HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 648 PM CST FRI DEC 04 2009
Expiration: 647 PM CST SAT DEC 05 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
647 PM CST FRI DEC 4 2009
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THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM TONIGHT UNTIL 6 AM
SATURDAY MORNING FOR A PORTION OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. THIS AREA IS
GENERALLY 30 TO 40 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM DEMOPOLIS TO
CLANTON TO ANNISTON TO CENTRE.  ACROSS THIS AREA SNOW ACCUMULATION
UP TO ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ON GRASSY AREAS AND
ELEVATED SURFACES. TO THE NORTH OF THE ADVISORY...MOISTURE WILL BE
LIMITED AND ONLY FLURRIES TO A LIGHT COATING OF SNOW WILL BE
POSSIBLE.  TO THE SOUTH OF THE ADVISORY...RAIN IS FORECAST.
LOW PRESSURE WILL PASS ACROSS THE GULF COAST OVERNIGHT.  MOISTURE
WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD AND COLDER AIR WILL SPREAD SOUTH.  WE CAN
EXPECT LIGHT RAIN TO DEVELOP IN THE SOUTHWEST SECTIONS AFTER 6 PM
AND OVERSPREAD THE AREA...THEN BECOME A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW NEAR
MIDNIGHT...THEN TURN TO MOSTLY SNOW AFTER 3 AM ACROSS THE NORTH
AND CENTRAL SECTIONS.  THE PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF QUICKLY FROM
WEST TO EAST LATE TONIGHT.  ONCE AGAIN TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF SNOW
WILL BE AROUND ONE INCH IN THE ADVISORY AREA AND MAINLY ON GRASSY
AREAS AND ELEVATED SURFACES.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH AROUND 10 AM EARLY
SATURDAY ACROSS NORTHEASTERN SECTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA...GENERALLY
EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 AND ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20.  LITTLE
TO NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MAY BE
REQUIRED LATE TONIGHT.
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