SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
800 PM CST THU JAN 20 2011
LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN-
MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…FLORENCE…MUSCLE SHOALS…RUSSELLVILLE…
MOULTON…ATHENS…HUNTSVILLE…DECATUR…GUNTERSVILLE…
SCOTTSBORO…FORT PAYNE…CULLMAN
800 PM CST THU JAN 20 2011
..LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE INTO FRIDAY MORNING
LIGHT RAIN CONTINUED ACROSS NORTHEAST ALABAMA…WHILE WIDESPREAD
SNOW CONTINUES ACROSS SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE…NORTH CENTRAL AND
NORTHWEST ALABAMA. THE PRECIPITATION ACROSS NORTHEAST ALABAMA SHOULD
CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY 930 PM. THERE COULD BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF
SLEET AS THE RAIN CHANGES OVER TO SNOW. ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE
AREA WILL RANGE FROM A DUSTING…MAINLY ON GRASSY SURFACES…TO
NEARLY AN INCH IN SOME SPOTS ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN.
TEMPERATURES HAVE FALLEN BELOW FREEZING ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION
WEST OF HUNTSVILLE. MUCH COLDER AIR RUSHING INTO THE REGION WILL
CAUSE REMAINING PRECIPITATION ON AREA ROADS TO FREEZE…PRODUCING
DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. REPORTS OF ROADWAYS BEGINNING TO ICE
OVER HAVE BEEN RECEIVED ACROSS THE AREA.
MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING…AS
AREA ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK DUE TO SNOW AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES.
THIS WILL ESPECIALLY BE THE CASE FOR LESS TRAVELED ROADS…BRIDGES
AND OVERPASSES.
