS IMPACTS WHICH ARE AS GREAT
OR GREATER THAN THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS
THE ICE STORM WARNING AREA WILL HAVE MORE ICE THAN SNOW WITH ITS
IMPACTS FOR THIS EVENT.

* LOCATIONS...ALONG AND EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM FRANKLIN TO
  NEWNAN AND PEACHTREE CITY TO WARRENTON.

* HAZARD TYPES...MAINLY FREEZING RAIN WITH SOME SNOW AND SLEET.

* TIMING...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN LATE
  TONIGHT...GENERALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY.
  THIS WILL GRADUALLY CHANGEOVER TO ALL FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY
  INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE ACTIVITY SHOULD END AS LIGHT SNOW LATE
  WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...THESE HIGH ICE ACCUMULATION AMOUNTS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
  IMPOSSIBLE. THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE A CATASTROPHIC EVENT.
  WIDESPREAD AND EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY AS ICE
  ACCUMULATES ON TREES AND POWERLINES AND BRINGS THEM DOWN. PLEASE
  PREPARE TO BE WITHOUT POWER IN SOME LOCATIONS FOR DAYS AND
  PERHAPS AS LONG AS A WEEK. ONCE THE ICE BEGINS TO MELT ON
  THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...FALLING ICE FROM BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES
  WILL CREATE AN ADDITIONAL HAZARD.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. THESE
  WIND SPEEDS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ICE WILL EXACERBATE THE
  POTENTIAL FOR FALLING TREES.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S AND DROPPING INTO THE UPPER 20S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR ICE MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS ICE ARE
FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS AND IMPOSSIBLE IN MOST
CASES. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN
EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF
AN EMERGENCY. WITH THE FORECAST ICE AMOUNTS...WIDESPREAD POWER
OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN THE WEDNESDAY TO WEDNESDAY
NIGHT TIME PERIOD.

A LAYER OF ICE...COMBINED WITH WINDY CONDITIONS...IS EXPECTED TO
BREAK TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM THESE
HAZARDS...AND PREPARE FOR POWER OUTAGES BY HAVING FLASHLIGHTS AND
EMERGENCY SUPPLIES READY.

&&

$$

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>024-121200-
/O.CON.KFFC.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140213T1800Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW-
CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE
430 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST
THURSDAY...

* LOCATIONS...NORTH OF A LINE FROM ROME TO CANTON TO 
  HOMER. 

* HAZARD TYPES...PRIMARILY SNOW WITH MINOR SLEET AND FREEZING 
  RAIN ACCUMULATIONS. 

* ACCUMULATIONS...GENERALLY 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW WITH UP TO 10
  INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND BECOME MORE PRONOUNCED
  THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE WILL BE TIMES WHEN IT WILL MIX WITH
  SLEET AND PERHAPS EVEN FREEZING RAIN BUT THE PREDOMINANT
  PRECIPITATION TYPE WILL BE SNOW.

* IMPACTS...SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON ROADS MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS
  DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THURSDAY. AS THE MORE SIGNIFICANT
  SNOWFALL OCCURS WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...TRAVEL WILL BE
  NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE GIVEN THE HIGH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
MAINLY SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY
TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

GAZ025-030>035-041-045-121200-
/O.CON.KFFC.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140213T1800Z/
JACKSON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-HARALSON-
DEKALB-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE...
DECATUR
430 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST
THURSDAY...

* LOCATIONS...ALONG A LINE FROM CEDARTOWN TO THE NORTHERN HALF OF
  THE ATLANTA METRO TO JEFFERSON.

* HAZARD TYPES...A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ALONG IN ADDITION TO A
  QUARTER INCH OR MORE OF ICE.

* TIMING...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND
  BECOME MORE PRONOUNCED THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

* IMPACTS...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL ACCUMULATE ON
  ROADS MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THURSDAY.
  AS THE MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE OCCURS WEDNESDAY AND
  WEDNESDAY NIGHT...TRAVEL WILL BE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. WIDESPREAD
  AND EXTENDED  POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY AS ICE ACCUMULATES ON
  TREES AND POWERLINES AND BRINGS THEM DOWN. PLEASE PREPARE TO BE
  WITHOUT POWER IN SOME LOCATIONS FOR DAYS AND PERHAPS AS LONG AS
  A WEEK. ONCE THE ICE BEGINS TO MELT ON THURSDAY AND
  FRIDAY...FALLING ICE FROM BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL CREATE AN
  ADDITIONAL HAZARD.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. THESE
  WIND SPEEDS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ICE WILL EXACERBATE THE
  POTENTIAL FOR FALLING TREES.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND ICE MEANS SEVERE WINTER
WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS
SNOW AND ICE ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY
TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY. WITH THE FORECAST SNOW AND ICE AMOUNTS...WIDESPREAD
POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE.

&&

$$

GAZ078>080-089>093-102>113-121200-
/O.EXT.KFFC.ZR.Y.0001.140213T0000Z-140213T1800Z/
HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-
STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-
WHEELER-MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLUMBUS...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...
CORDELE...VIDALIA
430 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM WEDNESDAY TO
1 PM EST THURSDAY...

* LOCATIONS...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM HAMILTON 
  TO HAWKINSVILLE TO VIDALIA. 

* HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN

* TIMING...WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

* IMPACTS...ICE THAT ACCUMULATES ON ROADS...BRIDGES AND 
  OVERPASSES WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. 

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

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$
7 follow-up statements
430 
WWUS42 KFFC 112207
WSWFFC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
507 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014

GAZ027-036>039-042>044-046>062-066>076-081>086-094>098-120615-
/O.CON.KFFC.IS.W.0001.140212T0000Z-140213T1800Z/
MADISON-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-
SOUTH FULTON-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-
HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-
HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-
BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-
WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...
EAST POINT...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...
GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO...WARNER ROBINS...
DUBLIN
507 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014

...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY...

* LOCATIONS...ALONG AND EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM FRANKLIN TO 
  NEWNAN AND PEACHTREE CITY TO WARRENTON. 

* HAZARD TYPES...MAINLY FREEZING RAIN WITH SOME SNOW AND SLEET.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE ICE STORM WARNING WILL
  BE ON THE EDGE OF WARNING CRITERIA WITH WARNER ROBINS AND MACON
  SEEING ANYWHERE FROM A TENTH TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE. FURTHER
  NORTH HOWEVER...MORE CRIPPLING EFFECTS ARE LIKELY WITH A HALF TO
  POSSIBLY AS HIGH AS AN INCH OF ICE FROM THIS STORM.

* TIMING...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN LATE 
  TONIGHT...GENERALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO 
  WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL GRADUALLY CHANGEOVER TO ALL FREEZING RAIN 
  WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE ACTIVITY SHOULD END AS 
  LIGHT SNOW LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. 

* IMPACTS...THESE HIGH ICE ACCUMULATION AMOUNTS WILL MAKE TRAVEL 
  IMPOSSIBLE. THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE A CATASTROPHIC EVENT. 
  WIDESPREAD AND EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY AS ICE 
  ACCUMULATES ON TREES AND POWERLINES AND BRINGS THEM DOWN. 
  PLEASE PREPARE TO BE WITHOUT POWER IN SOME LOCATIONS FOR DAYS 
  AND PERHAPS AS LONG AS A WEEK. ONCE THE ICE BEGINS TO MELT ON 
  THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...FALLING ICE FROM BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES 
  WILL CREATE AN ADDITIONAL HAZARD. 

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. THESE 
  WIND SPEEDS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ICE WILL EXACERBATE THE 
  POTENTIAL FOR FALLING TREES. 

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S AND DROPPING INTO THE UPPER 
  20S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR ICE MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS ICE ARE
FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS AND IMPOSSIBLE IN MOST
CASES. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN
EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF
AN EMERGENCY. WITH THE FORECAST ICE AMOUNTS...WIDESPREAD POWER
OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN THE WEDNESDAY TO WEDNESDAY
NIGHT TIME PERIOD.

A LAYER OF ICE...COMBINED WITH WINDY CONDITIONS...IS EXPECTED TO
BREAK TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM
THESE HAZARDS...AND PREPARE FOR POWER OUTAGES BY HAVING
FLASHLIGHTS AND EMERGENCY SUPPLIES READY.

&&

$$

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>024-120615-
/O.CON.KFFC.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140213T1800Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW-
CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE
507 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST
THURSDAY...

* LOCATIONS...NORTH OF A LINE FROM ROME TO CANTON TO HOMER. 

* HAZARD TYPES...PRIMARILY SNOW WITH MINOR SLEET AND FREEZING 
  RAIN ACCUMULATIONS. 

