Alert archive / Alabama / Ice Storm Warnings in 2011
Ice Storm Warning 1, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this ice storm warning at Jan 9, 2011, 5:09 AM CST for 21 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Jan 9, 2011, 1:00 PM CST. It was in force for 16 hr. 22 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 9, 2011, 5:09 AM CST (11:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 9, 2011, 1:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 10, 2011, 5:23 AM CST
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
All 21 counties
Autauga County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pike County, AL, Russell County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 1:15 PM CST | SLEET 0 | Thorsby, AL | SLEET REPORTED IN THORSBY. |
| Jan 9, 1:19 PM CST | SLEET 0 | Tallassee, AL | SLEET REPORTED IN TALLASSEE. |
| Jan 9, 1:30 PM CST | SLEET 0 | Marion, AL | MODERATE SLEET FALLING IN MARION...WITH ICE ACCUMULATING ON CARS AND THE GROUND. |
| Jan 9, 1:43 PM CST | SNOW 0 | Deatsville, AL | SLEET HAS CHANGED OVER TO LIGHT SNOW. |
| Jan 9, 7:00 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Clanton, AL | ONE HALF INCH OF ICE AND ONE HALF INCH OF SLEET COATING SURFACES. |
| Jan 9, 7:00 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Eutaw, AL | ONE HALF INCH OF ICE COATING SURFACES. |
| Jan 9, 7:00 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Livingston, AL | ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE COATING SURFACES. |
| Jan 9, 7:00 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Marion, AL | ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE COATING SURFACES. ALSO ONE INCH OF SLEET ON THE GROUND. |
| Jan 9, 8:00 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Centreville, AL | ICE ACCUMULATION OF THREE TENTHS OF AN INCH ON SURFACES. |
| Jan 9, 8:00 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Newbern, AL | ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE COATING SURFACES. |
| Jan 9, 8:40 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 3 S Rockford, AL | GLAZE OF ICE REPORTED ON TREES AND CARS. NUMEROUS VEHICLE ACCIDENTS ACROSS THE COUNTY ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. |
| Jan 9, 8:55 PM CST | SLEET 0 | 1 E Parkmanville, AL | SLEET REPORTED COVERING SIDEWALKS AND SURFACES JUST EAST OF PARKMANVILLE. |
| Jan 9, 10:00 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Clayton, AL | HALF INCH ACCUMULATION ON ELEVATED SURFACES. TREES AND POWERLINES DOWNED. |
| Jan 9, 10:00 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Horseshoe Bend, AL | JUST OVER A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE COATING SURFACES NORTH OF HWY 280. TRACE AMOUNTS SOUTH OF HWY280. |
| Jan 9, 10:00 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Lafayette, AL | ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE COATING SURFACES. |
| Jan 9, 10:00 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Plantersville, AL | ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE REPORTED IN PLANTERSVILLE. |
| Jan 9, 10:00 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Troy, AL | ONE QUARTER OF INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON ELEVATED SURFACES. |
| Jan 9, 11:30 PM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Auburn, AL | ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE REPORTED IN AUBURN. |
| Jan 10, 12:42 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Tallassee, AL | 1/2 INCH OF ICE ON POWER LINES. |
| Jan 10, 2:00 AM CST | SLEET 3 | 4 E Lowndesboro, AL | *** 1 FATAL *** MEASURED SLEET 3 INCHES. FATALITY OCCURRED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF CR 37 AND HWY 80. NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS REPORTED ACROSS THE COUNTY. AT LEAST ONE HALF INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADWAYS. |
| Jan 10, 2:41 AM CST | ICE STORM | Montgomery, AL | ICING ON INTERSTATE 65/85 INTERCHANGE, AS WELL AS ELEVATED ROADWAYS OVER INTERSTATES. |
| Jan 10, 4:30 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Union Springs, AL | ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE REPORTED THROUGHOUT BULLOCK COUNTY...WITH A FEW LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWNED DUE TO THE ICE ACCUMULATION. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 80 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2219 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
