...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS 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...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. IN ADDITION...ICE ACCUMULATING ON TREE LIMBS AND
POWER LINES WILL WEIGH THEM DOWN AND WITH INCREASING WIND COULD
RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES IF ENOUGH ICE ACCUMULATES.
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 FORECAST
PRECIPITATION TYPE AND RESULTANT ICING THREAT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER
STORM.
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