honeygrl Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Starting to wonder if they've been drinking in Peachtree City... pretty sure Clarke County should have a warning at this point. There's a lot of ice out there. AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATEDNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA920 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015.UPDATE...WEDGE IS STILL HOLDING IN PLACE ACROSS THE NORTHEAST AND THUSSTILL SEEING FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACROSS THE NORTHEAST. HAVESEEN A FEW OBSERVATION SITES IN THAT AREA WITH THE TEMPS RISING ADEGREE OR SO. WILL CONTINUE TO SEE THE FREEZING RAIN CONTINUEACROSS PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST. LATER TONIGHTTHOUGH...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO MOVE OUT AND END BY THEMORNING ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF THE CWA.TEMPERATURES WILL FALL AS THE FRONT EXITS AND THUS BLACK ICEREMAINS A CONCERN ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.NO CHANGES ARE PLANNED TO THE WINTER STORM WARNING...WINTERWEATHER ADVISORY OR THE SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AT THIS TIME.11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEGa Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 I bet..that's insane for the southeast. It's officially gotten bad here. I heard what i thought was thunder but instead I just had a medium sized live oak tree limb crash on my house and the limps of the tree itself is nearly touching the ground which is a first. I know they have grown over the years but damn. Cedar trees look pitiful. Between that and the cedar trees, part of my driveway is blocked off now. Easily 0.25 to 0.35 ice accumulation.. Still no warnings here or advisories or warnings just south of here in equally hard hit areas. I will be very lucky if i keep power tonight. wow - sounds like you are getting clobbered! i am surprised at this point - the power has started to flicker and have heard two big crashes. it is just POURING down, 28 and dripping cos its raining so hard. the trees are really leaning now. gsp has updated their map again, from .04 this morning to .50 now. wow what a cad storm! lights have started flicking here I'm closing in on 2 inches of Sleet here.... around 1/10th inch of ice accretion. IP is still the dominate P-type. Amazing... Temp up to 30.1 amazing! the sleet ended here and getting tons of freezing rain. however, the .50 or so of sleet has helped with a skating rink on the yard and streets. its amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrasher Fan Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 I am in East Gwinnett. Parents are without power, trees and limbs down everywhere. Surprised NWS has not included Gwinnett in the warning as well as points east towards lookout. Serious problem arising in a hurry. Cherokee County has declared a local state of emergency. That's just wild man. I'm about 5 miles east of Snellville and we don't have the slightest bit of ice. Crazy how this has played out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skbl17 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Fulton County Schools are closed tomorrow. No word from Gwinnett, where parents are getting really frustrated on social media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Tamland Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 40 closed in Raleigh due to a wreck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audioguy3107 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 I am in East Gwinnett. Parents are without power, trees and limbs down everywhere. Surprised NWS has not included Gwinnett in the warning as well as points east towards lookout. Serious problem arising in a hurry. Cherokee County has declared a local state of emergency. Do you still have power?? Most of us near the Hamilton Mill area are dark. This surely is Ice Storm Warning criteria I would think. I just heard a tree fall for cryin out loud. It's getting pretty bad around here. - Buck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lookout Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 i was just typing a post when my power went out for a minute but it came back on for now. constant tree popping now. will be a miracle if it stays. up to 50,000 now without power /here are a few pics i took 45 minutes ago' btw nice ffc..this is going on and not worthy of a warning. seriously? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 16 deg Mod SN Still no sleet...it's gotta come eventually though. EDIT: dang, that back edge is only 2 counties away. So much for that WSW until tomorrow lol it'll be over by midnight here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEGa Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Spots on NEGA are going to be smoked with ZR. I had almost .15 here. it appears that is the case, at least for now. from what i remember in the last big one here (dec 05) power outages started to the sw and moved to the northeast as the ice accumulations caught up. the only "saving grace" imby now is the rate of rain is so hard it cant all freeze. limbs are coming down (havent heard any trees or big limbs so far) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWY316wx Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Do you still have power?? Most of us near the Hamilton Mill area are dark. This surely is Ice Storm Warning criteria I would think. I just heard a tree fall for cryin out loud. It's getting pretty bad around here. - Buck Yes sir but it's bumping off and on. I'm on the Harbins side of 316. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WXinCanton Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 I am in East Gwinnett. Parents are without power, trees and limbs down everywhere. Surprised NWS has not included Gwinnett in the warning as well as points east towards lookout. Serious problem arising in a hurry. Cherokee County has declared a local state of emergency. Really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DopplerWx Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 pouring sleet here in north hills. great to see. ground getting covered now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sctvman Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Temperature has gone up 4 degrees since I last checked here. Up to 53. Light sleet reported in Darlington, SC. 61 degrees in LaGrange, GA while north metro Atlanta suburbs are suffering an ice storm. Pretty incredible gradient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NC_WX10 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Returns to my west are looking great!