TENNESSEE VALLEY– The latest update from The National Weather Service for the Tennessee Valley as of 3:30 p.m. shows accumulation of snow throughout the Valley:
“…SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY NIGHT…
.A WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE MIDDLE SOUTH AND TENNESSEE
VALLEY FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN
MIDDLE TENNESSEE…MEASURABLE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE
AS THE SYSTEM DRAWS COLD AIR SOUTHWARD. BLUSTERY NORTH WINDS WILL
ALSO DEVELOP WHICH MAY LOWER VISIBILITY DURING SNOWFALL.
TEMPERATURES DROPPING BELOW FREEZING FRIDAY EVENING MAY ALSO FREEZE
STANDING WATER FROM RAINFALL EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY. THIS
MAY ALSO CAUSE SLICK TRAVEL IN SOME AREAS THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.
LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MOORE-LINCOLN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…FLORENCE…MUSCLE SHOALS…
RUSSELLVILLE…MOULTON…ATHENS…LYNCHBURG…FAYETTEVILLE
241 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 3 AM CST
SATURDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 3
AM CST SATURDAY.
* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED…RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW EARLY FRIDAY
AFTERNOON IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA AND BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY
EVENING IN SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF TO
LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES BEFORE ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST
AFTER MIDNIGHT SATURDAY MORNING.
* ACCUMULATIONS…1 TO 2 INCHES AT MOST LOCATIONS…POSSIBLY AROUND 3
INCHES IN ISOLATED LOCATIONS.
* OTHER HAZARDS…PATCHY BLACK ICE MAY DEVELOP FRIDAY EVENING AS
COLDER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION FREEZING STANDING WATER FROM
RAINFALL THAT OCCURS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS…TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY FRIDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
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.”
