South Georgia Snow Storm!

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

Only looking for a "dusting" here. I remember '73 well. We had over 30"! A lifetime event for S.C.
f.t.

Hmm... I received 10 inches of snow yesterday and felt I got off easy!

Ah, it's very unusual when places south of Macon get snow!

Welcome to global warming, Red.

It sounds likely that you'll get more snow that we will, or at least that's the way it usually works- when south Georgia gets it, we don't.

Be careful! Stay home if possible, or go down to the hardware store in Butler and get some more "supplies."

It should be a little easier on you folks down south, your hills aren't nearly as steep! The last little bit we got up here shut the schools down for two days.

Hey Tom...if that snow's coming through Atlanta we may get some in the upstate of SC. BTW...I'm in Six Mile!

Sunny SW Ga.

It's a good thing I live twenty miles south of Lumpkin Ga.Looks like we will miss it.Yeah right,we'll probably get two feet.

Grocery Run

It's going to snow in Hotlanta!!!

Grocery list: Beer, bratwurst, cheese, and crackers. 40 years in Wisconsin and Minnesota, been in Augusta area since 1989. I can still drive in snow but, why???