ABC 33/40 EWARN: Winter Storm Warning

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
109 AM CST SAT FEB 18 2006

....WINTER WEATHER EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ALABAMA TODAY...

.COLD AIR WILL CONTINUE TO FILTER INTO THE AREA OVERNIGHT ALLOWING
TEMPERATURES TO FALL TO NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING. DURING THE SAME
TIME...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA WILL
SPREAD PRECIPITATION EASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA. TEMPERATURES WILL
BE COLD ENOUGH FOR A MIXTURE OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET
ACROSS THE AREA. THE BEST CHANCE OF ANY ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE WILL
BE ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM VERNON TO JASPER...AND THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM ONEONTA...TO
ANNISTON...AND HEFLIN. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF SATURDAY
EVENING...ENDING AS LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SNOW FLURRIES
THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

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MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMILTON...SULLIGENT...VERNON...
FAYETTE...DOUBLE SPRINGS...JASPER
109 AM CST SAT FEB 18 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.
THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

AN AREA OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER
NORTHWEST ALABAMA BETWEEN 3 AND 6 AM THIS MORNING. THE
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE HEAVIEST BETWEEN 6 AM AND 3 PM...
WHERE ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY APPROACH ONE-QUARTER OF AN INCH...
ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM VERNON TO JASPER.
MARION AND WINSTON COUNTIES APPEAR TO BE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE
TO SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM. THE
PRECIPITATION SHOULD END THIS EVENING...TAPERING OFF AS FREEZING
DRIZZLE OR SNOW FLURRIES THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. 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 WINTER WEATHER SITUATION.

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/O.NEW.KBMX.WW.Y.0002.060218T1200Z-060219T0600Z/
BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN-CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-ST. CLAIR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONEONTA...GADSDEN...ANNISTON...CENTRE...
HEFLIN...PELL CITY...MOODY
109 AM CST SAT FEB 18 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.

RAIN WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD OVER NORTHEAST ALABAMA AFTER 6 AM.
TEMPERATURES WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME COLD ENOUGH FOR THE RAIN TO
BE MIXED WITH AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...MAINLY ACROSS
THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM ONEONTA TO
ANNISTON...TO HEFLIN BETWEEN 9 AM THROUGH 6 PM. LIGHT ICE
ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 0.05 OF AN INCH...WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS
THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NORTHEAST ALABAMA. THE PRECIPITATION
SHOULD END LATE THIS EVENING...TAPERING OFF AS FREEZING DRIZZLE OR
SNOW FLURRIES THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING. 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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