743 PM EST SUN FEB 15 2015
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO
7 AM EST TUESDAY…
* ACCUMULATIONS…TRACE AMOUNTS OF SLEET WITH A GLAZE OF
FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE.
* LOCATIONS…NORTH OF A LINE FROM BUCHANAN TO BUCKHEAD TO
DANIELSVILLE.
* HAZARD TYPES…A BRIEF MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET.
* TIMING…PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AFTER SUNRISE MONDAY MORNING
AS A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN…TRANSITIONING TO A MIX
OF FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE ADVISORY
AREA SHOULD BE ALL RAIN BY MONDAY EVENING. BRIEF LIGHT
FREEZING RAIN WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE TOWARDS SUNRISE TUESDAY
AS PRECIPITATION BEGINS TO MOVE OUT.
* IMPACTS…A GLAZE OF ICE MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
ESPECIALLY ALONG BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. ELEVATED SURFACES MAY
ALSO SEE A LIGHT GLAZE. BLACK ICE WILL LIKELY FORM MONDAY NIGHT
AND LAST THROUGH THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE…RESULTING IN
CONTINUED TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES BEYOND THE END OF THE ADVISORY
PERIOD.
* WINDS…SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH BY MONDAY AFTERNOON SHIFTING
TO THE NORTHWEST TOWARD TUESDAY MORNING.
* TEMPERATURES…LOWS IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S MONDAY MORNING
INCREASING TO THE UPPER 30S TO LOWER 40S MONDAY AFTERNOON. LOW
TEMPERATURES MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING SHOULD DROP INTO
THE UPPER 20S.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW…SLEET…OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
Eddie Henderson, GACEM
Director
Chattooga County EMA/E911











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