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Winter Weather Advisory for Hart County, Georgia
Winter Weather Advisory issued January 26 at 4:16AM EST until January 26 at 12:00PM EST by NWS
Effective: Saturday, January 26, 2013 at 4:16 a.m.
Expires: Saturday, January 26, 2013 at noon
...ICY ROADS AND AREAS OF DENSE FREEZING FOG ACROSS THE REGION
THIS MORNING...
.THE RECENT SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ON AREA ROADWAYS IS COMBINING
WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 20S AND LOWER 30S IN MANY LOCATIONS TO
PRODUCE BLACK ICE. IN ADDITION...AREAS OF FREEZING FOG ARE
DEVELOPING THIS MORNING. THIS MAY ALLOW A NEW GLAZE OF ICE TO
FORM ON ELEVATED SURFACES AS WELL AS SOME ROADS AND BRIDGES.
SLIPPERY CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY THROUGHOUT THE REGION FOR MUCH OF
THE MORNING HOURS...AND VISIBILITY MAY BE SEVERELY RESTRICTED.
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST
TODAY...
* LOCATIONS...THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA.
* HAZARDS...WIDESPREAD BLACK ICE AND AREAS OF FREEZING FOG
PRODUCING ICY CONDITIONS. VISIBILITY RESTRICTED TO LESS THAN ONE
QUARTER MILE IN DENSE FREEZING FOG AT TIMES.
* TIMING...BLACK ICE AND FREEZING FOG WILL DEVELOP THROUGH THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS AND LINGER THROUGH THE LATE MORNING.
* WINDS...LIGHT AND VARIABLE OUTSIDE OF THE MOUNTAINS. NORTHWEST
5 TO 10 MPH IN THE LOWER MOUNTAINS VALLEYS...BUT 10 TO 20 MPH
WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTH
CAROLINA MOUNTAINS.
* IMPACTS...BLACK ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS WILL MAKE
TRAVEL DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. AREAS
OF FREEZING FOG MAY ADD A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE TO ELEVATED
STRUCTURES. THE DENSE FREEZING FOG WILL ALSO RESTRICT VISIBILITY
TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN MANY LOCATIONS...MAKING DRIVING
EVEN MORE HAZARDOUS.
* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S.
* VISIBILITY...LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN
DENSE FREEZING FOG...ESPECIALLY AROUND DAYBREAK.