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Marietta Police Department
Tuesday February 11th, 2014 :: 05:52 a.m. EST

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The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for Marietta until 7am Thursday

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
530 AM EST TUE FEB 11 2014

GAZ031>035-041>045-111830-
/O.UPG.KFFC.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140212T0000Z/
/O.UPG.KFFC.WS.A.0003.140212T0000Z-140213T1200Z/
/O.EXB.KFFC.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140213T1200Z/
PAULDING-COBB-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-HARALSON-CARROLL-
DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE...
CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...DECATUR
530 AM EST TUE FEB 11 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND ICE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7
AM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AND THE WINTER STORM
WATCH ARE NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ALTHOUGH THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS
NOW IN EFFECT...THE MORE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DURING
THE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT TIME FRAME.

* LOCATIONS...ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CARROLLTON TO ATLANTA
TO WASHINGTON.

* HAZARD TYPES...RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET THIS MORNING...FOLLOWED BY
MAINLY FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AND THEN SNOW
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

* ACCUMULATIONS...GENERALLY LESS THAN AN INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET IS
EXPECTED TODAY. FOR TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AN
ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN ADDITION TO A
QUARTER TO A HALF INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. THE HIGHER AMOUNTS
ARE EXPECTED TO BE ACROSS THE EASTERN AREA. THE MORE SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNTS ARE IN THE WEDNESDAY TO WEDNESDAY NIGHT TIME FRAME.

* TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN AND SLEET THIS MORNING...TRANSITIONING TO
RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. AS TEMPERATURES COOL...THIS WILL TRANSITION
TO A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN. BY WEDNESDAY
MORNING...THIS WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN AND THEN TO
MAINLY SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

* IMPACTS...LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADWAYS TODAY MAY MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT THIS MORNING. ON WEDNESDAY...ICE WILL BEGIN TO
ACCUMULATE ON ROADS MAKING FOR NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE AND DANGEROUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS. ICE THAT ACCUMULATES ON TREES AND POWERLINES
COULD BRING DOWN LARGE TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE WIDESPREAD POWER
OUTAGES.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 30S TODAY...LOWER 30S TONIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY AND UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND ICE MEANS SEVERE WINTER
WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS
SNOW AND ICE ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY
TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY. WITH THE FORECAST SNOW AND ICE AMOUNTS...WIDESPREAD
POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN THE WEDNESDAY TO
WEDNESDAY NIGHT TIME PERIOD.

Instructions:

Take precautions now. Power outages are highly likely with ice accumulations.

Address/Location
Marietta Police Department
240 Lemon St NE
Marietta, GA 30060

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 770-794-5300

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Alert Details

Severity:
Severe - Significant threat to life or property
Urgency:
Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
Certainty:
Likely (p > ~50%)
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
NWS Rebroadcast

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