Alert archive / Alabama / Winter Storm Warnings in 2014
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this winter storm warning at Jan 27, 2014, 3:11 PM CST for 29 counties in Alabama. It took effect at Jan 28, 2014, 7:51 AM CST. It was in force for 15 hr. 60 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 27, 2014, 3:11 PM CST (21:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 28, 2014, 7:51 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 28, 2014, 10:21 PM CST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
All 29 counties
Autauga County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pike County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Russell County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 8:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Clanton, AL | BRIDGE ICING MM205 I-65 |
| Jan 28, 8:14 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 9 N Prattville, AL | FREEZING RAIN IS CAUSING DRIVERS TO PULL OFF OF I-65 BETWEEN CLANTON AND MONTGOMERY. FREEZING RAIN DURATION 2 MINUTES |
| Jan 28, 8:14 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Greensboro, AL | BRIDGE ICING HWYS 25, 69, AND 80 |
| Jan 28, 8:34 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Montgomery, AL | WSFA JOSH JOHNSON REPORTING OCCURRENCE AT STATION |
| Jan 28, 8:39 AM CST | SNOW 0 | Sylacauga, AL | COOSA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER LIGHT SNOW COVERING PARK LOT. |
| Jan 28, 8:50 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 3 S Huguley, AL | CHAMBERS COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTING I-85 BRIDGE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 74 AND 75 IS COMPLETELY FROZEN OVER. NUMEROUS WRECKS BEING REPORTED. |
| Jan 28, 8:52 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Huguley, AL | I-85 BRIDGE ICING. |
| Jan 28, 9:31 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 2 Nw Montgomery, AL | CONFIRMED OVERPASSES ICED OVER ON I-85 AND I-65 IN MONTGOMERY...ANN STREET...LOUISVILLE/6TH STREET...ATLANTA HIGHWAY EAST BOULEVARD...AND THE RIVER BRIDGE OVER I-65 NORTH. |
| Jan 28, 10:39 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 1 Nne Brent, AL | NUMEROUS ROADS ARE ICED OVER THROUGHOUT ALL OF BIBB COUNTY. FREEZING RAIN DURATION 10 MINUTES |
| Jan 28, 11:03 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 1 Sw Opelika, AL | LEE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS REPORTING A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE COUNTY. FREEZING RAIN DURATION 20 MINUTES |
| Jan 28, 11:22 AM CST | SNOW 0.5 | Sylacauga, AL | SNOW DURATION 2 HOURS |
| Jan 28, 11:48 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | 2 S Sylacauga, AL | ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF SNOW REPORTED AT THE HIGHWAY 21 INTERSECTION OVERPASS IN SYLACAUGA. SNOW DURATION 3 HOURS |
| Jan 28, 12:34 PM CST | SNOW 1.3 | 3 Nne Fairfield, AL | PUBLIC REPORTS AN INCH AND A HALF OF SNOW IN ENSLEY. SNOW DURATION 1 HOUR |
| Jan 28, 1:21 PM CST | SNOW 1 | 4 E Alabaster, AL | ONE INCH OF SNOW...JUST EAST OF ALABASTER. SNOW DURATION 2 HOURS |
| Jan 28, 1:56 PM CST | SNOW 1.3 | 1 Nw Sylacauga, AL | NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTS 1.30 INCHES OF SNOW IN NORTH SYLACAUGA. SNOW DURATION 4 HOURS |
| Jan 28, 1:58 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Clanton, AL | 1.50 INCHES OF SNOW REPORTED AT THE CHILTON COUNTY COURTHOUSE IN CLANTON. SNOW DURATION 3 HOURS |
| Jan 28, 2:09 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Ensley, AL | SOTRM SPOTTER REPORTED 2 INCHES OF SNOW IN ENSLEY. |
| Jan 28, 2:09 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Wedowee, AL | EMA REPORTS 2 INCHES OF SNOW. SNOW DURATION 4 HOURS. |
| Jan 28, 2:20 PM CST | SNOW 2 | 3 Ese Ashland, AL | SPOTTER REPORTS 2.00 INCHES OF SNOW 3 ESE OF ASHLAND. SNOW DURATION 4 HOURS |
| Jan 28, 3:00 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 2 Wnw Alexander City, AL | PUBLIC REPORTS NEAR 3 INCHES OF SNOW IN ALEX CITY. SNOW DURATION 4 HOURS |
| Jan 28, 3:10 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Bynum, AL | ABOUT 2.5 INCHES OF STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION. |
| Jan 28, 3:27 PM CST | SNOW 1.8 | Wilsonville, AL | 1.75 INCHES OF SNOW REPORTED BY NWS EMPLOYEE. SNOW DURATION 4 HOURS |
| Jan 28, 3:42 PM CST | SNOW 4 | 11 W Ashland, AL | SPOTTER REPORTS 4 INCHES OF SNOW IN WESTERN CLAY COUNTY. SNOW DURATION 5 HOURS |
| Jan 28, 4:30 PM CST | SNOW 2 | 1 Nw Plantersville, AL | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS A STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 2 INCHES IN 6 HOURS. THE SNOW WAS PRECEDED BY A PERIOD OF HEAVY SLEET. |
| Jan 28, 5:10 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Clanton, AL | STORM TOTAL OF 2.5 INCHES OF SNOW RECORDED AT THE 911 CENTER IN DOWNTOWN CLANTON. |
| Jan 28, 5:30 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | 1 Ese Mount Meigs, AL | DURATION GREATER THAN 6 HOURS. CURRENTLY LIGHT SNOW. |
| Jan 28, 5:45 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | 2 Sw Montgomery, AL | STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION AT WSFA TV STUDIOS. |
