Alert archive / Alabama / Winter Storm Warnings in 2011
Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Huntsville, AL
NWS Huntsville, AL issued this winter storm warning at Feb 3, 2011, 4:32 PM CST for Cullman County, DeKalb County, Marshall County, Alabama. It was in force for 19 hr. 16 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
- Feb 3, 2011, 4:32 PM CST (22:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 4, 2011, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Huntsville, AL
Counties Cullman County, AL, DeKalb County, AL, Marshall County, AL
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 4:35 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Geraldine, AL | ONE INCH WAS REPORTED. |
| Feb 3, 4:45 PM CST | SNOW 1 | N Cullman, AL | HALF AN INCH WAS REPORTED ON ROADS. ONE INCH ON GRASSY SURFACES. ICY CONDITIONS REPORTED ON HWY 278. |
| Feb 3, 4:47 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | Boaz, AL | THREE INCHES WERE REPORTED. |
| Feb 3, 5:04 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | Douglas, AL | FOUR TO FOUR AND ONE HALF INCHES WERE REPORTED. |
| Feb 3, 5:05 PM CST | SNOW 1 | 4 Ene Fort Payne, AL | ONE INCH WAS REPORTED. |
| Feb 3, 5:06 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Boaz, AL | TWO INCHES WERE REPORTED. |
| Feb 3, 5:15 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | Albertville, AL | THREE INCHES WERE REPORTED ON THE GRASS AND ONE INCH WAS REPORTED ON THE ROADS. |
| Feb 3, 5:18 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | Arab, AL | THREE INCHES WERE REPORTED. |
| Feb 3, 5:57 PM CST | SNOW 1.2 | Sylvania, AL | 1.25 INCHES WERE REPORTED. |
| Feb 3, 6:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 2.5 | Guntersville, AL | TWO AND A HALF INCHES WERE REPORTED. |
| Feb 3, 6:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | 4 Ne Albertville, AL | TWO TO THREE INCHES REPORTED. THIN LATER OF SLEET ON TOP OF SNOW. |
| Feb 3, 6:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | Grant, AL | TWO TO THREE INCHES WERE REPORTED. |
| Feb 3, 6:30 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Nw Crossville, AL | THREE INCHES WERE REPORTED. |
| Feb 3, 6:30 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4.5 | 2 N Hyatt, AL | FOUR TO FOUR AND A HALF INCHES WERE REPORTED. |
| Feb 3, 6:47 PM CST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Boaz, AL | FOUR INCHES WERE REPORTED. |
| Feb 3, 7:06 PM CST | SNOW 2 | 5 Sw Rainsville, AL | ONE TO TWO INCHES WERE REPORTED. |
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 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 1803 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
734 WWUS44 KHUN 032232 WSWHUN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 432 PM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE TENNESSEE VALLEY THROUGH FRIDAY... ALZ008-010-016-040645- /O.UPG.KHUN.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110204T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KHUN.WS.W.0003.110203T2232Z-110204T1800Z/ MARSHALL-DEKALB-CULLMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUNTERSVILLE...FORT PAYNE...CULLMAN 432 PM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED: SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL OCCUR FROM CULLMAN TO DEKALB COUNTY...IN NORTH ALABAMA...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW AND SLEET...MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. LATER TONIGHT...ADDITIONAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A TENTH INCH. * IMPACTS (I.E. TRAVEL CONDITIONS): ROADS ARE QUICKLY BECOMING ICY AND SNOWPACKED...WITH NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS REPORTED ALONG I-65 AND STATE HIGHWAYS IN CULLMAN...MARSHALL AND DEKALB COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MEANS PERIODS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE DRIVING TO BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...SO BE PREPARED TO USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING. && 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. && $$ ALZ004-007-040645- /O.CON.KHUN.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110204T1800Z/ LAWRENCE-MORGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOULTON...DECATUR 432 PM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED: PERIODS OF SNOW...MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS LAWRENCE AND MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTH ALABAMA. ADDITIONAL SLEET...SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS: THIS EVENING...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1 INCH...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. NEW SLEET OR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A TENTH INCH ARE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * IMPACTS (I.E. TRAVEL CONDITIONS): ROADS WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS... ESPECIALLY AFTER SUNSET AS TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW FREEZING. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BE MOST HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MEANS PERIODS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE DRIVING TO BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...SO BE PREPARED TO USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING. && $$ ALZ001>003-005-006-009-TNZ076-096-097-040645- /O.CON.KHUN.WW.Y.0004.110204T0600Z-110204T1800Z/ LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LIMESTONE-MADISON-JACKSON-MOORE- LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLORENCE...MUSCLE SHOALS... RUSSELLVILLE...ATHENS...HUNTSVILLE...SCOTTSBORO...LYNCHBURG... FAYETTEVILLE...WINCHESTER 432 PM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST FRIDAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED: PERIODS OF SLEET AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP...MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...ALONG AND NORTH OF A SCOTTSBORO TO HUNTSVILLE TO FLORENCE LINE. THE SNOW AND SLEET MAY MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS: SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE BETWEEN 1/2 AND 1 INCH...MAINLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 65...WITH UP TO 1/2 INCH EAST OF INTERSTATE 65. IN ADDITION...ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS (I.E. TRAVEL CONDITIONS): ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND HAZARDOUS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY OVER BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MEANS PERIODS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE DRIVING TO BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...SO BE PREPARED TO USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING. && $$ DJN
5 follow-up statements
613 WWUS44 KHUN 032235 CCA WSWHUN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 435 PM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE TENNESSEE VALLEY THROUGH FRIDAY... ALZ008-010-016-040700- /O.UPG.KHUN.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110204T1800Z/ /O.COR.KHUN.WS.W.0003.110203T2235Z-110204T1800Z/ MARSHALL-DEKALB-CULLMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUNTERSVILLE...FORT PAYNE...CULLMAN 435 PM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED: SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL OCCUR FROM CULLMAN TO DEKALB COUNTY...IN NORTH ALABAMA...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW AND SLEET...MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. LATER TONIGHT...ADDITIONAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A TENTH INCH. * IMPACTS (I.E. TRAVEL CONDITIONS): ROADS ARE QUICKLY BECOMING ICY AND SNOWPACKED...WITH NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS REPORTED ALONG I-65 AND STATE HIGHWAYS IN CULLMAN...MARSHALL AND DEKALB COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ ALZ004-007-040700- /O.CON.KHUN.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110204T1800Z/ LAWRENCE-MORGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOULTON...DECATUR 435 PM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED: PERIODS OF SNOW...MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS LAWRENCE AND MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTH ALABAMA. ADDITIONAL SLEET...SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS: THIS EVENING...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1 INCH...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. NEW SLEET OR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A TENTH INCH ARE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * IMPACTS (I.E. TRAVEL CONDITIONS): ROADS WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS... ESPECIALLY AFTER SUNSET AS TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW FREEZING. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BE MOST HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MEANS PERIODS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE DRIVING TO BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...SO BE PREPARED TO USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING. && $$ ALZ001>003-005-006-009-TNZ076-096-097-040700- /O.CON.KHUN.WW.Y.0004.110204T0600Z-110204T1800Z/ LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LIMESTONE-MADISON-JACKSON-MOORE- LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLORENCE...MUSCLE SHOALS... RUSSELLVILLE...ATHENS...HUNTSVILLE...SCOTTSBORO...LYNCHBURG... FAYETTEVILLE...WINCHESTER 435 PM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST FRIDAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED: PERIODS OF SLEET AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP...MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...ALONG AND NORTH OF A SCOTTSBORO TO HUNTSVILLE TO FLORENCE LINE. THE SNOW AND SLEET MAY MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS: SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE BETWEEN 1/2 AND 1 INCH...MAINLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 65...WITH UP TO 1/2 INCH EAST OF INTERSTATE 65. IN ADDITION...ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS (I.E. TRAVEL CONDITIONS): ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND HAZARDOUS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY OVER BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MEANS PERIODS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE DRIVING TO BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...SO BE PREPARED TO USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING. && $$ DJN
870 WWUS44 KHUN 040242 WSWHUN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 842 PM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE TENNESSEE VALLEY THROUGH FRIDAY... ALZ008-010-016-041045- /O.CON.KHUN.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110204T1800Z/ MARSHALL-DEKALB-CULLMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUNTERSVILLE...FORT PAYNE...CULLMAN 842 PM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED: SLEET MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. ANOTHER ROUND OF SLEET...MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS: SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE. LATER TONIGHT...ADDITIONAL SLEET ACCUMULATIONS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A TENTH INCH. * IMPACTS: ROADS ARE ICY AND SNOWPACKED...WITH NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS REPORTED ALONG INTERSTATE 65 AND STATE HIGHWAYS IN CULLMAN...MARSHALL AND DEKALB COUNTIES. 