Winter Weather Advisory issued for area
The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for Morgan County beginning at 9 p.m. today and ending at 9 a.m tomorrow.
Here is the text of the advisory from the weather service:
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1211 PM CST MON NOV 28 2011
…EARLY SEASON SNOW TO IMPACT THE TENNESSEE VALLEY…
.AN UNSEASONABLY COLD AIRMASS…SUPPORTED BY A STRONG UPPER LEVEL
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT WILL ROTATE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH
TUESDAY…WILL GENERATE SNOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH ALABAMA AND
SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. A MIX OF
RAIN AND SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW WEST
TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF WEST TO EAST
TUESDAY…AND COULD MIX WITH RAIN BEFORE ENDING. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL
FOR MEASURABLE SNOW WILL BE OVER NORTHWEST ALABAMA…GENERALLY WEST
OF I-65 LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.
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LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN-CULLMAN-LINCOLN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…ATHENS…HUNTSVILLE…DECATUR…
CULLMAN…FAYETTEVILLE
1211 PM CST MON NOV 28 2011
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
9 AM CST TUESDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS
EVENING TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY.
* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED…RAIN AND SNOW THIS EVENING WILL CHANGE
OVER TO ALL SNOW ACROSS MOST AREAS LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
PERIODS OF SNOW…POSSIBLE MIXED WITH RAIN AT TIMES…WILL OCCUR
OVERNIGHT THROUGH MID MORNING TUESDAY BEFORE PRECIPITATION TAPERS
OFF. AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE MADISON…MORGAN…LIMESTONE AND
CULLMAN IN NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA. ALSO…LINCOLN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN
MIDDLE TENNESSEE.
* ACCUMULATIONS…A DUSTING TO AROUND 1 INCH…MAINLY ON GRASSY AND
ELEVATED SURFACES. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY
IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1500 FEET.
* IMPACTS…DUE TO WARM GROUND TEMPERATURES AND AIR TEMPERATURES
REMAINING AT OR JUST ABOVE FREEZING TONIGHT…MUCH OF THE SNOW WILL
INITIALLY MELT ON THE MAIN ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. HOWEVER…WHERE
PERSISTENT SNOW FALLS…SOME SNOW COULD BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE ON
ROADS LATE TONIGHT…ESPECIALLY BRIDGES…OVERPASSES AND SECONDARY
LESS TRAVELED ROADWAYS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL
CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.