Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Birmingham, AL

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED HIGHWAY IN JACKSON COUNTY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
803 AM CST FRI JAN 6 1995

     ADDITIONAL REPORTS RECEIVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE:

     ETOWAH COUNTY - ICING ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES THROUGHOUT THE
                     COUNTY.

     CULLMAN COUNTY - ICING ON BRIDGES IN THE EASTERN HALF OF THE
                      COUNTY.

     JACKSON COUNTY - HIGHWAYS 35 AND 40 ARE CLOSED DUE TO ICING.
                      HIGHWAY 71 ON THE MOUNTAIN IS ICY.

     MADISON COUNTY - INTERSTATE 565 GOING WEST FROM HUNTSVILLE HAS ICY
                      SPOTS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.

     PATCHY RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN CONTINUED ACROSS NORTHERN ALABAMA.
FREEZING RAIN WAS CONFINED MAINLY TO THE SECTIONS OF ALABAMA NORTH,
NORTHEAST, AND DUE EAST OF BIRMINGHAM.  WEST, SOUTHWEST, SOUTH, AND
SOUTHEAST OF BIRMINGHAM, THE PRECIPITATION WAS FALLING A>S RAIN.
HOWEVER, THROUGHOUT ALL OF THE NORTHERN HALF OF ALABAMA, ICING REMAINED
A THREAT ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES DUE TO THE COLDNESS OF THOSE
STRUCTURES.  MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
847 AM CST FRI JAN 6 1995

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A REASONABLY STRONG THUNDERSTORM
MOVING AT OVER 70 MILES AN HOUR.  WITH THIS KIND OF FORWARD MOTION,
STRONG AND GUSTY WIND IS POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORM.  PEOPLE
ESPECIALLY IN FAYETTE COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING
CONDITIONS DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES.

ADDTIONAL PATCHY RAIN AND SHOWER ACTIVITY WAS OCCURRING ACROSS CENTRAL
AND NORTHERN ALABAMA.

TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED CONSIDERABLY HOWEVER SOME ICY CONDITIONS MAY
STILL EXIST ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND ON BRIDGES AND OVER
PASSES IN THE AREA MAINLY NORTH OF THE BIRMINGHAM AND ANNISTON AREAS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
924 AM CST FRI JAN 6 1995

...POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF ALABAMA TODAY....

AFTER A WINTERY MIX OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS NORTHERN ALABAMA THIS
MORNING...TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO RISE AND WERE IN THE UPPER 30S TO
AROUND 40 ACROSS THE NORTH AND IN THE 50S ACROSS THE SOUTH.  THE THREAT
OF FREEZING RAIN WAS DIMISHING AND THE NEW THREAT IS FOR SEVERE WEATHER
ACROSS MOST OF THE STATE.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS PUT THE SOUTHERN
HALF OF THE STATE UNDER A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH
THE REMAINDER OF ALABAMA UNDER A SLIGHT RISK TODAY.

THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND POSSIBLY
TORNADOES ASSOCIATED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF THE STATE
TODAY.  PEOPLE ARE URGED TO KEEP ABREAST OF THE RAPIDLY CHANGING
WEATHER TODAY AND WATCH FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
924 AM CST FRI JAN 6 1995

...POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF ALABAMA TODAY....

AFTER A WINTERY MIX OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS NORTHERN ALABAMA THIS
MORNING...TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO RISE AND WERE IN THE UPPER 30S TO
AROUND 40 ACROSS THE NORTH AND IN THE 50S ACROSS THE SOUTH.  THE THREAT
OF FREEZING RAIN WAS DIMISHING AND THE NEW THREAT IS FOR SEVERE WEATHER
ACROSS MOST OF THE STATE.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS PUT THE SOUTHERN
HALF OF THE STATE UNDER A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH
THE REMAINDER OF ALABAMA UNDER A SLIGHT RISK TODAY.

THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND POSSIBLY
TORNADOES ASSOCIATED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF THE STATE
TODAY.  PEOPLE ARE URGED TO KEEP ABREAST OF THE RAPIDLY CHANGING
WEATHER TODAY AND WATCH FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1211 PM CST FRI JAN 6 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS STILL POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL AND
WEST-CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON...

AT 1210 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS INDICATED A LINE
OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS MARCHING EASTWARD ACROSS MISSISSIPPI TOWARDS
WESTERN ALABAMA.  RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE
NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS MARION AND WINSTON COUNTIES...WHILE RAIN WAS NOTED
OVER WESTERN LAMAR AND PICKENS COUNTIES OF ALABAMA.

THE LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER MISSISSIPPI EXTENDED FROM
THE NORTHEASTERN CORNER OF MISSISSIPPI TO SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI
AND INTO SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA.  THE NORTHERN END OF THE LINE IS
EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO MARION AND LAMAR COUNTIES BETWEEN 1 AND 2
PM...WHILE THE LINE IS EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO GREENE AND MARENGO
COUTNIES BETWEEN 4 AND 5 PM.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND OUT AHEAD OF
THIS APPROACHING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES ASSOCIATED WITH
THE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA.  PEOPLE ARE URGED TO KEEP ABREAST OF
THE RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1211 PM CST FRI JAN 6 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS STILL POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL AND
WEST-CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON...

AT 1210 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS INDICATED A LINE
OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS MARCHING EASTWARD ACROSS MISSISSIPPI TOWARDS
WESTERN ALABAMA.  RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE
NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS MARION AND WINSTON COUNTIES...WHILE RAIN WAS NOTED
OVER WESTERN LAMAR AND PICKENS COUNTIES OF ALABAMA.

THE LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS OVER MISSISSIPPI EXTENDED FROM
THE NORTHEASTERN CORNER OF MISSISSIPPI TO SOUTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI
AND INTO SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA.  THE NORTHERN END OF THE LINE IS
EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO MARION AND LAMAR COUNTIES BETWEEN 1 AND 2
PM...WHILE THE LINE IS EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO GREENE AND MARENGO
COUTNIES BETWEEN 4 AND 5 PM.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND OUT AHEAD OF
THIS APPROACHING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES ASSOCIATED WITH
THE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA.  PEOPLE ARE URGED TO KEEP ABREAST OF
THE RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.