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. && $$ ALZ003-005-006-009-TNZ076-096-097-041045- /O.EXT.KHUN.WW.Y.0004.110204T0300Z-110204T1800Z/ FRANKLIN AL-LIMESTONE-MADISON-JACKSON-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELLVILLE...ATHENS...HUNTSVILLE... SCOTTSBORO...LYNCHBURG...FAYETTEVILLE...WINCHESTER 842 PM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED: PERIODS OF SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP AFTER 9 PM AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND INTO TOMORROW MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS: SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE BETWEEN 1/2 AND 1 INCH...MAINLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 65. IN ADDITION...ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND HAZARDOUS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY OVER BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MEANS PERIODS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE DRIVING TO BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...SO BE PREPARED TO USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING. && $$ ALZ004-007-041045- /O.CON.KHUN.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110204T1800Z/ LAWRENCE-MORGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOULTON...DECATUR 842 PM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED: PERIODS OF SNOW...MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS LAWRENCE AND MORGAN COUNTY IN NORTH ALABAMA. ADDITIONAL SLEET...SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS: THIS EVENING...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1 INCH...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. NEW SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A TENTH INCH ARE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS... ESPECIALLY AFTER SUNSET AS TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW FREEZING. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BE MOST HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MEANS PERIODS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE DRIVING TO BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...SO BE PREPARED TO USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING. && $$ ALZ001-002-041045- /O.CON.KHUN.WW.Y.0004.110204T0600Z-110204T1800Z/ LAUDERDALE-COLBERT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLORENCE...MUSCLE SHOALS 842 PM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST FRIDAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED: PERIODS OF SLEET AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP...MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...ALONG AND NORTH OF A SCOTTSBORO TO HUNTSVILLE TO FLORENCE LINE. THE SNOW AND SLEET MAY MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS: SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE BETWEEN 1/2 AND 1 INCH...MAINLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 65...WITH UP TO 1/2 INCH EAST OF INTERSTATE 65. IN ADDITION...ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME ICY AND HAZARDOUS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY OVER BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MEANS PERIODS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE DRIVING TO BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...SO BE PREPARED TO USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING. && $$
553 WWUS44 KHUN 040657 WSWHUN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1257 AM CST FRI FEB 4 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE TENNESSEE VALLEY THROUGH FRIDAY... ALZ008-010-016-041500- /O.CON.KHUN.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110204T1800Z/ MARSHALL-DEKALB-CULLMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUNTERSVILLE...FORT PAYNE...CULLMAN 1257 AM CST FRI FEB 4 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED: ANOTHER ROUND OF SLEET...MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT ACROSS CULLMAN... MARSHALL AND DEKALB COUNTIES...BEGINNING AROUND 4 AM. * ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 INCH...AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A TENTH INCH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: MANY ROADS ARE ICY AND SNOWPACKED...WITH NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS REPORTED ALONG INTERSTATE 65 AND STATE HIGHWAYS IN CULLMAN...MARSHALL AND DEKALB COUNTIES. ROAD CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE TOWARDS NOON...AS AIR TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING AND THE PRECIPITATION BECOMES ALL RAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE REGION. && $$ ALZ001>007-009-TNZ076-096-097-041500- /O.CON.KHUN.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110204T1800Z/ LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- JACKSON-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLORENCE...MUSCLE SHOALS... RUSSELLVILLE...MOULTON...ATHENS...HUNTSVILLE...DECATUR... SCOTTSBORO...LYNCHBURG...FAYETTEVILLE...WINCHESTER 1257 AM CST FRI FEB 4 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED: RAIN AND SNOW...MIXED WITH SLEET AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL REDEVELOP LATE TONIGHT. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD BEGIN ACROSS NORTHWEST ALABAMA AROUND 3 AM...SPREADING EASTWARD ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTHERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. * ACCUMULATIONS: NEW SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 INCH...AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A TENTH INCH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: SOME ROADS WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS WITH TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW FREEZING. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO ICING. ROAD CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE TOWARDS NOON...AS AIR TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING AND THE PRECIPITATION BECOMES ALL RAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MEANS PERIODS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE DRIVING TO BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...SO BE PREPARED TO USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING. && $$
