Issued by The National Weather Service
Atlanta, GA
4:14 am EST, Mon., Jan. 10, 2011

… WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR NORTH AND MOST OF CENTRAL GEORGIA…

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR MOST OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA… GENERALLY NORTH AND ALONG A LINE FROM COLUMBUS TO MACON TO AUGUSTA.

PRECIPITATION BEGAN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS MORNING THE PRECIPITATION WAS FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN… WITH A MIX OF SNOW… SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE METRO AREA AND MAINLY SNOW NORTH OF I-20. THE FREEZING RAIN LINE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN METRO AREA WILL SLOWLY MOVE NORTHWARD DURING THE DAY. BY THE AFTERNOON… PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO RAIN GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS TO MACON TO LOUISVILLE… CONTINUE AS FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACROSS THE METRO AREA… AND TRANSITION TO A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET ACROSS THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS. SOME LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION MAY CONTINUE MONDAY NIGHT… MAINLY AS FREEZING DRIZZLE… ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE STATE. PRECIPITATION WILL THEN END BY TUESDAY EXCEPT ACROSS THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS.

DUE TO THE CHANGE IN PRECIPITATION TYPE FROM SNOW TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET DURING THE EVENT… THIS HAS HELPED TO LIMIT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY SOUTH OF I-20. IN GENERAL SOUTH OF A CARROLLTON TO ATLANTA TO MADISON LINE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS HAVE BEEN LESS THAN AN INCH AND ONLY LIMITED ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. ALONG AND NORTH OF THIS LINE 3-5 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN AND AN ADDITIONAL INCH IS POSSIBLE. ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM ROME TO CANTON TO COMMERCE HAS SEEN 5-7 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1-2 INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED FROM THE ATLANTA METRO AREA SOUTHWARD.

THIS SITUATION HAS ALREADY MADE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES MAY LINGER THROUGH TUESDAY AS TEMPERATURES ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING ON MONDAY.

More Information

… SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY FOR NORTH AND MOST OF CENTRAL GEORGIA…

A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS IMPACTING ALL OF NORTH GEORGIA AND PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY. IMPACTS FROM THE STORM THOUGH MAY LINGER THROUGH TUESDAY. LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE FLORIDA COAST MONDAY MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK EASTWARD ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA AND INTO THE ATLANTIC BY MONDAY NIGHT. A COLD AND DRY AIRMASS IN PLACE ACROSS GEORGIA IN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE ALONG WITH THE MOISTURE FROM THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SET THE STAGE FOR WINTRY PRECIPITATION THAT BEGAN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. A WARM AIR MASS AT THE MID LEVELS ACROSS SOUTH GEORGIA THAT WILL CONTINUE PUSHING NORTHWARD HAS ALLOWED FOR A MIXTURE OF SNOW… SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL END BY MONDAY NIGHT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE OR SNOW ACROSS THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS.