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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

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