230 WWUS44 KHUN 041118 WSWHUN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 518 AM CST FRI FEB 4 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE TENNESSEE VALLEY THROUGH FRIDAY... ALZ008-010-016-041800- /O.CON.KHUN.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110204T1800Z/ MARSHALL-DEKALB-CULLMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUNTERSVILLE...FORT PAYNE...CULLMAN 518 AM CST FRI FEB 4 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED: ANOTHER ROUND OF SLEET...MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS CULLMAN...MARSHALL AND DEKALB COUNTIES THIS MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 INCH... AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A TENTH INCH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: MANY ROADS WERE ICY AND SNOWPACKED. NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS OCCURRED THURSDAY EVENING IN CULLMAN...MARSHALL AND DEKALB COUNTIES. ROAD CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE TOWARDS NOON...AS AIR TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING AND THE PRECIPITATION BECOMES ALL RAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE REGION. && $$ ALZ001>007-009-TNZ076-096-097-041800- /O.CON.KHUN.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110204T1800Z/ LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- JACKSON-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLORENCE...MUSCLE SHOALS... RUSSELLVILLE...MOULTON...ATHENS...HUNTSVILLE...DECATUR... SCOTTSBORO...LYNCHBURG...FAYETTEVILLE...WINCHESTER 518 AM CST FRI FEB 4 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED: RAIN AND SNOW...MIXED WITH SLEET AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL AFFECT MUCH OF NORTHERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS: NEW SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 INCH...AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A TENTH INCH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: SOME ROADS WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS WITH TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW FREEZING...WITH BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO ICING. ROAD CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE TOWARDS NOON...AS AIR TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING AND THE PRECIPITATION BECOMES ALL RAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MEANS PERIODS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE DRIVING TO BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...SO BE PREPARED TO USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING. && $$
197 WWUS44 KHUN 041810 WSWHUN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1210 PM CST FRI FEB 4 2011 ...ALL WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ON SCHEDULE... ALZ008-010-016-041915- /O.EXP.KHUN.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110204T1800Z/ MARSHALL-DEKALB-CULLMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GUNTERSVILLE...FORT PAYNE...CULLMAN 1210 PM CST FRI FEB 4 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. REGIONAL SURFACE OBSERVATIONS AND REPORTS FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC INDICATE THAT TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...AND THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ON SCHEDULE. SOME ROADS MAY REMAIN SLICK IN ISOLATED LOCATIONS DUE TO LINGERING EFFECTS FROM WINTER PRECIPITATION ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON...AND MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO REMAIN AWARE OF THIS WHEN TRAVELING AROUND THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. $$ ALZ001>007-009-TNZ076-096-097-041915- /O.EXP.KHUN.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110204T1800Z/ LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- JACKSON-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLORENCE...MUSCLE SHOALS... RUSSELLVILLE...MOULTON...ATHENS...HUNTSVILLE...DECATUR... SCOTTSBORO...LYNCHBURG...FAYETTEVILLE...WINCHESTER 1210 PM CST FRI FEB 4 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. REGIONAL SURFACE OBSERVATIONS AND REPORTS FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC INDICATE THAT TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA...AND THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ON SCHEDULE. $$ 70/DD
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Huntsville, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Feb 3, 3:37 PM CST, 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 3, 3:37 PM CST, 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
337 PM CST THU FEB 3 2011
.UPDATE...MOVED UP THE START OF THE WINTER WX ADVISORY FOR AREAS S OF
THE TN RIVER.
&&
.DISCUSSION...BASED ON RADAR TRENDS AND REPORTS...WILL GO AHEAD AND
START THE WINTER WX ADVISORY NOW FOR LOCATIONS S OF THE TN RIVER.
THIS INITIAL BATCH OF PRECIP SHOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARD THE NE
AND AWAY N CNTRL/NE AL WITHIN THE NEXT HR OR SO. HOWEVER...MORE
WINTRY PRECIP MOVING OUT OF CNTRL MS WILL BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD THE
AREA FROM W TO E LATER THIS EVENING.
