THE TENNESSEE VALLEY-The Tennessee Valley will be experiencing near record breaking cold this coming Monday and Tuesday. Here is the weather statement from the National Weather Service:
LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN-
MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…FLORENCE…MUSCLE SHOALS…RUSSELLVILLE…
MOULTON…ATHENS…HUNTSVILLE…DECATUR…GUNTERSVILLE…
SCOTTSBORO…FORT PAYNE…CULLMAN…LYNCHBURG…FAYETTEVILLE…
WINCHESTER
WINTRY WEATHER POSSIBLE MONDAY MORNING, WIND GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH
LIKELY MONDAY AFTERNOON, AND WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS
TUESDAY MORNING…
RAIN WILL BE ONGOING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING…AS AN UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE MOVES INTO THE AREA. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO
THE CENTRAL TENNESSEE VALLEY ON MONDAY MORNING…BRINGING COLD ARCTIC
AIR INTO THE REGION. RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO A MIX OF RAIN AND SLEET BY
3 AM ON MONDAY MORNING ACROSS AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE
65…AND THEN AFTER 6 AM FOR THE EASTERN COUNTIES IN THE AREA. AS THE
COLD AIR CONTINUES TO FILTER IN…THIS RAIN…SLEET MIX WILL
TRANSITION TO LIGHT SNOW FLURRIES. THIS WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL
REMAIN LIGHT AND NO ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED.
A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL LEAD TO GUSTY WINDS MONDAY AND
TUESDAY AFTERNOON BEHIND THE STRONG COLD FRONT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF UP
TO 25 MPH ARE LIKELY FOR A FEW HOURS ON MONDAY AFTERNOON…WITH
GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 MPH POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO DROP THROUGH THE DAY ON
MONDAY…BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL FALL INTO THE
TEENS AND LOW 20S…WITH DAYTIME HIGHS ON TUESDAY ONLY REACHING INTO
THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S AREA WIDE. THIS…COMBINED WITH BRISK
NORTHERLY WINDS OF UP TO 25 MPH…WILL CAUSE WIND CHILL VALUES TO
PLUMMET INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS AND BELOW 0
DEGREES IN THE HIGH ELEVATIONS TUESDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS DURING
THE DAY ON TUESDAY WILL ONLY WARM INTO THE LOWER 20S.
Hazardous Weather Outlook
LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN-
MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN-
544 AM CST SUN NOV 16 2014
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS
OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE.
.DAY ONE…TODAY AND TONIGHT…
LIGHT RAIN WILL MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO LIGHT SLEET ACROSS NORTHWEST
ALABAMA BETWEEN 3 AND 6 AM MONDAY…AS A POWERFUL ARCTIC COLD FRONT
MOVES SOUTHEASTWARD.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY…
A MIXTURE OF LIGHT RAIN AND LIGHT SLEET WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT
EASTWARD ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 65 CORRIDOR AND INTO NORTHEAST
ALABAMA MONDAY MORNING. THIS MIXTURE MAY BE FOLLOWED BY A BRIEF
PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW FLURRIES.
STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL EXIST ACROSS THE REGION ON MONDAY AND
MONDAY NIGHT IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS
MAY APPROACH 25 TO 30 MPH IN HIGHER TERRAIN ON MONDAY AFTERNOON. AS
TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE UPPER TEENS AND LOWER 20S MONDAY NIGHT…
DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS WILL DEVELOP…WITH VALUES RANGING FROM 0
TO 10 IN LOWER ELEVATIONS TO 0 TO 10 BELOW IN HIGHER TERRAIN.
