how severe is normal?

There is “severe weather alert” on yahoo weather web site for some counties of Georgia. The reason for it is “...WINTER PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY... ” Wow [silent for a while… thinking… checking calendar… thinking… reading again]. Is winter precipitation during the winter time something severe? I though winter precipitation for winter is normal, while winter precipitation for summer would be a severe weather condition. Oh wait… is al already summer? [pause… checking the calendar again… hmm… not according to my calendar]

Well, maybe ice and snow is something unusual for Georgia, but then why don’t you just refer to them as ice and snow??