SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1022 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
1022 PM CST THU JAN 20 2011
…WIDESPREAD ICY CONDITIONS LIKELY ON TENNESSEE VALLEY ROADWAYS FOR
THE OVERNIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING…
MUCH COLDER AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY…WITH
OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S.
REMAINING WATER ON AREA ROADS WILL FREEZE…PRODUCING WIDESPREAD
BLACK ICING AND VERY TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. MANY REPORTS OF
ICE ON TENNESSEE VALLEY AREA ROADWAYS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.
MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING…AS AREA
ROADS WILL BE SLICK DUE TO FREEZING TEMPERATURES. THIS WILL
ESPECIALLY BE THE CASE FOR LESS TRAVELED ROADS…BRIDGES AND
OVERPASSES. TRAVEL DURING THE OVERNIGHT IS NOT RECOMMENDED UNLESS IT
IS NECESSARY.