058 WWUS44 KBMX 091109 WSWBMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 509 AM CST SUN JAN 9 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND MONDAY ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA... .A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO TODAY AND MONDAY. MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE OVER A VERY COLD AIR MASS. AS A RESULT...SNOW... FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. ALZ030>050-092200- /O.CAN.KBMX.WS.W.0001.110109T1800Z-110111T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBMX.IS.W.0001.110110T0000Z-110111T0000Z/ SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS- MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE-MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK- LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LIVINGSTON...EUTAW...GREENSBORO... MOUNDVILLE...MARION...CENTREVILLE...CLANTON...ROCKFORD... ALEXANDER CITY...DADEVILLE...VALLEY...LANETT...LAFAYETTE... DEMOPOLIS...LINDEN...SELMA...PRATTVILLE...FORT DEPOSIT... HAYNEVILLE...WETUMPKA...TALLASSEE...MONTGOMERY...TUSKEGEE... UNION SPRINGS...AUBURN...OPELIKA...PHENIX CITY...TROY...EUFAULA 509 AM CST SUN JAN 9 2011 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ACCUMULATING ICE IS LIKELY STARTING LATE TONIGHT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES FROM LIVINGSTON TO TROY...SPREADING NORTHWARD TO JUST SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 BY MONDAY MORNING. WHILE THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY START OUT AS SNOW IN MOST AREAS...IT WILL QUICKLY TRANSITION TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT...CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY MONDAY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM ONE QUARTER TO NEARLY ONE HALF INCH IN SOME LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING. ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND ESPECIALLY ICE WILL LIKELY DAMAGE TREES AND POWER LINES. EAST WINDS AROUND 15 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS STORM SYSTEM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ ALZ011>015-017>029-092200- /O.EXT.KBMX.WS.W.0001.110110T0000Z-110111T0000Z/ MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN- CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR- TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMILTON...SULLIGENT...VERNON... FAYETTE...DOUBLE SPRINGS...JASPER...ONEONTA...GADSDEN... ANNISTON...CENTRE...HEFLIN...CARROLLTON...TUSCALOOSA... BIRMINGHAM...HOOVER...COLUMBIANA...PELHAM...ALABASTER... PELL CITY...MOODY...TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA...ASHLAND...ROANOKE 509 AM CST SUN JAN 9 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS LIKELY OVER WEST ALABAMA STARTING THIS EVENING SPREADING EASTWARD SUNDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE MONDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES... WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS ACROSS HIGHER TERRAIN. IN ADDITION...THE SNOW WILL LIKELY TRANSITION TO LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACROSS THE THE AREA ON MONDAY...WITH ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE-TENTH OF AN INCH POSSIBLE. ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND ICE COULD VERY WELL DAMAGE TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ 17/KLAWS
6 follow-up statements
846 WWUS44 KBMX 091738 WSWBMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1138 AM CST SUN JAN 9 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND MONDAY ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA... .A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON AND MONDAY. MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE OVER A VERY COLD AIR MASS. AS A RESULT...SNOW... FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. ALZ030>050-100145- /O.EXT.KBMX.IS.W.0001.110109T1900Z-110111T0000Z/ SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS- MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE-MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK- LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LIVINGSTON...EUTAW...GREENSBORO... MOUNDVILLE...MARION...CENTREVILLE...CLANTON...ROCKFORD... ALEXANDER CITY...DADEVILLE...VALLEY...LANETT...LAFAYETTE... DEMOPOLIS...LINDEN...SELMA...PRATTVILLE...FORT DEPOSIT... HAYNEVILLE...WETUMPKA...TALLASSEE...MONTGOMERY...TUSKEGEE... UNION SPRINGS...AUBURN...OPELIKA...PHENIX CITY...TROY...EUFAULA 1138 AM CST SUN JAN 9 2011 ...ICE STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... THE ICE STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. ACCUMULATING ICE COULD START AS EARLY AS THIS AFTERNOON WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS LATER TONIGHT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES FROM LIVINGSTON TO TROY...SPREADING NORTHWARD TO JUST SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 BY MONDAY MORNING. WHILE THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY START OUT AS SNOW IN MOST AREAS...IT WILL QUICKLY TRANSITION TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON...CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY MONDAY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM ONE QUARTER TO NEARLY ONE HALF INCH IN SOME LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING. ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND ESPECIALLY ICE WILL LIKELY DAMAGE TREES AND POWER LINES. EAST WINDS AROUND 15 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS STORM SYSTEM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ ALZ011>015-017>029-100145- /O.EXT.KBMX.WS.W.0001.110109T1900Z-110111T0000Z/ MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN- CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR- TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMILTON...SULLIGENT...VERNON... FAYETTE...DOUBLE SPRINGS...JASPER...ONEONTA...GADSDEN... ANNISTON...CENTRE...HEFLIN...CARROLLTON...TUSCALOOSA... BIRMINGHAM...HOOVER...COLUMBIANA...PELHAM...ALABASTER... PELL CITY...MOODY...TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA...ASHLAND...ROANOKE 1138 AM CST SUN JAN 9 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS LIKELY OVER WEST ALABAMA STARTING AS EARLY AS THIS AFTERNOON...SPREADING EASTWARD SUNDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE MONDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES... WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS ACROSS HIGHER TERRAIN. IN ADDITION...THE SNOW WILL LIKELY TRANSITION TO LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACROSS THE THE AREA LATER TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY...WITH ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH POSSIBLE. ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND ICE COULD VERY WELL DAMAGE TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
559 WWUS44 KBMX 092139 WSWBMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 339 PM CST SUN JAN 9 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH MONDAY ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA... .A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO THIS EVENING AND MONDAY. MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE OVER A VERY COLD AIR MASS. AS A RESULT...SNOW...FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED THIS TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. ALZ030>050-100600- /O.CON.KBMX.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110111T0000Z/ SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS- MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE-MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK- LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LIVINGSTON...EUTAW...GREENSBORO... MOUNDVILLE...MARION...CENTREVILLE...CLANTON...ROCKFORD... ALEXANDER CITY...DADEVILLE...VALLEY...LANETT...LAFAYETTE... DEMOPOLIS...LINDEN...SELMA...PRATTVILLE...FORT DEPOSIT... HAYNEVILLE...WETUMPKA...TALLASSEE...MONTGOMERY...TUSKEGEE... UNION SPRINGS...AUBURN...OPELIKA...PHENIX CITY...TROY...EUFAULA 339 PM CST SUN JAN 9 2011 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. ACCUMULATING ICE HAS ALREADY STARTED WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS LATER TONIGHT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES FROM LIVINGSTON TO TROY...SPREADING NORTHWARD TO JUST SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 BY MONDAY MORNING. WHILE THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY START OUT AS SNOW OR SLEET IN MOST AREAS...IT WILL QUICKLY TRANSITION TO ALL SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY MONDAY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM ONE QUARTER TO NEARLY ONE HALF INCH IN SOME LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING. A FEW AREAS MAY EVEN SEE SLIGHTLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND ESPECIALLY ICE WILL LIKELY DAMAGE TREES AND POWER LINES. EAST WINDS AROUND 15 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS STORM SYSTEM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ ALZ011>015-017>029-100600- /O.CON.KBMX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110111T0000Z/ MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN- CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR- TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMILTON...SULLIGENT...VERNON... FAYETTE...DOUBLE SPRINGS...JASPER...ONEONTA...GADSDEN... ANNISTON...CENTRE...HEFLIN...CARROLLTON...TUSCALOOSA... BIRMINGHAM...HOOVER...COLUMBIANA...PELHAM...ALABASTER... PELL CITY...MOODY...TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA...ASHLAND...ROANOKE 339 PM CST SUN JAN 9 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW AND SLEET IS LIKELY OVER WEST ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON AND SPREADING EASTWARD THROUGH THE EVENING. THERE SHOULD BE A CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW GENERALLY NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR...WHILE AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 WILL SEE A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20 WITH UPWARDS OF A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE. AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 IN THE WARNED AREA WILL MIX WITH SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF SLEET...SNOWFALL TOTALS MAY BE LOWER. GENERALLY EXPECTING 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET...WITH UPWARDS OF A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE BY MONDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND ICE COULD VERY WELL DAMAGE TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
