...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...
* TIMING...FREEZING RAIN...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET...WILL
DEVELOP LATE SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY EVENING.
FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO RAIN SUNDAY EVENING FROM SOUTH TO
NORTH AS TEMPERATURES GRADUALLY RISE ABOVE FREEZING.
* MAIN IMPACT...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE
ACCUMULATION IN EXCESS OF A QUARTER OF AN INCH.
* OTHER IMPACTS...ICE ACCUMULATING ON TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES
WILL WEIGH THEM DOWN AND WITH INCREASING WIND COULD RESULT IN
POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION...PAVEMENT AND SOIL TEMPERATURES
ARE BELOW FREEZING...SO ANY LIQUID PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY
FREEZE ON CONTACT AND RESULT IN VERY ICY AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS. SIDEWAYS AND WALKWAYS COULD
ALSO TURN TO SHEETS OF ICE MAKING EVEN WALKING DIFFICULT AND
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. THIS STORM IS STILL IN
THE DEVELOPING STAGES AND ANY MINOR CHANGES IN FORECAST
TEMPERATURES COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE
FORECASTED PRECIPITATION TYPE AND RESULTANT ICING THREAT.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ON THIS
DEVELOPING WINTER STORM.
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