NWS Snow Updates, Photos

Click on the image for more local details. (National Weather Service)

A steady snow has been falling across metro Atlanta, as well as other areas in the west and north of the state, through most of the afternoonaccording to the National Weather Service office in Peachtree City:

...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH AND
CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...

.AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN
GEORGIA THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECIPITATION HAS CHANGED FROM RAIN
TO A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW TO ALL SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA
AS COLD AIR ALOFT FILTERED IN FROM THE WEST. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2
INCHES ARE ALREADY ON THE GROUND IN THE WARNED AREAS:

FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-COBB-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-
BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-
SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-
TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-
JASPER-PUTNAM-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-HARRIS-
TALBOT-MUSCOGEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...
LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT... DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY... GRIFFIN...COLUMBUS

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR AREAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CARROLLTON TO GAINESVILLE AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS TO WASHINGTON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

AT THIS TIME...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WINTER STORM WARNING AREA...WITH A TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING.

PERSONS IN THE ADVISORY AREA ARE URGED TO MONITOR THE LATEST CONDITIONS AND FORECASTS ON TELEVISION... RADIO...THE INTERNET OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO. IF THE STORM SYSTEM OR COLD AIR INTENSIFIES FURTHER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MAY BE ISSUED FOR PARTS OF THE AREA.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING AND WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. TRAVEL SHOULD BE AVOIDED.


Snow over midtown Atlanta at noon on Sunday, Mar. 1, 2009. (Photo: Dave Bender)

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(Photo: Dave Bender)