An unseasonably deep trough of low pressure produced sleet and snow showers during the afternoon hours across portions of northern Alabama. During the nighttime hours, snow showers were reported in northeast Alabama, with some very minor accumulations in the higher elevations.
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The episode as NWS HUN wrote it up.
An unseasonably deep trough of low pressure produced sleet and snow showers during the afternoon hours across portions of northern Alabama. During the nighttime hours, snow showers were reported in northeast Alabama, with some very minor accumulations in the higher elevations.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Sleet showers produced light accumulations around a quarter inch in Cherokee.
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