830 WWUS44 KBMX 100100 WSWBMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 700 PM CST SUN JAN 9 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH MONDAY ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA... .A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO SUNDAY EVENING AND MONDAY. MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE OVER A VERY COLD AIR MASS. AS A RESULT...SNOW...FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. ALZ030>050-101200- /O.CON.KBMX.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110111T0000Z/ SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS- MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE-MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK- LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LIVINGSTON...EUTAW...GREENSBORO... MOUNDVILLE...MARION...CENTREVILLE...CLANTON...ROCKFORD... ALEXANDER CITY...DADEVILLE...VALLEY...LANETT...LAFAYETTE... DEMOPOLIS...LINDEN...SELMA...PRATTVILLE...FORT DEPOSIT... HAYNEVILLE...WETUMPKA...TALLASSEE...MONTGOMERY...TUSKEGEE... UNION SPRINGS...AUBURN...OPELIKA...PHENIX CITY...TROY...EUFAULA 700 PM CST SUN JAN 9 2011 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. ACCUMULATING ICE HAS ALREADY OCCURRED ACROSS SOUTHWEST ALABAMA WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED SUNDAY EVENING FOR AREAS WEST OF I-65...WITH THE HEAVIER PRECIPITATION SPREADING EASTWARD TO AREAS EAST OF I-65 BY MIDNIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM ONE QUARTER TO NEARLY ONE HALF INCH IN SOME LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. A FEW AREAS MAY EVEN SEE SLIGHTLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE WILL LIKELY DAMAGE TREES AND POWER LINES. EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS STORM SYSTEM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ ALZ011>015-017>029-101200- /O.CON.KBMX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110111T0000Z/ MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN- CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR- TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMILTON...SULLIGENT...VERNON... FAYETTE...DOUBLE SPRINGS...JASPER...ONEONTA...GADSDEN... ANNISTON...CENTRE...HEFLIN...CARROLLTON...TUSCALOOSA... BIRMINGHAM...HOOVER...COLUMBIANA...PELHAM...ALABASTER... PELL CITY...MOODY...TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA...ASHLAND...ROANOKE 700 PM CST SUN JAN 9 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW AND SLEET IS LIKELY OVER WEST ALABAMA THIS THIS EVENING SPREADING EASTWARD THROUGH THE EVENING. FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM VERNON...TO JASPER...TO ONEONTA...TO GADSDEN...THE PRECIPITATION TYPE WILL BE PRIMARY SNOW. SNOWFALL TOTALS IN THIS AREA WILL BE 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. ALONG THE I-20 CORRIDOR AND SOUTHWARD...THERE WILL BE A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE-HALF TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE- TENTH TO ONE-THIRD OF AN INCH. ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND ICE COULD VERY WELL DAMAGE TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
387 WWUS44 KBMX 100443 WSWBMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1043 PM CST SUN JAN 9 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH MONDAY ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA... .A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO SUNDAY EVENING AND MONDAY. MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE OVER A VERY COLD AIR MASS. AS A RESULT...SNOW...FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED THROUGH 3 AM MONDAY. ALZ030>050-101200- /O.CON.KBMX.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110111T0000Z/ SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS- MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE-MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK- LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LIVINGSTON...EUTAW...GREENSBORO... MOUNDVILLE...MARION...CENTREVILLE...CLANTON...ROCKFORD... ALEXANDER CITY...DADEVILLE...VALLEY...LANETT...LAFAYETTE... DEMOPOLIS...LINDEN...SELMA...PRATTVILLE...FORT DEPOSIT... HAYNEVILLE...WETUMPKA...TALLASSEE...MONTGOMERY...TUSKEGEE... UNION SPRINGS...AUBURN...OPELIKA...PHENIX CITY...TROY...EUFAULA 1043 PM CST SUN JAN 9 2011 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. ACCUMULATING ICE HAS ALREADY OCCURRED ACROSS SOUTHWEST ALABAMA WITH ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED TO SPREAD EASTWARD OVERNIGHT AND INTO MONDAY MORNING. BECAUSE TEMPERATURES HAVE STAYED ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA...ICE ACCUMULATION AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN REDUCED FOR THE EVENT...BUT ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD STILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AS TEMPERATURES DROP TO NEAR FREEZING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM FROM ONE-TENTH TO ONE-THIRD OF AN INCH. ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE COULD DAMAGE TREES AND POWER LINES. EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS STORM SYSTEM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ ALZ011>015-017>029-101200- /O.CON.KBMX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110111T0000Z/ MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN- CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR- TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMILTON...SULLIGENT...VERNON... FAYETTE...DOUBLE SPRINGS...JASPER...ONEONTA...GADSDEN... ANNISTON...CENTRE...HEFLIN...CARROLLTON...TUSCALOOSA... BIRMINGHAM...HOOVER...COLUMBIANA...PELHAM...ALABASTER... PELL CITY...MOODY...TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA...ASHLAND...ROANOKE 1043 PM CST SUN JAN 9 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW AND SOME SLEET IS LIKELY OVER THE WARNING AREA THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM VERNON...TO JASPER...TO ONEONTA...TO GADSDEN. THE PRECIPITATION TYPE WILL BE MAINLY SNOW. SNOWFALL TOTALS IN THIS AREA WILL BE 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. ALONG THE I-20 CORRIDOR AND SOUTHWARD...THERE WILL BE A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE-HALF TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE-TENTH OF AN INCH. ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND ICE COULD VERY WELL DAMAGE TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
769 WWUS44 KBMX 100717 WSWBMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 117 AM CST MON JAN 10 2011 ...WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK NORTHEAST AND BRING A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER TO CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. SNOW...FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH MORNING HOURS...AND WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING...WIDESPREAD TRAVEL PROBLEMS WILL CONTINUE. ALZ030>035-039>042-101530- /O.CAN.KBMX.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110111T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBMX.ZR.Y.0001.110110T0717Z-110111T0000Z/ SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON-MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA- LOWNDES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LIVINGSTON...EUTAW...GREENSBORO... MOUNDVILLE...MARION...CENTREVILLE...CLANTON...DEMOPOLIS... LINDEN...SELMA...PRATTVILLE...FORT DEPOSIT...HAYNEVILLE 117 AM CST MON JAN 10 2011 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...ICE STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE ICE STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND ONLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE OVERNIGHT AND MORNING HOURS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR OR JUST BELOW FREEZING...SO DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ALZ036>038-043>050-101530- /O.CON.KBMX.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110111T0000Z/ COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-ELMORE-MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE- RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...ALEXANDER CITY...DADEVILLE... VALLEY...LANETT...LAFAYETTE...WETUMPKA...TALLASSEE...MONTGOMERY... TUSKEGEE...UNION SPRINGS...AUBURN...OPELIKA...PHENIX CITY... TROY...EUFAULA 117 AM CST MON JAN 10 2011 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. PRECIPITATION HAS INCREASED IN COVERAGE DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS AND TEMPERATURES ARE NEAR OR JUST BELOW FREEZING IN MANY LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. LIGHT TO MODERATE FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM FROM ONE-TENTH TO ONE-THIRD OF AN INCH. ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE COULD DAMAGE TREES AND POWER LINES. EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS STORM SYSTEM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER. $$ ALZ011>015-017>029-101530- /O.CON.KBMX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110111T0000Z/ MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN- CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR- TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMILTON...SULLIGENT...VERNON... FAYETTE...DOUBLE SPRINGS...JASPER...ONEONTA...GADSDEN... ANNISTON...CENTRE...HEFLIN...CARROLLTON...TUSCALOOSA... BIRMINGHAM...HOOVER...COLUMBIANA...PELHAM...ALABASTER... PELL CITY...MOODY...TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA...ASHLAND...ROANOKE 117 AM CST MON JAN 10 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY OVER THE WARNING AREA THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM VERNON...TO JASPER...TO ONEONTA...TO GADSDEN. THE PRECIPITATION TYPE WILL BE MAINLY SNOW. SNOW TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED IN THIS AREA WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE. ALONG THE I-20 CORRIDOR AND SOUTHWARD...THERE WILL BE A MIXTURE OF SNOW... SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY AROUND ONE-HALF INCH OR LESS. ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND ICE COULD VERY WELL DAMAGE TREES AND POWER LINES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR 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. && $$
