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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
955 PM EST WED FEB 8 2006

...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA
TONIGHT...

.A UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS SWEEPING ACROSS NORTH
GEORGIA DURING THE EVENING. COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE WAS CAUSING
PRECIPITATION TO FALL IN THE FORM OF SNOW...OR RAIN MIXED WITH
SNOW...AT ELEVATIONS MAINLY ABOVE 1000 FEET. AT LOWER ELEVATIONS
PRECIPITATION WAS FALLING AS ALL RAIN.

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955 PM EST WED FEB 8 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
THURSDAY. 

THE ADVISORY IS FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM LAFAYETTE
TO ELLIJAY TO CLAYTON. AT ELEVATIONS MAINLY ABOVE 1000 FEET...SNOW
OR A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED. ACCUMULATIONS
SHOULD BE ONE INCH OR LESS...MOSTLY ON GRASSY AREAS...CARS...AND
SOME BRIDGES AND SECONDARY ROADS. THE CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION
SHOULD END BY SUNRISE THURSDAY. 

ALTHOUGH ONLY LIGHT PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED...MOTORISTS SHOULD
BE ALERT FOR SLICK SPOTS ON ROADS...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND
OVERPASSES. THIS WILL BE ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT AFTER MIDNIGHT
THROUGH THE MORNING COMMUTE AS TEMPERATURES FALL TOWARD FREEZING.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

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