URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

1112 AM CST MON FEB 23 2015

…A WINTRY MIXTURE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA

THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING…AN AREA OF PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON…AND WITH COLD AIR IN PLACE…A MIXTURE OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE POTENTIAL FOR A WINTRY MIX COULD BEGIN AS EARLY AS 2 PM IN NORTHWEST CENTRAL ALABAMA…AND SLOWLY SPREAD SOUTHEASTWARD DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. LESS THAN 0.5 INCH OF SNOW IS EXPECTED GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE HWY 278 CORRIDOR. FURTHER SOUTH…WITHIN THE ADVISORY AREA…BETWEEN 0.05-0.08 INCH OF FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE.

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1112 AM CST MON FEB 23 2015

…A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A MIXTURE OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY.

* TIMING…FROM 2 PM UNTIL 9 AM TUESDAY.

* LOCATION…GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A TUSCALOOSA…TO BIRMINGHAM…TO ANNISTON LINE.

* ACCUMULATIONS…LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH OF SNOW AND LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW…SLEET…OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.