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Evening Update…

Evening Update…

| January 14, 2013 @ 6:50 pm

COLD, RAW, WET, ICY… Not a night for man nor beast… ICING ISSUES: The NWS offices in Huntsville and Birmingham have expanded the “winter weather advisory” a bit… these counties are included: Lamar, Fayette, Walker, Winston, Marion, Cullman, Franklin, Colbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan, and Madison. This is where temperatures will hover around freezing through […]

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Winter Weather Advisory Extended

Winter Weather Advisory Extended

| January 14, 2013 @ 6:31 pm

…FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA… .FREEZING RAIN HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED ON TREE LIMBS AND ELEVATED SURFACES. SOME BUILD UP IS EXPECTED BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. LAMAR, FAYETTE & WALKER COUNTIES ARE NOW INCLUDED INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…SULLIGENT…VERNON…FAYETTE…JASPER …WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN […]

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Flood Warning: Fayette/Marion/Walker/Winston

Flood Warning: Fayette/Marion/Walker/Winston

| January 14, 2013 @ 4:27 pm

Heavy rain has been and continues to fall over the same areas this afternoon. A new flood advisory has been issued as run-off into streams and rivers are causing rapid rise of water levels in may areas. Many roadways in our northwestern counties are under water and impassible. Some of the impacted areas have received […]

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Cold Rain Continues; Some Ice Over NW Alabama

Cold Rain Continues; Some Ice Over NW Alabama

| January 14, 2013 @ 3:36 pm

An all new edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player on the right sidebar of the blog. You can subscribe to the Weather Xtreme video on iTunes by clicking here. ICY RAIN: All eyes are on the thermometers over Northwest Alabama… we are showing 32 degrees at mid-afternoon at […]

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Winter Weather Advisory: Marion/Winston til 9AM

Winter Weather Advisory: Marion/Winston til 9AM

| January 14, 2013 @ 3:23 pm

…FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FOR WINSTON AND MARION COUNTIES… .FREEZING RAIN HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED ON TREE LIMBS AND ELEVATED SURFACES. SOME BUILD UP IS EXPECTED BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…HAMILTON…DOUBLE SPRINGS …WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY… THE NATIONAL […]

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Some Bridge Icing Possible Over NW Alabama

Some Bridge Icing Possible Over NW Alabama

| January 14, 2013 @ 2:13 pm

With surface temperatures at or just below freezing, some icy spots are possible over Northwest Alabama tonight, generally west of the line on the map below… Even in that zone, roads should remain just wet…. the only issue is patchy ice on bridges. We note that Hamilton and Haleyville report 32 degrees now; Cullman and […]

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Flood Advisory Issued Lamar/Walker Counties

Flood Advisory Issued Lamar/Walker Counties

| January 14, 2013 @ 1:11 pm

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED AN * URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IN… LAMAR COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA… THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…VERNON…SULLIGENT…MILLPORT… * UNTIL 400 PM CST * AT 1255 PM CST…LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS […]

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Flood Watch until Tuesday Evening

Flood Watch until Tuesday Evening

| January 14, 2013 @ 12:03 pm

For the past few weeks and really this last week, numerous storm systems have been impacting Central Alabama. A slow moving, nearly stationary front draped across the state is allowing for increased convection and heavy rains to fall on some of the same locations over and over. This more often than not is a main […]

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Let’s Look At Thursday

Let’s Look At Thursday

| January 14, 2013 @ 11:31 am

The new (12Z) GFS still wants bring a cold core upper low right on top of us Thursday, with potential for some light snow accumulation under the cold pool. BUT… not so fast… the 12Z NAM shows the cold core passing north of Alabama, with nothing but rain here. Don’t get too excited about the […]

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Cold, Wet, Miserable Weather

Cold, Wet, Miserable Weather

| January 14, 2013 @ 6:15 am

An all new edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player on the right sidebar of the blog. You can subscribe to the Weather Xtreme video on iTunes by clicking here. WELCOME TO WINTER: The “January thaw” is over for the northern half of Alabama. As expected, cold air returned […]

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