THE TENNESSEE VALLEY-A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued by The National Weather Service, Huntsville, Alabama on Thursday, January 15th at
8:49 am.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SLEET AND SNOW… WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING.
* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED… SLEET OVERSPREADING THE ENTIRE TENNESSEE VALLEY THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS AND LASTING UNTIL THE AFTERNOON.
* ACCUMULATIONS… UNDER A HALF AN INCH OF SLEET ACCUMULATION.
* IMPACTS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS FOLLOWED BY SECONDARY ROADS. EVEN MINOR ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE SLICK TRAVEL DUE TO THE FREEZING TEMPERATURES…
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SLEET MEANS PERIODS OF SLEET ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. SLEET MAY CAUSE DRIVING TO BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS… SO BE PREPARED TO USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.
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… SLEET WILL CAUSE SLICK TRAVEL ACROSS CENTRAL TENNESSEE VALLEY…
.. SNOWFALL EXPECTED ACROSS THE CENTRAL TENNESSEE VALLEY TODAY…
AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD LIGHT PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING… WHICH WILL PRIMARILY TAKE THE FORM OF LIGHT SNOW AS TEMPERATURES REMAIN NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW FREEZING. THE THREAT FOR SNOW WILL INITIALLY BEGIN ACROSS NORTHWEST ALABAMA BETWEEN 8-9 AM AND WILL LIKELY DIMINISH ACROSS NORTHEAST ALABAMA BETWEEN 3-4 PM. ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE… WITH AMOUNTS RANGING FROM AROUND A TRACE IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA TO BETWEEN A QUARTER AND ONE HALF OF AN INCH ELSEWHERE. A FEW LOCATIONS IN THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE REGION MAY RECEIVE CLOSE TO ONE INCH.
