ABC 33/40 EWARN: Winter Storm Watch

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
230 PM CST THU JAN 27 2005

ALZ006>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-281000-
CULLMAN-DE KALB-FRANKLIN TN-JACKSON-LINCOLN-MADISON-MARSHALL-MOORE-
MORGAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CULLMAN...FAYETTEVILLE...FORT PAYNE...
GUNTERSVILLE...HARTSELLE...HUNTSVILLE...LYNCHBURG...SCOTTSBORO...
WINCHESTER
230 PM CST THU JAN 27 2005

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING FOR NORTHEAST ALABAMA AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE
TENNESSEE...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WATCH. THE POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF
ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING OVER THE AREA EAST OF I-65.

HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE MID ATLANTIC STATES WILL ENABLE COLD DRY AIR
TO PUSH INTO PORTIONS OF NORTH ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
TONIGHT AND THROUGH THE DAY ON FRIDAY. A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM OVER
THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL MOVE EAST DURING THE DAY FRIDAY...SPREADING
WARM MOIST AIR AHEAD OF IT. AS THE MOISTURE DEEPENS AND OVERRUNS THE
SHALLOW COLD AIR MASS IN PLACE...PRECIPITATION WILL START AS EARLY AS
FRIDAY AFTERNOON IN NORTHERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

THE PRECIPITATION WILL START AS A LIGHT MIX OF RAIN AND SLEET
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...BUT WITH GROUND TEMPERATURES RELATIVELY WARM...
ICE ACCUMULATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT FIRST. AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES
AND LOW-LEVEL TEMPERATURES DROP...A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN IS
POSSIBLE FOR SEVERAL HOURS FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS TREE LIMBS...POWER LINES...BRIDGES...AND
OVERPASSES WILL ACCUMULATE ICE FIRST...FOLLOWED BY ACCUMULATIONS ON
ROADS.

THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE IN THE HILLS AND
MOUNTAINS WHERE TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW FREEZING LONGER THAN
IN THE LOWER AREAS.

REMEMBER THAT A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE PROVIDER FOR LATER
STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER
EVENT.

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