A prolonged period of snow showers and snow flurries produced snow accumulations beginning during the afternoon of the 1st and ending the morning of the 3rd. 5 inches.
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The episode as NWS HUN wrote it up.
A prolonged period of snow showers and snow flurries produced snow accumulations beginning during the afternoon of the 1st and ending the morning of the 3rd. Amounts ranged from a few tenths of an inch up to 1.5 inches. Much of the snowfall melted during the day on the 2nd, but then re-froze during the night of the 2nd as temperatures fell below freezing.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Mar 1, 11:49 AM CST, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1149 AM CST FRI MAR 1 2013 .UPDATE... FOR 18Z TAFS && .DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1002 AM CST FRI MAR 1 2013/ THE LATEST 16Z SURFACE ALONG WITH IR SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATED A WEAK TROUGH MOVING THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND INTO NORTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. TEMPS ACROSS THE AREA WERE GENERALLY REMAINING IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S WITH A PERSISTENT NORTHWEST FLOW ADVECTING IN COLDER AIR INTO THE FORECAST AREA. BASED UPON RECENT TEMP TRENDS...WILL ONLY RAISE TEMPS IN THE AFTERNOON SLIGHTLY ABOVE CURRENT TEMPS TO AROUND 40 ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. HAVE ALSO INCREASED DEWPOINT TEMPS IN THE SHORT TERM TO REFLECT CURRENT TRENDS. AS FAR AS PRECIP IS CONCERNED...HAVE BEEN RECEIVING A FEW REPORTS OF VERY LIGHT SNOW/SLEET/RAIN MIXTURE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA. HAVE SLIGHTLY MODIFIED THE PRECIP FORECAST FOR THE AFTERNOON TO INCLUDE IN A PRECIP MIXTURE A LITTLE FURTHER SOUTH...WHICH SHOULD COINCIDE BETTER WITH CURRENT TRENDS AND REPORTS. THE ZONE UPDATE WILL BE FORTHCOMING IN A FEW MINUTES. TT && .AVIATION... FOR 18Z TAFS...HAVE TRENDED LOWER INVOLVING CEILINGS INTO THE MVFR CATEGORY UNTIL 06Z AT MSL AND 07Z AT HSV. -SN SHOULD BEGIN TO LIMIT VISIBILITIES INTO THE 6SM RANGE AT LEAST BETWEEN THE 06Z TO 07Z TIME PERIOD AND HAVE FURTHER LOWERED CEILINGS INTO THE IFR RANGE UNTIL AROUND THE 13Z TO 14Z TIME PERIOD AT BOTH HSV AND MSL. CEILINGS SHOULD IMPROVE TOWARD THE LATTER PART OF THE FORECAST INTO THE MVFR CATEGORY. TT && .HUN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. TN...NONE. && FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/HUNTSVILLE.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 1150 AM CST FRI MAR 1 2013 ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-021100- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN- MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN- 1150 AM CST FRI MAR 1 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... A WEAK UPPER DISTURBANCE MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION WILL RESULT IN THE POSSIBILITY OF A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE HIGHER PROBABILITY LOCATED NORTH OF THE TENNESSEE RIVER. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BECOME ALL LIGHT SNOW THIS EVENING...WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN INCH POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND NORTHEAST ALABAMA. ELSEWHERE...A DUSTING OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST SATURDAY. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS REMAIN POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND NORTHEAST ALABAMA. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. TT
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Snowfall accumulations ranged from a trace up to one half inch.
Snowfall accumulations ranged from a trace up to one half inch.
Snowfall accumulations ranged from a few tenths of an inch up to 1.5 inches near Princeton.
Snowfall accumulations of less than a half inch were reported.
Snowfall accumulations of less than a half inch were reported.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alabama in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, March 2013
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 427700, 427701, 427702, 427703, 427704.