Winter Weather Advisory – NE Alabama

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URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
939 PM CST TUE DEC 6 2011

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MADISON-JACKSON-DEKALB-FRANKLIN TN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…HUNTSVILLE…SCOTTSBORO…FORT PAYNE…
WINCHESTER
939 PM CST TUE DEC 6 2011

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST
WEDNESDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST
WEDNESDAY.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED…RAIN SHOULD MIX WITH AND TRANSITION TO
SNOW AFTER 6 AM WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL THEN INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND
INTENSITY IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON…DISSIPATING
RAPIDLY BY THE LATE AFTERNOON. AREAS IMPACTED INCLUDE
MADISON…JACKSON AND DEKALB COUNTIES IN NORTH ALABAMA AND FRANKLIN
COUNTY TENNESSEE…PRIMARILY IN ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1500 FT.

* ACCUMULATIONS…ONE TO TWO INCHES PRIMARILY ON GRASSY AND ELEVATED
SURFACES.

* OTHER HAZARDS…TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 20S RAPIDLY AFTER
SUNSET ON WEDNESDAY. THIS COULD LEAD TO BLACK ICE ON AREA ROADWAYS
WEDNESDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

* IMPACTS…DUE TO WARM GROUND TEMPERATURES AND AIR TEMPERATURES
REMAINING ABOVE FREEZING EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING…MUCH OF THE SNOW
WILL INITIALLY MELT ON ROADWAYS. HOWEVER…WHERE PERSISTENT SNOW
FALLS…SOME LIGHT SNOW COULD ACCUMULATE ON ELEVATED ROADWAYS AND
SECONDARY ROADS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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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Category: Winter Weather