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowDeac Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 good lord, looks like a total sleet bomb incoming for Charlotte Wow, good call. The hissing sound has begun between Myers Park/South Park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil882 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 it appears that is the case, at least for now. from what i remember in the last big one here (dec 05) power outages started to the sw and moved to the northeast as the ice accumulations caught up. the only "saving grace" imby now is the rate of rain is so hard it cant all freeze. limbs are coming down (havent heard any trees or big limbs so far) I remember December 05' well (was still in high school back then). Event started slowly but I remember how power outages moved from SW to NE as ice accretion caught up. Temps with this event are actually colder than the one in 05 (probably explains why more folks are getting sleet this go around). We had 3 days off from schools that lead to an early start for winter break. Probably second or third worst ice storm I've experienced (behind Dec 2002 and an event I recall from Jan 2000... before the Carolina Crusher). This event has a chance to rival it if most locations change over to freezing rain in the upstate. The sleet may be the upstate's saving grace if there is a delayed changeover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparklecity Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 27.7° and still pouring sleet. Probably about 3/4" on the ground so far with 0.1-0.15" glaze from fzrn. Wind is also starting to pick up some. Could makes things interesting if we switch back to fzrn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winterhawk Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 GA Power pushing 50,000 customers out, Sawnee's close to 20,000. Local scanners lit up with trees and power lines down. Pretty wild night, looks like the freezing line/wedge is holding and the cold front is getting closer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WXinCanton Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 looks like Cherokee county had about .10 to .15 of ice, then a nice line of 40 mph winds rolls through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snow dog Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 I remember December 05' well (was still in high school back then). Event started slowly but I remember how power outages moved from SW to NE as ice accretion caught up. Temps with this event are actually colder than the one in 05 (probably explains why more folks are getting sleet this go around). We had 3 days off from schools that lead to an early start for winter break. Probably second or third worst ice storm I've experienced (behind Dec 2002 and an event I recall from Jan 2000... before the Carolina Crusher). This event has a chance to rival it if most locations change over to freezing rain in the upstate. The sleet may be the upstate's saving grace if there is a delayed changeover.Yeah, still getting heavy sleet here in Greenville. Maybe a little fz rain mixed in. No noticeable icing on trees yet. Still holding at 27.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audioguy3107 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Transformers are popping all over now. We now have that eerie ice storm creaking and cracking sound outside. It's a real mess. - Buck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griteater Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 good lord, looks like a total sleet bomb incoming for Charlotte Steady sleet here. Roads covered white. Light glaze of frz rain. 26 deg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wncsnow Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Almost 2 inches of pure IP here and still coming down hard lol never seen anything like this in 25 years here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaryWx Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 copious amounts of sleet now falling in Cary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEGa Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 I remember December 05' well (was still in high school back then). Event started slowly but I remember how power outages moved from SW to NE as ice accretion caught up. Temps with this event are actually colder than the one in 05 (probably explains why more folks are getting sleet this go around). We had 3 days off from schools that lead to an early start for winter break. Probably second or third worst ice storm I've experienced (behind Dec 2002 and an event I recall from Jan 2000... before the Carolina Crusher). This event has a chance to rival it if most locations change over to freezing rain in the upstate. The sleet may be the upstate's saving grace if there is a delayed changeover. lol that was a wild storm and most of us on the board at that time probably remember it. it was also really fun to track. reports of scattered outages approaching habersham cty but so far so good. one lucky break at this point it seems is the wind (or lack thereof). people have been saying its windy or getting windy but none here right now. appears we are maybe .3 or .4" its hard to tell cos its dark, wet, slippery and cold lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaryWx Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 copious amounts of sleet now falling in Cary Edit: we are a balmy 19 degrees now btw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 And here comes the sleet. Snow/Sleet 50/50 mix going on right now. Coming down hard and heavy. 16 degrees 5.5" before the sleet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue_Ridge_Escarpment Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Almost 2 inches of pure IP here and still coming down hard lol never seen anything like this in 25 years here No doubt, an absolute raging sleet storm. Kind of glad we stayed pure sleet instead of snow then sleet so we could witness over 2 inches of sleet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strongwxnc Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Heavy sleet coming through the county now! Amazing. The fetch come out of nega and the upstate, has been very steady for the last five hours. Trying to image this without a warm noise ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wow Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Trying to image this without a warm noise ... Oh just don't. Enjoy the sleet sledding tomorrow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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