WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
By
Ken Stanford Contributing Editor
Posted 6:43PM on Friday 4th December 2009 ( 14 years ago )
PEACHTREE CITY - A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued for parts of north Georgia by the National Weather Service.<br />
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Text of the advisory:<br />
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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE<br />
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA<br />
324 PM EST FRI DEC 4 2009<br />
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...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND<br />
NORTH GEORGIA LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY...<br />
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DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-<br />
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW-<br />
CHEROKEE-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-<br />
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...<br />
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...MARIETTA...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE<br />
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324 PM EST FRI DEC 4 2009<br />
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...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST<br />
SATURDAY FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH GEORGIA...<br />
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A<br />
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MIXED WITH SLEET...WHICH IS IN<br />
EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST SATURDAY.<br />
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A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO WILL MOVE<br />
RAPIDLY NORTHEAST OVER FLORIDA TONIGHT AND UP ALONG THE MIDDLE<br />
ATLANTIC COAST ON SATURDAY. ENOUGH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FROM THE<br />
ATLANTIC AND GULF WILL MERGE OVER GEORGIA TO PRODUCE AROUND ONE<br />
QUARTER OF AN INCH OF PRECIPITATION OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL<br />
GEORGIA TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.<br />
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THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN IN THE FORM OF LIGHT RAIN THEN<br />
CHANGE AFTER MIDNIGHT TO SLEET...THEN SNOW IN PORTIONS OF<br />
NORTHWEST AND NORTH GEORGIA. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF<br />
GENERALLY LESS THAN A HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ON GRASSY<br />
AND ELEVATED SURFACES NORTH OF A CARROLLTON THROUGH MARIETTA AND<br />
DAWSONVILLE TO CLEVELAND LINE. AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW ACCUMULATION<br />
IS POSSIBLE AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS.<br />
THE SNOW WILL END SATURDAY MORNING IN MOST AREAS...EXCEPT IN THE<br />
NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS WHERE IT MAY LAST INTO SATURDAY<br />
AFTERNOON.<br />
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PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...<br />
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND POSSIBLY<br />
SLEET WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY<br />
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. MOTORISTS AREA ADVISED TO USE<br />
CAUTION AND SLOW DOWN WHILE DRIVING.
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