...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY.
* LOCATIONS...THE WHITEWATER AND MIAMI VALLEYS...WEST CENTRAL OHIO AND PARTS OF CENTRAL OHIO.
* HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET.
* ACCUMULATIONS....LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. LITTLE OR NO SLEET ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.
* TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL QUICKLY OVERSPREAD THE ADVISORY AREA THIS EVENING. FREEZING RAIN WITH A CHANCE OF SLEET CAN BE EXPECTED. AS TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY WARM TOWARD MORNING. PRECIPITATION SHOULD BECOME ALL RAIN BY THURSDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES AS WELL AS SIDEWALKS MAY DEVELOP SLICK SPOTS OVERNIGHT. A LIGHT COATING OF ICE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ON EXPOSED OBJECTS SUCH AS CARS AND TREES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMEMBER...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.
