000 NOUS44 KBMX 160327 PNSBMX ALZ011>015-017>050-161200- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 926 PM CST MON FEB 15 2010 …ICY SPOTS POSSIBLE ON AREA ROADWAYS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING… WITH THE SNOWFALL EARLIER THIS EVENING…AND TEMPERATURES FALLING BELOW FREEZING AREA WIDE TONIGHT…TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS. EVEN THOUGH ROAD CREWS ARE OUT…LESS FREQUENTLY TRAVELED […]
Lots of images this evening from across North and Central Alabama… seems like most folks got a dusting to 1/2 inch from tonight’s snow showers…
Radar shows that the area of snow flurries and snow showers that moved down into North/Central Alabama have shrunk in aerial coverage, but there continues to be flurries with big flakes over East/Central Alabama from Shelby County over to Clay County and down to Coosa County. The flurries are fewer in number north of Birmingham. […]
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 737 PM CST MON FEB 15 2010 LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…FLORENCE…MUSCLE SHOALS…RUSSELLVILLE… MOULTON…ATHENS…HUNTSVILLE…DECATUR…GUNTERSVILLE… SCOTTSBORO…FORT PAYNE…CULLMAN…LYNCHBURG…FAYETTEVILLE… WINCHESTER 737 PM CST MON FEB 15 2010 …HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTH ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE… SNOWFALL EARLIER THIS EVENING HAS CREATED EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS […]
These reports are from 33/40 Skywatchers and other reports from the public. Snow showers are now moving SE through North/Central Alabama and, with temperatures falling below freezing, look for some ice problems on the streets and highways, especially overpasses and elevated roadways. Almost all of the reports say the flakes are very large and coming […]
Moderate snow is coming down here in Trussville, and it is starting to cover elevated surfaces. Temperatures have dropped quickly to near 30, since the air is so cold aloft (21 degrees at 3,000 feet) and the snowflakes are so cold. The snowflakes are fluffier than normal for Alabama due to the cold…it looks kind […]
The NWS has expanded the Winter Weather Advisory until 10:00 tonight and it now includes these counties: Blount Etowah Calhoun Cherokee Pickens Tuscaloosa Jefferson St. Clair This, of course, includes the Birmingham metropolitan area as well as Tuscaloosa, Oneonta, Gadsden and Anniston. A large area of snow showers has been moving southeast for several hours. […]
WWUS44 KBMX 152334 WSWBMX URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 534 PM CST MON FEB 15 2010 …SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS… ALZ017>020-022>024-026-160400- /O.EXA.KBMX.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-100216T0400Z/ BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN-CHEROKEE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON- ST. CLAIR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…ONEONTA…GADSDEN…ANNISTON…CENTRE… CARROLLTON…TUSCALOOSA…BIRMINGHAM…HOOVER…PELL CITY…MOODY 534 PM CST MON FEB 15 2010 …WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST […]
**WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BIRMINGHAM** An upper level disturbance is approaching from the NW, and an area of moderate snow will move into the Birmingham area over the next hour. It is already snowing significantly in Jasper and Northport, and we may pick up 1/2″. The ground is covered in areas like Fayette, Hamilton, and […]
At 3:55 p.m. our SKYCAM in Hamilton shows a nice snow shower in progress at that location… no accumulation, but the temperature is 31 degrees, so be sure and watch for icy spots on bridges in that part of Alabama in coming hours. Our Skywatcher in Bear Creek, Alan Hensley, reports light snow and 28 […]
000 WWUS44 KBMX 152109 WSWBMX URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 309 PM CST MON FEB 15 2010 …BRIEF SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT… ALZ011>015-160400- /O.NEW.KBMX.WW.Y.0007.100215T2109Z-100216T0400Z/ MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…HAMILTON…SULLIGENT…VERNON… FAYETTE…DOUBLE SPRINGS…JASPER 309 PM CST MON FEB 15 2010 …WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM […]
I have tried to spend a little time this afternoon reviewing blog comments; I was pretty much off the grid this weekend, and busy as usual this morning with radio duties. Long time readers know the comments get a little heated during any mention of the word snow, complete with everybody from people looking for […]
An all new edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player below. You can subscribe to the Weather Xtreme video on iTunes by clicking here. FROM MT. CHEAHA: Thought I would pass along this note from the lodge manager, Tammy Power… up at Cheaha State Park, south of Anniston: “As […]
As far as this morning’s snow forecast, we missed. The cold air moving in was too strong. However, I am still glad we talked about the winter storm, and the NWS issued a warning, since it got everyone’s attention. The roads this morning were very icy. How many people went into work late or avoided […]
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