ABC 33/40 E-WARN: Winter Storm Watch

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
528 AM CST THU JAN 27 2005

...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR EAST-CENTRAL ALABAMA FOR FRIDAY
NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...

.AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES
WILL MOVE ACROSS THE MIDWEST STATES FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. THIS SYSTEM
WILL BRING GULF MOISTURE NORTHWARD INTO ALABAMA. AT THE SAME TIME...
EASTERLY FLOW AT THE SURFACE WILL PUSH A DRY AND COLD AIRMASS INTO
ALABAMA FROM GEORGIA. THE COMBINATION OF MOISTURE ALOFT MOVING OVER
COLDER AND DRIER AIR AT THE SURFACE WILL RESULT IN THE POSSIBILITY OF
FREEZING RAIN FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING IN AND CLOSE TO
THE WATCH AREA.

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528 AM CST THU JAN 27 2005

...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR EAST-CENTRAL ALABAMA FOR FRIDAY
NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WATCH. THE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED DUE TO POSSIBILITY OF
A FREEZING RAIN EVENT. PRECIPITATION...IN THE FORM OF RAIN MIXED WITH
SLEET...WILL MOVE INTO THE WATCH AREA FRIDAY AFTERNOON. AT THIS
TIME...SURFACE TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE ABOVE FREEZING IN THE WATCH
AREA FRIDAY AFTERNOON...SO NO TRAVEL PROBLEMS ARE EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL FRIDAY EVENING AS THE RAIN FALLS
INTO RELATIVELY DRIER AIR AT THE SURFACE. THIS PROCESS...CALLED
EVAPORATIVE COOLING...WILL CAUSE TEMPERATURES TO FALL TO THE
FREEZING MARK AROUND MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES IN THE
WATCH AREA WILL LIKELY REMAIN JUST BELOW THE FREEZING MARK UNTIL
LATE SATURDAY MORNING...MEANING ANY RAIN THAT FALLS WILL FREEZE
ON IMPACT.

ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE WATCH AREA MAY BECOME SLICK
AND HAZARDOUS. ACCUMULATION OF ICE ON ROADWAYS...BRIDGES AND
OVERPASSES WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS.

THERE COULD BE CHANGES IN THE TIMING AND PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS...
SO COUNTIES MAY BE ADDED OR REMOVED AS THE EVENT DRAWS CLOSER.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE PROVIDER FOR LATER
STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER EVENT.


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