| Jan 28, 5:45 PM CST | SNOW 0.3 | 4 E Montgomery, AL | A QUARTER INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF CENTRAL PARKWAY AND WOODMERE ROAD. THERE WAS SOME ICE ACCUMULATION ON VEHICLES BUT NONE ACCUMULATING ON THE GROUND. |
| Jan 28, 5:48 PM CST | SNOW 0.5 | 2 Sw Montgomery, AL | HALF INCH OF SNOW SO FAR AT WSFA TV STUDIOS. |
| Jan 28, 5:50 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.3 | 2 E Parkmanville, AL | TRAINED SPOTTER REORTS APPROXIMATELY 0.3 INCHES OF TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATION SINCE PRECIP BEGAN THIS MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN HAS NOW SWITCHED OVER TO SNOW. |
| Jan 28, 5:56 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 1 Se Ramer, AL | STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION BEFORE PRECIP SWITCHED OVER TO SNOW. |
| Jan 28, 5:56 PM CST | SNOW 0.3 | 1 Se Ramer, AL | ABOUT ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF SNOW AFTER THE PRECIP SWITCHED OVER FROM FREEZING RAIN. |
| Jan 28, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 1 | 5 W Montgomery, AL | LOCATION ESTIMATED. STORM TOTAL THROUGH 6 PM. FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jan 28, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Letohatchee, AL | STORM TOTAL THROUGH 6 PM. FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jan 28, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Prattville, AL | STORM TOTAL THROUGH 6 PM. FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jan 28, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Selma, AL | STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION. |
| Jan 28, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Valley Grande, AL | STORM TOTAL THROUGH 6 PM. FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jan 28, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Centreville, AL | STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION. |
| Jan 28, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Davenport, AL | STORM TOTAL THROUGH 6 PM. FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jan 28, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Wetumpka, AL | STORM TOTAL THROUGH 6 PM. FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jan 28, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 1.8 | Pinson, AL | STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION. |
| Jan 28, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Enterprise, AL | STORM TOTAL THROUGH 6 PM. FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jan 28, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Greensboro, AL | 2.0 INCHES STORM TOTAL |
| Jan 28, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Greensboro, AL | STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION |
| Jan 28, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Titus, AL | STORM TOTAL THROUGH 6 PM. FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jan 28, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Wallsboro, AL | STORM TOTAL THROUGH 6 PM. FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jan 28, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Newell, AL | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL |
| Jan 28, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 3 | 3 Wsw Equality, AL | STORM TOTAL THROUGH 6 PM. FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jan 28, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Deatsville, AL | RIGHT AROUND 3 INCHES. STORM TOTAL THROUGH 6 PM. FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jan 28, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Lomax, AL | STORM TOTAL THROUGH 6 PM. FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jan 28, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Marbury, AL | MULTIPLE REPORTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES. STORM TOTAL THROUGH 6 PM. FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jan 28, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 3 | New Site, AL | STORM TOTAL THROUGH 6 PM. FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jan 28, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Vida Junction, AL | STORM TOTAL THROUGH 6 PM. FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jan 28, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Wedowee, AL | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL |
| Jan 28, 6:00 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Corinth, AL | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL |
| Jan 28, 6:15 PM CST | SNOW 1.8 | Opelika, AL | TRAINED SPOTTER ESTIMATES 1.75 INCHES OF SNOW SINCE EVENT BEGAN. LIGHT SNOW CONTINUES AT THIS TIME. |
| Jan 28, 6:30 PM CST | SNOW 0.5 | 1 Ese Mount Meigs, AL | ABOUT HALF AN INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION SO FAR. DURATION ABOUT 3 HOURS. LIGHT SNOW CONTINUES. |
| Jan 28, 6:39 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Fultondale, AL | A LITTLE OVER 2 INCHES OF SNOW COVERING THE GROUND IN FULTONDALE. THIS IS A STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION. |
| Jan 28, 7:00 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Valley, AL | STORM TOTAL THROUGH 7 PM. FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jan 28, 7:00 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Fredonia, AL | MEASURED SLIGHTLY OVER 2 INCHES. STORM TOTAL THROUGH 7 PM. FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. |
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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 59 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
- 546 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
569 WWUS44 KBMX 272111 WSWBMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 311 PM CST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WINTER STORM TAKING SHAPE FOR THE DEEP SOUTH... .ANOTHER VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL SETTLE INTO CENTRAL ALABAMA OVERNIGHT. UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES INTERACTING WITH THE ADVANCING COLD AIR WILL PRODUCE SOME WINTRY PRECIPITATION. THIS WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL INCLUDE FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW MAINLY FOR THE SOUTHERN HALF OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE HIGHEST THREAT AREA APPEARS TO BE EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85. PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR LATER UPDATES AS FORECAST CONFIDENCE INCREASES AND ADDITIONAL SPECIFICS CAN BE ADDRESSED. ALZ037>050-281200- /O.UPG.KBMX.WS.A.0001.140128T1500Z-140129T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KBMX.WS.W.0001.140128T1600Z-140129T1200Z/ TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE- MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDER CITY...VALLEY...LANETT... DEMOPOLIS...LINDEN...SELMA...PRATTVILLE...FORT DEPOSIT... HAYNEVILLE...WETUMPKA...TALLASSEE...MONTGOMERY...TUSKEGEE... UNION SPRINGS...AUBURN...OPELIKA...TROY...EUFAULA 311 PM CST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED AND IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EVENT...ACCUMULATION OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...THE GREATEST SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN POTENTIAL WILL BE BETWEEN 10 AM TUESDAY AND 3 AM EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 3 PM AND 9 PM. * LOCATION...AT THIS TIME...THE AREA WITH THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION IS NEAR AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM DIXONS MILL TO SELMA TO EQUALITY TO STROUD. * ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF A COMBINATION OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE POSSIBLE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIMITED TO AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. 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. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ ALZ028-029-033-035-036-281200- /O.UPG.KBMX.WS.A.0001.140128T1500Z-140129T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KBMX.WW.Y.0002.140128T1600Z-140129T1200Z/ CLAY-RANDOLPH-PERRY-CHILTON-COOSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHLAND...ROANOKE...MARION...CLANTON... ROCKFORD 311 PM CST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH HAD BEEN UPGRADED AND IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...THE GREATEST SNOW POTENTIAL WILL BE BETWEEN NOON TUESDAY AND 3 AM EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 3 PM AND MIDNIGHT. * LOCATION...ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA. * ACCUMULATIONS...POTENTIALLY AROUND 1 INCH OF SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ALZ030>032-281200- /O.NEW.KBMX.WW.Y.0002.140128T1600Z-140129T1200Z/ SUMTER-GREENE-HALE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LIVINGSTON...EUTAW...GREENSBORO 311 PM CST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH HAD BEEN UPGRADED AND IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...THE GREATEST SNOW POTENTIAL WILL BE BETWEEN NOON TUESDAY AND 3 AM EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 1 PM AND 9 PM. * LOCATION...ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA. * ACCUMULATIONS...POTENTIALLY AROUND 1 INCH OF SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
9 follow-up statements
488 WWUS44 KBMX 280245 WSWBMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 845 PM CST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WINTER STORM TAKING SHAPE FOR THE DEEP SOUTH... .ANOTHER VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL SETTLE INTO CENTRAL ALABAMA OVERNIGHT. UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES INTERACTING WITH THE ADVANCING COLD AIR WILL PRODUCE SOME WINTRY PRECIPITATION. THIS WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL INCLUDE FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW MAINLY FOR THE SOUTHERN HALF OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE HIGHEST THREAT AREA APPEARS TO BE EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85. PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR LATER UPDATES AS FORECAST CONFIDENCE INCREASES AND ADDITIONAL SPECIFICS CAN BE ADDRESSED. ALZ037>050-281045- /O.CON.KBMX.WS.W.0001.140128T1600Z-140129T1200Z/ TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE- MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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 845 PM CST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * EVENT...ACCUMULATION OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...THE GREATEST SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN POTENTIAL WILL BE BETWEEN 10 AM TUESDAY AND 3 AM EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN 3 PM AND 9 PM. * LOCATION...THE AREA WITH THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION IS NEAR AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM DIXONS MILL TO SELMA TO EQUALITY TO STROUD. * ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF A COMBINATION OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE POSSIBLE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIMITED TO AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. 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. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ ALZ025-027-034-281045- /O.EXA.KBMX.WW.Y.0002.140128T1600Z-140129T1200Z/ SHELBY-TALLADEGA-BIBB- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLUMBIANA...PELHAM...ALABASTER... TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA...CENTREVILLE 845 PM CST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE BETWEEN NOON TUESDAY AND 3 AM EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE BEST CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE BETWEEN 12 NOON AND 9 PM. * LOCATION...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A WEST BLOCTON...TO ALABASTER...TO CHILDERSBURG. * ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ONE-HALF INCH OF SNOW POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ALZ028>033-035-036-281045- /O.CON.KBMX.WW.Y.0002.140128T1600Z-140129T1200Z/ CLAY-RANDOLPH-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-CHILTON-COOSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHLAND...ROANOKE...LIVINGSTON... EUTAW...GREENSBORO...MOUNDVILLE...MARION...CLANTON...ROCKFORD 845 PM CST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TUESDAY TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM NOON TUESDAY AND 3 AM EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE BEST CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE BETWEEN 12 NOON AND 9 PM. * ACCUMULATIONS...POTENTIALLY AROUND 1 INCH OF SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
633 WWUS44 KBMX 281045 WSWBMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 445 AM CST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM ARRIVING FOR THE DEEP SOUTH... .ANOTHER ARCTIC AIR MASS HAS SETTLED OVER CENTRAL ALABAMA. UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES INTERACTING WITH THE COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE WILL PRODUCE WINTRY PRECIPITATION. THIS WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL INCLUDE FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW MAINLY FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE HIGHEST THREAT AREA FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. ALZ037>050-282300- /O.CON.KBMX.WS.W.0001.140128T1600Z-140129T1200Z/ TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE- MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDER CITY...VALLEY...LANETT... DEMOPOLIS...LINDEN...SELMA...PRATTVILLE...FORT DEPOSIT... HAYNEVILLE...WETUMPKA...TALLASSEE...MONTGOMERY...TUSKEGEE... UNION SPRINGS...AUBURN...OPELIKA...TROY...EUFAULA 445 AM CST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * EVENT...ACCUMULATION OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...THE GREATEST SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN POTENTIAL WILL BE BETWEEN 10 AM TODAY AND LATE TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN 3 PM AND 9 PM. * LOCATION...THE AREA WITH THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION IS NEAR AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM DIXONS MILL TO SELMA TO EQUALITY TO STROUD. THE AREA WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION IS NEAR AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM FORT DEPOSIT TO UNION SPRINGS TO SMITHS STATION. * ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF A COMBINATION OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE POSSIBLE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM ONE TENTH OF AN INCH TO AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ ALZ019-021-282300- /O.EXA.KBMX.WW.Y.0002.140128T1600Z-140129T1200Z/ CALHOUN-CLEBURNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANNISTON...HEFLIN 445 AM CST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE BETWEEN NOON TODAY AND LATE TONIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE BETWEEN NOON AND 9 PM. * LOCATION...