Winter Storm Warnings for (SC Discussion Thread)

National Weather Service ^ | FEB 10 2014

[Gamecock]

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 309 PM EST MON FEB 10 2014

...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM LATE TUESDAY INTO THURSDAY MORNING...

.CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED TO OUR NORTH WILL DIRECT COLD AIR INTO CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING IN THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL PUSH MOISTURE NORTHWARD. THE LOW WILL TRACK NORTHEASTWARD AND BE NEAR THE CAROLINA COAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS WEATHER PATTERN WILL BRING WINTER-TYPE PRECIPITATION TO OUR AREA.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF MIXED RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW NORTH AND WEST OF COLUMBIA LATE TONIGHT. A MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS LIKELY FROM COLUMBIA NORTHWARD AND WESTWARD TUESDAY. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP.

A CHANGE TO MAINLY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL LIKELY OCCUR FROM COLUMBIA NORTHWARD TUESDAY NIGHT.

A CHANGEOVER TO FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY OCCUR FROM NORTH TO SOUTH OVER THE REST OF CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THE LATEST INFORMATION SHOWS THE CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY OCCUR IN THE COLUMBIA AND SUMTER AREAS TUESDAY EVENING. IN THE AREA SOUTH OF COLUMBIA THE CHANGEOVER WILL LIKELY OCCUR LATE TUESDAY NIGHT OR WEDNESDAY.

THE LATEST INFORMATION SUPPORTS SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PLUS POSSIBLE ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/4 TO 3/4 OF AN INCH IN THE AREA NORTH OF A NEWBERRY AND CAMDEN LINE. THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN THROUGHOUT CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA. DANGEROUS ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/4 TO 3/4 OF AN INCH ARE LIKELY.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN MEETING WARNING CRITERIA IS LIKELY. WARNING CRITERIA IS AT LEAST 2 INCHES OF SNOW OR SLEET...OR AT LEAST 1/4 OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN. AT THIS TIME...THE CHANCE OF MEETING WARNING CRITERIA IS NEAR 80 PERCENT.

GAZ040-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025-026-110915- /O.CON.KCAE.WS.W.0002.140212T0000Z-140213T1700Z/ /O.CON.KCAE.WW.Y.0002.140211T0500Z-140212T0000Z/ LINCOLN-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD-MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD- KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLNTON...LANCASTER...ELGIN... CHERAW...PAGELAND...MCCORMICK...NEWBERRY...WINNSBORO...CAMDEN... LUGOFF...EDGEFIELD...JOHNSTON...SALUDA...RIDGE SPRING 309 PM EST MON FEB 10 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 PM EST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM TUESDAY TO NOON EST THURSDAY...

* LOCATIONS...CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND SLEET WITH DANGEROUS ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE AREA NORTH OF COLUMBIA. ADDITIONALLY... DANGEROUS ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1/4 TO 3/4 OF AN INCH POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA.

* TIMING...THERE IS A CHANCE OF MIXED RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW NORTH AND WEST OF COLUMBIA LATE TONIGHT. A MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS LIKELY FROM COLUMBIA NORTHWARD AND WESTWARD TUESDAY. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP. A CHANGE TO MAINLY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL LIKELY OCCUR FROM COLUMBIA NORTHWARD TUESDAY NIGHT. A CHANGEOVER TO FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY OCCUR FROM NORTH TO SOUTH OVER THE REST OF CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THE LATEST INFORMATION SHOWS THE CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY OCCUR IN THE COLUMBIA AND SUMTER AREAS TUESDAY EVENING. IN THE AREA SOUTH OF COLUMBIA THE CHANGEOVER WILL LIKELY OCCUR LATE TUESDAY NIGHT OR WEDNESDAY.

* IMPACTS...VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR ONCE THE FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE. THERE MAY BE LENGTHY POWER INTERRUPTIONS.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 20 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S FROM COLUMBIA NORTHWARD TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE MIDDLE 30S TO AROUND 40 SOUTH OF COLUMBIA TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 30S FROM COLUMBIA NORTHWARD TUESDAY. READINGS WILL BE IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 30S SOUTH OF COLUMBIA. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN MEETING WARNING CRITERIA IS LIKELY. WARNING CRITERIA IS AT LEAST 2 INCHES OF SNOW OR SLEET...OR AT LEAST 1/4 OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN. AT THIS TIME...THE CHANCE OF MEETING WARNING CRITERIA IS NEAR 80 PERCENT.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

[upchuck]

Thanks for the ping Gamecock.

Looks like those of us in Aiken County will be in the thick of it.

I echo your reply #4. I live in a pine forest. Hope the pine trees can take it. Haven't had any real trouble since the ice storm of Feb, 2004. That knocked out power here for four day and destroyed lots of beautiful pine trees.

Oh, before I forget... :)

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[snippy_about_it]

The Weather Channel’s Jim Cantore arrived in Columbia Tuesday to head live coverage of an impending ice storm that’s supposed to hit the Midlands late Tuesday.

For many folks on Twitter, it’s an omen that the weather situation is serious.

For others, it’s another weather celeb in town.

Below, see the compilation of tweets as presented via Storify.

Read more here: http://www.thestate.com/2014/02/10/3258037/weather-channels-jim-cantore-in.html#storylink=cpy

[snippy_about_it]

I’m up the road a bit, outside Leesville. My biggest concern is the trees. I can make it without power but prefer not to have a hole in the house!

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

But we've already ruled that it's not a real storm until Cantore has to lash himself to a light pole.

[Gamecock]

If I was you I’d go over to Shealy’s and load up on some BBQ. Hate for you to go hungry.

[Tax-chick]

LOL!

[Straight Vermonter]

One of my favorite things about FR is seeing how differently folks live all around the country. You guys take hurricanes in stride and freak out over snow. Up here it's obviously the opposite.

Actual conversation at work this morning:

Me: Get any snow up your way this weekend?
Friend: No. Only 4 inches or so.

[snippy_about_it]

Always good eatin. Jackie Hite’s is good too.

[snippy_about_it]

At most he might have to dodge falling tree limbs or walk across a slippery road!

[Gamecock]

I spent 3 years in living in the lower Hudson Valley of NY and before that 6 years in NY, so yeah, I now what you are saying.

Problem here is we don’t have the plows and salt, though we do now have enough to keep the Interstates open. That plus we are expecting, according to latest warning 1 inch of ice. That bears freaking out over. These pine trees snap when covered with ice.

[elcid1970]

Is Ben Tanner still as regular as we are?

[stylecouncilor]

Spartanburg co schools are closed tomorrow & we haven’t even had one snowflake yet!!

[RipSawyer]

“last summer had 30 days where temp of 90 or above”
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That’s what we call a cold front in summer.

[onedoug]

Well, I still think this will be the test of M’s “snow scheds”. Hope they work for all your sakes.

[aomagrat]

I wonder what the USC students are planning for him. Can’t let the C of C students have all of the Glory.

[Gamecock]

Mrs. Gamecock works at USC. Will keep you posted if she verifies a Cantore sighting.

[4everontheRight]

Well, here in the Upstate of SC we are getting a beautiful snow. A BFFF snow (Big fat fluffy flakes)!
Hope everyone stays safe!

[Gamecock]

We had some big fluffy flakes here north of Columbia but it just transitioned to sleet.

At least people are staying home: