
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
734 PM CST FRI JAN 28 2005
...FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED ACROSS A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN
ALABAMA TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...
.AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE MIDWEST TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING
AMPLE AMOUNTS OF GULF MOISTURE NORTHWARD INTO ALABAMA. AT THE SAME
TIME...AN EASTERLY FLOW AT THE SURFACE WILL PUSH DRY AND COLD AIR
INTO ALABAMA FROM GEORGIA. THE COMBINATION OF MOISTURE ALOFT MOVING
OVER COLDER AND DRIER AIR AT THE SURFACE WILL RESULT IN FREEZING RAIN
TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
EASTERN ALABAMA.
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734 PM CST FRI JAN 28 2005
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WARNING....FOR THE THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT FREEZING RAIN
ACCUMULATIONS.
A COLD RAIN IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE THROUGH THE EVENING...AND LAST
THROUGH MOST OF THE NIGHT...AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO SLOWLY
FALL. AS TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW 32 DEGREES...THE RAIN WILL START
TO FREEZE. ELEVATED OBJECTS...SUCH AS TREES...POWER LINES...
BRIDGES...AND OVER-PASSES WILL LIKELY BE THE FIRST THINGS TO
ACCUMULATE ICE. HOWEVER...DUE TO THE EXPECTED DURATION OF RAIN
WHILE TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING OVERNIGHT...ACCUMULATIONS OF
ICE MAY EVENTUALLY BECOME SIGNIFICANT ON THE GROUND AND SURFACE
STREETS BY SATURDAY MORNING. THIS WILL LIKELY CREATE HAZARDOUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON TREES AND POWER LINES MAY
ALSO CAUSE POWER OUTAGES.
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.
LATEST UPDATES MAY ALSO BE VIEWED ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AT
http://WWW.WEATHER.GOV...CLICK ON CENTRAL ALABAMA.
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734 PM CST FRI JAN 28 2005
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA HAS ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...DUE TO THE THREAT OF FREEZING RAIN.
COLD RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE REST OF THE
EVENING...WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR OR JUST ABOVE FREEZING. HOWEVER...
ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL FALL INTO DRIER AIR AT THE SURFACE...CAUSING THE
AIR TO COOL EVEN MORE. THIS PROCESS...CALLED EVAPORATIVE COOLING...
WILL CAUSE TEMPERATURES TO FALL TO NEAR FREEZING BY MIDNIGHT.
AT THIS TIME...ICING PROBLEMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIMITED TO
ELEVATED SURFACES...SUCH AS TREES...POWER LINES...BRIDGES...AND OVER-
PASSES. HOWEVER...ANY ACCUMULATION OF ICE AT ALL ON ROADWAYS WILL
MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT AT TIMES.
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.
LATEST UPDATES MAY ALSO BE VIEWED ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB AT
http://WWW.WEATHER.GOV...CLICK ON CENTRAL ALABAMA.