WWUS42 KFFC 050829 WSWFFC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 329 AM EST THU JAN 5 2017 GAZ001>009-011-012-019-051630- /O.NEW.KFFC.WS.A.0001.170106T1800Z-170107T1800Z/ DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS- CHATTOOGA-GORDON-FLOYD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...ROME 329 AM EST THU JAN 5 2017 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS...EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA...GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM ROME TO ELLIJAY TO HIAWASSEE * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES WITH UP TO 4 INCHES IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY EVENING. THE SNOW WILL END FROM WEST LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ROADS AND BRIDGES WILL BECOME SLICK MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. * TEMPERATURES...FRIDAY AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE LOW TO MID 30S. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 20S FRIDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$