ABC 33/40 EWARN: Winter Storm Watch

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1036 PM CST FRI FEB 17 2006

....WINTER WEATHER EXPECTED OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ALABAMA ON SATURDAY...

.PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD EASTWARD FROM ARKANSAS ACROSS NORTHERN
MISSISSIPPI TO NORTHWEST ALABAMA BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...AND
THE PRECIPITATION WILL PERSIST OVER THE AREA ON SATURDAY. THE
HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 6 AM AND NOON.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR THE PRECIPITATION TO BE 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 ONEONTA...TO ANNISTON...AND HEFLIN. 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...ENDING AS
EITHER LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE OR SNOW FLURRIES.

ALZ011>015-180900-
/O.CON.KBMX.WS.A.0001.060218T0900Z-060219T0000Z/
MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMILTON...SULLIGENT...VERNON...
FAYETTE...DOUBLE SPRINGS...JASPER
1036 PM CST FRI FEB 17 2006

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CST SATURDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CST SATURDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

AN AREA OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER
NORTHWEST ALABAMA BETWEEN 3 AND 6 AM ON SATURDAY. THE
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE HEAVIEST BETWEEN 6 AM AND
NOON...WHERE ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY APPROACH ONE-QUARTER OF AN
INCH...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM SULLIGENT TO
JASPER. MARION AND WINSTON COUNTIES APPEAR TO BE PARTICULARLY
VULNERABLE TO SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS STORM
SYSTEM.

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.

$$

ALZ017>021-026-180900-
/O.CON.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
1036 PM CST FRI FEB 17 2006

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST SATURDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST SATURDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

RAIN WILL SPREAD OVER NORTHEAST ALABAMA AFTER 6 AM ON SATURDAY.
TEMPERATURES MAY BECOME COLD ENOUGH FOR THE RAIN TO BE MIXED WITH
AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...PARTICULARLY ALONG AND NORTH OF
A LINE FROM ONEONTA TO GADSDEN...TO CENTRE...AS WELL AS HIGHER
ELEVATIONS SOUTH OF THAT LINE. THE FREEZING LINE WILL MOVE SLOWLY
TO THE SOUTH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

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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