TENNESSEE VALLEY-The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for the area from 12 PM Friday until 9 AM Saturday. This will be round three for winter weather in as many days:
WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 9 AM CST SATURDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR ICE AND SNOW… WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 9 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED… NORTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE FROM NOON CST FRIDAY UNTIL 9 AM CST SATURDAY.
* IMPACTS… MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS FROM AROUND NOON FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.
* ACCUMULATIONS… AROUND A HALF AN INCH OF SNOW OR SLEET… AND GREATER THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW… SLEET… AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS.
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… ICE AND SNOW WILL BRING HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS TO SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND NORTHERN ALABAMA FROM FRIDAY MORNING UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING…
.A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM WILL QUICKLY SPREAD MOISTURE INTO THE AREA BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. WITH ABUNDANT COLD AIR IN PLACE… IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS A PERIOD OF SNOW. AS WARM AIR MOVES NORTHEAST INTO THE AREA… THE SNOW SHOULD TRANSITION TO A SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MIXTURE BY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. NORTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE MAY HAVE A LONGER DURATION OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING. ICE AMOUNTS AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM FLORENCE TO CULLMAN ALABAMA. ICE AMOUNTS GREATER THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM HUNTSVILLE TO FORT PAYNE ALABAMA… EXTENDING NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE.
