Full Notification

National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch in effect for Saluda County area thru Thursday Morning

DANGEROUS WINTER STORM MAY OCCUR TUESDAY AFTERNOON 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 FROM COLUMBIA
NORTHWARD LATE TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP. A
MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS LIKELY FROM COLUMBIA NORTHWARD
TUESDAY. A CHANGE TO MAINLY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL LIKELY
OCCUR FROM COLUMBIA NORTHWARD TUESDAY NIGHT.

A CHANGEOVER TO WINTER-TYPE PRECIPITATION 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 WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BE IN THE FORM OF
FREEZING RAIN. 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 COLUMBIA. 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 POSSIBLE.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL OF SNOW...SLEET OR
FREEZING RAIN MEETING WARNING CRITERIA. 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 60 PERCENT.