Hazardous Weather Potential

[Ted Jacobson]

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
427 AM EST TUE DEC 25 2012

PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-OH
TYLER-DODDRIDGE-HARRISON-TAYLOR-BARBOUR-WV

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING
TO 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY...  SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

Athens OH 7-Day Forecast (updates 4-5 times daily):
http://climate.athens.oh.us/Athens-7Day/

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
419 AM EST TUE DEC 25 2012

...POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS WEDNESDAY...

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE WESTERN GULF
COAST NORTHEASTWARD...PASSING ACROSS OUR AREA LATER TUESDAY NIGHT
AND WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL BRING A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO
THE AREA...INCLUDING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS.

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING
TO 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A FREEZING
RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
1 PM EST WEDNESDAY.

* LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHERN WEST
  VIRGINIA LOW LANDS.

* HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN...MIXED AT TIMES WITH ICE PELLETS.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH.

* TIMING...LATER TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES AND WIRES COULD CAUSE SOME
  POWER OUTAGES. ICE WILL MAKE ROADS VERY SLICK...REQUIRING MUCH
  LOWER SPEEDS AND GREATER DISTANCES BETWEEN VEHICLES.

* WINDS...EAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN
OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED
FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF
WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT:
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/rlx

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