Lamar now under ice storm warning

UPDATE: The City of Barnesville will open up the civic center as a shelter for those without power. If you need help getting there, call the sheriff’s office at 770.358.5159 for help.If you see news happening or experience power outages or other issues, report them to barnesville.com. You may leave a message at 770.358.NEWS, e-mail news@barnesville.com or contact us via twitter: @waltergeigerIce Storm WarningURGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGENATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA430 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014GAZ052>054-056-058>062-066>076-081>086-094>098-121200-/O.CAN.KFFC.WS.W.0002.140212T0000Z-140213T1800Z//O.NEW.KFFC.IS.W.0001.140212T0000Z-140213T1800Z/HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-SPALDING-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…NEWNAN…PEACHTREE CITY…GRIFFIN…MILLEDGEVILLE…MACON…SWAINSBORO…WARNER ROBINS…DUBLIN430 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014…ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM ESTTHURSDAY……WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED BUT HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH ANICE STORM WARNING…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED AN ICESTORM WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PMEST THURSDAY. AN ICE STORM WARNING HAS IMPACTS WHICH ARE AS GREATOR GREATER THAN THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE ISTHE ICE STORM WARNING AREA WILL HAVE MORE ICE THAN SNOW WITH ITSIMPACTS FOR THIS EVENT.* LOCATIONS…ALONG AND EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM FRANKLIN TO NEWNAN AND PEACHTREE CITY TO WARRENTON.* HAZARD TYPES…MAINLY FREEZING RAIN WITH SOME SNOW AND SLEET.* TIMING…SNOW…SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT…GENERALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL GRADUALLY CHANGEOVER TO ALL FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE ACTIVITY SHOULD END AS LIGHT SNOW LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING.* IMPACTS…THESE HIGH ICE ACCUMULATION AMOUNTS WILL MAKE TRAVEL IMPOSSIBLE. THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE A CATASTROPHIC EVENT. WIDESPREAD AND EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY AS ICE ACCUMULATES ON TREES AND POWERLINES AND BRINGS THEM DOWN. PLEASE PREPARE TO BE WITHOUT POWER IN SOME LOCATIONS FOR DAYS AND PERHAPS AS LONG AS A WEEK. ONCE THE ICE BEGINS TO MELT ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY…FALLING ICE FROM BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL CREATE AN ADDITIONAL HAZARD.* WINDS…NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. THESE WIND SPEEDS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ICE WILL EXACERBATE THE POTENTIAL FOR FALLING TREES.* TEMPERATURES…IN THE LOWER 30S AND DROPPING INTO THE UPPER 20S.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR ICE MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHERCONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS ICE AREFORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS AND IMPOSSIBLE IN MOSTCASES. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL…KEEP ANEXTRA FLASHLIGHT…FOOD… AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OFAN EMERGENCY. WITH THE FORECAST ICE AMOUNTS…WIDESPREAD POWEROUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN THE WEDNESDAY TO WEDNESDAYNIGHT TIME PERIOD.A LAYER OF ICE…COMBINED WITH WINDY CONDITIONS…IS EXPECTED TOBREAK TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM THESEHAZARDS…AND PREPARE FOR POWER OUTAGES BY HAVING FLASHLIGHTS ANDEMERGENCY SUPPLIES READY.