NORTHWEST ALABAMA-Winter storm warning for the following counties in North Alabama: Lauderdale, AL; Colbert, AL; Franklin, AL; Lawrence, AL; Limestone, AL; Madison, AL; Morgan, AL; Marshall, AL; Jackson, AL; De Kalb, AL; Cullman, AL; Moore, TN; Lincoln, TN; Franklin, TN
Issued by The National Weather Service
Huntsville, AL
Tue, Feb 11, 2014, 2:02 PM CST
… WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY…
* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED… SNOW… MIXED WITH SLEET… WILL SPREAD SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS NORTH ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE BETWEEN 9 PM AND 3 AM TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BECOME MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* ACCUMULATIONS… 2 TO 5 INCHES WEST OF I-65 WITH 5 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE EAST OF I-65. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU.
* TEMPERATURES… RANGING FROM THE MID 20S TO MID 30S THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS… ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED… ESPECIALLY BRIDGES… OVERPASSES AND LESS TRAVELED COUNTY ROADS. IN AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVIER SNOWFALL MONDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY… SOME ROADS ARE ALREADY ICY. DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL EXIST AND TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL… KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT… FOOD… AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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… MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE TENNESSEE VALLEY LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY…
.A STRENGTHENING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO TO THE CAROLINA COAST BY EARLY THURSDAY. AS THIS OCCURS… A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NORTH ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE LATE THIS EVENING. THE SLEET AND SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW TOWARD DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. PERIODS OF SNOW… HEAVY AT TIMES… WILL OCCUR WEDNESDAY BEFORE DIMINISHING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. THIS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS TRAVEL AND ROAD CONDITIONS… ESPECIALLY AREAS THAT RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING.