* ACCUMULATIONS...GENERALLY 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW WITH UP TO 10 
  INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS. 

* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND BECOME MORE PRONOUNCED 
  THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE WILL BE TIMES WHEN IT WILL MIX WITH 
  SLEET AND PERHAPS EVEN FREEZING RAIN BUT THE PREDOMINANT 
  PRECIPITATION TYPE WILL BE SNOW. 

* IMPACTS...SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON ROADS MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS 
  DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THURSDAY. AS THE MORE SIGNIFICANT 
  SNOWFALL OCCURS WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...TRAVEL WILL BE 
  NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE GIVEN THE HIGH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. 

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
MAINLY SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY
TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

GAZ025-030>035-041-045-120615-
/O.CON.KFFC.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140213T1800Z/
JACKSON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-HARALSON-
DEKALB-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE...
DECATUR
507 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST
THURSDAY...

* LOCATIONS...ALONG A LINE FROM CEDARTOWN TO THE NORTHERN HALF 
  OF THE ATLANTA METRO TO JEFFERSON. 

* HAZARD TYPES...A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ALONG IN ADDITION TO A 
  QUARTER INCH OR MORE OF ICE. 

* TIMING...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT 
  AND BECOME MORE PRONOUNCED THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY 
  NIGHT. 

* IMPACTS...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL ACCUMULATE ON 
  ROADS MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH 
  THURSDAY. AS THE MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE OCCURS 
  WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...TRAVEL WILL BE NEARLY 
  IMPOSSIBLE. WIDESPREAD AND EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY 
  AS ICE ACCUMULATES ON TREES AND POWERLINES AND BRINGS THEM 
  DOWN. PLEASE PREPARE TO BE WITHOUT POWER IN SOME LOCATIONS FOR 
  DAYS AND PERHAPS AS LONG AS A WEEK. ONCE THE ICE BEGINS TO 
  MELT ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY... FALLING ICE FROM BRIDGES AND 
  OVERPASSES WILL CREATE AN ADDITIONAL HAZARD. 

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. THESE 
  WIND SPEEDS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ICE WILL EXACERBATE THE 
  POTENTIAL FOR FALLING TREES. 

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND ICE MEANS SEVERE WINTER
WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS
SNOW AND ICE ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY
TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY. WITH THE FORECAST SNOW AND ICE AMOUNTS...WIDESPREAD
POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE.

&&

$$

GAZ078>080-089>093-102>113-120615-
/O.CON.KFFC.ZR.Y.0001.140213T0000Z-140213T1800Z/
HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-
STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-
WHEELER-MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLUMBUS...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...
CORDELE...VIDALIA
507 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM WEDNESDAY
TO 1 PM EST THURSDAY...

* LOCATIONS...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM HAMILTON 
  TO HAWKINSVILLE TO VIDALIA. 

* HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...STILL ALOT OF UNCERTAINTY WITH THIS FORECAST AS
  A DEGREE OR TWO HERE OR THERE WILL MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE. FOR
  NOW EXPECTING TRACE TO MAYBE A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS.

* TIMING...WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

* IMPACTS...ICE THAT ACCUMULATES ON ROADS...BRIDGES AND 
  OVERPASSES WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. 

* WINDS...NORTH 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$
758 
WWUS42 KFFC 120208
WSWFFC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
908 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014

GAZ027-036>039-042>044-046>062-066>076-081>086-094>098-121015-
/O.CON.KFFC.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140213T1800Z/
MADISON-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-
SOUTH FULTON-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-
HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-
HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-
BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-
WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...
EAST POINT...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...
GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO...WARNER ROBINS...
DUBLIN
908 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014

...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY...

* LOCATIONS...ALONG AND EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM FRANKLIN TO 
  NEWNAN AND PEACHTREE CITY TO WARRENTON. 

* HAZARD TYPES...MAINLY FREEZING RAIN WITH SOME SNOW AND SLEET.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE ICE STORM WARNING 
  WILL BE ON THE EDGE OF WARNING CRITERIA WITH WARNER ROBINS AND 
  MACON SEEING ANYWHERE FROM A TENTH TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE. 
  FURTHER NORTH HOWEVER...MORE CRIPPLING EFFECTS ARE LIKELY WITH 
  A HALF TO POSSIBLY AS HIGH AS AN INCH OF ICE FROM THIS STORM. 

* TIMING...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN LATE 
  TONIGHT...GENERALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO 
  WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL GRADUALLY CHANGEOVER TO ALL FREEZING RAIN 
  WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE ACTIVITY SHOULD END AS 
  LIGHT SNOW LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. 

* IMPACTS...THESE HIGH ICE ACCUMULATION AMOUNTS WILL MAKE TRAVEL 
  IMPOSSIBLE. THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE A CATASTROPHIC EVENT. 
  WIDESPREAD AND EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY AS ICE 
  ACCUMULATES ON TREES AND POWERLINES AND BRINGS THEM DOWN. 
  PLEASE PREPARE TO BE WITHOUT POWER IN SOME LOCATIONS FOR DAYS 
  AND PERHAPS AS LONG AS A WEEK. ONCE THE ICE BEGINS TO MELT ON 
  THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...FALLING ICE FROM BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES 
  WILL CREATE AN ADDITIONAL HAZARD. 

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. THESE 
  WIND SPEEDS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ICE WILL EXACERBATE THE 
  POTENTIAL FOR FALLING TREES. 

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S AND DROPPING INTO THE UPPER 
  20S. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR ICE MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS ICE ARE
FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS AND IMPOSSIBLE IN MOST
CASES. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN
EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF
AN EMERGENCY. WITH THE FORECAST ICE AMOUNTS...WIDESPREAD POWER
OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN THE WEDNESDAY TO WEDNESDAY
NIGHT TIME PERIOD.

A LAYER OF ICE...COMBINED WITH WINDY CONDITIONS...IS EXPECTED TO
BREAK TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM
THESE HAZARDS...AND PREPARE FOR POWER OUTAGES BY HAVING
FLASHLIGHTS AND EMERGENCY SUPPLIES READY.

&&

$$

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>024-121015-
/O.CON.KFFC.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140213T1800Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW-
CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE
908 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST
THURSDAY...

* LOCATIONS...NORTH OF A LINE FROM ROME TO CANTON TO HOMER.

* HAZARD TYPES...PRIMARILY SNOW WITH MINOR SLEET AND FREEZING 
  RAIN ACCUMULATIONS. 

* ACCUMULATIONS...GENERALLY 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW WITH UP TO 10 
  INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS. 

* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND BECOME MORE PRONOUNCED 
  THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE WILL BE TIMES WHEN IT WILL MIX WITH 
  SLEET AND PERHAPS EVEN FREEZING RAIN BUT THE PREDOMINANT 
  PRECIPITATION TYPE WILL BE SNOW. 

* IMPACTS...SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON ROADS MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS 
  DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THURSDAY. AS THE MORE SIGNIFICANT 
  SNOWFALL OCCURS WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...TRAVEL WILL BE 
  NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE GIVEN THE HIGH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. 

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
MAINLY SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY
TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

GAZ025-030>035-041-045-121015-
/O.CON.KFFC.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140213T1800Z/
JACKSON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-HARALSON-
DEKALB-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE...
DECATUR
908 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST
THURSDAY...

* LOCATIONS...ALONG A LINE FROM CEDARTOWN TO THE NORTHERN HALF 
  OF THE ATLANTA METRO TO JEFFERSON. 

* HAZARD TYPES...A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ALONG IN ADDITION TO A 
  QUARTER INCH OR MORE OF ICE. 

* TIMING...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT 
  AND BECOME MORE PRONOUNCED THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY 
  NIGHT. 

* IMPACTS...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL ACCUMULATE ON 
  ROADS MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH 
  THURSDAY. AS THE MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE OCCURS 
  WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...TRAVEL WILL BE NEARLY 
  IMPOSSIBLE. WIDESPREAD AND EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY 
  AS ICE ACCUMULATES ON TREES AND POWERLINES AND BRINGS THEM 
  DOWN. PLEASE PREPARE TO BE WITHOUT POWER IN SOME LOCATIONS FOR 
  DAYS AND PERHAPS AS LONG AS A WEEK. ONCE THE ICE BEGINS TO 
  MELT ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY... FALLING ICE FROM BRIDGES AND 
  OVERPASSES WILL CREATE AN ADDITIONAL HAZARD. 

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. THESE 
  WIND SPEEDS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ICE WILL EXACERBATE THE 
  POTENTIAL FOR FALLING TREES. 

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND ICE MEANS SEVERE WINTER
WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS
SNOW AND ICE ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY
TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY. WITH THE FORECAST SNOW AND ICE AMOUNTS...WIDESPREAD
POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE.

