Friday, January 29, 2010

Winter Storm Warning North Alabama

2" of snow/sleet/ice can be expected. Here is the NWS office text.
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
922 AM CST FRI JAN 29 2010

ALZ006-007-292330-
/O.UPG.KHUN.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-100130T1500Z/
/O.EXA.KHUN.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100130T1800Z/
MADISON-MORGAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUNTSVILLE...DECATUR
922 AM CST FRI JAN 29 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND MIXED PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH TODAY
THROUGH SATURDAY...SPREADING PRECIPITATION NORTHWARD ACROSS THE
TENNESSEE VALLEY. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL
CONTINUE...WITH A CHANGE OVER TO MOSTLY RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW THIS
AFTERNOON.

AS TEMPERATURES SLOWLY RISE DURING THE AFTERNOON INTO THE
EVENING...A GRADUAL CHANGE OVER TO PRIMARILY RAIN AND SLEET IS
EXPECTED TONIGHT.

WITH COLD AIR WRAPPING AROUND THE BACK SIDE OF THE DEPARTING
SYSTEM ON SATURDAY MORNING...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL ALLOW FOR
THE POSSIBILITY OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE ON
SATURDAY MORNING.

TOTAL SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH
ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS BEFORE
NOON SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEAR FREEZING THROUGHOUT
THE REMAINDER OF SATURDAY...SO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE
LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

ALZ001>005-292330-
/O.UPG.KHUN.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-100130T1200Z/
/O.EXA.KHUN.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100130T1800Z/
LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLORENCE...MUSCLE SHOALS...
RUSSELLVILLE...MOULTON...ATHENS
922 AM CST FRI JAN 29 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND MIXED PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH TODAY
THROUGH SATURDAY...SPREADING PRECIPITATION NORTHWARD ACROSS THE
TENNESSEE VALLEY. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL
CONTINUE...WITH A CHANGE OVER TO MOSTLY RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW THIS
AFTERNOON.

AS TEMPERATURES SLOWLY RISE DURING THE AFTERNOON INTO THE
EVENING...A GRADUAL CHANGE OVER TO PRIMARILY RAIN AND SLEET IS
EXPECTED TONIGHT.

WITH COLD AIR WRAPPING AROUND THE BACK SIDE OF THE DEPARTING
SYSTEM ON SATURDAY MORNING...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL ALLOW FOR
THE POSSIBILITY OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE ON
SATURDAY MORNING.

TOTAL SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH
ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS POSSIBLE
BEFORE NOON SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEAR FREEZING
THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF SATURDAY...SO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

TNZ076-096-097-292330-
/O.CON.KHUN.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100130T1800Z/
MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LYNCHBURG...FAYETTEVILLE...WINCHESTER
922 AM CST FRI JAN 29 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
SATURDAY...

A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH TODAY
THROUGH SATURDAY...SPREADING PRECIPITATION NORTHWARD ACROSS THE
TENNESSEE VALLEY. WITH A COLD AIRMASS ALREADY IN PLACE...THE
PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE AS A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...
SLEET...AND SNOW LATE THIS MORNING IN SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
WITH A GRADUAL CHANGEOVER TO PREDOMINANTLY SLEET AND SNOW THIS
AFTERNOON.

COMBINED ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET AND SNOW OF TWO TO THREE INCHES
ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ALTHOUGH SOME
MINOR ACCUMULATION OF ICE DUE TO FREEZING RAIN CANNOT BE RULED
OUT.

TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY RISE THIS EVENING INTO THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS OF SATURDAY...ALLOWING A CHANGE OVER
PRIMARILY TO RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. THEN...
TEMPERATURES SHOULD FALL TO THE FREEZING MARK AGAIN BY DAYBREAK
SATURDAY MORNING...WITH LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE
CONTINUING ACROSS THE AREA. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE
AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS WILL BE POSSIBLE BY DAYBREAK
SATURDAY.

TEMPERATURES ARE NOT FORECAST TO CLIMB ABOVE FREEZING FOR THE
REMAINDER OF SATURDAY...SO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY
TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
VERY HAZARDOUS.

&&

$$

ALZ008>010-016-292330-
/O.EXT.KHUN.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-100130T2100Z/
MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUNTERSVILLE...SCOTTSBORO...
FORT PAYNE...CULLMAN
922 AM CST FRI JAN 29 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST
SATURDAY...

AS TEMPERATURES SLOWLY RISE DURING THE AFTERNOON INTO THE
EVENING...A GRADUAL CHANGE OVER TO PRIMARILY RAIN AND SLEET IS
EXPECTED TONIGHT.

WITH COLD AIR WRAPPING AROUND THE BACK SIDE OF THE DEPARTING
SYSTEM ON SATURDAY MORNING...A CHANGE OVER BACK TO LIGHT FREEZING
RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED ON SATURDAY MORNING. ICE
ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS WILL BE
POSSIBLE BEFORE 3 PM SATURDAY.

TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEAR FREEZING THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER
OF SATURDAY...SO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO
CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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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