916 WWUS46 KATL 302059 WSWATL GAZ001>020-030-310900- SNOW ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 400 PM EST TUE DEC 30 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN PEACHTREE CITY GEORGIA HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY FOR THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS TONIGHT. THE ADVISORY IS FOR THE AREA ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CEDARTOWN TO JASPER AND TOCCOA INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ROME... DALTON...ELLIJAY...BLAIRSVILLE...HELEN AND CLAYTON. A FAST MOVING STORM SYSTEM WAS APPROACHING NORTH GEORGIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH SNOW SHOWERS ALREADY DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHERN ALABAMA. THESE SNOW SHOWERS WILL MOVE INTO NORTH GEORGIA THIS EVENING WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA BY EARLY MORNING. THE STORM WILL MOVE QUICKLY OUT OF NORTH GEORGIA WITH ONLY LINGERING FLURRIES BY MID-MORNING WEDNESDAY. THE REMAINDER OF NORTH GEORGIA SOUTH OF THE ADVISORY AREA...INCLUDING THE ATLANTA AND ATHENS METROPOLITAN AREAS...WILL ALSO HAVE A CHANCE FOR SNOW TONIGHT WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR LESS. TEMPERATURES ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON HAVE RISEN ABOVE FREEZING. THEREFORE AS THE SNOW BEGINS TO FALL THIS EVENING IT MAY MELT ON ROADWAYS LEAVING THE ROAD SURFACE WET. AS TEMPERATURES FALL THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT ICY CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SECTIONS OF ROADWAYS SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. PEOPLE PLANNING TO TRAVEL ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA TONIGHT SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION. STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY ALSO MAINTAINS A HOME PAGE ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB THAT IS AN EXCELLENT SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION. THE ADDRESS: HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/FTPROOT/FFC. MSS
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