12:20am EST: Civil Emergency Issued in South Carolina; Rains Moving In

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AccuWeather Regional Radar at 12:08am Wednesday:

Freezing rain (purple) has begun in northern Georgia and will expand in size as temperatures fall during the night.

A state of civil emergency is in effect for the entire State of South Carolina where non-essential traffic is banned due to the ice and snow storm.

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  1. AliciaFebruary 12, 2014 at 7:15 AM

    Mike, could you give me an official link where it states that non-essential traffic is banned in SC? I'd be only too happy to have it. Thank you.

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  2. Mike SmithFebruary 12, 2014 at 7:55 AM

    BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
    CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE
    SOUTH CAROLINA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
    RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
    1055 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2014

    THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE SOUTH
    CAROLINA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY COLUMBIA SOUTH CAROLINA.

    A STATE OF EMERGENCY IS IN EFFECT. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
    HAS ISSUED SEVERE WINTER WEATHER ALERTS FOR MOST OF SOUTH
    CAROLINA...PREDICTING SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. POWER
    OUTAGES AND DANGEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY. MONITOR LOCAL
    MEDIA FOR CHANGES IN CONDITIONS. SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
    PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION URGE MOTORISTS
    TO STAY OFF THE ROADWAYS. IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY DIAL 9 1 1.
    FOR THE STATUS OF GOVERNMENT OFFICES STATEWIDE VISIT SCEMD.ORG.

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