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LIVINGSTON TO WEST BLOCTON TO TALLADEGA TO HEFLIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...OF HALF AN INCH TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ALZ025-027>036-282300- /O.CON.KBMX.WW.Y.0002.140128T1600Z-140129T1200Z/ SHELBY-TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB- CHILTON-COOSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PELHAM...ALABASTER...TALLADEGA... SYLACAUGA...ASHLAND...ROANOKE...LIVINGSTON...EUTAW...GREENSBORO... MARION...CENTREVILLE...CLANTON...ROCKFORD 445 AM CST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE BETWEEN NOON TODAY AND LATE TONIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE BETWEEN NOON AND 9 PM. * LOCATION...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LIVINGSTON TO WEST BLOCTON TO TALLADEGA TO HEFLIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...OF HALF AN INCH TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
735 WWUS44 KBMX 281351 WSWBMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 751 AM CST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM ARRIVING FOR THE DEEP SOUTH... .ANOTHER ARCTIC AIR MASS HAS SETTLED OVER CENTRAL ALABAMA. UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES INTERACTING WITH THE COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE WILL PRODUCE WINTRY PRECIPITATION. THIS WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL INCLUDE FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW MAINLY FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE HIGHEST THREAT AREA FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. ALZ037>050-282200- /O.EXT.KBMX.WS.W.0001.140128T1351Z-140129T1200Z/ TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE- MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDER CITY...VALLEY...LANETT... DEMOPOLIS...LINDEN...SELMA...PRATTVILLE...FORT DEPOSIT... HAYNEVILLE...WETUMPKA...TALLASSEE...MONTGOMERY...TUSKEGEE... UNION SPRINGS...AUBURN...OPELIKA...TROY...EUFAULA 751 AM CST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * EVENT...ACCUMULATION OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...THE GREATEST SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN POTENTIAL WILL BE BETWEEN 10 AM TODAY AND LATE TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN 3 PM AND 9 PM. * LOCATION...THE AREA WITH THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION IS NEAR AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM DIXONS MILL TO SELMA TO EQUALITY TO STROUD. THE AREA WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION IS NEAR AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM FORT DEPOSIT TO UNION SPRINGS TO SMITHS STATION. * ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF A COMBINATION OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE POSSIBLE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM ONE TENTH OF AN INCH TO AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ ALZ019-021-025-027>036-282200- /O.EXT.KBMX.WW.Y.0002.140128T1351Z-140129T1200Z/ CALHOUN-CLEBURNE-SHELBY-TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-SUMTER-GREENE- HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON-COOSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANNISTON...HEFLIN...PELHAM... ALABASTER...TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA...ASHLAND...ROANOKE... LIVINGSTON...EUTAW...GREENSBORO...MARION...CENTREVILLE... CLANTON...ROCKFORD 751 AM CST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE BETWEEN NOON TODAY AND LATE TONIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE BETWEEN NOON AND 9 PM. * LOCATION...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LIVINGSTON TO WEST BLOCTON TO TALLADEGA TO HEFLIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...OF HALF AN INCH TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
547 WWUS44 KBMX 281501 WSWBMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 901 AM CST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM ARRIVING FOR THE DEEP SOUTH... .ANOTHER ARCTIC AIR MASS HAS SETTLED OVER CENTRAL ALABAMA. UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES INTERACTING WITH THE COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE WILL PRODUCE WINTRY PRECIPITATION. THIS WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL INCLUDE FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW MAINLY FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE HIGHEST THREAT AREA FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. ALZ037>050-282315- /O.CON.KBMX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T1200Z/ TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE- MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDER CITY...VALLEY...LANETT... DEMOPOLIS...LINDEN...SELMA...PRATTVILLE...FORT DEPOSIT... HAYNEVILLE...WETUMPKA...TALLASSEE...MONTGOMERY...TUSKEGEE... UNION SPRINGS...AUBURN...OPELIKA...TROY...EUFAULA 901 AM CST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * EVENT...ACCUMULATION OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN POTENTIAL THROUGH TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN 3 PM AND 9 PM. * LOCATION...THE AREA WITH THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION IS NEAR AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM DIXONS MILL TO SELMA TO EQUALITY TO STROUD. THE AREA WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION IS NEAR AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM FORT DEPOSIT TO UNION SPRINGS TO SMITHS STATION. * ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF A COMBINATION OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE POSSIBLE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM ONE TENTH OF AN INCH TO AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ ALZ013-015-017-018-020-022>024-026-282315- /O.EXA.KBMX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140129T1200Z/ FAYETTE-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CHEROKEE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA- JEFFERSON-ST. CLAIR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAYETTE...JASPER...ONEONTA...GADSDEN... CENTRE...CARROLLTON...TUSCALOOSA...BIRMINGHAM...HOOVER... PELL CITY...MOODY 901 AM CST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE THROUGH 9 PM. * LOCATION...IN AND NEAR THE INTERSTATE 20 AND INTERSTATE 59 CORRIDOR. * ACCUMULATIONS...AN INCH OR SO OF SNOW AND SLEET POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ALZ019-021-025-027>036-282315- /O.CON.KBMX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140129T1200Z/ CALHOUN-CLEBURNE-SHELBY-TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-SUMTER-GREENE- HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON-COOSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANNISTON...HEFLIN...PELHAM... ALABASTER...TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA...ASHLAND...ROANOKE... LIVINGSTON...EUTAW...GREENSBORO...MOUNDVILLE...MARION... CENTREVILLE...CLANTON...ROCKFORD 901 AM CST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE BETWEEN NOON TODAY AND LATE TONIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE BETWEEN NOON AND 9 PM. * LOCATION...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LIVINGSTON TO WEST BLOCTON TO TALLADEGA TO HEFLIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...OF HALF AN INCH TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
576 WWUS44 KBMX 281706 WSWBMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1106 AM CST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM IMPACTING MUCH OF CENTRAL ALABAMA... THE HIGHEST THREAT AREA FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 AND 59. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA AND AT LEAST A QUARTER INCH OF ICE IN THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW EXPECTED LATER. ALZ019-021-024>036-291200- /O.UPG.KBMX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140129T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KBMX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T1200Z/ CALHOUN-CLEBURNE-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR-TALLADEGA-CLAY- RANDOLPH-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON-COOSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANNISTON...HEFLIN...BIRMINGHAM... HOOVER...PELHAM...ALABASTER...PELL CITY...MOODY...TALLADEGA... SYLACAUGA...ASHLAND...ROANOKE...LIVINGSTON...EUTAW...GREENSBORO... MARION...CENTREVILLE...CLANTON...ROCKFORD 1106 AM CST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR ICE...SLEET...AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECT THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY. THE BEST CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE BETWEEN 11 AM AND 9 PM. * LOCATION...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20 AND 59. * ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 3 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ ALZ037>050-291200- /O.CON.KBMX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T1200Z/ TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE- MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDER CITY...VALLEY...LANETT... DEMOPOLIS...LINDEN...SELMA...PRATTVILLE...FORT DEPOSIT... HAYNEVILLE...WETUMPKA...TALLASSEE...MONTGOMERY...TUSKEGEE... UNION SPRINGS...AUBURN...OPELIKA...TROY...EUFAULA 1106 AM CST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * EVENT...ACCUMULATION OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * TIMING...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN POTENTIAL THROUGH TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY CONTINUE BETWEEN NOON AND 9 PM. * LOCATION...THE ENTIRE AREA WILL BE IMPACTED * ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF A COMBINATION OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE POSSIBLE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE AT OR ABOVE ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ ALZ013-015-017-018-020-022-023-291200- /O.CON.KBMX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140129T1200Z/ FAYETTE-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CHEROKEE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAYETTE...JASPER...ONEONTA...GADSDEN... CENTRE...CARROLLTON...TUSCALOOSA 1106 AM CST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE THROUGH 6 PM. * LOCATION...IN AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 AND INTERSTATE 59 CORRIDOR. * ACCUMULATIONS...AN INCH OR 2 OF SNOW AND SLEET POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
