SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 413 AM CST FRI DEC 04 2009
Expiration: 400 PM CST FRI DEC 04 2009

...LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA LATE FRIDAY
THROUGH MID MORNING SATURDAY...
A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL SWING WEST TO EAST ACROSS
CENTRAL ALABAMA LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY. ALTHOUGH THE
OVERALL MOISTURE CONTENT WILL BE LIMITED WITH THIS SYSTEM...THE
ATMOSPHERE APPEARS COLD ENOUGH TO GENERATE SOME LIGHT SNOW ACROSS
PARTS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. THIS WILL BE A FAST MOVING SYSTEM...WITH
FROZEN PRECIPITATION CHANCES LASTING ONLY ABOUT 12 HOURS.
THE SNOW CHANCES WILL BEGIN AS EARLY AS 10 PM FRIDAY EVENING IN THE
SOUTHWEST...AND QUICKLY SPREAD EAST AND NORTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL
ALABAMA THROUGH SUNRISE. THE SNOW CHANCES ARE EXPECTED TO END BY
AROUND 10 AM SATURDAY MORNING IN THE NORTHEAST.
THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL POTENTIAL WILL BE ROUGHLY A 25 TO 50 MILE WIDE
AREA FROM DEMOPOLIS...TO CLANTON...TO WEDOWEE WHERE SNOWFALL
TOTALS OF AROUND ONE HALF INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. ALL OTHER AREAS
WILL GENERALLY RECEIVE A DUSTING TO LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH OF SNOW.
AREAS ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM TROY TO AUBURN WILL
LIKELY EXPERIENCE ALL RAIN.
SOIL TEMPERATURES REMAIN IN THE UPPER 40S TO AROUND 50 DEGREES AND
SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY STAY AT OR JUST ABOVE FREEZING
DURING THIS EVENT. ADDITIONALLY...SOME CLEARING IS EXPECTED BY
SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING INTO THE 40S AREA
WIDE...MELTING ANY SNOW THAT DOES ACCUMULATE. THEREFORE...SNOW WILL
GENERALLY COLLECT ONLY ON GRASSY AND ELEVATED SURFACES FOR A
RATHER SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
AS WITH ANY WINTER WEATHER SITUATION...PLEASE STAY TUNED TO FURTHER
FORECAST AND STATEMENTS AND BE PREPARED IF WATCHES OR WARNINGS
BECOME NECESSARY.
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 628 PM CST THU DEC 03 2009
Expiration: 623 PM CST FRI DEC 04 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
623 PM CST THU DEC 3 2009
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JEFFERSON-LAMAR-LEE-LOWNDES-MACON-MARENGO-MARION-MONTGOMERY-PERRY-
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THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
THERE IS A CHANCE OF SNOW ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF CENTRAL
ALABAMA FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
THE CHANCE OF SNOW WILL START AS EARLY AS 10 PM IN THE SOUTHWEST
COUNTIES...AND LAST AS LATE AS 10 AM IN THE NORTHEAST. THE HIGHEST
SNOW FALL POTENTIAL...GENERALLY A HALF INCH TO ONE INCH...IS
FORECAST TO BE IN A BAND ROUGHLY PARALLEL TO AND 25 TO 50 MILES
SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20.  NORTH AND SOUTH OF THIS BAND...LIGHTER
AMOUNTS RANGING FROM A COATING UP TO A HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE. AREAS
SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 85 WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE MOSTLY RAIN...PERHAPS
WITH A FEW SNOW FLURRIES MIXED IN EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
BECAUSE GROUND TEMPERATURES ARE RELATIVELY WARM...WIDESPREAD
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS NOT
EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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