DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-

FLOYD-BARTOW-CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…CALHOUN…ROME…CARTERSVILLE…

GAINESVILLE

401 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2015

…WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO

1 PM EST SATURDAY…

* ACCUMULATIONS…1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND 0.10 TO 0.25 INCHES

  OF ICE.

* LOCATIONS…FAR NORTH GEORGIA OUTSIDE OF THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA

  MOUNTAINS BUT NORTH OF A LINE FROM SUMMERVILLE TO JASPER TO

  HOMER.

* HAZARD TYPES…SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE

  THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.

* TIMING…SNOW BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING…

  TRANSITIONING TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT THROUGH

  SATURDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS…SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT.

  ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES AND POWER LINES IS LIKELY. SOME TREES

  AND POWER LINES COULD COME DOWN CAUSING POWER OUTAGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW…

SLEET…AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL

VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.