202 WWUS44 KBMX 101123 WSWBMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 523 AM CST MON JAN 10 2011 ...WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL LINGER ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK NORTHEAST AND BRING A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER TO CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. MINOR ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW... FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL ALABAMA...AND WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING...WIDESPREAD TRAVEL PROBLEMS WILL CONTINUE. ALZ036>038-043>050-101930- /O.CAN.KBMX.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110111T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KBMX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110111T0000Z/ COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-ELMORE-MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE- RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...ALEXANDER CITY...DADEVILLE... VALLEY...LANETT...LAFAYETTE...WETUMPKA...TALLASSEE...MONTGOMERY... TUSKEGEE...UNION SPRINGS...AUBURN...OPELIKA...PHENIX CITY... TROY...EUFAULA 523 AM CST MON JAN 10 2011 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...ICE STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE ICE STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND ONLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR OR JUST BELOW FREEZING...SO DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ ALZ012-013-015-019-021>029-101930- /O.CAN.KBMX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110111T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KBMX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110111T0000Z/ LAMAR-FAYETTE-WALKER-CALHOUN-CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA- JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR-TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SULLIGENT...VERNON...FAYETTE...JASPER... ANNISTON...HEFLIN...CARROLLTON...TUSCALOOSA...BIRMINGHAM... HOOVER...COLUMBIANA...PELHAM...ALABASTER...PELL CITY...MOODY... TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA...ASHLAND...ROANOKE 523 AM CST MON JAN 10 2011 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND ONLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR OR JUST BELOW FREEZING...SO DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY...DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION. REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS...LEAVE PLENTY OF ROOM BETWEEN YOU AND THE MOTORIST AHEAD OF YOU...AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. AVOID SUDDEN BRAKING OR ACCELERATION...AND BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON HILLS OR WHEN MAKING TURNS. $$ ALZ011-014-017-018-020-101930- /O.CAN.KBMX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110111T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBMX.WW.Y.0001.110110T1123Z-110111T0000Z/ MARION-WINSTON-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CHEROKEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMILTON...DOUBLE SPRINGS...ONEONTA... GADSDEN...CENTRE 523 AM CST MON JAN 10 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THIS MORNING...WITH LIGHT FREEZING RAIN THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. MAINLY LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY OVER THE WARNING AREA THROUGH REMAINDER OF THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY. LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM HAMILTON...TO DOUBLE SPRINGS...ONEONTA...GADSDEN...AND CENTRE...CAN EXPECT CONTINUED LIGHT SNOW THIS MORNING AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SNOW TOTALS OF LESS 3 TO 6 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED IN THIS AREA WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE...BEFORE THE SNOW CHANGES OVER TO LIGHT FREEZING RAIN BY THE AFTERNOON. MINOR ACCUMULATION OF ICE FROM LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...OF ONLY A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY...DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION. REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS... LEAVE PLENTY OF ROOM BETWEEN YOU AND THE MOTORIST AHEAD OF YOU... AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. AVOID SUDDEN BRAKING OR ACCELERATION...AND BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON HILLS OR WHEN MAKING TURNS. $$ ALZ030>033-039-040-101230- /O.CAN.KBMX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110111T0000Z/ SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-MARENGO-DALLAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LIVINGSTON...EUTAW...GREENSBORO... MOUNDVILLE...MARION...DEMOPOLIS...LINDEN...SELMA 523 AM CST MON JAN 10 2011 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. THE PRECIPITATION HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...WITH TEMPERATURES ONLY RISING TO JUST ABOVE FREEZING LATER TODAY... DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY...DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION. REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS...LEAVE PLENTY OF ROOM BETWEEN YOU AND THE MOTORIST AHEAD OF YOU...AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. AVOID SUDDEN BRAKING OR ACCELERATION...AND BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON HILLS OR WHEN MAKING TURNS. $$ ALZ034-035-041-042-101930- /O.CON.KBMX.ZR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110111T0000Z/ BIBB-CHILTON-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTREVILLE...CLANTON...PRATTVILLE... FORT DEPOSIT...HAYNEVILLE 523 AM CST MON JAN 10 2011 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND ONLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE OVERNIGHT AND MORNING HOURS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR OR JUST BELOW FREEZING...SO DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ JD/02
