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

From ABC 33/40 E-Warn :

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
250 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 THROUGH TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL
DROP CLOSE TO THE FREEZING MARK LATE TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY AT
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 TONIGHT 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
250 PM CST FRI FEB 17 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
6 PM CST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
6 PM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

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

AT THIS TIME...THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AS MAINLY
RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT...CHANGING TO A MIX OF SLEET AND
RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL BE
OF GREATEST CONCERN OVER SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...AND EXTREME
NORTH ALABAMA...ESPECIALLY IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS. DURING THE DAY
SATURDAY...SLEET IS EXPECTED TO BE THE PREDOMINANT PRECIPITATION
TYPE...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN EARLY IN THE DAY.
AT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...THE SLEET
WILL MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THE DAY.

DUE TO THE MULTIPLE PRECIPITATION TYPES EXPECTED...ACCUMULATIONS
WILL VARY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 0.15 INCH ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY
IN EXTREME NORTHWEST ALABAMA...AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NORTH
ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO
ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION...WITH A COMBINED SLEET
AND SNOW ACCUMULATION OF ONE TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE AT HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

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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JE

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