&&
.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...CHALLENGING FORECAST THIS AFTERNOON WITH A
WINTRY MIX OF PRECIP XPCTED TO IMPACT THE AREA LATER TONIGHT. LATEST
MODELS HAVE BEEN SOMEWHAT BEHIND THE CURVE PICKING UP ON A LOT OF THE
MID LEVEL MOISTURE AND ASSOC SLEET/SNOW STREAMING TOWARD THE NE OUT
OF SRN/CNTRL AL/MS. PRECIP SHOULD BEGIN TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND
INTENSITY HEADING INTO THE EVENING HRS..AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE
DEVELOPS IN THE SW GULF OF MEX. THE SFC LOW IS XPCTED TO LIFT TOWARD
THE NE LATE TONIGHT AND FRI...WITH A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIP CONTINUING
THROUGH THE MORNING HRS...BEFORE PRECIP CHANGES OVER TO ALL RAIN FRI
AFTERNOON. AS SUCH...WILL GO AHEAD AND ISSUE A WINTER WX ADVISORY FOR
THE ENTIRE AREA...VALID FROM 06-18Z FRI. REFER TO /HUNWSWHUN/ FOR
MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION REGARDING THE THREAT FOR WINTER WX LATE
TONIGHT AND EARLY FRI.
RAIN MAY THEN BEGIN TO MIX WITH SOME LIGHT SNOW FRI EVENING...WITH
THE SFC LOW CONTINUING TO MOVE UP THE MID ATLANTIC BASIN. PRECIP
SHOULD THEN BEGIN TO TAPER OFF OVERNIGHT FRI AS ALL SNOW AS AN UPPER
SHRTWV TRAVERSES EWD ACROSS THE REGION. TEMPS INTO FRI MORNING WILL
STRUGGLE TO EXCEED THE FREEZING MARK...BEFORE CLIMBING CLOSE TO THE
40 DEGREE MARK FRI AFTERNOON.
HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND PERIOD...A WEAK AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE OUT
OF SRN TX LOOKS TO SETTLE EWD INTO THE CNTRL GULF REGION. THIS
SHOULD ALLOW FOR A GRADUAL WARMING TREND GOING INTO THE NEW WEEK AS
THE SFC HIGH BEGINS TO SHIFT TOWARD THE SRN ATLANTIC BASIN...AS
DRIER AIR FILTERS INTO THE AREA FROM THE SW.
A DEEP UPPER TROUGH PATTERN IS THEN XPCTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE NRN
2/3 CONUS BY MON...AS A SECOND AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE
OH VALLEY REGION FROM THE MIDWEST. THIS LOOKS TO PUSH A COLD FRONT
EWD THROUGH THE AREA EARLY MON...WITH A MIX OF RAIN OR SNOW POSSIBLE
ALONG AND BEHIND THE SFC BOUNDARY. HIGH PRESSURE THEN LOOKS TO BUILD
INTO THE TN AND OH VALLEY AREAS STARTING TUE...WITH OVERALL TEMPS
AGAIN FALLING BELOW NORMAL. THE SFC HIGH SHOULD GRADUALLY MOVE EWD
THROUGH WED...WITH TEMPS REMAINING JUST BELOW NORMAL. YET ANOTHER
WINTER STORM SYSTEM OUT OF THE SRN PLAINS MAY THEN BEGIN TO MOVE
ACROSS THE CNTRL GULF STATES ON THU...ALTHOUGH THIS COULD CERTAINLY
CHANGE IN INTENSITY/MOVEMENT GIVEN THE TIME PERIOD IN QUESTION.
&&
.HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: CULLMAN...DEKALB...LAWRENCE...MARSHALL...MORGAN.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST FRIDAY
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: COLBERT...FRANKLIN AL...JACKSON...
LAUDERDALE...LIMESTONE...MADISON.
TN...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST FRIDAY
FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: FRANKLIN TN...LINCOLN...MOORE.
