National Weather Service issues winter storm watch for portions of the Panhandle

January 27, 2014

noaa-logoJan. 27, 2014: URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
811 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING
THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA...
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...AND PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...

AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT... WITH
VERY COLD AIR STREAMING IN BEHIND IT ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT.
LIGHT RAIN WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY...AND THIS RAIN WILL GRADUALLY
CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN TUESDAY NIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS WILL
GENERALLY RANGE FROM A TENTH TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH...WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF ONE QUARTER INCH POSSIBLE.
LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY...SOME OF THE FREEZING RAIN
MAY MIX WITH LIGHT SNOW OR SLEET BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION TAPERS
OFF FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. LITTLE ACCUMULATION OF SNOW OR
SLEET IS LIKELY.

ALZ065>069-FLZ007>011-GAZ120>131-142>146-155-156-280900-
/O.CON.KTAE.WS.A.0001.140129T0000Z-140129T1800Z/
COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-CENTRAL WALTON-
HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-CALHOUN-TERRELL-
DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-IRWIN-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-
MITCHELL-COLQUITT-SEMINOLE-DECATUR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...OZARK...FORT RUCKER...
DALEVILLE...HEADLAND...ABBEVILLE...GENEVA...HARTFORD...SAMSON...
SLOCOMB...MALVERN...TAYLOR...ASHFORD...DOTHAN...KINSEY...
COWARTS...WEBB...COTTONWOOD...REHOBETH...DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...
HUDSON...BONIFAY...CRYSTAL LAKE...CHIPLEY...FIVE POINTS...
MARIANNA...GRACEVILLE...MALONE...SNEADS...GEORGETOWN...
FORT GAINES...CUTHBERT...SHELLMAN...ARLINGTON...MORGAN...EDISON...
LEARY...DAWSON...ALBANY...LEESBURG...SMITHVILLE...SYLVESTER...
ASHBURN...TIFTON...FITZGERALD...OCILLA...DOUGLASVILLE...BLAKELY...
COLQUITT...NEWTON...CAMILLA...PELHAM...MOULTRIE...DONALSONVILLE...
BAINBRIDGE
811 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014 /711 AM CST MON JAN 27 2014/

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

* TIMING...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF FREEZING RAIN
  WITH ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS POSSIBLE.

* MAIN IMPACT...ICY ROADS AND BRIDGES.

* OTHER IMPACTS...IF THERE IS MORE FREEZING RAIN THAN CURRENTLY
  EXPECTED...POWER OUTAGES COULD BECOME A CONCERN.

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.

 

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