URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
922 AM CST FRI JAN 29 2010
MADISON-MORGAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…HUNTSVILLE…DECATUR
922 AM CST FRI JAN 29 2010
..WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND MIXED PRECIPITATION…WHICH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.
A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH TODAY
THROUGH SATURDAY…SPREADING PRECIPITATION NORTHWARD ACROSS THE
TENNESSEE VALLEY. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN…SLEET…AND SNOW WILL
CONTINUE…WITH A CHANGE OVER TO MOSTLY RAIN…SLEET AND SNOW THIS
AFTERNOON.
AS TEMPERATURES SLOWLY RISE DURING THE AFTERNOON INTO THE
EVENING…A GRADUAL CHANGE OVER TO PRIMARILY RAIN AND SLEET IS
EXPECTED TONIGHT.
WITH COLD AIR WRAPPING AROUND THE BACK SIDE OF THE DEPARTING
SYSTEM ON SATURDAY MORNING…FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL ALLOW FOR
THE POSSIBILITY OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE ON
SATURDAY MORNING.
TOTAL SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH
ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS BEFORE
NOON SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEAR FREEZING THROUGHOUT
THE REMAINDER OF SATURDAY…SO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE
LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW…
SLEET…AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…FLORENCE…MUSCLE SHOALS…
RUSSELLVILLE…MOULTON…ATHENS
922 AM CST FRI JAN 29 2010
..WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND MIXED PRECIPITATION…WHICH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.
A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH TODAY
THROUGH SATURDAY…SPREADING PRECIPITATION NORTHWARD ACROSS THE
TENNESSEE VALLEY. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN…SLEET…AND SNOW WILL
CONTINUE…WITH A CHANGE OVER TO MOSTLY RAIN…SLEET AND SNOW THIS
AFTERNOON.
AS TEMPERATURES SLOWLY RISE DURING THE AFTERNOON INTO THE
EVENING…A GRADUAL CHANGE OVER TO PRIMARILY RAIN AND SLEET IS
EXPECTED TONIGHT.
WITH COLD AIR WRAPPING AROUND THE BACK SIDE OF THE DEPARTING
SYSTEM ON SATURDAY MORNING…FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL ALLOW FOR
THE POSSIBILITY OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE ON
SATURDAY MORNING.
TOTAL SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH
ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS POSSIBLE
BEFORE NOON SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEAR FREEZING
THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF SATURDAY…SO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW…
SLEET…AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
