Winter Storm Watch
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
945 AM EST THU FEB 11 2010
...ACCUMULATING SNOW LIKELY FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL
GEORGIA ON FRIDAY...
.AN APPROACHING WINTER STORM WILL TRACK ALONG THE GULF COST
SPREADING LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL
GEORGIA ON FRIDAY.
GAZ078>080-089>093-102>106-112245-
/O.NEW.KFFC.WS.A.0002.100212T1200Z-100213T0500Z/
HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-
STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLUMBUS...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE
945 AM EST THU FEB 11 2010
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.
AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE IN TOWARDS
SUNRISE TONIGHT. DURING THE MORNING ON FRIDAY...THE PRECIPITATION
IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE AND BEGIN TO CHANGE TO ALL SNOW.
TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 30S EARLY FRIDAY MORNING WILL FALL TO
NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING AS THE PRECIPITATION INCREASES.
UP TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS AREAS SOUTH OF A
HAMILTON TO
BUTLER TO CORDELE LINE BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS
FRIDAY EVENING. ADDITIONALLY...TEMPERATURES FRIDAY NIGHT WILL
FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S AND REFREEZING OF ANY LIQUID WATER ON
ROADWAYS IS ALSO POSSIBLE.
THE EXACT TRACK AND STRENGTH OF THIS SYSTEM IS STILL UNCERTAIN. IF
THE SYSTEM BECOMES STRONGER OR SPREADS PRECIPITATION FURTHER NORTH
THAN EXPECTED...ADDITIONAL WATCHES AND WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED
LATER TODAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
Butler, where I live, is 100 miles South of Atlanta. Cordele is the Watermelon Capital, probably 160 miles South of Atlanta on I-75.
Three inches of snow is a pretty big deal for us. I will probably go by the grocery store and help with the bread/milk shortage, although I eat very little bread and drink almost no milk.
I just want to do my part.
Hopefully, we won't have a storm like we did 37 years ago on this date, when I measured 21 inches of snow in a field on my farm.
Link to a thread on GON about the Middle Georgia Snow Storm of 1973.
Snow Storm of 1973 - Georgia Outdoor News Forum