Text of NWS Advisory

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
619 AM CST WED DEC 15 2010

..LIGHT FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING

MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-
SHELBY-BIBB-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…HAMILTON…SULLIGENT…VERNON…
FAYETTE…DOUBLE SPRINGS…JASPER…CARROLLTON…TUSCALOOSA…
BIRMINGHAM…HOOVER…COLUMBIANA…PELHAM…ALABASTER…
CENTREVILLE
619 AM CST WED DEC 15 2010

..FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A FREEZING
RAIN ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY.

PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA THIS MORNING AS TEMPERATURES REMAIN
STEADY NEAR 32 DEGREES. THE MAIN AREA OF CONCERN IS FOR LOCATIONS
NEAR AND NORTH OF AN ALICEVILLE TO CALERA LINE. PRECIPITATION
AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE VERY LIGHT WITH MOST LOCATIONS ONLY
RECEIVING A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AND INCH OR LESS. HOWEVER…THIS
SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO CREATE SOME ISOLATED SLICK SPOTS ON ELEVATED ROADWAYS
SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.

TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY WARM ABOVE FREEZING BY THIS
AFTERNOON BUT WILL CONTINUED TO BE MONITORED FOR POSSIBLE UPDATES
OR EXTENSIONS TO THE ADVISORY. AS TEMPERATURES WARM LATER THIS
MORNING AND INTO EARLY AFTERNOON…THE THREAT OF ANY WINTRY
WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO COME TO AN END.

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

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