&&
09Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 3, 2:08 PM CST, 2 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 208 PM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-040400- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 208 PM CST THU FEB 3 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET...SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING SOUTH OF THE TENNESSEE RIVER AND THEN QUICKLY SPREAD ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE THE GREATEST WEST OF INTERSTATE 65 WITH AROUND ONE INCH WHILE EAST OF INTERSTATE 65...AROUND ONE HALF OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... THE SLEET...SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN MIX WILL TURN TO ALL RAIN BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER AS TEMPERATURES DROP FRIDAY NIGHT THE RAIN WILL MIX WITH OR TURN TO ALL SNOW WITH SOME MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY MORNING. ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE TENNESSEE VALLEY MONDAY INTO TUESDAY...BRINGING THE CHANCE FOR RAIN AND SNOW BACK TO THE REGION. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. SS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 3, 1:48 PM CST, 2 hours 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 148 PM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-032005- 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 148 PM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...WINTRY PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY LATE TONIGHT CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY... A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET...SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING SOUTH OF THE TENNESSEE RIVER AND THEN QUICKLY SPREAD ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE THE GREATEST WEST OF INTERSTATE 65 WITH AROUND ONE INCH WHILE EAST OF INTERSTATE 65...AROUND ONE HALF OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. THE WINTRY MIX WILL CHANGE TO ALL RAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER THE RAIN WILL ONCE AGAIN MIX WITH OR TURN TO ALL SNOW FRIDAY NIGHT. SOME MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY MORNING. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POTENTIAL OF ICY SPOTS DEVELOPING LATE TONIGHT ON AREA ROADS...AS TEMPERATURES FALL TO AND BELOW FREEZING. THIS WILL ESPECIALLY BE THE CASE FOR LESS TRAVELED ROADS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. RSB
Local storm report, Feb 3, 3:45 PM CST, 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
345 PM CST THU FEB 03 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0300 PM SNOW BOAZ 34.20N 86.16W
02/03/2011 E0.5 INCH MARSHALL AL EMERGENCY MNGR
UP TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH OF SNOWFALL WAS REPORTED.
0325 PM SNOW BOAZ 34.20N 86.16W
02/03/2011 E0.8 INCH MARSHALL AL EMERGENCY MNGR
BETWEEN HALF AN INCH AND 3/4 OF AN INCH OF SNOWFALL WAS
REPORTED.
0325 PM SNOW DOUGLAS 34.17N 86.32W
02/03/2011 E0.8 INCH MARSHALL AL EMERGENCY MNGR
BETWEEN ONE HALF AND 3/4 OF AN INCH WAS REPORTED.
0335 PM SNOW BOAZ 34.20N 86.16W
02/03/2011 E1.0 INCH MARSHALL AL TRAINED SPOTTER
ONE INCH OF SNOWFALL WAS REPORTED IN BOAZ.
&&
KWEBERLocal storm report, Feb 3, 3:51 PM CST, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
351 PM CST THU FEB 03 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0300 PM SNOW BOAZ 34.20N 86.16W
02/03/2011 E0.5 INCH MARSHALL AL EMERGENCY MNGR
UP TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH OF SNOWFALL WAS REPORTED.
0325 PM SNOW BOAZ 34.20N 86.16W
02/03/2011 E0.8 INCH MARSHALL AL EMERGENCY MNGR
BETWEEN HALF AN INCH AND 3/4 OF AN INCH OF SNOWFALL WAS
REPORTED.
0325 PM SNOW DOUGLAS 34.17N 86.32W
02/03/2011 E0.8 INCH MARSHALL AL EMERGENCY MNGR
BETWEEN ONE HALF AND 3/4 OF AN INCH WAS REPORTED.
0335 PM SNOW BOAZ 34.20N 86.16W
02/03/2011 E1.0 INCH MARSHALL AL TRAINED SPOTTER
ONE INCH OF SNOWFALL WAS REPORTED IN BOAZ.
0345 PM SNOW BOAZ 34.20N 86.16W
02/03/2011 E2.0 INCH MARSHALL AL EMERGENCY MNGR
ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOWFALL WAS REPORTED.
&&
KWEBERLocal storm report, Feb 3, 4:04 PM CST, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
404 PM CST THU FEB 03 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0325 PM SNOW DOUGLAS 34.17N 86.32W
02/03/2011 E0.8 INCH MARSHALL AL EMERGENCY MNGR
BETWEEN ONE HALF AND 3/4 OF AN INCH WAS REPORTED.
0325 PM SNOW BOAZ 34.20N 86.16W
02/03/2011 E0.8 INCH MARSHALL AL EMERGENCY MNGR
BETWEEN HALF AN INCH AND 3/4 OF AN INCH WAS REPORTED.
0335 PM SNOW BOAZ 34.20N 86.16W
02/03/2011 E1.0 INCH MARSHALL AL TRAINED SPOTTER
ONE INCH WAS REPORTED IN BOAZ.
