Gwinnett Daily Post

Winter Storm Warning for Rabun County, Georgia
Winter Storm Warning issued February 02 at 6:53PM EST until February 03 at 12:00PM EST by NWS
Effective: Saturday, February 2, 2013 at 6:53 p.m.
Expires: Sunday, February 3, 2013 at noon
...AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF SNOWFALL EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTH
CAROLINA MOUNTAINS THIS WEEKEND...
.AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP
ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST TONIGHT. SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS MUCH OF THE
MOUNTAINS THROUGH MIDNIGHT. AFTER THE FRONT PASSES...MOIST AIR
FLOWING UP THE WEST SIDE OF THE MOUNTAINS ON STRONG WEST AND
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RESULT IN SNOW SHOWERS NEAR THE TENNESSEE
BORDER...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED LATE THROUGH
SUNDAY.
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST SUNDAY...
* LOCATIONS...RABUN COUNTY.
* HAZARDS...HEAVY...WET SNOW.
* TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL LAST THROUGH THE EVENING
HOURS...THEN TAPER OFF. HOWEVER...ROAD CONDITIONS WILL WORSEN
THROUGH THE NIGHT AS TEMPERATURES DROP.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 6 INCHES.
* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AND BECOME
WORSE THROUGH THE NIGHT. HEAVY...WET SNOW MAY BRING DOWN TREE
LIMBS AND CAUSE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.
* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S.
* WINDS...WEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

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