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this ice storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this ice storm warning went out at Jan 9, 4:44 AM CST, 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 9, 4:44 AM CST, 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 444 AM CST SUN JAN 9 2011 .DISCUSSION... A MAJOR WINTER STORM IS CURRENTLY INBOUND AS THE GULF LOW IS BEGINNING TO TAKE SHAPE ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS. THE LOW WILL STRENGTHEN A BIT WITH TIME BEFORE WEAKENING AS IT MOVES OFF THE SOUTHERN LOUISIANA COAST. THIS SEEMS TO BE OF LITTLE CONSEQUENCE...HOWEVER...AS IT...ALONG WITH ITS RATHER WEAK UPPER TROUGH WILL PICK UP PLENTY OF GULF MOISTURE AS THEY TRANSLATE EASTWARD. AS OF THIS MORNING...THE STAGE IS BEING SET AS TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE TEENS ACROSS THE NORTH AND UPPER 20S ACROSS THE SOUTH AS SOME CAA CONTINUES AT THE SURFACE. THE WINDS WILL QUICKLY TURN EAST LATER TODAY...KEEPING THE COLD AIR WEDGE AND MORE IMPORTANTLY THE DEWPOINTS RATHER DRY...TRY THE SINGLE DIGITS FOR MOST FOLKS THIS MORNING. THAT DOES MAKE THE TEMPERATURES RATHER COMPLEX FOR LATER TODAY...AS SOME WARMING IS EXPECTED BEFORE THE PRECIP ARRIVES. WE MAY EVEN GET INTO THE LOWER 40S WAY DOWN SOUTH BEFORE THE TREMENDOUS WET-BULBING EFFECT TAKES US BACK TO BELOW FREEZING. FOR THE MOST PART SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE NOT THE CONCERN WITH THE FORECAST...AS IT LOOKS EVERYONE WILL STAY BELOW THE 32 MARK FOR THE DURATION OF THE EVENT...THANKS TO THAT WET-BULBING EFFECT. NOW ON TO OTHER CONCERNS. OUT OF THE GATE...I HAD BEEN WATCHING THE DRYING TREND ACROSS THE HEART OF CENTRAL ALABAMA AS MOST NUMERICAL GUIDANCE DEVELOPS SOME CONVECTION OUT OVER THE GULF WATERS. THAT SAID...WHEN LOOKING AT THE LOW AND MID LEVEL FRONTOGENESIS AND NEGATIVE PVU...THERE WILL BE A DECENT BAND OF MESOSCALE LIFT THAT LOOKS TO FORM NEAR SOUTH CENTRAL MS AND TRANSLATE RATHER QUICKLY NORTHEAST TO TCL...BHM...AND EVENTUALLY GADSDEN BY MIDNIGHT OR THEREABOUT. MODEL QPF JUST DOESN'T MATCH THAT FEATURE...SO HAVE DISCOUNTED SOME OF THE LOWER AMOUNTS BY KEEPING THE GENERAL 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY MORE ACROSS THE NORTHERN THIRD OF THE AREA. OF COURSE...THE MESOSCALE DETAILS OF THIS FEATURE WILL OBVIOUSLY BE DETERMINED IN A MORE NOWCASTING SCENARIO...BUT I WILL HAVE TO RELY ON THE NUMERICAL OUTPUT FOR THE GENERAL SYNOPTIC LOOK AND FEEL OF THE SETUP. STILL...THE MOISTURE WILL BE IN THE ATMOSPHERE...AND IF THE FEATURE IS REAL...THERE WILL BE THAT OPPORTUNITY EARLY MONDAY MORNING TO SEE A HEAVY SNOW BAND DEVELOP...WILL BE INTERESTING. THE NEXT OBVIOUS CHALLENGE IS THE PRECIP TYPE...AS ONCE AGAIN...IT SEEMS THE BHM CWA IS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRANSITION. WITH THE TREMENDOUS WET-BULBING EARLY ON...IT LOOKS AS IF MOST EVERYONE...EVEN THE SOUTHERN MOST COUNTIES WILL AT LEAST START AS SNOW. HOWEVER...RATHER QUICKLY...THE WARM CONVEYOR BELT NOT ONLY BRINGS MOISTURE...BUT LOTS OF GULF HEAT TO FORM A SIGNIFICANT WARM NOSE JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE UNDERGLIDE. THIS WILL CAUSE MAJOR TROUBLE AS IT LOOKS LIKE THE WARM NOSE WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO COMPLETELY MELT ANY ICE CRYSTALLIZATION...AND THEN REFREEZE ON CONTACT WITH THE SURFACE. THE FURTHER SOUTH YOU ARE...THE BETTER CHANCE FOR THIS TO HAPPEN. THERE MAY BE A ZONE NORTH OF THE FREEZING RAIN MARK...WHERE MORE SLEET THAN SNOW MAY EXIST AS SOME DRYING BEGINS TO OCCUR IN THE DENTRITIC GROWTH ZONE. ONE THING THAT FORECASTERS SHOULD WATCH CLOSELY IS THE DRYING THAT TAKES PLACE...SAY ABOVE -10C...WHERE IT IS SATURATED AT LOWER LEVELS. THIS SHOULD BEGIN OCCURRING CLOSER TO SUNRISE ON MONDAY AND TRANSITION FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE CWA. IT IS LOOKING LIKE FOLKS IN THE NORTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES MAY STAY PRIMARILY SNOW WITH SOME IP MIXTURE WORKING IN NEAR THE END OF THE EVENT ON MONDAY AFTERNOON. I AM STILL HAVING TREMENDOUS DIFFICULTY IN PINPOINTING THE TRANSITION AREAS. ONCE THE PRECIPITATION PROCESSES START THE NUMERICAL PROFILES ARE OFTEN TIMES INCORRECT...SO IN A FORECASTING MODE...IT IS BEST TO GIVE OR TAKE 30 TO 50 MILES OR SOMETIMES A LOT MORE FOR A PROPER TRANSITION ZONE. WE COULD GO ON AND ON ABOUT WARMING OR COOLING A LAYER OR DYNAMIC COOLING ZONES THANKS TO HEAVY PRECIP...BUT OUR TIME IS SHORT. IN THE END...IT IS UNWISE TO GET CAUGHT UP IN MODEL SOUNDINGS TO MAKE MESOSCALE PTYPE DETERMINATIONS OR ZONES...THE MODELS WILL BE WRONG NEARLY EVERY TIME. BOTTOM LINE...MOST...IF NOT ALL...FOLKS WILL LIKELY START AS SNOW SUNDAY EVENING AS THE PRECIP SHIELD SPREADS FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST. AFTER JUST A SHORT WHILE...THE SOUTHERN MOST COUNTIES WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET AND THIS TRANSITION WILL SLOWLY WORK FROM SOUTH TO NORTH FROM AROUND MIDNIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY MONDAY. FOLKS SOUTH WILL DEAL WITH VERY LITTLE...IF ANY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WHILE FOLKS NORTH WILL GET THE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OVERNIGHT...THEN A GLAZING OF ICE OVER TOP AS THE EVENT ENDS. THE ICE SEEMS TO BE THE BIGGER THREAT TO FOLKS IN THE SOUTH THAN SNOW...HENCE THE UPGRADE TO AN ICE STORM WARNING SOUTH OF I20. WITHIN THE ICE STORM WARNING...YOU MAY GET YOUR 2 INCHES OF SNOW...BUT AGAIN...THE ICE THAT WILL FOLLOW WILL BRING THE MOST DANGER. PLEASE MAKE PREPARATIONS NOW TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM THIS SIGNIFICANT WINTER EVENT. 