Example Ice Storm Warning

WWUS42 KFFC 112207
WSWFFC

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. 

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. THESE 
  WIND SPEEDS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ICE WILL EXACERBATE THE 
  POTENTIAL FOR FALLING TREES. 

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S AND DROPPING INTO THE UPPER 
  20S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR ICE MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS ICE ARE
FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS AND IMPOSSIBLE IN MOST
CASES. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN
EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF
AN EMERGENCY. WITH THE FORECAST ICE AMOUNTS...WIDESPREAD POWER
OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN THE WEDNESDAY TO WEDNESDAY
NIGHT TIME PERIOD.

A LAYER OF ICE...COMBINED WITH WINDY CONDITIONS...IS EXPECTED TO
BREAK TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM
THESE HAZARDS...AND PREPARE FOR POWER OUTAGES BY HAVING
FLASHLIGHTS AND EMERGENCY SUPPLIES READY.

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