&&

$$

GAZ078>080-089>093-102>113-121015-
/O.CON.KFFC.ZR.Y.0001.140213T0000Z-140213T1800Z/
HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-
STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-
WHEELER-MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLUMBUS...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...
CORDELE...VIDALIA
908 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM WEDNESDAY
TO 1 PM EST THURSDAY...

* LOCATIONS...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM HAMILTON 
  TO HAWKINSVILLE TO VIDALIA. 

* HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...STILL ALOT OF UNCERTAINTY WITH THIS FORECAST 
  AS A DEGREE OR TWO HERE OR THERE WILL MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE. 
  FOR NOW EXPECTING TRACE TO MAYBE A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE 
  ACCUMULATIONS. 

* TIMING...WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

* IMPACTS...ICE THAT ACCUMULATES ON ROADS...BRIDGES AND 
  OVERPASSES WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. 

* WINDS...NORTH 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$
127 
WWUS42 KFFC 120850
WSWFFC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
350 AM EST WED FEB 12 2014

GAZ027-036>039-042>044-046>062-066>076-081>086-094>098-121700-
/O.CON.KFFC.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140213T1800Z/
MADISON-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-
SOUTH FULTON-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-
HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-
HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-
BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-
WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...
EAST POINT...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...
GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO...WARNER ROBINS...
DUBLIN
350 AM EST WED FEB 12 2014

...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY...

* LOCATIONS...ALONG AND EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM FRANKLIN TO 
  NEWNAN AND PEACHTREE CITY TO WARRENTON. 

* HAZARD TYPES...MAINLY FREEZING RAIN WITH SOME SNOW AND SLEET.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE ICE STORM WARNING WILL
  BE ON THE EDGE OF WARNING CRITERIA WITH WARNER ROBINS AND MACON
  SEEING ANYWHERE FROM A TENTH TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE.
  HOWEVER...FURTHER NORTH AND ESPECIALLY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 20
  CORRIDOR...MORE CRIPPLING EFFECTS ARE LIKELY WITH THREE
  QUARTERS TO OVER AN INCH OF ICE POSSIBLE.

* TIMING...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN THIS MORNING.
  THIS WILL GRADUALLY CHANGEOVER TO ALL FREEZING RAIN TODAY. THE
  ACTIVITY SHOULD END AS LIGHT SNOW LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY
  MORNING.

* IMPACTS...THESE HIGH ICE ACCUMULATION AMOUNTS WILL MAKE TRAVEL 
  IMPOSSIBLE. THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE A CATASTROPHIC EVENT. 
  WIDESPREAD AND EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY AS ICE 
  ACCUMULATES ON TREES AND POWERLINES AND BRINGS THEM DOWN. 
  PLEASE PREPARE TO BE WITHOUT POWER IN SOME LOCATIONS FOR DAYS 
  AND PERHAPS AS LONG AS A WEEK. ONCE THE ICE BEGINS TO MELT ON 
  THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...FALLING ICE FROM BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES 
  WILL CREATE AN ADDITIONAL HAZARD. 

* WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. THESE 
  WIND SPEEDS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ICE WILL EXACERBATE THE 
  POTENTIAL FOR FALLING TREES.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S TODAY DROPPING TO THE UPPER 20S
  TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR ICE MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS ICE ARE
FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS AND IMPOSSIBLE IN MOST
CASES. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN
EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF
AN EMERGENCY. WITH THE FORECAST ICE AMOUNTS...WIDESPREAD POWER
OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN THE WEDNESDAY TO WEDNESDAY
NIGHT TIME PERIOD.

A LAYER OF ICE...COMBINED WITH WINDY CONDITIONS...IS EXPECTED TO
BREAK TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM
THESE HAZARDS...AND PREPARE FOR POWER OUTAGES BY HAVING
FLASHLIGHTS AND EMERGENCY SUPPLIES READY.

&&

$$

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>024-121700-
/O.CON.KFFC.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140213T1800Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW-
CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE
350 AM EST WED FEB 12 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST
THURSDAY...

* LOCATIONS...NORTH OF A LINE FROM ROME TO CANTON TO HOMER.

* HAZARD TYPES...PRIMARILY SNOW WITH MINOR SLEET AND FREEZING 
  RAIN ACCUMULATIONS. 

* ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH UP TO 12 INCHES IN
  EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW THIS MORNING WILL INCREASE DURING THE DAY
  TODAY. THERE WILL BE TIMES WHEN IT WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND
  PERHAPS EVEN FREEZING RAIN BUT THE PREDOMINANT PRECIPITATION
  TYPE WILL BE SNOW.

* IMPACTS...SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON ROADS MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS 
  DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THURSDAY. AS THE MORE SIGNIFICANT 
  SNOWFALL OCCURS WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...TRAVEL WILL BE 
  NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE GIVEN THE HIGH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. 

* WINDS...NORTH 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
MAINLY SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY
TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

GAZ025-030>035-041-045-121700-
/O.CON.KFFC.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140213T1800Z/
JACKSON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-HARALSON-
DEKALB-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE...
DECATUR
350 AM EST WED FEB 12 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST
THURSDAY...

* LOCATIONS...ALONG A LINE FROM CEDARTOWN TO THE NORTHERN HALF 
  OF THE ATLANTA METRO TO JEFFERSON. 

* HAZARD TYPES...A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IN ADDITION TO A QUARTER
  TO HALF INCH OF ICE.

* TIMING...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN THIS MORNING WILL BECOME
  MORE PRONOUNCED THROUGH THE DAY.

* IMPACTS...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL ACCUMULATE ON 
  ROADS MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH 
  THURSDAY. AS THE MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE OCCURS 
  WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...TRAVEL WILL BE NEARLY 
  IMPOSSIBLE. WIDESPREAD AND EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY 
  AS ICE ACCUMULATES ON TREES AND POWERLINES AND BRINGS THEM 
  DOWN. PLEASE PREPARE TO BE WITHOUT POWER IN SOME LOCATIONS FOR 
  DAYS AND PERHAPS AS LONG AS A WEEK. ONCE THE ICE BEGINS TO 
  MELT ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY... FALLING ICE FROM BRIDGES AND 
  OVERPASSES WILL CREATE AN ADDITIONAL HAZARD. 

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. THESE 
  WIND SPEEDS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ICE WILL EXACERBATE THE 
  POTENTIAL FOR FALLING TREES. 

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND ICE MEANS SEVERE WINTER
WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS
SNOW AND ICE ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY
TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY. WITH THE FORECAST SNOW AND ICE AMOUNTS...WIDESPREAD
POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE.

&&

$$

GAZ078>080-089>093-102>113-121700-
/O.EXT.KFFC.ZR.Y.0001.140212T1100Z-140213T1800Z/
HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-
STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-
WHEELER-MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLUMBUS...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...
CORDELE...VIDALIA
350 AM EST WED FEB 12 2014

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY...

* LOCATIONS...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM HAMILTON 
  TO HAWKINSVILLE TO VIDALIA. 

* HAZARD TYPES...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...A GLAZE TO UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ALONG
  THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE ADVISORY AREA.

* TIMING...RAIN WILL MIX WITH AND MAY BRIEFLY CHANGE OVER TO
  FREEZING RAIN OFF AND ON THROUGH THE DAY. THE PREDOMINANT
  PRECIPITATION TYPE WILL BE RAIN.

* IMPACTS...ICE THAT ACCUMULATES ON ROADS...BRIDGES AND 
  OVERPASSES WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. 

* WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S DROPPING TO THE LOWER 30S TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$
235 
WWUS42 KFFC 122101
WSWFFC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
401 PM EST WED FEB 12 2014

GAZ027-036>039-047-130515-
/O.CAN.KFFC.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140213T1800Z/
/O.EXA.KFFC.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140213T1800Z/
MADISON-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-WALTON-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ATHENS
401 PM EST WED FEB 12 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY...
...ICE STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED BUT HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A 
WINTER STORM WARNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY.

* LOCATIONS...NORTHEAST GEORGIA...INCLUDING ATHENS AND THE
  SURROUNDING AREAS.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND
  SLEET. AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN.

* TIMING...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
  THIS EVENING AND WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO LIGHT SNOW LATE
  TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...ROADS AND BRIDGES WILL CONTINUE TO BE IMPASSABLE.
  FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE SOME POWER OUTAGES DUE TO TREES AND
  POWER LINES DOWNED FREEZING RAIN.

* WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...STEADY OR FALLING INTO THE UPPER 20S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND
WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

GAZ042>044-046-048>062-066>076-081>086-094>098-130515-
/O.CON.KFFC.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140213T1800Z/
CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-ROCKDALE-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-
TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-
JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-
MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-CRAWFORD-BIBB-
TWIGGS-WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-
TREUTLEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...
EAST POINT...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...
GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO...WARNER ROBINS...
DUBLIN
401 PM EST WED FEB 12 2014

...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY...

* LOCATIONS...GENERALLY SOUTH OF I-20 AND NORTH OF A LAGRANGE TO
  PERRY TO SWAINSBORO LINE.

* HAZARD TYPES...MAINLY FREEZING RAIN WITH SOME SNOW AND SLEET.

* ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 1/3 INCH OF FREEZING RAIN.

* TIMING...PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
  EVENING BEFORE MIXING WITH OR CHANGING TO LIGHT SLEET AND SNOW
  LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...HIGH ICE ACCUMULATION AMOUNTS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
  EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY AS ICE
  ACCUMULATES ON TREES AND POWER LINES. PREPARE TO BE WITHOUT
  POWER IN SOME LOCATIONS FOR DAYS. ONCE THE ICE BEGINS TO MELT ON
  THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...FALLING ICE FROM BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES
  MAY CREATE AN ADDITIONAL HAZARD.

* WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...FALLING INTO THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A LAYER OF ICE...COMBINED WITH WINDY CONDITIONS...IS EXPECTED TO
BREAK TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM THESE
HAZARDS...AND PREPARE FOR POWER OUTAGES BY HAVING FLASHLIGHTS AND
EMERGENCY SUPPLIES READY.

&&

$$

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>024-130515-
/O.CON.KFFC.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140213T1800Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW-
CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE
401 PM EST WED FEB 12 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST
THURSDAY...

* LOCATIONS...NORTH OF A LINE FROM ROME TO CANTON TO HOMER.

* HAZARD TYPES...PRIMARILY SNOW WITH SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW
  AND SOME SLEET.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND EVEN FREEZING RAIN THIS
  AFTERNOON BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...SNOW AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE TO ACCUMULATE ON ROADS
  MAKING TRAVEL IMPOSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY.

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

* TEMPERATURES...STEADY TO SLOWLY FALLING INTO THE MID 20S TO LOWER
  30S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
MAINLY SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY
TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

GAZ025-030>035-041-045-130515-
/O.CON.KFFC.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140213T1800Z/
JACKSON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-HARALSON-
DEKALB-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE...
DECATUR
401 PM EST WED FEB 12 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST
THURSDAY...

* LOCATIONS...MAINLY NORTH OF I-20.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW.

* TIMING...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO MAINLY
  SNOW AND SOME SLEET LATER TONIGHT.  

* IMPACTS...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL TO CREATE
  EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THURSDAY.
  WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES ARE ALSO LIKELY AS ICE ACCUMULATES ON
  TREES AND POWER LINES. PREPARE TO BE WITHOUT POWER IN SOME
  LOCATIONS FOR DAYS. ONCE THE ICE BEGINS TO MELT ON THURSDAY AND
  FRIDAY... FALLING ICE FROM BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES MAY CREATE AN
  ADDITIONAL HAZARD.

* WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...STEADY OR FALLING INTO THE UPPER 20S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND ICE MEANS SEVERE WINTER
WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS
SNOW AND ICE ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY
TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY. WITH THE FORECAST SNOW AND ICE AMOUNTS...WIDESPREAD
POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE.

&&

$$

GAZ078>080-089>093-102>113-130515-
/O.CON.KFFC.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140213T1800Z/
HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-
STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-
WHEELER-MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLUMBUS...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...
CORDELE...VIDALIA
401 PM EST WED FEB 12 2014

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST
THURSDAY...

* LOCATIONS...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM HAMILTON 
  TO HAWKINSVILLE TO VIDALIA. 

* HAZARD TYPES...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN.

* TIMING...RAIN...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL SWITCH TO MAINLY
  LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...ICE THAT ACCUMULATES ON ROADS...BRIDGES AND 
  OVERPASSES WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. 

* WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...STEADY OR FALLING INTO THE LOWER 30S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$
171 
WWUS42 KFFC 130201
WSWFFC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
900 PM EST WED FEB 12 2014

GAZ042>044-046-048>062-066>076-081>086-094>098-131000-
/O.CON.KFFC.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140213T1800Z/
CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-ROCKDALE-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-
TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-
JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-
MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-CRAWFORD-BIBB-
TWIGGS-WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-
TREUTLEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...
EAST POINT...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...
GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO...WARNER ROBINS...
DUBLIN
900 PM EST WED FEB 12 2014

...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY...

* LOCATIONS...GENERALLY SOUTH OF I-20 AND NORTH OF A LAGRANGE TO 
  PERRY TO SWAINSBORO LINE. 

* HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN CHANGING OVER TO SNOW AND SLEET BY
  MIDNIGHT.

* ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN ONE AND TWO
  TENTHS OF AN INCH. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN INCH. 

* TIMING...PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE 
  EVENING BEFORE MIXING WITH OR CHANGING TO LIGHT SLEET AND SNOW 
  LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. 

* IMPACTS...HIGH ICE ACCUMULATION AMOUNTS WILL MAKE TRAVEL 
  EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY AS 
  ICE ACCUMULATES ON TREES AND POWER LINES. PREPARE TO BE 
  WITHOUT POWER IN SOME LOCATIONS FOR DAYS. ONCE THE ICE BEGINS 
  TO MELT ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...FALLING ICE FROM BRIDGES AND 
  OVERPASSES MAY CREATE AN ADDITIONAL HAZARD. 

* WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...FALLING INTO THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A LAYER OF ICE...COMBINED WITH WINDY CONDITIONS...IS EXPECTED TO
BREAK TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM
THESE HAZARDS...AND PREPARE FOR POWER OUTAGES BY HAVING
FLASHLIGHTS AND EMERGENCY SUPPLIES READY.

&&

$$

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>024-131000-
/O.CON.KFFC.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140213T1800Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW-
CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE
900 PM EST WED FEB 12 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST
THURSDAY...

* LOCATIONS...NORTH OF A LINE FROM ROME TO CANTON TO HOMER.

* HAZARD TYPES...PRIMARILY SNOW. SNOW MAY MIX WITH SLEET AT TIMES.

* ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES
  OF SNOW WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.

* TIMING...SNOW AND SLEET WILL CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW BY MIDNIGHT.

* IMPACTS...SNOW AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE TO ACCUMULATE ON ROADS 
  MAKING TRAVEL IMPOSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY. 

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

* TEMPERATURES...STEADY TO SLOWLY FALLING INTO THE MID 20S TO 
  LOWER 30S. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
MAINLY SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY
TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

GAZ025-027-030>039-041-045-047-131000-
/O.CON.KFFC.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140213T1800Z/
JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-
CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-HARALSON-DEKALB-WALTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE...
ATHENS...DECATUR
900 PM EST WED FEB 12 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST
THURSDAY...

* LOCATIONS...MAINLY NORTH OF I-20.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...AND ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW. ADDITIONAL
  ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH.

* TIMING...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO MAINLY 
  SNOW AND SOME SLEET BY MIDNIGHT. 

* IMPACTS...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL TO CREATE 
  EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THURSDAY. 
  WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES ARE ALSO LIKELY AS ICE ACCUMULATES ON 
  TREES AND POWER LINES. PREPARE TO BE WITHOUT POWER IN SOME 
  LOCATIONS FOR DAYS. ONCE THE ICE BEGINS TO MELT ON THURSDAY 
  AND FRIDAY... FALLING ICE FROM BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES MAY 
  CREATE AN ADDITIONAL HAZARD. 

* WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...STEADY OR FALLING INTO THE UPPER 20S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND ICE MEANS SEVERE WINTER
WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS
SNOW AND ICE ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY
TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY. WITH THE FORECAST SNOW AND ICE AMOUNTS...WIDESPREAD
POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE.

&&

$$

GAZ078>080-089>093-102>113-131000-
/O.CON.KFFC.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140213T1800Z/
HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-
STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-
WHEELER-MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLUMBUS...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...
CORDELE...VIDALIA
900 PM EST WED FEB 12 2014

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST
THURSDAY...

* LOCATIONS...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM HAMILTON 
  TO HAWKINSVILLE TO VIDALIA. 

* HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN.

* TIMING...FREEZING RAIN MAY CHANGE OVER TO A SNOW AND SLEET
  MIXTURE AFTER MIDNIGHT.

* IMPACTS...ICE THAT ACCUMULATES ON ROADS...BRIDGES AND 
  OVERPASSES WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. 

* WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...STEADY OR FALLING INTO THE LOWER 30S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$
164 
WWUS42 KFFC 130844
WSWFFC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
344 AM EST THU FEB 13 2014

GAZ042>044-046-048>062-066>076-081>086-094>098-131645-
/O.CON.KFFC.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140213T1800Z/
CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-ROCKDALE-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-
TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-
JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-
MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-CRAWFORD-BIBB-
TWIGGS-WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-
TREUTLEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...
EAST POINT...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...
GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO...WARNER ROBINS...
DUBLIN
344 AM EST THU FEB 13 2014

...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

* LOCATIONS...GENERALLY SOUTH OF I-20 AND NORTH OF A LAGRANGE TO 
  PERRY TO SWAINSBORO LINE. 

* HAZARD TYPES...AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...CHANGING TO
  SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...AN ADDITIONAL GLAZING OF ICE POSSIBLE BEFORE
  CHANGING TO SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 INCH OR LESS.

* TIMING...FOR AREAS EAST OF A MADISON TO MACON TO FORT VALLEY
  LINE...AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS
  MORNING...CHANGING TO SNOW AFTER 7 AM. WEST OF THIS LINE...LIGHT
  SNOW WILL FALL THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...ENDING AFTER 7 AM.

* IMPACTS...ALTHOUGH ADDITIONAL ICE AND SNOW AMOUNTS WILL REMAIN
  LOW...TRAVEL WILL REMAIN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS TO NEARLY
  IMPOSSIBLE THROUGH THIS MORNING. AS WINDS INCREASE THIS
  MORNING...ADDITIONAL TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES COULD COME DOWN
  CAUSING ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES. ONCE THE ICE BEGINS TO MELT
  THIS AFTERNOON AND ON FRIDAY...FALLING ICE FROM BRIDGES AND
  OVERPASSES MAY CREATE AN ADDITIONAL HAZARD. ALSO...ANY WATER
  THAT REMAINS ON ROADS TONIGHT WILL REFREEZE AS TEMPERATURES FALL
  BELOW FREEZING. THIS WILL CREATE BLACK ICE ON ROADS MAKING
  TRAVEL DANGEROUS.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S...RISING ABOVE
  FREEZING AFTER 10 AM THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO
  FALL BELOW FREEZING AFTER 8 PM TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A LAYER OF ICE...COMBINED WITH WINDY CONDITIONS...IS EXPECTED TO
BREAK TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM
THESE HAZARDS...AND PREPARE FOR POWER OUTAGES BY HAVING
FLASHLIGHTS AND EMERGENCY SUPPLIES READY.

&&

$$

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>024-131645-
/O.CON.KFFC.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140213T1800Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW-
CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE
344 AM EST THU FEB 13 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

* LOCATIONS...NORTH OF A LINE FROM ROME TO CANTON TO HOMER.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. 

* ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING...ENDING AFTER 7
  AM THIS MORNING.

* IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO ACCUMULATE ON ROADS MAKING
  TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE THIS MORNING.
  ALSO...ANY WATER THAT REMAINS ON ROADS TONIGHT WILL REFREEZE AS
  TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING. THIS WILL CREATE BLACK ICE ON
  ROADS MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS.

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

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S...RISING ABOVE
  FREEZING AFTER 11 AM THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW
  FREEZING AFTER 8 PM TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
MAINLY SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY
TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

GAZ025-027-030>039-041-045-047-131645-
/O.CON.KFFC.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140213T1800Z/
JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-
CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-HARALSON-DEKALB-WALTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE...
ATHENS...DECATUR
344 AM EST THU FEB 13 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

* LOCATIONS...MAINLY NORTH OF I-20.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 1 INCH OF SNOW.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...ENDING AFTER 7 AM
  THIS MORNING.

* IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS
  DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS MORNING. AS WINDS INCREASE THIS
  MORNING...ADDITIONAL TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES COULD COME DOWN
  CAUSING ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES. ONCE THE ICE BEGINS TO MELT
  THIS AFTERNOON AND ON FRIDAY...FALLING ICE FROM BRIDGES AND
  OVERPASSES MAY CREATE AN ADDITIONAL HAZARD. ALSO...ANY WATER
  THAT REMAINS ON ROADS TONIGHT WILL REFREEZE AS TEMPERATURES FALL
  BELOW FREEZING. THIS WILL CREATE BLACK ICE ON ROADS MAKING
  TRAVEL DANGEROUS.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S...RISING ABOVE
  FREEZING AFTER 10 AM THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW
  FREEZING AFTER 8 PM TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND ICE MEANS SEVERE WINTER
WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS
SNOW AND ICE ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY
TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY. WITH THE FORECAST SNOW AND ICE AMOUNTS...WIDESPREAD
POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE.

&&

$$

GAZ078>080-089>093-102>113-131645-
/O.CON.KFFC.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140213T1800Z/
HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-
STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-
WHEELER-MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLUMBUS...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...
CORDELE...VIDALIA
344 AM EST THU FEB 13 2014

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

* LOCATIONS...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM HAMILTON 
  TO HAWKINSVILLE TO VIDALIA. 

* HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN...CHANGING TO LIGHT SNOW THIS
  MORNING BEFORE ENDING.

* ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 0.10 INCH OF ICE WITH LITTLE ACCUMULATIONS
  OF SNOW.

* TIMING...PATCHES OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO LIGHT SNOW
  AFTER 5 AM. THE LIGHT SNOW WILL FROM THE WEST AFTER 7 AM.

* IMPACTS...ICE THAT ACCUMULATES ON ROADS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES
  WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. A LIGHT COATING OF SNOW WILL ONLY
  AGGRAVATE THE TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOW TO MID 30S...RISING TO THE LOWER 40S
  BY NOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$
898 
WWUS42 KFFC 131431
WSWFFC

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
931 AM EST THU FEB 13 2014

GAZ042>044-046-048>062-066>076-081>086-094>098-131800-
/O.CON.KFFC.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140213T1800Z/
CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-ROCKDALE-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-
TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-
JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-
MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-CRAWFORD-BIBB-
TWIGGS-WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-
TREUTLEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...
EAST POINT...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...
GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO...WARNER ROBINS...
DUBLIN
931 AM EST THU FEB 13 2014

...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON MAINLY DUE TO ICY ROAD CONDITIONS...

* LOCATIONS...GENERALLY SOUTH OF I-20 AND NORTH OF A LAGRANGE TO 
  PERRY TO SWAINSBORO LINE. 

* HAZARD TYPES...AREAS OF SNOW WILL PASS OVER THE WARNED AREA THIS
  MORNING BEFORE ENDING BY NOON. 

* ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ANOTHER HALF INCH OF SNOW.

* TIMING...AREAS OF SNOW WILL PASS OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNED
  AREA THIS MORNING BEFORE ENDING BY NOON. 

* IMPACTS...ALTHOUGH ADDITIONAL ICE AND SNOW AMOUNTS WILL REMAIN
  LOW...TRAVEL WILL REMAIN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS THROUGH NOON. AS
  WINDS INCREASE BY NOON...TREE LIMBS COATED WITH ICE COULD BREAK
  AND HIT POWER LINES WHICH COULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES.
  ONCE THE ICE BEGINS TO MELT THIS AFTERNOON AND ON FRIDAY...
  FALLING ICE FROM BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES MAY CREATE AN ADDITIONAL
  HAZARD. ALSO...ANY WATER THAT REMAINS ON ROADS WILL REFREEZE AS
  TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING DURING THE EVENING. THIS WILL
  CREATE BLACK ICE ON ROADS MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...RISING TO NEAR 40 BY 100 PM EST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A LAYER OF ICE...COMBINED WITH WINDY CONDITIONS...IS EXPECTED TO
BREAK TREE LIMBS AND POSSIBLY HIT POWER LINES. STAY INDOORS AND
AWAY FROM THESE HAZARDS...AND PREPARE FOR POWER OUTAGES BY HAVING
FLASHLIGHTS AND EMERGENCY SUPPLIES READY.

&&

$$

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>024-131800-
/O.CON.KFFC.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140213T1800Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW-
CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE
931 AM EST THU FEB 13 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON MAINLY DUE TO ICY ROAD CONDITIONS...

* LOCATIONS...NORTH OF A LINE FROM ROME TO CANTON TO HOMER.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW FLURRIES.

* ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION.

* TIMING...THE SNOW FLURRIES WILL END BY NOON.

* IMPACTS...COMPACTED SNOW AND ICE WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE TRAVEL
  EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE THROUGH 100 PM EST.
  ALSO...ANY WATER THAT REMAINS ON ROADS TONIGHT WILL REFREEZE AS
  TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING. THIS WILL CREATE BLACK ICE ON
  ROADS MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...RISING INTO THE MID 30S BY 100 PM EST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
MAINLY SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY
TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

GAZ025-027-030>039-041-045-047-131800-
/O.CON.KFFC.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140213T1800Z/
JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-
CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-HARALSON-DEKALB-WALTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE...
ATHENS...DECATUR
931 AM EST THU FEB 13 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON MAINLY DUE TO ICY ROAD CONDITIONS...

