URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
421 AM CST FRI MAR 7 2008
…WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING…
.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA ON FRIDAY
BRINGING COLD TEMPERATURES FROM THE NORTHWEST ALONG WITH GULF
MOISTURE FROM THE SOUTH. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN FALLING ACROSS
NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING.
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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…HAMILTON…SULLIGENT…VERNON…
FAYETTE…DOUBLE SPRINGS…JASPER
421 AM CST FRI MAR 7 2008
…WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING.
AS A STRONG SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH THE
DAY…COLD AIR WILL BEGIN FILTERING INTO THE AREA AFTER SUNSET.
THE ASSOCIATED RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CHANGEOVER TO SNOW
DURING THE EVENING HOURS AND LAST THROUGH EARLY TOMORROW MORNING.
INITIALLY THE GROUND TEMPERATURES WILL BE TOO WARM TO SUPPORT
ACCUMULATIONS. HOWEVER…AS THE TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO COOL THROUGH
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS…ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE GENERALLY
ONE INCH…BUT ISOLATED AREAS COULD POSSIBLY RECEIVE AS MUCH AS TWO
INCHES.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW…SLEET…OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
