National Weather Service issues Winter Storm Watch: ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON ... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH ...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS ...ALL OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA ...INCLUDING THE SAVANNAH AND CHARLESTON METRO AREAS. * HAZARD TYPES ...SNOW ...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. * ACCUMULATIONS ...SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND SLEET IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 1/4 INCH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS ...SIGNIFICANT SNOW ...SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATION WILL CREATE DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR EVERYONE INCLUDING FIRST RESPONDERS. DAMAGE TO TREES ...POWER LINES AND EVEN STRUCTURES IS POSSIBLE. WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES COULD PRODUCE LIFE THREATENING SITUATIONS. * TIMING ...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET COULD OCCUR AS EARLY AS TUESDAY AFTERNOON ...THEN TRANSITION TO SNOW OVERNIGHT TUESDAY BEFORE ENDING WEDNESDAY. * WIND CHILL READINGS ...10 TO 15 DEGREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS ... NOW IS THE TIME TO PREPARE FOR THIS WINTER STORM. ONCE THE STORM BEGINS ...CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY AND TRAVEL WILL BECOME DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. PREPARE TO REMAIN IN A SAFE SHELTER WITHOUT ELECTRICITY FOR SEVERAL DAYS. OBTAIN VITAL SUPPLIES SUCH AS POTABLE WATER ...NON-PERISHABLE FOOD ...MEDICINE ... BATTERIES ...FLASHLIGHTS ...A BATTERY POWERED RADIO AND AN ALTERNATE HEAT SOURCE SUCH AS A GENERATOR ...NON- ELECTRIC SPACE HEATER OR WOOD FOR YOUR FIREPLACE.
Posted on: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 19:29:21 +0000
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