From NWS, Huntsville

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
729 PM CST THU DEC 4 2008

..PATCHY BLACK ICE IS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY

AS COLDER AIR POURS INTO THE REGION THIS EVENING…AREAS OF WET
PAVEMENT ARE FREEZING INTO BLACK ICE. THIS HAZARD WILL BE MOST
PREVALENT WHERE PUDDLES OF WATER HAVE COLLECTED…AND ON BRIDGES
AND OVERPASSES.

REPORTS OF BLACK ICE HAVE ALREADY BEEN RECEIVED ON SIDE STREETS IN
SEWANEE TENNESSEE ATOP THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU. TEMPERATURES HAVE
FALLEN BELOW FREEZING FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME IN THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS…SO ICE IS ALREADY FORMING IN THESE LOCATIONS.

MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION THIS EVENING…ESPECIALLY ON
LESS TRAVELED ROADS…BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.

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