0345 PM SNOW BOAZ 34.20N 86.16W
02/03/2011 E2.0 INCH MARSHALL AL EMERGENCY MNGR
ONE TO TWO INCHES WAS REPORTED.
0355 PM SNOW COLLINSVILLE 34.27N 85.86W
02/03/2011 E0.5 INCH DEKALB AL LAW ENFORCEMENT
ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH WAS REPORTED.
0355 PM SNOW CROSSVILLE 34.29N 85.99W
02/03/2011 E0.2 INCH DEKALB AL LAW ENFORCEMENT
HIGHWAY 68 WEST WAS REPORTED CLOSED DUE TO ICY CONDITIONS
FORM CROSSVILLE TO COLILNSVILLE
&&
KWEBERLocal storm report, Feb 3, 4:07 PM CST, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
407 PM CST THU FEB 03 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0325 PM SNOW DOUGLAS 34.17N 86.32W
02/03/2011 E0.8 INCH MARSHALL AL EMERGENCY MNGR
BETWEEN ONE HALF AND 3/4 OF AN INCH WAS REPORTED.
0325 PM SNOW BOAZ 34.20N 86.16W
02/03/2011 E0.8 INCH MARSHALL AL EMERGENCY MNGR
BETWEEN HALF AN INCH AND 3/4 OF AN INCH WAS REPORTED.
0335 PM SNOW BOAZ 34.20N 86.16W
02/03/2011 E1.0 INCH MARSHALL AL TRAINED SPOTTER
ONE INCH WAS REPORTED IN BOAZ.
0345 PM SNOW BOAZ 34.20N 86.16W
02/03/2011 E2.0 INCH MARSHALL AL EMERGENCY MNGR
ONE TO TWO INCHES WAS REPORTED.
0355 PM SNOW COLLINSVILLE 34.27N 85.86W
02/03/2011 E0.5 INCH DEKALB AL LAW ENFORCEMENT
ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH WAS REPORTED.
0355 PM SNOW CROSSVILLE 34.29N 85.99W
02/03/2011 E0.2 INCH DEKALB AL LAW ENFORCEMENT
HIGHWAY 68 WEST WAS REPORTED CLOSED DUE TO ICY CONDITIONS
FORM CROSSVILLE TO COLLINSVILLE
&&
KWEBERLocal storm report, Feb 3, 4:20 PM CST, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
420 PM CST THU FEB 03 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0325 PM SNOW DOUGLAS 34.17N 86.32W
02/03/2011 E0.8 INCH MARSHALL AL EMERGENCY MNGR
BETWEEN ONE HALF AND 3/4 OF AN INCH WAS REPORTED.
0325 PM SNOW BOAZ 34.20N 86.16W
02/03/2011 E0.8 INCH MARSHALL AL EMERGENCY MNGR
BETWEEN HALF AN INCH AND 3/4 OF AN INCH WAS REPORTED.
0335 PM SNOW BOAZ 34.20N 86.16W
02/03/2011 E1.0 INCH MARSHALL AL TRAINED SPOTTER
ONE INCH WAS REPORTED IN BOAZ.
0345 PM SNOW BOAZ 34.20N 86.16W
02/03/2011 E2.0 INCH MARSHALL AL EMERGENCY MNGR
ONE TO TWO INCHES WAS REPORTED.
0355 PM SNOW COLLINSVILLE 34.27N 85.86W
02/03/2011 E0.5 INCH DEKALB AL LAW ENFORCEMENT
ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH WAS REPORTED.
0355 PM SNOW CROSSVILLE 34.29N 85.99W
02/03/2011 E0.2 INCH DEKALB AL LAW ENFORCEMENT
HIGHWAY 68 WEST WAS REPORTED CLOSED DUE TO ICY CONDITIONS
FORM CROSSVILLE TO COLLINSVILLE
0410 PM SNOW FALKVILLE 34.37N 86.91W
02/03/2011 E0.2 INCH MORGAN AL PUBLIC
A DUSTING TO A FEW HUNDRETHS OF AN INCH WERE REPORTED ON
CARS.
0412 PM SNOW BOAZ 34.20N 86.16W
02/03/2011 E2.0 INCH MARSHALL AL TRAINED SPOTTER
TWO INCHES WERE REPORTED ON AREA ROADS AND GRASSY
SURFACES.
&&
KWEBERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 2:33 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | HUN | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more | 21 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.