WWUS42 KFFC 150612 WSWFFC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 112 AM EST THU DEC 15 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE POSSIBLE IN PARTS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA... .A WEDGE OF COLD DRY AIR HAS BUILT DOWN THE EASTERN SEABOARD... ALLOWING TEMPERATURES IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA TO FALL BELOW FREEZING. FREEZING RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH GEORGIA AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. GAZ025-027-034>036-151415- /O.UPG.KFFC.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051215T1500Z/ /O.EXB.KFFC.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051215T2300Z/ JACKSON-MADISON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS 112 AM EST THU DEC 15 2005 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. CONDITIONS ACROSS PARTS OF JACKSON...MADISON...GWINNETT...BARROW AND CLARKE COUNTIES ARE EXPECTED TO GET WORSE BEFORE IT GETS BETTER THURSDAY AFTERNOON. UP TO 1/4 OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ON ALL EXPOSED SURFACES INCLUDING SOME ROADS...MANY BRIDGES...TREES AND POWER LINES. FREEZING RAIN WILL EVENTUALLY CHANGE TO RAIN LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES WARM ABOVE FREEZING. UNTIL THEN...TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ GAZ014>016-022>024-151415- /O.EXT.KFFC.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051215T2300Z/ DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...GAINESVILLE 112 AM EST THU DEC 15 2005 ...ICE STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE ICE STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. DANGEROUS ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE UP TO 1/4 OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS DAWSON... LUMPKIN...WHITE...FORSYTH...HALL AND BANKS COUNTIES TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. ROADS...BRIDGES...OVERPASSES AS WELL AS MANY TREES AND POWER LINES WILL LIKELY RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS. FREEZING RAIN WILL EVENTUALLY CHANGE TO RAIN LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES WARM ABOVE FREEZING. UNTIL THEN...TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$