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Friday, January 25, 2008

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

From ABC 33/40 E-Warn :

WWUS44 KHUN 252036
WSWHUN

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
236 PM CST FRI JAN 25 2008

...WINTRY MIX EXPECTED ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY...

.A WEATHER SYSTEM MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS LOUISIANA TOWARDS
ALABAMA COUPLED WITH A COLD AIR MASS AND GROUND TEMPERATURES...WILL
BRING LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET TONIGHT...FOLLOWED BY A PERIOD OF
FREEZING DRIZZLE.

ALZ001>004-260445-
/O.NEW.KHUN.WW.Y.0002.080126T0100Z-080126T1400Z/
LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLORENCE...MUSCLE SHOALS...
RUSSELLVILLE...MOULTON
236 PM CST FRI JAN 25 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO
8 AM CST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO
8 AM CST SATURDAY.

PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
TO ACCUMULATE AROUND 7 PM ACROSS NORTHWEST ALABAMA. ACCUMULATIONS
WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH. HOWEVER...DUE TO THE TEMPERATURE
REMAINING AROUND FREEZING...ANY ACCUMULATION WILL REMAIN ON THE
GROUND THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.

THE SNOW AND SLEET IS THEN EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING
DRIZZLE BY 3 AM...LEAVING A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE. ALL PRECIPITATION
WILL THEN END BY AROUND 8 AM TOMORROW MORNING...FOLLOWED BY
TEMPERATURES RISING ABOVE FREEZING.

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.

$$

ALZ005>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-260445-
/O.NEW.KHUN.WW.Y.0002.080126T0300Z-080126T1400Z/
LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN-MARSHALL-JACKSON-DE KALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-
LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATHENS...HUNTSVILLE...DECATUR...
GUNTERSVILLE...SCOTTSBORO...FORT PAYNE...CULLMAN...LYNCHBURG...
FAYETTEVILLE...WINCHESTER
236 PM CST FRI JAN 25 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
8 AM CST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
8 AM CST SATURDAY.

PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
TO ACCUMULATE AROUND 9 PM ACROSS NORTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN
MIDDLE TENNESSEE. ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE GREATEST SOUTH OF THE
TENNESSEE RIVER...MAINLY IN CULLMAN...MARSHALL AND SOUTHERN DEKALB
COUNTIES WHERE 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. FURTHER NORTH...TRACE
TO LESS THAN AN INCH OF ACCUMULATION IS ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER...DUE
TO THE TEMPERATURE REMAINING AROUND FREEZING...ANY ACCUMULATION
WILL REMAIN ON THE GROUND THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.

AFTER THE SNOW AND SLEET ENDS BY 3 OR 4 AM...A PERIOD OF FREEZING DRIZZLE
WILL LEAVE A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE...ESPECIALLY AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE
1000 FEET. ALL PRECIPITATION WILL THEN END BY AROUND 8 AM TOMORROW
MORNING...FOLLOWED BY TEMPERATURES RISING ABOVE FREEZING.

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.

$$

LATIMER/KULA


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