- Winter Storm Warning for Banks County, Georgia
- Winter Storm Warning issued January 25 at 1:12PM EST until January 25 at 6:00PM EST by NWS
- Effective: Friday, January 25, 2013 at 1:12 p.m.
- Expires: Friday, January 25, 2013 at 6 p.m.
...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET EVENT TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING...
.A COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH MOST OF THE AREA WITH COLD AIR
CONTINUING TO FUNNEL IN. COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE...ESPECIALLY
WEDGED ALONG THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS...WILL RESULT IN
PRECIPITATION FALLING AS FREEZING RAIN AND POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET.
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS
EVENING...
* LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA...GENERALLY NORTH AND
EAST OF A LINE FROM ELLIJAY TO CUMMING TO JEFFERSON.
* HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET.
* ACCUMULATIONS....UP TO 1/4 INCH OF ICE...ESPECIALLY ON TREES AND
POWER LINES.
* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...ICE WILL CAUSE ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS TO BECOME
SLIPPERY...MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND
OVERPASSES. ICE MAY ALSO ACCUMULATE ON POWER LINES AND TREES...
POSSIBLY LEADING TO POWER OUTAGES.
* WINDS...EAST AT 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.
* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOW 30S.