TENNESSEE VALLEY-The National Weather Service has issued an Winter Storm Warning for the area:
WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 3 PM CST
THURSDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
3 AM TO . THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.
* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED…RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO
FREEZING RAIN BETWEEN SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AND 6 AM THURSDAY
MORNING AND THEN TO SLEET DURING THE MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF THE
TENNESSEE VALLEY…INCLUDING LAUDERDALE… COLBERT…
FRANKLIN…LAWRENCE… LIMESTONE…MADISON…MORGAN…AND CULLMAN
COUNTIES IN NORTHERN ALABAMA…AND LINCOLN…MOORE…AND FRANKLIN
COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE.
* ACCUMULATIONS…ICE ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN ONE QUARTER TO THREE
TENTHS OF AN INCH AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A HALF AN INCH
AREA LIKELY.
* IMPACTS…WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY
ACROSS NORTHERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE DUE TO THE
ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADS AND BRIDGES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE…SLEET…AND
SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
