TENNESSEE VALLEY-The National Weather Service is still looking at a winter weather event. According to the Weather Service, flurries will be possible in southern middle Tennessee and northeast Alabama during the next couple of hours. We are watching a new precipitation area developing in Arkansas into Mississippi and southwest Tennessee which will move into northwest Alabama late this morning producing light snow and sleet.
A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW AND ICE STILL EXPECTED TODAY INTO TONIGHT…
.A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TODAY INTO TONIGHT ACROSS
THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AS A STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPS IN THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS AND ADVANCES INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. LIGHT SNOW
WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING THAT WILL TRACK IN A BAND FROM WEST TO
EAST. THE SNOW WILL BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON BEFORE A TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN FROM WEST TO EAST
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES SHOULD WARM
SUFFICIENTLY TO CHANGE THE PRECIPITATION TO ALL RAIN GENERALLY WEST
OF INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN 9 PM AND MIDNIGHT. FREEZING RAIN WILL
CONTINUE EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN BETWEEN 3 AND
6 AM SATURDAY MORNING.
SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE
BEFORE THE FREEZING RAIN DEPOSITS ICE ACCUMULATION. ICE ACCUMULATIONS
WILL BE GREATEST IN SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND NORTHEAST ALABAMA
WHERE 2 TO 3 TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE. ELSEWHERE…A LIGHTER
GLAZE OF ICE IS EXPECTED.
MADISON-JACKSON-DEKALB-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…HUNTSVILLE…SCOTTSBORO…FORT PAYNE…
LYNCHBURG…FAYETTEVILLE…WINCHESTER
403 AM CST FRI FEB 20 2015
…WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST
SATURDAY…
* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED…NORTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE
TENNESSEE FROM NOON CST TODAY UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY.
* IMPACTS…SNOW AND SLEET FOLLOWED BY FREEZING RAIN WILL CREATE
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
* ACCUMULATIONS…ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET…AND TWO
TO THREE TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE DUE TO FREEZING RAIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW…
SLEET…AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY
HAZARDOUS.
LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MORGAN-MARSHALL-
CULLMAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…FLORENCE…MUSCLE SHOALS…
RUSSELLVILLE…MOULTON…ATHENS…DECATUR…GUNTERSVILLE…
CULLMAN
403 AM CST FRI FEB 20 2015
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT…
* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED…FROM 6 AM CST UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
SATURDAY FOR NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA.
* IMPACTS…SNOW AND SLEET FOLLOWED BY FREEZING RAIN WILL CREATE
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
* ACCUMULATIONS…ONE HALF TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET…AND UP
TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE DUE TO FREEZING RAIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A COMBINATION OF SNOW…SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN MEANS THAT WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME
IMMINENT. DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME HAZARDOUS IN
SOME LOCATIONS…SO BE PREPARED TO USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING.
