NOTE: Watch out for black ice in the Birmingham area this morning also. In fact anywhere that the snow accumulated late yesterday and last evening across Central Alabama.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
159 AM CST TUE FEB 16 2010
LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN-
MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…FLORENCE…MUSCLE SHOALS…RUSSELLVILLE…
MOULTON…ATHENS…HUNTSVILLE…DECATUR…GUNTERSVILLE…
SCOTTSBORO…FORT PAYNE…CULLMAN…LYNCHBURG…FAYETTEVILLE…
WINCHESTER
159 AM CST TUE FEB 16 2010
…TREACHEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS CONTINUE ACROSS THE TENNESSEE
VALLEY…
SNOWFALL THAT OCCURRED MONDAY AFTERNOON HAS REFROZEN…RESULTING IN
WIDESPREAD BLACK ICING ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. MORE RECENT
LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRY ACTIVITY…ESPECIALLY ACROSS PORTIONS
OF NORTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE HAD PRODUCED AN
ADDITIONAL DUSTING. THIS ADDITIONAL SNOW REFREEZING ON ROAD SURFACES
CONTINUES A DANGEROUS BLACK ICING HAZARD.
HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WELL BELOW FREEZING FOR MUCH OF THIS
MORNING…AND SUNSHINE WILL BE LIMITED. THEREFORE ROAD CONDITIONS
ARE UNLIKELY TO IMPROVE UNTIL THE AFTERNOON. ROADS LOCATED ON THE
NORTHERN ASPECT OF TERRAIN…OR IN SHADED LOCATIONS WILL TEND TO
REMAIN MORE ICY.
MORNING COMMUTERS SHOULD ALLOT MORE TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION.
AVOID SUDDEN SPEED CHANGES OR SHARP TURNS. ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL
DISTANCE BETWEEN YOU AND THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF YOU…AND SLOW DOWN
AS APPROPRIATE.
