ABC 33/40 EWARN: Winter Weather Warnings, Watches, Advisories

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1058 PM CST FRI FEB 17 2006

...WINTRY PRECIPITATION EXPECTED ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY...

.A SHALLOW COLD AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE TO FILTER INTO THE TENNESSEE
VALLEY OVERNIGHT AND SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP CLOSE TO NEAR
FREEZING OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...AND
LIKELY CONTINUE TO DROP THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY. AT THE SAME
TIME...AN UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
WILL SPREAD PRECIPITATION INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY OVERNIGHT AND
SATURDAY.

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LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN-
MARSHALL-JACKSON-DE KALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLORENCE...MUSCLE SHOALS...
RUSSELLVILLE...MOULTON...ATHENS...HUNTSVILLE...DECATUR...
GUNTERSVILLE...SCOTTSBORO...FORT PAYNE...CULLMAN...LYNCHBURG...
FAYETTEVILLE...WINCHESTER
1058 PM CST FRI FEB 17 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
SATURDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
SATURDAY.

PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TONIGHT...
WHILE A SHALLOW COLD AIR MASS REMAINS IN PLACE. TEMPERATURES
TONIGHT WILL DROP TO AROUND FREEZING...AND CONTINUED NORTH WINDS
WILL HOLD TEMPERATURES STEADY OR POSSIBLY CAUSE THEM TO DROP
THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY.

AT THIS TIME...THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AS MAINLY
RAIN...MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET OVERNIGHT. FOR LAUDERDALE
COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA...AND THE TENNESSEE COUNTIES OF
LINCOLN...MOORE...AND FRANKLIN...A CHANGE TO ALL LIGHT SNOW IS
EXPECTED FOR THE PERIOD BETWEEN 8 AM AND 2 PM SATURDAY...DIMINISHING
TO FLURRIES LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1
TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE
HIGHEST MOUNTAINS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 0.15 INCH WILL BE
POSSIBLE.

FOR THE REST OF NORTHERN ALABAMA...EXCEPT CULLMAN COUNTY...A MIX
OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 4 AM AND 8 AM.
THEN MAINLY A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 8 AM AND
2 PM...DIMINISHING AS FLURRIES LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TOTAL SLEET
AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE.

IN CULLMAN COUNTY...THE PRECIPITATION WILL START AS RAIN TOWARD
DAYBREAK SATURDAY WITH FREEZING RAIN LIKELY IN THE HILLS AND
MOUNTAINS. THAT PRECIPITATION COMBINATION WILL CONTINUE UNTIL
AROUND NOONTIME SATURDAY. DURING SATURDAY AFTERNOON THERE COULD BE
A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET BEFORE DIMINISHING AS FLURRIES IN THE
EARLY EVENING. FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 1/10 INCH
WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN 1 INCH.

INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD MONITOR FUTURE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
PRODUCTS FOR THE MOST UP TO DATE INFORMATION...INCLUDING POTENTIAL
ACCUMULATION AMOUNTS.

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.

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