ABC 33/40 EWARN: Winter Storm Watch

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
431 AM CST FRI FEB 10 2006

...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE NORTH OF THE TENNESSEE RIVER TONIGHT...

.A SURFACE LOW WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN ALABAMA TONIGHT AND
SPREAD A SHIELD OF PRECIPITATION NORTHWARD OVER THE TENNESSEE
VALLEY. AS COLD AIR TO THE NORTH IS DRAWN INTO SOUTHERN MIDDLE
TENNESSEE AND NORTHERN ALABAMA THIS EVENING...CONDITIONS WILL BECOME
FAVORABLE FOR A CHANGEOVER FROM RAIN TO SNOW. THE SNOW COULD
ACCUMULATE TO 1 TO 3 INCHES BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY ACROSS SOUTHERN
MIDDLE TENNESSEE...AND IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NORTH ALABAMA NEAR
THE TENNESSEE BORDER.

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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLORENCE...ATHENS...HUNTSVILLE...
SCOTTSBORO...LYNCHBURG...FAYETTEVILLE...WINCHESTER
431 AM CST FRI FEB 10 2006

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING
THROUGH 6 AM CST SATURDAY.

RAIN WILL BEGIN LATER THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHERN ALABAMA AND
SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. AS COLD AIR IS DRAWN IN FROM THE NORTH
THIS EVENING...A CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW IS EXPECTED.

THE BEST CHANCE OF ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE ACROSS SOUTHERN
MIDDLE TENNESSEE...AND THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NORTHERN ALABAMA NEAR
THE TENNESSEE BORDER. BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF
1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THAT AREA. ELSEWHERE ALONG AND
NORTH OF THE TENNESSEE RIVER...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE
INCH ARE POSSIBLE.

THE SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL DEPEND MAINLY ON TEMPERATURES TONIGHT.
BASED ON THE PROJECTED PATH OF THE SURFACE LOW...THE TEMPERATURES
ARE FORECAST TO DROP TO AROUND FREEZING OVERNIGHT IN THE WATCH
AREA. A SHIFT IN THE TRACK OF THE LOW TO THE NORTH WOULD RESULT IN
WARMER TEMPERATURES AND LESSER SNOW ACCUMULATION.

INTERESTS ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR
THEIR WEATHER RADIO OR NEWS SOURCES FOR UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIAL
SNOW EVENT.

REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.

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