URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1013 AM CST THU FEB 3 2011
..POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN SPREADING ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA
.AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN HAVE INCREASED IN COVERAGE ACROSS CENTRAL
ALABAMA THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. MORE RAIN HAS ALSO DEVELOPED IN
MISSISSIPPI…WHICH WAS POISED TO MOVE INTO ALABAMA. GROUND
TEMPERATURES IN MANY AREAS ARE NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING.
THEREFORE…THE THREAT OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL GRADUALLY
SPREAD ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.
MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-
SHELBY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…HAMILTON…SULLIGENT…VERNON…
FAYETTE…DOUBLE SPRINGS…JASPER…CARROLLTON…TUSCALOOSA…
BIRMINGHAM…HOOVER…COLUMBIANA…PELHAM…ALABASTER
1013 AM CST THU FEB 3 2011
…FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A FREEZING
RAIN ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON.
PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WERE STARTING TO DEVELOP
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…WHICH ARE
EXPECTED TO SPREAD NORTH AND EASTWARD DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE
COMBINATION OF LIGHT PRECIPITATION AND NEAR FREEZING GROUND
TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE A MIXTURE OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN…
SLEET…AND RAIN ACROSS THE AREA.
THE PRECIPITATION WILL START OUT VERY LIGHT…BUT COULD BECOME
HEAVY ENOUGH THIS AFTERNOON TO BEGIN LIGHTLY COATING ELEVATED
SURFACES WITH ICE. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF TRAVELING THIS AFTERNOON.
A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE SOME TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED
FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
