From NWS, Birmingham

URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
414 AM CST TUE MAR 2 2010

..LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE OVER NORTH-CENTRAL ALABAMA

A STORM SYSTEM…OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO
WILL CONTINUE
TO INTENSIFY AS IT TRACKS EAST THIS MORNING…MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN
GULF OF MEXICO AND CROSSING THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE LATER THIS MORNING.
WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION… MAINLY IN THE FORM OF RAIN…WILL
PERSIST OVER ALABAMA THIS MORNING…THEN CHANGE TO SNOW GENERALLY
NORTH OF A LINE FROM MONTEVALLO TO SYLACAUGA…TO ROANOKE.

AT THIS TIME…SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM LESS THAN
ONE-HALF OF AN INCH OVER JEFFERSON AND SHELBY COUNTIES…WITH UP
TO ONE INCH EASTWARD TO THE GEORGIA STATE LINE. THE HIGHEST
AMOUNTS SHOULD BE OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NORTHEAST ALABAMA.

BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN-CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-
ST. CLAIR-TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…ONEONTA…GADSDEN…ANNISTON…CENTRE…
HEFLIN…BIRMINGHAM…HOOVER…COLUMBIANA…PELHAM…ALABASTER…
PELL CITY…MOODY…TALLADEGA…SYLACAUGA…ASHLAND…ROANOKE
414 AM CST TUE MAR 2 2010

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING…

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING.

RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW TUESDAY…BEGINNING AS EARLY AS
4 AM IN THE BIRMINGHAM METROPOLITAN AREA…AND IN THE GADSDEN AND
ANNISTON AREAS AROUND 6 AM. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE
FROM UP TO ONE-HALF OF AN INCH OVER JEFFERSON AND SHELBY COUNTIES…
WITH UP TO ONE INCH EASTWARD TO THE GEORGIA STATE LINE. THE HIGHEST
AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NORTHEAST ALABAMA.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END RAPIDLY FROM THE WEST DURING THE
AFTERNOON HOURS ON TUESDAY.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

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