TENNESSEE VALLEY– A wintry mix of precipitation is expected to enter the area by 6 am and then transition to all rain by 3 pm. Rain will continue through the afternoon, and then transition back to a wintry mix during the evening on Monday, as cold air filters into the area from the north. Here is the advisory in effect until 3pm on Monday:
A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE REGION BEGINNING LATE
TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL BEGIN AS
A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET BEFORE QUICKLY TRANSITIONING
TO A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. THE PRECIPITATION WILL
CHANGEOVER TO ALL RAIN BY MIDDAY MONDAY ACROSS TENNESSEE AND
EVENTUALLY TO ALL RAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN TENNESSEE DURING THE AFTERNOON
HOURS ON MONDAY.
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO NOON CST
MONDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A COMBINATION OF LIGHT SNOW…SLEET AND FREEZING
RAIN…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO NOON CST MONDAY. THE WINTER
STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED…LOCATIONS NORTH OF A LINE FROM PHIL
CAMPBELL TO ALBERTVILLE TO COLLINSVILLE BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT.
* ACCUMULATIONS…VERY LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER.
* IMPACTS…TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED BY THIS WINTER WEATHER
EVENT. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL INITIALLY BECOME SLICK AND
HAZARDOUS…FOLLOWED BY SECONDARY ROADS. EVEN MINOR ACCUMULATIONS
WILL CAUSE SLICK TRAVEL DUE TO THE FREEZING TEMPERATURES ON MONDAY
MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A COMBINATION OF LIGHT SNOW…SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN MEANS THAT WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL BE IMMINENT.
DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME HAZARDOUS…SO BE PREPARED
TO USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING.
