NWS Birmingham: Winter Storm Warning/Winter Weather Advisory

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
456 AM CST FRI JAN 28 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING EXTREME EASTERN ALABAMA COUNTIES TONIGHT
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST-CENTRAL ALABAMA TONIGHT
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...

.AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES
WILL MOVE ACROSS THE MIDWEST STATES TODAY AND SATURDAY. THIS SYSTEM
WILL BRING AMPLE AMOUNTS OF GULF MOISTURE NORTHWARD INTO ALABAMA. AT
THE SAME TIME...AN EASTERLY FLOW AT THE SURFACE WILL PUSH A DRY AND
COLD AIR INTO ALABAMA FROM GEORGIA. THE COMBINATION OF MOISTURE ALOFT
MOVING OVER COLDER AND DRIER AIR AT THE SURFACE WILL RESULT FREEZING
RAIN TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS EAST-CENTRAL ALABAMA.

ALZ018>021-029-282200-
CALHOUN-CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-ETOWAH-RANDOLPH-
456 AM CST FRI JAN 28 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING EXTREME EASTERN ALABAMA COUNTIES TONIGHT
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WARNING. THE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED DUE TO LIKELIHOOD
OF A FREEZING RAIN EVENT. PRECIPITATION...IN THE FORM OF LIGHT RAIN
MIXED WITH SLEET...WILL MOVE INTO THE WARNING AREA THIS AFTERNOON.
SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE FREEZING IN THE WARNING AREA...SO
NO TRAVEL PROBLEMS ARE EXPECTED BEFORE SUNSET. HOWEVER...TEMPERATURES
WILL FALL THIS EVENING AS THE RAIN FALLS INTO DRY AIR AT THE SURFACE.
THIS PROCESS...CALLED EVAPORATIVE COOLING...WILL CAUSE TEMPERATURES
TO FALL TO FREEZING AROUND MIDNIGHT. TEMPERATURES IN THE WARNING AREA
WILL LIKELY BE NEAR OR JUST BELOW FREEZING UNTIL LATE SATURDAY
MORNING...MEANING ANY RAIN THAT FALLS WILL FREEZE ON IMPACT. AT THIS
TIME...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE-QUARTER TO ONE-HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE
BEFORE THE FREEZING RAIN ENDS SATURDAY MORNING.

MOST OF THE SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ON ELEVATED
SURFACES SUCH AS TREES...POWER LINES...AND OVER-PASSES.
ANY ACCUMULATION OF ICE ON ROADWAYS...BRIDGES AND OVER WILL MAKE
TRAVEL TREACHEROUS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE PROVIDER FOR LATER
STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER EVENT.

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ALZ017-026>028-037-038-282200-
BLOUNT-CHAMBERS-CLAY-ST CLAIR-TALLADEGA-TALLAPOOSA-
456 AM CST FRI JAN 28 2005

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST-CENTRAL ALABAMA TONIGHT
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA HAS ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE ADVISORY AREA HAS BEEN ISSUED DUE TO
POSSIBILITY OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN. PRECIPITATION...IN THE FORM OF
LIGHT RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET...WILL MOVE INTO THE ADVISORY AREA LATER
THIS MORNING. SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE FREEZING IN THE
ADVISORY AREA...SO NO TRAVEL PROBLEMS ARE EXPECTED BEFORE SUNSET.
HOWEVER...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THIS EVENING AS THE RAIN FALLS INTO
DRY AIR AT THE SURFACE. THIS PROCESS...CALLED EVAPORATIVE COOLING...
WILL CAUSE TEMPERATURES TO FALL TO NEAR FREEZING LATER TONIGHT.
TEMPERATURES IN THE ADVISORY AREA WILL BE NEAR OR JUST ABOVE FREEZING
UNTIL LATE SATURDAY MORNING...MEANING SOME OF THE RAIN THAT FALLS
MAY FREEZE ON IMPACT. AT THIS TIME...LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE
POSSIBLE BEFORE THE FREEZING RAIN ENDS SATURDAY MORNING.

MOST OF THE ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS
TREES...POWER LINES...AND OVER-PASSES. ANY ACCUMULATION OF ICE ON
ROADWAYS...BRIDGES AND OVER WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE PROVIDER FOR LATER
STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER EVENT.

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