special weather statement...

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
443 PM EST MON JAN 14 2008

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DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW-
CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-
NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-
HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-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-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-
WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-
MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-
SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER-
MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS-
443 PM EST MON JAN 14 2008

...WINTER PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA LATE WEDNESDAY
THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY...

A STORM SYSTEM...EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE WESTERN GULF BY
WEDNESDAY...WILL TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTH GEORGIA LATE WEDNESDAY
AND EARLY THURSDAY...BEFORE MOVING NORTHWARD ALONG THE EAST COAST. A
LARGE CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM...NOW OVER THE MID-SOUTH...WILL
MOVE EAST TOWARD THE CAROLINAS BY WEDNESDAY. SUFFICIENT COLD AIR
WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS NORTH AND PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA FOR
WINTER PRECIPITATION LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AS THE
GULF COAST SYSTEM SPREADS MOISTURE OVER THE AREA.

AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THE GREATEST CONCERN WILL BE ACROSS
NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE MOUNTAINS...WHERE THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR
SOME ACCUMULATION OF WINTER PRECIPITATION. FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF
NORTHEAST GEORGIA...ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE POSSIBLE
OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY AND EARLY THURSDAY. FOR AREAS FROM THE
NORTHEAST SUBURBS OF ATLANTA...TO GAINESVILLE...TO ATHENS...THE
POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ACCUMULATION OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.
SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE IN PARTS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA
CANNOT BE RULED OUT AT THIS TIME. SOME SLEET...SNOW...AND OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST
GEORGIA...ALTHOUGH THE POTENTIAL FOR ACCUMULATIONS APPEARS LESS
LIKELY IN THESE AREAS. FURTHER SOUTH...TOWARD COLUMBUS AND
MACON...THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL MOSTLY AS RAIN...BUT SOME
SLEET MAY OCCUR WEDNESDAY EVENING.

THERE REMAIN MANY UNCERTAINTIES REGARDING THE POTENTIAL FOR WINTER
WEATHER LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY...INCLUDING
TIMING...PRECIPITATION TYPE...AND AMOUNT. FURTHER FORECASTS WILL
REFINE THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO SEE ACCUMULATIONS OF WINTER PRECIPITATION.

PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA WEDNESDAY EVENING
THROUGH THURSDAY SHOULD STAY ABREAST OF LATER FORECASTS AND
MONITOR FOR WATCHES...ADVISORIES...OR WARNINGS THAT MAY BE ISSUED.