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  • Winter Weather Advisory for Franklin County, Georgia
  • Winter Weather Advisory issued March 02 at 4:29AM EST until March 02 at 6:00PM EST by NWS
  • Effective: Saturday, March 2, 2013 at 4:29 a.m.
  • Expires: Saturday, March 2, 2013 at 6 p.m.

  • ...SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CAROLINA
    MOUNTAINS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...
    .A MID LEVEL LOW IS EXPECTED TO TRACK EAST ACROSS THE NORTH
    CAROLINA MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING...WHILE MOIST NORTHWEST WINDS NEAR
    THE SURFACE CONTINUES. THE PASSAGE OF THE MID LEVEL LOW AND THE
    UPSLOPE WINDS SHOULD SUPPORT PERSISTENT LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS
    MOST OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. LIFT
    AND MOISTURE AHEAD OF THE MID LEVEL LOW WILL YIELD SNOW AND SNOW AND
    RAIN SHOWERS ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND NORTHWEST
    SOUTH CAROLINA.
    ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS
    EVENING...
    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
    A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM
    EST THIS EVENING.
    * LOCATIONS...THE PORTIONS SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA...EXTREME
    NORTHEAST GEORGIA...OCONEE COUNTY...AND THE MOUNTAINS OF PICKENS
    COUNTY.
    * HAZARDS...SNOW...WHICH MAY COVER ROADS AND SIDEWALKS.
    * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
    THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF SNOW
    SHOWERS SHOULD PEAK THIS MORNING.
    * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS THE
    SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. AREAS ACROSS EXTREME
    NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND NORTHWEST SOUTH CAROLINA MAY SEE A HALF
    INCH TO A LITTLE OVER AN INCH.
    * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS MAY BECOME SLIPPERY...AND
    VISIBILITY MAY BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED.
    * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S.
    * WINDS...NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.


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