Winter Weather Advisory

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
314 PM CST WED JAN 6 2010

...WINTRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE TENNESSEE VALLEY
BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT...

.MOISTURE POOLING AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL RESULT IN
ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. ONE TO TWO INCHES
OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS TENNESSEE
VALLEY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON...WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE SNOW
TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AS MUCH
COLDER AND DRIER AIR MOVES INTO THE AREA. RESIDUAL MOISTURE

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LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MORGAN-CULLMAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLORENCE...MUSCLE SHOALS...
RUSSELLVILLE...MOULTON...ATHENS...DECATUR...CULLMAN
314 PM CST WED JAN 6 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY
TO MIDNIGHT CST THURSDAY NIGHT.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AROUND DAYBREAK ACROSS NORTHWEST ALABAMA.
THE SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE INTERSTATE 65 CORRIDOR BY THE LATE
MORNING. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS
THE AREA.

SNOW WILL END DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON...AS A STRONG COLD FRONT
MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. AIR TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY FALL AFTER
SUNSET...THUS ANY RESIDUAL SNOW OR WET SURFACES ON THE ROADS WILL
FREEZE. THEREFORE...ICY ROAD CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL
CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.