Winter Weather Advisory Southeast AL/Southwest GA

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
223 PM EST SAT DEC 25 2004

...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA TONIGHT...

.A SURFACE LOW TRACKING EAST THROUGH THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO AND
AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVING EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF COASTAL
AREAS WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE AREA TONIGHT.
AS TEMPERATURES FALL LATER TONIGHT...SOME OF THIS RAIN WILL BECOME
MIXED WITH SLEET IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
GEORGIA. SNOW FLURRIES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN ISOLATED LOCATIONS. AS
THE SURFACE LOW MOVES ACROSS FLORIDA AND OFF THE EAST COAST...
PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY END BY EARLY MORNING OVER SOUTHEAST
ALABAMA...AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
GEORGIA. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO WARM TO ABOVE FREEZING SHORTLY AFTER
SUNRISE...ENDING ANY CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET OR SNOW.

ALZ065>069-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-261200-
BAKER GA-BEN HILL GA-BERRIEN GA-BROOKS GA-CALHOUN GA-CLAY GA-
COFFEE AL-COLQUITT GA-COOK GA-DALE AL-DECATUR GA-DOUGHERTY GA-
EARLY GA-GENEVA AL-GRADY GA-HENRY AL-HOUSTON AL-IRWIN GA-LANIER GA-
LEE GA-LOWNDES GA-MILLER GA-MITCHELL GA-QUITMAN GA-RANDOLPH GA-
SEMINOLE GA-TERRELL GA-THOMAS GA-TIFT GA-TURNER GA-WORTH GA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...ADEL...ALBANY...ASHBURN...
BAINBRIDGE...BLAKELY...CAIRO...CAMILLA...COLQUITT...COTTONWOOD...
CUTHBERT...DALEVILLE...DAWSON...DONALSONVILLE...DOWNTOWN DOTHAN...
ELBA...ENTERPRISE...FITZGERALD...FORT GAINES...FORT RUCKER...
GENEVA...GEORGETOWN...HEADLAND...LAKELAND...LEESBURG...MORGAN...
MOULTRIE...NASHVILLE...NEWTON...OCILLA...OZARK...PELHAM...PUTNEY...
QUITMAN...SYLVESTER...THOMASVILLE...TIFTON AND VALDOSTA
223 PM EST SAT DEC 25 2004

...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM EST
(10 PM CST) THIS EVENING UNTIL 7 AM EST (6 AM CST) SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA HAS ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH
CENTRAL GEORGIA TONIGHT.

RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS OVER SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
AND SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND IS LIKELY TO BECOME
MIXED WITH SLEET BY AROUND MIDNIGHT...AS COLDER AIR SPREADS ACROSS
THE AREA. THE THREAT OF RAIN BECOMING MIXED WITH SLEET OR SNOW WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...AFTER WHICH THE THREAT OF
PRECIPITATION WILL END.

ANY STANDING WATER ON ROADWAYS AND ESPECIALLY BRIDGES HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO FREEZE AND MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.
MOTORISTS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS THREAT AND TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS
UNTIL TEMPERATURES RISE TO ABOVE FREEZING AFTER SUNRISE.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW, SLEET, AND FREEZING DRIZZLE...WHERE
SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS...WHICH WOULD WARRANT A WINTER WEATHER
WARNING...ARE NOT EXPECTED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.