ABC 33/40 EWARN: Winter Storm Watch
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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
258 PM CST FRI FEB 17 2006
....WINTER WEATHER EXPECTED OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ALABAMA THIS WEEKEND...
.A COLD FRONT HAS PASSED THROUGH THE STATE AND COLD AIR WILL
FUNNEL SOUTHWARD TONIGHT AS A LARGE DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE
MIDWEST STATES SINKS SOUTHWARD. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL
MOVE OVER THE DOME OF COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE...WHICH WILL RESULT
IN A MIXTURE OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. THE BEST CHANCE OF
ANY ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM
SULLIGENT TO JASPER...TO LOCUST FORK...TO ANNISTON...AND HEFLIN.
ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL THROUGH
30S DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES IN THE WATCH AREA WILL
FALL TO NEAR FREEZING OR JUST BELOW... AND SOME LOCATIONS COULD
SEE ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE-QUARTER OF AN INCH...ESPECIALLY
ON RAISED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES...TREES...AND POWER LINES.
THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS THE UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES OFF TO THE EAST...ENDING AS EITHER LIGHT
FREEZING DRIZZLE OR SNOW FLURRIES.
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/O.EXT.KBMX.WS.A.0001.060218T0900Z-060219T0000Z/
MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMILTON...SULLIGENT...VERNON...
FAYETTE...DOUBLE SPRINGS...JASPER
258 PM CST FRI FEB 17 2006
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...
THE COMBINATION OF A NORTHERLY FLOW OF COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE...
AND AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PASSING ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA
SATURDAY...WILL BRING THE THREAT OF FREEZING RAIN TO THE AREA
STARTING BETWEEN 3 AND 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING...AND LASTING THROUGH
THE DAY SATURDAY. THE MAIN THREAT FOR SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL BE
ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM SULLIGENT TO JASPER. ICE ACCUMULATIONS
MAY APPROACH ONE-QUARTER OF AN INCH. ICE ACCUMULATING ON ELEVATED
ROADS AND BRIDGES MAY MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...AND SPOTTY POWER
OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA ARE EXPECTED TO
FALL OR HOVER NEAR THE FREEZING MARK DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. THE
STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OUT OF THE AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND
AS IT DOES...THE PRECIPITATION WILL SWITCH OVER TO EITHER LIGHT
FREEZING DRIZZLE OR SNOW FLURRIES.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
SIGNIFICANT SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS CAN ALSO CAUSE DAMAGE TO
TREES AND POWER LINES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR OTHER
LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST ON THIS POTENTIAL WINTER
WEATHER SITUATION.
$$
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/O.EXT.KBMX.WS.A.0001.060218T1200Z-060219T0000Z/
BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN-CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-ST. CLAIR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONEONTA...GADSDEN...ANNISTON...CENTRE...
HEFLIN...PELL CITY...MOODY
258 PM CST FRI FEB 17 2006
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...
THE COMBINATION OF A NORTHERLY FLOW OF COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE...
AND AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PASSING ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA
SATURDAY...WILL BRING THE THREAT OF FREEZING RAIN TO THE AREA
DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. THE MAIN THREAT FOR SIGNIFICANT ICING
WILL BE NORTH OF A LINE FROM WARRIOR...TO SPRINGVILLE...TO
ANNISTON...TO HEFLIN. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO TWO-TENTHS OF AN
INCH ARE POSSIBLE. ICE ACCUMULATING ON ELEVATED ROADS AND BRIDGES
MAY MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS...AND SPOTTY POWER OUTAGES MAY BE
POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THIS AREA ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO OR
HOVER NEAR THE FREEZING MARK DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. THE STORM IS
EXPECTED TO MOVE OUT OF THE AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND AS IT
DOES...THE PRECIPITATION WILL SWITCH OVER TO EITHER LIGHT
FREEZING DRIZZLE OR SNOW FLURRIES.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
SIGNIFICANT SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS CAN ALSO CAUSE DAMAGE TO
TREES AND POWER LINES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR OTHER
LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST ON THIS POTENTIAL WINTER
WEATHER SITUATION.
$$
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