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Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Huntsville, AL

February 11, 201411 counties in Alabama; Franklin County, Lincoln County, Moore County, Tennessee

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this winter storm warning at Feb 11, 2014, 4:29 AM CST for 11 counties in Alabama; Franklin County, Lincoln County, Moore County, Tennessee. It took effect at Feb 12, 2014, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 24 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 11, 2014, 4:29 AM CST (10:29 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 12, 2014, 3:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 13, 2014, 3:26 AM CST
In force
24 hr
Issued by
NWS Huntsville, AL

Counties Colbert County, AL, Cullman County, AL, DeKalb County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Jackson County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Lawrence County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL, Marshall County, AL, Morgan County, AL, Franklin County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Moore County, TN

The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 11, 4:29 AM CST, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 11, 4:29 AM CST, 0 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 10, 7:10 PM CST, 9 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
710 PM CST MON FEB 10 2014

ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-111100-
LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN-
MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN-
710 PM CST MON FEB 10 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS
OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...

WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP LATER TONIGHT AS A
MIXTURE OF LIGHT SLEET AND SNOW OVERSPREAD MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA
FROM THE SOUTHWEST. PRECIPITATION WILL BE MORE PREVALENT ACROSS
NORTHERN ALABAMA...PARTICULARLY FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE
TENNESSEE RIVER. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP OVERNIGHT
AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING...ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY
ROADS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT
FOR ALL OF NORTHERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE LATE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

ANY SLEET OR SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM THE WEST BY MIDDAY TUESDAY AS
LINGERING PRECIPITATION CHANGES OVER TO LIGHT RAIN. SNOWFALL TOTALS
AROUND 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE
FROM RUSSELLVILLE TO...HARTSELLE...TO FORT PAYNE. ANY MOISTURE WHICH
DOES NOT MELT WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO REFREEZING TUESDAY NIGHT...AND
MAY AGAIN RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.

A SECOND AND PERHAPS STRONGER BOUT OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS THEN
POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THURSDAY...AS A LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM OUT OF THE NORTHWEST GULF COAST BEGINS TO TRACK EASTWARD. THE
GREATEST THREAT OF MODERATE TO POSSIBLY HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL BE ALONG
AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SCOTTSBORO TO CULLMAN...WHERE SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS AROUND 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS
AROUND 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS
IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.

ANY WINTRY PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE SECOND STORM SYSTEM IS
EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF FROM THE WEST LATE THURSDAY MORNING AS HIGH
PRESSURE OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS BEGINS TO SETTLE INTO THE REGION.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT
ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. TIMELY REPORTS THOUGH OF ANY SLEET OR SNOW
ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 11, 6:08 AM CSTWinter Storm WarningHUNCullman, DeKalb, Jackson, Lawrence, Marshall, Morgan6 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Alabama, 2014Winter Storm Warnings in Tennessee, 2014Every winter storm warning in 2014

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.