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 BIRMINGHAM AL
101 PM CST FRI JAN 25 2008

...ANOTHER BOUT OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION EXPECTED TONIGHT...

.A WINTRY MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND POSSIBLY SNOW
IS ANTICIPATED TONIGHT FOR AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 20. SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY WARM OVERNIGHT
IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF INTERSTATE 20...SO SOME PLACES IN
THIS AREA WILL EXPERIENCE LIGHT RAIN AS THE PRECIPITATION COMES TO
AN END SATURDAY MORNING.

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MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN-
CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR-
TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-BIBB-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMILTON...SULLIGENT...VERNON...
FAYETTE...DOUBLE SPRINGS...JASPER...ONEONTA...GADSDEN...
ANNISTON...CENTRE...HEFLIN...CARROLLTON...TUSCALOOSA...
BIRMINGHAM...HOOVER...COLUMBIANA...PELHAM...ALABASTER...
PELL CITY...MOODY...TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA...ASHLAND...ROANOKE...
LIVINGSTON...EUTAW...GREENSBORO...MOUNDVILLE...CENTREVILLE
101 PM CST FRI JAN 25 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
8 AM CST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
8 AM CST SATURDAY MORNING.

A WINTRY MIXTURE OF PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD WEST TO EAST ACROSS
NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA TONIGHT. AREAS WEST OF INTERSTATE 65 WILL
EXPERIENCE THE ONSET OF PRECIPITATION MAINLY BETWEEN 6 PM AND 8
PM...WHILE AREAS EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 WILL START MAINLY BETWEEN
8 PM AND 10 PM. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND ONE
TENTH OF AN INCH AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE HALF OF AN
INCH ARE POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT WILL HOVER NEAR THE FREEZING
MARK. SLICK SPOTS ARE ANTICIPATED ON AREA ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY ON
ELEVATED AND EXPOSED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES...OVERPASSES...TREES...
AND POWER LINES. THE PRECIPITATION WILL END SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE
IN THE ADVISORY AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE ABOVE FREEZING BY
SATURDAY AFTERNOON MELTING ANY ICE THAT ACCUMULATES.

THIS IS A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING WINTER WEATHER SITUATION. STAY TUNED
TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR LATER
STATEMENTS OR LISTEN FOR A POTENTIAL UPGRADE TO A WARNING.

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

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