* LOCATIONS...MAINLY NORTH OF I-20.

* HAZARD TYPES...AREAS OF SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ANOTHER HALF INCH OF SNOW.

* TIMING...AREAS OF SNOW WILL PASS OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNED
  AREA THIS MORNING BEFORE ENDING BY NOON.

* IMPACTS...ALTHOUGH ADDITIONAL ICE AND SNOW AMOUNTS WILL REMAIN
  LOW...TRAVEL WILL REMAIN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS THROUGH NOON. AS
  WINDS INCREASE BY NOON...TREE LIMBS COATED WITH ICE COULD BREAK
  AND HIT POWER LINES WHICH COULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES.
  ONCE THE ICE BEGINS TO MELT THIS AFTERNOON AND ON FRIDAY...
  FALLING ICE FROM BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES MAY CREATE AN ADDITIONAL
  HAZARD. ALSO...ANY WATER THAT REMAINS ON ROADS WILL REFREEZE AS
  TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING DURING THE EVENING. THIS WILL
  CREATE BLACK ICE ON ROADS MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...RISING INTO THE UPPER 30S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND ICE MEANS SEVERE WINTER
WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS
SNOW AND ICE ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY
TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY. WITH THE FORECAST SNOW AND ICE AMOUNTS...WIDESPREAD
POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE.

&&

$$

GAZ078>080-089>093-102>113-131800-
/O.CON.KFFC.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140213T1800Z/
HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-
STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-
WHEELER-MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLUMBUS...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...
CORDELE...VIDALIA
931 AM EST THU FEB 13 2014

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON MAINLY DUE TO PATCHES OF ICE ON ROADS...

* LOCATIONS...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM HAMILTON 
  TO HAWKINSVILLE TO VIDALIA. 

* HAZARD TYPES...PATCHES OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION.

* TIMING...PATCHES OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR SNOW BEFORE ENDING BY
  NOON.

* IMPACTS...PATCHES OF ICE THAT HAVE ACCUMULATED ON ROADS...
  BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. 

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...RISING INTO THE LOWER 40S BY 100 PM EST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$

16

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this ice storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this ice storm warning went out at Feb 11, 12:50 PM EST, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 11, 12:50 PM EST, 3 hours 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1250 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014

.SHORT TERM /TODAY/...
PRECIP WITH THIS INITIAL WAVE HAS ALREADY STARTED TO SPREAD ACROSS
THE CWA. ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS IS MAKING IT TO THE GROUND AS
RAIN. NORTH AND WEST OF ATL...THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF A
RAIN/SLEET MIX WITH SOME SNOW. ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...SOME LIGHT
RETURNS ON RADAR AND THIS ACTUALLY HAS BEEN MAKING IT TO THE GROUND
AS SNOW. TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO BE A VARIABLE IN THE FORECAST
TODAY. CONTINUED TO GO ON THE COOLER SIDE OF MAV/MET MOS...ACTUALLY
THOUGH FORECAST MAX TEMPS ARE NOT TOO FAR OFF FROM THE ECMWF
MOS...MAYBE JUST A TAD WARMER ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE CWA.

CONTINUE TO SUPPORT A WINTRY MIX ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA THROUGH THE
MORNING GIVEN TEMPERATURES. SOUNDING SUPPORT SNOW AT BRASSTOWN
DURING THE MORNING...SNOW/SLEET AT RMG...RAIN/SLEET AT CTJ AND
PRETTY MUCH ALL RAIN AT ATL. MOVING INTO THE AFTERNOON
THOUGH...ATMOSPHERE IS SUPPORTIVE OF RAIN...EXCEPT MAYBE THE
NORTHEAST GA MOUNTAINS. BRASSTOWN BALD BUFR SOUNDING SHOWING RAIN
FOR THE AFTERNOON...BUT THINK THE SFC TEMPS ARE TOO WARM AND ABOVE
THAT...ALL BELOW FREEZING.

STILL NOT SUPER CONFIDENT ON THE AMOUNTS AS THE TEMPERATURES WILL
PLAY SUCH A BIG ROLE IN AREAS THAT SEE SNOW/SLEET AND THOSE THAT
ONLY SEE RAIN. MAINLY THOUGH...LOOKS LIKE UP TO AN INCH OF
SNOW/SLEET FOR TODAY...MAINLY IN THE FLOYD TO LUMPKIN/WHITE
CORRIDOR. CHALLENGE WITH THE FAR NORTH GEORGIA IS THAT GFS AND NAM
ARE CONSERVATIVE WITH PRECIP ACROSS THAT AREA. BASED ON RADAR TRENDS
THOUGH...STILL THINK THEY WILL SEE SOME ACCUMULATION ACROSS THE FAR
NORTH. WILL HAVE TO MONITOR TRENDS CLOSELY TO SEE IF HIGHER AMOUNTS
ARE POSSIBLE. IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS...AMOUNTS FOR TODAY ARE
ON THE LOWER SIDE. A REMINDER AGAIN...EVEN IF YOU RECEIVE LITTLE
IMPACT FROM THE EVENT TODAY...OR EVEN NOTHING AT ALL...THE BIGGER
STORY IS THE TUESDAY NIGHT TO THURSDAY EVENT AND THAT LOOKS TO BE
VERY SIGNIFICANT AND POTENTIALLY PARALYZING FOR MUCH OF THE CWA.

11

.SHORT TERM /00Z WED THRU 12Z THU/...
LETS JUST START BY SAYING THIS WINTER STORM MAY BE OF HISTORIC
PROPORTIONS FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA. WE ARE LOOKING AT SIGNIFICANT
SNOWFALL TOTALS NORTH /ESPECIALLY NORTHEAST/ AND SIGNIFICANT...
CRIPPLING...ICE TOTALS ESPECIALLY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR.
THE HIGHEST ICE TOTALS WILL BE IN A ROUGH WEDGE GENERALLY FROM THE
METRO ATLANTA AREA AND POINTS EAST...SOUTH OF I-85...AND NORTH OF
I-16.

SYNOPTIC GUIDANCE IN GENERAL AGREEMENT WITH MASS FIELDS. SOUTHWEST
FLOW ALOFT AS A STRONG SHORTWAVE PUSHES INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND
ANOTHER ROUND OF DEEP MOISTURE OVERSPREADS THE SOUTHERN TIER OF THE
COUNTRY. MEANWHILE A SURFACE HIGH PUSHES EAST ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES
AND RIDGES DOWN THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE APPALACHIANS IN A
DIABATICALLY-ENHANCED CLASSICAL CAD SCENARIO. SURFACE LOW DEVELOPING
IN THE NORTHERN GULF WILL PUSH INTO THE SOUTHEAST ON WEDNESDAY.
ECMWF CONTINUES TO HAVE A SLIGHTLY WESTWARD TRACK FOR THE SURFACE
LOW BUT IS IN MUCH BETTER AGREEMENT WITH GFS VS THIS TIME
YESTERDAY...WITH BOTH MODELS KEEPING THE LOW TO THE SOUTHEAST OF OUR
AREA CLOSE TO THE COAST. UPPER LOW DEEPENS OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND CLOSES OFF BY THE END OF THE PERIOD AT 12Z
THURSDAY.

THE EASY PART...HAVE PRETTY MUCH 100 POPS ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH
THIS PERIOD...BEGINNING TO LIFT OUT AFTER 00Z THURSDAY AND RAPIDLY
DECREASING TOWARD 12Z AS THE SYSTEM EXITS. WINDS ARE ALSO PRETTY
EASY WITH MOST OF THE AREA FIRMLY WITHIN THE COLD DOME...SO EXPECT
STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS 10-15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25...UNTIL THE
COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH TOWARD THE END OF THE PERIOD WITH MUCH
LIGHTER WINDS BEHIND IT.

NOW ONTO THE DIFFICULT...AND VERY CONCERNING...PARTS. GUIDANCE IS IN
DISTURBINGLY GOOD AGREEMENT ON TEMPS THROUGH THE EVENT WITH LOWS
TONIGHT BELOW FREEZING IN NORTHEAST ZONES AS THE COLD DOME PUSHES
IN. VERY LITTLE TEMPERATURE CHANGE EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY ON
WEDNESDAY. EVERYONE SHOULD BE AT OR BELOW FREEZING FOR WEDNESDAY
NIGHT ON THE BACK EDGE OF THE SYSTEM. NOW...AS WITH ANY WINTRY
PRECIP EVENT...ACTUAL SURFACE TEMPS MAY VARY SLIGHTLY AND ANY
VARIATION COULD RESULT IN SOME PRETTY SERIOUS FORECAST BUSTS...BUT
GIVEN THE STRENGTH OF THE COLD DOME CONFIDENCE IS FAIRLY HIGH IN
SURFACE TEMPS.

