From NOAA:
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
507 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014
GAZ027-036>039-042>044-046>062-066>076-081>086-094>098-120615-
/O.CON.KFFC.IS.W.0001.140212T0000Z-140213T1800Z/
MADISON-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-
SOUTH FULTON-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-
HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-
HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-
BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-
WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...
EAST POINT...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...
GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO...WARNER ROBINS...
DUBLIN
507 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014
...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY...
* LOCATIONS...ALONG AND EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM FRANKLIN TO
NEWNAN AND PEACHTREE CITY TO WARRENTON.
* HAZARD TYPES...MAINLY FREEZING RAIN WITH SOME SNOW AND SLEET.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE ICE STORM WARNING WILL
BE ON THE EDGE OF WARNING CRITERIA WITH WARNER ROBINS AND MACON
SEEING ANYWHERE FROM A TENTH TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE. FURTHER
NORTH HOWEVER...MORE CRIPPLING EFFECTS ARE LIKELY WITH A HALF TO
POSSIBLY AS HIGH AS AN INCH OF ICE FROM THIS STORM.
* TIMING...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN LATE
TONIGHT...GENERALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO
WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL GRADUALLY CHANGEOVER TO ALL FREEZING RAIN
WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE ACTIVITY SHOULD END AS
LIGHT SNOW LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...THESE HIGH ICE ACCUMULATION AMOUNTS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
IMPOSSIBLE. THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE A CATASTROPHIC EVENT.
WIDESPREAD AND EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY AS ICE
ACCUMULATES ON TREES AND POWERLINES AND BRINGS THEM DOWN.
PLEASE PREPARE TO BE WITHOUT POWER IN SOME LOCATIONS FOR DAYS
AND PERHAPS AS LONG AS A WEEK. ONCE THE ICE BEGINS TO MELT ON
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...FALLING ICE FROM BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES
WILL CREATE AN ADDITIONAL HAZARD. http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=ffc&wwa=ice storm warning
This is a winter to remember, that is for sure.
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