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Saturday, February 28, 2009

Winter Storm Watch

From ABC 33/40 E-Warn :

WWUS44 KBMX 282116
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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
316 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2009

...WINTER WEATHER POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT
AND SUNDAY...

.A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL DROP SOUTHEAST INTO THE AREA
LATE TONIGHT AND ESPECIALLY DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY. AS THE COLD
AIR AND MOISTURE MOVE INTO THE AREA...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
FIRST IN THE NORTHWEST SECTIONS LATER TONIGHT AND POSSIBLY ACROSS
THE ENTIRE AREA ON SUNDAY.


ALZ011>015-017-022>025-034-010615-
/O.NEW.KBMX.WW.Y.0001.090301T0600Z-090301T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KBMX.WS.A.0001.090301T1200Z-090301T2100Z/
MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-
JEFFERSON-SHELBY-BIBB-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMILTON...SULLIGENT...VERNON...
FAYETTE...DOUBLE SPRINGS...JASPER...ONEONTA...CARROLLTON...
TUSCALOOSA...BIRMINGHAM...HOOVER...COLUMBIANA...PELHAM...
ALABASTER...CENTREVILLE
316 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
6 AM CST SUNDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN
ISSUED. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

RAIN BECOMING MIXED WITH SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP NEAR
MIDNIGHT...THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATION
UP TO ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ON GRASSY
SURFACES...ALTHOUGH SOME ELEVATED ROAD SURFACES COULD BECOME SLICK.

ON SUNDAY AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES THROUGH...SOME SNOW ACCUMULATION
WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA...ALTHOUGH A GREAT DEAL OF
UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE AMOUNTS AND LOCATIONS REMAIN AT THIS TIME.
AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...MORE INFORMATION WILL
BECOME AVAILABLE.

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.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS.

$$

ALZ018>021-026>033-035>050-010615-
/O.NEW.KBMX.WS.A.0001.090301T1200Z-090301T2100Z/
ETOWAH-CALHOUN-CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-ST. CLAIR-TALLADEGA-CLAY-
RANDOLPH-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-CHILTON-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-
CHAMBERS-MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE-MONTGOMERY-MACON-
BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GADSDEN...ANNISTON...CENTRE...HEFLIN...
PELL CITY...MOODY...TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA...ASHLAND...ROANOKE...
LIVINGSTON...EUTAW...GREENSBORO...MOUNDVILLE...MARION...CLANTON...
ROCKFORD...ALEXANDER CITY...DADEVILLE...VALLEY...LANETT...
LAFAYETTE...DEMOPOLIS...LINDEN...SELMA...PRATTVILLE...
FORT DEPOSIT...HAYNEVILLE...WETUMPKA...TALLASSEE...MONTGOMERY...
TUSKEGEE...UNION SPRINGS...AUBURN...OPELIKA...PHENIX CITY...
TROY...EUFAULA
316 PM CST SAT FEB 28 2009

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

ON SUNDAY AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE AREA...SOME
SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALTHOUGH A GREAT DEAL OF
UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE AMOUNTS AND LOCATIONS REMAIN AT THIS TIME.
AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...MORE INFORMATION WILL
BECOME AVAILABLE.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS.

$$

KSL


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