AS THE COLD DOME BUILDS IN...WAA AND OVERRUNNING ATOP THE COLD DOME
WILL STRENGTHEN THE WARM NOSE BETWEEN 800-900MB. IN THE ABSENCE OF
HORIZONTAL THERMAL ADVECTION...DIABATIC PROCESSES DOMINATE AND WITH
THE LATENT HEAT OF MELTING INTO THE WARM NOSE AND FREEZING INTO THE
COLD DOME...FREEZING RAIN WOULD BE A SELF-LIMITING PROCESS.
HOWEVER...SURFACE CAA CERTAINLY LOOKS STRONG ENOUGH TO OVERCOME THIS
ESPECIALLY IN EASTERN ZONES. SO WITH THAT...EXPECT RAIN TONIGHT TO
MIX WITH OR CHANGE OVER TO A SLEET/SNOW MIX ACROSS EXTREME NORTHERN
ZONES...SPREADING SOUTH INTO THE METRO AREA AROUND MIDNIGHT. AS THE
WAA AT 850MB INCREASES TOWARD SUNRISE...SLEET SHOULD MIX WITH AND
CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN FROM THE ATLANTA METRO SOUTH TOWARD
MACON. SHOULD BE ALL SNOW IN THE NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS BUT CANNOT RULE
OUT TRACE AMOUNTS OF ICE. EXPECT FREEZING RAIN TO BE PRETTY MUCH
CONTINUOUS THROUGH THE DAY IN THAT I-20 TO I-16 CORRIDOR UNTIL
SURFACE TEMPS WARM SLIGHTLY DURING THE AFTERNOON WHEN THE FREEZING
RAIN MIXES WITH OR CHANGES OVER TO RAIN ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THAT
CORRIDOR. THIS MAY BE A REAL HELP IN THAT ANY LIQUID THAT FALLS WILL
HELP TO MELT ICE ACCUMULATIONS. NOT SO LUCKY I-20 AND AREAS NORTH AS
THE COLD DOME IS STRONG ENOUGH TO KEEP THOSE LOCATIONS BELOW
FREEZING.

AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES CLOSER WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY...
LAPSE RATES ALOFT WILL INCREASE AND EVEN THOUGH MOISTURE DEPTH
SHALLOWS A BIT...DEFORMATION AXIS SHOULD SET UP AT LEAST BRIEFLY AND
COMBINED WITH THE STEEP LAPSE RATES WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING OVER TO
LIGHT SNOW AT THE END. WELL...IN SOME AREAS...IT MIGHT NOT BE QUITE
SO LIGHT...BUT EVERYONE SHOULD TRANSITION TO FROZEN /VS FREEZING/
PRECIP BEFORE THE SYSTEM FINALLY MOVES OUT. LUCKILY WE SHOULD
DEFINITELY SEE SOME IMPROVEMENT ON THURSDAY...WITH CLEARING SKIES
AND TEMPS ON THE INCREASE AGAIN.

SO WHAT DOES ALL THIS MEAN. WELL...QPF TOTALS THROUGH THE EVENT ARE
IMPRESSIVE WITH OVER 2 INCHES IN SOME AREAS BUT AT LEAST AN INCH
EVERYWHERE. WE ARE DEFINITELY LOOKING AT A WETTER SNOW WITH RATIOS
CLOSER TO 8:1 BUT EVEN SO...THAT WOULD MEAN 8 INCHES OF SNOW WITH 1
INCH LIQUID. NOT SURPRISINGLY...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE
NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS ARE AN IMPRESSIVE 7-9 INCHES...AND
ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS CANNOT BE RULED OUT. THE REST OF NORTH
GEORGIA /ROUGHLY THE NORTHERN TWO TIERS OF COUNTIES/ CAN EXPECT OVER
4 INCHES. THESE STORM TOTALS ARE THROUGH THE DURATION OF THE EVENT
AS PTYPE SHOULD BE MOSTLY SNOW WITH MAYBE SOME SLEET MIXED IN. WITH
THE SNOW ON THE BACK EDGE OF THE SYSTEM...THERE WILL BE A SHARP
GRADIENT ON THE SOUTH SIDE WITH 1-2 INCHES OF SNOW STORM TOTAL IN
THE METRO AREA...THE 1 INCH LINE GENERALLY FROM FRANKLIN TO
WARRENTON...BUT NOTHING EXPECTED FOR EXAMPLE FROM LA GRANGE TO
LOUISVILLE. THE BIGGER IMPACTS ACROSS THE METRO AREA AND POINTS
SOUTH WILL BE FROM THE ICE...WITH CURRENT FORECASTS REFLECTING A
QUARTER OF AN INCH EAST OF A CURVE FROM GAINESVILLE TO CARROLLTON TO
SWAINSBORO. HALF AN INCH FROM DANIELSVILLE TO ATLANTA TO
LOUISVILLE...AND OVER THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH FROM GREENSBORO TO
WARRENTON. THESE TOTALS MAY OF COURSE BE ADJUSTED SOME IN BOTH
LOCATION AND AMOUNTS WITH ADDITIONAL FORECASTS BUT OVERALL I WANT TO
EMPHASIZE AGAIN...THESE ARE CRIPPLING SNOW AND ICE TOTALS IN THIS
STORM OF POTENTIALLY HISTORIC PROPORTIONS. RESIDENTS OF NORTH AND
CENTRAL GEORGIA NEED TO DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN TODAY TO PREPARE FOR
THIS EVENT. RESIDENTS ARE VERY VERY VERY STRONGLY URGED TO STAY OFF
THE ROADS WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

TDP

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...

SURFACE LOW MOVING OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST THURSDAY MORNING
WITH THE GFS STILL A BIT FARTHER NORTH AND EAST. IN ANY CASE...IT
LOOKS LIKE WRAP AROUND MOISTURE WILL AFFECT THE CWA EARLY AND
THINK IT WILL BE MOSTLY LIGHT SNOW. WE REMAIN IN A NORTHWEST FLOW
ALOFT SEVERAL WAVES DIVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH MONDAY. THE NEXT SHORT
WAVE MOVING THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY BRINGS SOME MOISTURE SOUTHWARD
INTO THE CWA FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. HAVE LIMITED POPS TO THE
NORTHERN ZONES FOR THAT TIME. OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL SUPPORT
SOME LIGHT MIX OF PRECIPITATION FOR FRIDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER WAVE
IS ON TAP FOR SATURDAY NIGHT/SUNDAY BUT THE DYNAMICS ARE TOO FAR
NORTH. FINALLY...ANOTHER SHORT WAVE BRINGS A FRONT INTO THE CWA AT
THE END OF THE PERIOD...LATE MONDAY AND HAVE INCLUDED LOW POPS FOR
MONDAY NIGHT.

41

&&

AVIATION...
18Z UPDATE...
MIXED PRECIPITATION CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA THIS
AFTERNOON WITH RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW ACROSS NORTH METRO ATLANTA AND
SNOW NORTH OF THE TAF SITES. FOR ALL TAF SITES...EXCEPT MCN AND
CSG...EXPECT MOSTLY RAIN WITH SOME SLEET/SNOW POSSIBLY MIXED IN
THROUGH THE EVENING...CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT. FOR
THE MCN AND CSG TAFS SITES EXPECT RAIN TODAY AND THROUGH THE
EVENING. IFR CONDITIONS WILL PREDOMINATE THROUGH THE PERIOD. WINDS
WILL BE NORTHEAST 8 TO 14KT THROUGH THE EVENING...INCREASING TO 14
TO 20KT WITH GUSTS 24-30KT BY 12Z WEDNESDAY.

//ATL CONFIDENCE...18Z UPDATE...
MEDIUM TO HIGH ALL ELEMENTS.

