HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 500 AM CST THU DEC 3 2009
Expiration: 500 AM CST FRI DEC 04 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
A STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP JUST SOUTH OF CENTRAL ALABAMA
FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. LIGHT SNOW IS LIKELY WITH THIS
SYSTEM...WITH ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED AROUND ONE INCH FOR AREAS
ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20...59 CORRIDOR AND NORTH OF THE
INTERSTATE 85 CORRIDOR. AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20...59 WILL SEE
TOTALS NEAR ONE HALF INCH. WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ARE NOT
EXPECTED AS THE SNOW WILL QUICKLY MELT DUE TO THE WARM SOIL
TEMPERATURES THAT WILL REMAIN WELL ABOVE FREEZING.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS NOT
EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 450 AM CST THU DEC 3 2009
Expiration: 400 PM CST THU DEC 03 2009
...WINTER STORM EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA LATE FRIDAY NIGHT
THROUGH THE LATE MORNING ON SATURDAY...
A STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF
MEXICO LATE FRIDAY THAT WILL LIKELY BRING MEASURABLE SNOW TO PORTIONS
OF CENTRAL ALABAMA BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND NOON ON SATURDAY. AT THIS TIME...AMOUNTS
OF UP TO ONE INCH ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE
20...59 AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 85...WITH POSSIBLE HIGHER TOTALS
IN ELEVATED AREAS IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA. AREAS NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 20...59 ARE EXPECTED TO RECEIVE AROUND ONE HALF INCH.
ALTHOUGH SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS ARE NOT LIKELY WITH THIS EVENT DUE TO THE WARM SOIL
TEMPERATURES THAT WILL REMAIN WELL ABOVE FREEZING. STAY TUNED FOR
FURTHER FORECAST UPDATES.
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