227 WWUS44 KBMX 282205 WSWBMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 405 PM CST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM IMPACTING MUCH OF CENTRAL ALABAMA... THE HIGHEST THREAT AREA FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA AND AT LEAST A QUARTER INCH OF ICE IN THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW EXPECTED LATER. ALZ019-024-026-282315- /O.CAN.KBMX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T1200Z/ CALHOUN-JEFFERSON-ST. CLAIR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANNISTON...BIRMINGHAM...HOOVER... PELL CITY...MOODY 405 PM CST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. AN ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOWER OR FLURRIES MAY BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. $$ ALZ013-015-017-018-020-022-023-282315- /O.CAN.KBMX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140129T1200Z/ FAYETTE-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CHEROKEE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAYETTE...JASPER...ONEONTA...GADSDEN... CENTRE...CARROLLTON...TUSCALOOSA 405 PM CST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. AN ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOWER OR FLURRIES MAY BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. $$ ALZ021-025-027>050-291200- /O.CON.KBMX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T1200Z/ CLEBURNE-SHELBY-TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY- BIBB-CHILTON-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA- LOWNDES-ELMORE-MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HEFLIN...PELHAM...ALABASTER... TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA...ASHLAND...ROANOKE...LIVINGSTON...EUTAW... GREENSBORO...MARION...CENTREVILLE...CLANTON...ROCKFORD... ALEXANDER CITY...VALLEY...LANETT...DEMOPOLIS...LINDEN...SELMA... PRATTVILLE...FORT DEPOSIT...HAYNEVILLE...WETUMPKA...TALLASSEE... MONTGOMERY...TUSKEGEE...UNION SPRINGS...AUBURN...OPELIKA...TROY... EUFAULA 405 PM CST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THE BEST CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE BETWEEN NOW AND 9 PM. * LOCATION...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20. * ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
351 WWUS44 KBMX 290014 WSWBMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 614 PM CST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER DIMINISHING ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA... THE HIGHEST THREAT AREA FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85. ADDITIONAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1 WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNING AREAS. ALZ021-025-027>041-043-290115- /O.CAN.KBMX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T1200Z/ CLEBURNE-SHELBY-TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY- BIBB-CHILTON-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA- ELMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HEFLIN...COLUMBIANA...PELHAM... ALABASTER...TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA...ASHLAND...ROANOKE... LIVINGSTON...EUTAW...GREENSBORO...MOUNDVILLE...MARION... CENTREVILLE...CLANTON...ROCKFORD...ALEXANDER CITY...DADEVILLE... VALLEY...LANETT...LAFAYETTE...DEMOPOLIS...LINDEN...SELMA... PRATTVILLE...WETUMPKA...TALLASSEE 614 PM CST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. FLURRIES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. $$ ALZ042-044>050-290530- /O.CON.KBMX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T1200Z/ LOWNDES-MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT DEPOSIT...HAYNEVILLE... MONTGOMERY...TUSKEGEE...UNION SPRINGS...AUBURN...OPELIKA... PHENIX CITY...TROY...EUFAULA 614 PM CST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW MIXED WITH SLEET IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THE BEST CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE BETWEEN NOW AND 9 PM. * LOCATION...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20. * ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 1 INCH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
766 WWUS44 KBMX 290239 WSWBMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 839 PM CST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...SNOW CONFINED TO FAR SOUTHEAST COUNTIES... ALZ042-044-045-047-290345- /O.CAN.KBMX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T1200Z/ LOWNDES-MONTGOMERY-MACON-LEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT DEPOSIT...HAYNEVILLE... MONTGOMERY...TUSKEGEE...AUBURN...OPELIKA 839 PM CST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL WINTER WEATHER WEATHER HAS ENDED. $$ ALZ046-048>050-291200- /O.CON.KBMX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T1200Z/ BULLOCK-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNION SPRINGS...PHENIX CITY...TROY... EUFAULA 839 PM CST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH 10 PM. * LOCATION...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM TROY TO HURTSBORO. * ACCUMULATIONS...NEW SNOW TOTALS UP TO 1 INCH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
422 WWUS44 KBMX 290421 WSWBMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1021 PM CST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL HAS MOVED OUT OF CENTRAL ALABAMA... ALZ046-048>050-290530- /O.CAN.KBMX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140129T1200Z/ BULLOCK-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNION SPRINGS...PHENIX CITY...TROY... EUFAULA 1021 PM CST TUE JAN 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SOME LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING HOURS... BUT NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. $$
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 Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Jan 27, 11:45 AM CST, 3 hours 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 27, 11:45 AM CST, 3 hours 26 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1145 AM CST MON JAN 27 2014 .UPDATE... FOR 18Z AVIATION AND MORNING ADJUSTMENTS. && .DISCUSSION... CLEARING SKIES AHEAD OF THE FRONT HAS LEAD TO WARMER TEMPERATURES AND SOME ADJUSTMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO TEMPS AND DEWPOINTS. TEMPERATURES ARE DROPPING ACROSS THE NORTHERN COUNTIES BEHIND THE FRONT AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA AS THE FRONT SURGES SOUTH. THE RAIN HAS ABOUT PUSHED OUT OF OUR SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES BUT ANOTHER HOUR OF LIGHT PRECIP WILL BE POSSIBLE AROUND BARBOUR COUNTY. 88 && .AVIATION... 18Z TAF DISCUSSION. WINDS FROM THE NORTH AND GUSTING TO 25 KTS AT TIMES FOR THE NORTHERN TAF LOCATIONS THIS AFTERNOON. THE FRONT WILL PUSH INTO MGM AND TOI LATER THIS AFTERNOON WITH WINDS BECOMING NORTHERLY. SKIES ARE MOSTLY CLEAR IN THE NORTH WITH NO ANTICIPATED ISSUES. SOME BRIEF MVFR AT TOI THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF THE FRONT. TOMORROW WILL SEE THE ONSET OF SOME LIGHT SNOW AND/OR SLEET FOR MGM AND TOI. THIS SHOULD BEGIN AROUND 15Z. THERE COULD ALSO BE A SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF FREEZING RAIN AROUND TOI AND WILL NEED TO FINE TUNE THE NEXT TAF ISSUANCE TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS POSSIBILITY IF THESE TRENDS STILL PERSIST IN THE LATER MODEL RUNS. 88 .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. WINTER STORM WATCH FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: AUTAUGA...BARBOUR...BULLOCK... CHAMBERS...CHILTON...CLAY...COOSA...DALLAS...ELMORE...LEE... LOWNDES...MACON...MARENGO...MONTGOMERY...PERRY...PIKE... RANDOLPH...RUSSELL...TALLAPOOSA. FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: FAYETTE...LAMAR...MARION. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 27, 2:44 PM CST, 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 244 PM CST MON JAN 27 2014 ALZ011>015-017>050-282045- AUTAUGA-BARBOUR-BIBB-BLOUNT-BULLOCK-CALHOUN-CHAMBERS-CHEROKEE- CHILTON-CLAY-CLEBURNE-COOSA-DALLAS-ELMORE-ETOWAH-FAYETTE-GREENE-HALE- JEFFERSON-LAMAR-LEE-LOWNDES-MACON-MARENGO-MARION-MONTGOMERY-PERRY- PICKENS-PIKE-RANDOLPH-RUSSELL-SHELBY-ST CLAIR-SUMTER-TALLADEGA- TALLAPOOSA-TUSCALOOSA-WALKER-WINSTON- 244 PM CST MON JAN 27 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CREATE A CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN LOCATIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA LATE TUESDAY MORNING AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THE MAIN AREA OF CONCERN IS NEAR AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM DEMOPOLIS TO CLANTON TO WEDOWEE. STAY TUNED TO FURTHER INFORMATION REGARDING THIS WINTER WEATHER SCENARIO. ANOTHER SURGE OF VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL AFFECT CENTRAL ALABAMA WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND THURSDAY MORNING. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO 15 DEGREES OR LOWER IN SEVERAL SPOTS EACH MORNING. WEDNESDAY MORNING APPEARS THE COLDEST WHERE LOWS ARE EXPECTED IN THE LOWER TEENS WITH MID TEENS ON THURSDAY MORNING. VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS ARCTIC SURGE OF COLD AIR...LEADING TO HIGH FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. THESE DRY CONDITIONS COULD BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE NORTHWEST...AND AGAIN ON BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY FOR MOST OF THE AREA. OUTDOOR BURNING IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY DUE TO THE DEVELOPING WINTER WEATHER ACROSS SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 6:06 AM CST | Wind Advisory | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 8 hr |
| Jan 27, 6:09 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Marion | 23 hr |
| Jan 27, 3:11 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | BMX | Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay and 16 more | 25 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.