We note the NWS in Mobile has issued a winter weather advisory for Southwest Alabama for the period from 6:00 this evening to 6:00 p.m. tomorrow. This is where the main band of precipitation will be during the next 24 hours, and the main issue down there will be sleet and freezing rain. The Alabama counties in the Mobile County Warning Area included in this advisory are Choctaw, Clarke, Washington, Wilcox, Monroe, Conecuh, Butler, Crenshaw, Escambia, Covington, Mobile, and Baldwin… see the actual statement below.
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URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
240 PM CST WED FEB 2 2011
…A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN DEVELOPING LATER TONIGHT AND ENDURING
THROUGH LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON…
.VERY COLD SURFACE BASED ARCTIC AIR AND STRONG WIND ENERGY IN THE JET
STREAM ALOFT WILL WORK IN CONCERT TO PRODUCE A PERIOD OF FREEZING
RAIN DEVELOPING LATER TONIGHT AND ENDURING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON.
ALZ051>062-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-030445-
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CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-
ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-
STONE-GEORGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…BUTLER…LISMAN…SILAS…CHATOM…
MILLRY…JACKSON…THOMASVILLE…GROVE HILL…CAMDEN…
PINE HILL…HOMEWOOD…MONROEVILLE…EVERGREEN…GREENVILLE…
LUVERNE…BRANTLEY…ATMORE…BREWTON…EAST BREWTON…
ANDALUSIA…OPP…MOBILE…PRICHARD…SARALAND…BAY MINETTE…
WAYNESBORO…RICHTON…BEAUMONT…NEW AUGUSTA…LEAKESVILLE…
MCLAIN…WIGGINS…LUCEDALE
240 PM CST WED FEB 2 2011
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 PM CST THURSDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF INTERIOR SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND IS IN
EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY.
VERY COLD SURFACE BASED ARCTIC AIR AND STRONG WIND ENERGY IN THE JET
STREAM ALOFT WILL WORK IN CONCERT TO PRODUCE A PERIOD OF FREEZING
RAIN DEVELOPING LATER TONIGHT AND ENDURING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON.
CURRENTLY THIS AFTERNOON…THERE HAVE ALREADY BEEN SOME REPORTS OF
SLEET AROUND THE REGION. THIS SAME AREA OF PRECIPITATION WILL FURTHER EXPAND
OVER OUR REGION TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BEGIN AS A
PERIOD OF SLEET LATE TONIGHT OVER INTERIOR SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI
AND INTERIOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND DEVELOP NORTHEASTWARD AS THE
NIGHT PROGRESSES TO BE APPROXIMATELY NORTH OF A LINE FROM PERKINSTON
MISSISSIPPI TO CITRONELLE…APPLETON…ANDALUSIA AND BRANTLEY
IN ALABAMA.
WE MUST EMPHASIZE THE NWS EXPECTS THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO BEGIN
AS SLEET AND THEN CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AS THE NIGHT
PROGRESSES. THE MOST INTENSE PRECIPITATION RATES ARE STILL EXPECTED
AROUND SUNRISE AND WILL ENDURE THROUGH TOMORROW AFTERNOON. UP TO
ROUGHLY FIFTEEN HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF LIQUID EQUIVALENT RAINFALL
COULD OCCUR…AND THIS WILL CREATE A LIGHT TO MODERATE GLAZE ACCRUAL
ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. LESS THAN A HALF INCH OF SLEET
IS EXPECTED AT THE ONSET OF THE PRECIPITATION AND BEFORE IT CHANGES
TO FREEZING RAIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN MEANS THAT LESS THAN A
QUARTER OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR IN A TWELVE HOUR
PERIOD AND THIS WILL ACT TO CREATE A LIGHT TO MODERATE FROZEN GLAZE
ON EXPOSED OBJECTS…PARTICULARLY METAL OBJECTS…BRIDGES AND
OVERPASSES. THIS MAY BRING DOWN LIMBS ON TREES.