17/KLAWS && .AVIATION...06Z TAF DISCUSSION. CURRENTLY WATCHING SOME HIGH CLOUDS MOVE IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST...AND THIS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE FIRST PORTION OF THE FORECAST...WITH VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED...AND NORTH TO NORTHEASTERLY WINDS EXPECTED FROM 6-10 KTS. AS THE ANTICIPATED WINTER STORM MOVES CLOSER TO THE AREA...DECIDED TO PLACE WINTRY PRECIP IN THE TAFS FOR TCL...BHM...EET...AND MGM FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. LOWER CLOUDS WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT TCL AROUND 20Z TOMORROW AFTERNOON...WITH -SN EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING...INCREASING TO SN THROUGH THE LATE EVENING. -SN WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT BHM AND EET LATER IN THE AFTERNOON AND IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY INTO THE LATE EVENING HOURS. MGM WILL ALSO SEE A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS WELL. DECIDED NOT TO PLACE FZRA IN THE TAF FOR MGM AND TOI FOR NOW...BUT WILL LIKELY BE ADDED IN LATER FORECAST PERIODS...AS THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO FZRA DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON MONDAY. INTERESTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR UPCOMING FORECASTS...AS SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 3-6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHERN TAF SITES...WITH SIGNIFICANT FREEZING RAIN UP TO ONE HALF INCH POSSIBLE ACROSS MGM AND TOI. NOTICE...KEET TAF WILL HAVE (AMD LTD TO VIS WIND AND WX) AMENDED TO THE END OF THE FORECAST THROUGH THE END OF THE 2010/2011 WINTER SEASON. THE CEILOMETER DATA WILL BE GOING THROUGH NUMEROUS TESTS AND MONITORED FOR ACCURACY. 56/GOGGINS && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... GADSDEN 33 26 32 26 37 / 20 100 80 20 20 ANNISTON 37 28 32 28 40 / 30 100 80 20 20 BIRMINGHAM 37 28 33 27 39 / 60 100 70 20 20 TUSCALOOSA 36 28 33 28 42 / 70 100 50 10 10 CALERA 38 28 33 28 41 / 60 100 60 10 10 AUBURN 39 27 33 29 42 / 20 100 70 10 10 MONTGOMERY 40 29 34 31 45 / 30 100 50 10 10 TROY 40 30 34 33 47 / 30 100 50 10 10 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ICE STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: AUTAUGA...BARBOUR...BIBB...BULLOCK... CHAMBERS...CHILTON...COOSA...DALLAS...ELMORE...GREENE...HALE... LEE...LOWNDES...MACON...MARENGO...MONTGOMERY...PERRY...PIKE... RUSSELL...SUMTER...TALLAPOOSA. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: BLOUNT...CALHOUN...CHEROKEE...CLAY... CLEBURNE...ETOWAH...FAYETTE...JEFFERSON...LAMAR...MARION... PICKENS...RANDOLPH...SHELBY...ST. CLAIR...TALLADEGA... TUSCALOOSA...WALKER...WINSTON. && 17/56
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 8, 10:03 PM CST, 7 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1003 PM CST SAT JAN 8 2011 ALZ011>015-017>050-091800- MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN- CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR- TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON- COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE- MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR- 1003 PM CST SAT JAN 8 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. A MIX OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD INTO WESTERN ALABAMA SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AND WILL MOVE OVER THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA SUNDAY NIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE MAINLY IN THE FORM OF SNOW NORTH AND SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN CENTRAL AND SOUTH. HOWEVER...ALL THREE FORMS OF PRECIPITATION ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR...ESPECIALLY THE EXTREME NORTH. FARTHER SOUTH...1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM DEMOPOLIS...TO SELMA...TO AUBURN. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER INCH...TO ONE HALF INCH...ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM DEMPOPOLIS...TO CLANTON...TO ROANOKE. NORTH OF THIS LINE...ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE. LIGHT SNOW COULD CONTINUE ON TUESDAY WITH LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS LIKELY SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 9:30 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 32 hr |
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Sources
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