ABC 33/40 EWARN: Winter Storm Watch

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1130 AM CST SAT DEC 25 2004

...SIGNIFICANT WINTRY PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS SECTIONS
OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...

.AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVES EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF
MEXICO...MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD
ACROSS SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. WITH COLD AIR ALREADY IN PLACE
AND TEMPERATURES AROUND OR JUST BELOW FREEZING...SIGNIFICANT WINTRY
PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85 TONIGHT.

AT THIS TIME...THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BEGIN AS RAIN THIS
EVENING BUT QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO A RAIN/SLEET MIX THEN TO
SNOW OVERNIGHT. AS MOISTURE SPREADS NORTHWARD AND TEMPERATURES
REMAIN BELOW FREEZING...ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PIKE,
BULLOCK, BARBOUR, AND RUSSELL COUNTIES LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING.

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BARBOUR-BULLOCK-PIKE-RUSSELL-
1130 AM CST SAT DEC 25 2004

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT...

RAIN WILL LIKELY MIX WITH SLEET THIS EVENING...THEN CHANGE OVER TO
ALL SNOW AROUND MIDNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOWFALL
ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS BARBOUR...BULLOCK...PIKE...AND RUSSELL COUNTIES
BY SUNDAY MORNING.

REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.

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