NOTE: Please scroll down to see another Winter Storm Watch from NWS/Birmingham:
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
430 AM CST FRI MAR 7 2008
…WINTER WEATHER POSED TO IMPACT THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TONIGHT…
.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OUT OF THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO IS EXPECTED
TO MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST STATES LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. GULF
MOISTURE WILL INTERACT WITH COLD AIR MOVING INTO THE CENTRAL
TENNESSEE VALLEY TO CREATE A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION THIS
EVENING BEFORE EVENTUALLY CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT.
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LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN-
JACKSON-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…FLORENCE…MUSCLE SHOALS…
RUSSELLVILLE…MOULTON…ATHENS…HUNTSVILLE…DECATUR…
SCOTTSBORO…LYNCHBURG…FAYETTEVILLE…WINCHESTER
430 AM CST FRI MAR 7 2008
…WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING.
RAINFALL THIS EVENING IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW
OVERNIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE. ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF FRANKLIN COUNTY TENNESSEE. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO
PERSIST SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
ROADS…BRIDGES…AND OVERPASSES IN THE WATCH AREA MAY BECOME
SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS
NECESSARY.
REMEMBER…A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR A HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER EVENT IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR
FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
HUNTSVILLE.