20

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ATHENS          38  29  30  28 / 100 100 100 100
ATLANTA         37  30  32  28 / 100 100 100  90
BLAIRSVILLE     36  28  33  29 /  70  90 100 100
CARTERSVILLE    37  31  34  31 / 100 100 100 100
COLUMBUS        47  35  38  31 / 100 100 100  80
GAINESVILLE     37  28  30  28 / 100 100 100 100
MACON           46  33  36  30 / 100 100 100  90
ROME            38  32  35  29 /  80 100 100 100
PEACHTREE CITY  38  31  34  29 / 100 100 100  90
VIDALIA         50  35  38  32 /  70 100 100 100

&&

.FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST THURSDAY
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BALDWIN...BIBB...BLECKLEY...BUTTS...
COWETA...CRAWFORD...EMANUEL...FAYETTE...GLASCOCK...HANCOCK...
HEARD...HOUSTON...JASPER...JEFFERSON...JOHNSON...JONES...LAMAR...
LAURENS...MERIWETHER...MONROE...PEACH...PIKE...PUTNAM...
SPALDING...TREUTLEN...TROUP...TWIGGS...UPSON...WARREN...
WASHINGTON...WILKINSON.

FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST
THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: CHATTAHOOCHEE...CRISP...
DODGE...DOOLY...HARRIS...MACON...MARION...MONTGOMERY...
MUSCOGEE...PULASKI...SCHLEY...STEWART...SUMTER...TALBOT...
TAYLOR...TELFAIR...TOOMBS...WEBSTER...WHEELER...WILCOX.

WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: BANKS...BARROW...BARTOW...CARROLL...CATOOSA...CHATTOOGA...
CHEROKEE...CLARKE...CLAYTON...COBB...DADE...DAWSON...DEKALB...
DOUGLAS...FANNIN...FLOYD...FORSYTH...GILMER...GORDON...GREENE...
GWINNETT...HALL...HARALSON...HENRY...JACKSON...LUMPKIN...
MADISON...MORGAN...MURRAY...NEWTON...NORTH FULTON...OCONEE...
OGLETHORPE...PAULDING...PICKENS...POLK...ROCKDALE...SOUTH
FULTON...TALIAFERRO...TOWNS...UNION...WALKER...WALTON...WHITE...
WHITFIELD...WILKES.

&&

SHORT TERM...11/TDP
LONG TERM....41
AVIATION...41
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 11, 2:22 PM EST, 2 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
222 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-121045-
BALDWIN-BANKS-BARROW-BARTOW-BIBB-BLECKLEY-BUTTS-CARROLL-CATOOSA-
CHATTAHOOCHEE-CHATTOOGA-CHEROKEE-CLARKE-CLAYTON-COBB-COWETA-
CRAWFORD-CRISP-DADE-DAWSON-DEKALB-DODGE-DOOLY-DOUGLAS-EMANUEL-
FANNIN-FAYETTE-FLOYD-FORSYTH-GILMER-GLASCOCK-GORDON-GREENE-
GWINNETT-HALL-HANCOCK-HARALSON-HARRIS-HEARD-HENRY-HOUSTON-JACKSON-
JASPER-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-JONES-LAMAR-LAURENS-LUMPKIN-MACON-
MADISON-MARION-MERIWETHER-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-MORGAN-MURRAY-
MUSCOGEE-NEWTON-NORTH FULTON-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-PAULDING-PEACH-
PICKENS-PIKE-POLK-PULASKI-PUTNAM-ROCKDALE-SCHLEY-SOUTH FULTON-
SPALDING-STEWART-SUMTER-TALBOT-TALIAFERRO-TAYLOR-TELFAIR-TOOMBS-
TOWNS-TREUTLEN-TROUP-TWIGGS-UNION-UPSON-WALKER-WALTON-WARREN-
WASHINGTON-WEBSTER-WHEELER-WHITE-WHITFIELD-WILCOX-WILKES-
WILKINSON-
222 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL
GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

WINTER WEATHER WILL IMPACT MUCH OF NORTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT WITH RAIN...SNOW...AND SLEET. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST
ATLWSWFFC FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS ON THE WARNINGS AND ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

WINTER WEATHER WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY WITH SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS
FOR SNOW AND ICE. PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE ENDING BY EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING. ANOTHER PERIOD OF LIGHT MIXED PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE
FRIDAY NIGHT IN THE FAR NORTH. OTHERWISE NO HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED.
REFER TO THE LATEST ATLWSWFFC FOR DETAILS FOR WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO
SUBMIT REPORTS OF WINTER WEATHER THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING TO
WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 11, 1:52 PM EST, 2 hours 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
152 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0148 PM     SNOW             6 SSW CUMMING           34.13N  84.18W
02/11/2014  M1.2 INCH        FORSYTH            GA   COCORAHS

            THIS IS A 3.5 HOUR SNOWFALL FROM 730 AM UNTIL 11 AM.

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC1400373

GEO
Local storm report, Feb 11, 2:30 PM EST, 2 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
230 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0200 PM     SNOW             DANIELSVILLE            34.12N  83.22W
02/11/2014  M2.0 INCH        MADISON            GA   CO-OP OBSERVER

            THIS IS NOW A 9 HOUR TOTAL ENDING AT 2 PM.

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC1400374

GEO
Local storm report, Feb 11, 2:54 PM EST, 1 hour 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
254 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0830 AM     SNOW             ROCKY FACE              34.80N  85.03W
02/11/2014  E2.0 INCH        WHITFIELD          GA   AMATEUR RADIO

            SNOW ACCUMULATING ON ROADS NOW

0843 AM     SNOW             SUMMERVILLE             34.48N  85.35W
02/11/2014  E2.0 INCH        CHATTOOGA          GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SNOW ONGOING ON CHATOOGA 911 CENTER

0935 AM     SNOW             ADAIRSVILLE             34.37N  84.93W
02/11/2014  E3.0 INCH        BARTOW             GA   PUBLIC

            3 INCHES SNOW REPORTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. STILL FALLING

1100 AM     SNOW             BLUE RIDGE              34.86N  84.32W
02/11/2014  E4.0 INCH        FANNIN             GA   PUBLIC

1230 PM     SNOW             BLUE RIDGE              34.86N  84.32W
02/11/2014  E2.5 INCH        FANNIN             GA   PUBLIC

1230 PM     SNOW             CLOUDLAND CANYON STATE  34.83N  85.48W
02/11/2014  E2.5 INCH        DADE               GA   PUBLIC

1230 PM     SNOW             ALTO                    34.47N  83.57W
02/11/2014  E2.5 INCH        BANKS              GA   PUBLIC

1230 PM     SNOW             TRION                   34.54N  85.31W
02/11/2014  E4.0 INCH        CHATTOOGA          GA   PUBLIC

1230 PM     SNOW             CLERMONT                34.48N  83.77W
02/11/2014  E3.0 INCH        HALL               GA   PUBLIC

1230 PM     SNOW             LAFAYETTE               34.71N  85.28W
02/11/2014  E4.0 INCH        WALKER             GA   PUBLIC

1230 PM     SNOW             ELLIJAY                 34.70N  84.48W
02/11/2014  E3.0 INCH        GILMER             GA   PUBLIC

1230 PM     SNOW             SHANNON                 34.34N  85.07W
02/11/2014  E4.0 INCH        FLOYD              GA   PUBLIC

0100 PM     SNOW             CARTERSVILLE            34.17N  84.80W
02/11/2014  E4.5 INCH        BARTOW             GA   PUBLIC

0100 PM     SNOW             ARMUCHEE                34.39N  85.18W
02/11/2014  E3.5 INCH        FLOYD              GA   PUBLIC

0126 PM     SNOW             10 N DAHLONEGA          34.68N  83.98W
02/11/2014  E3.0 INCH        LUMPKIN            GA   PUBLIC

0225 PM     SNOW             DANIELSVILLE            34.12N  83.22W
02/11/2014  M1.2 INCH        MADISON            GA   CO-OP OBSERVER

            THIS REPORT WAS THROUGH 10 AM THIS MORNING.

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC1400401
EVENT NUMBER FFC1400402
EVENT NUMBER FFC1400403
EVENT NUMBER FFC1400404
EVENT NUMBER FFC1400405
EVENT NUMBER FFC1400406
EVENT NUMBER FFC1400407
EVENT NUMBER FFC1400408
EVENT NUMBER FFC1400409
EVENT NUMBER FFC1400410
EVENT NUMBER FFC1400411
EVENT NUMBER FFC1400412
EVENT NUMBER FFC1400413
EVENT NUMBER FFC1400414
EVENT NUMBER FFC1400415
EVENT NUMBER FFC1400416

SNELSON
Local storm report, Feb 11, 4:24 PM EST, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
424 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1209 PM     SNOW             SUMMERVILLE             34.48N  85.35W
02/11/2014  M5.0 INCH        CHATTOOGA          GA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            REPORTED IN THE EOC PARKING LOT IN SUMMERVILLE.

&&

EVENT NUMBER FFC1400417

GEO

The office that day

Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 11, 5:30 AM ESTFreezing Rain AdvisoryFFCChattahoochee, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Harris, Macon and 14 more56 hr

Nearby

Ice Storm Warnings in Georgia, 2014Every ice storm warning in 2014

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.