SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 1132 PM CST MON DEC 21 2009
Expiration: 900 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...FREEZING FOG AND LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE ACROSS
THE TENNESSEE VALLEY...
AREAS OF FREEZING FOG WILL CAUSE LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON
ELEVATED SURFACES INCLUDING BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES THROUGH THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS. VISIBILITIES WILL GENERALLY BE 1 TO 5 MILES
WITH A FEW LOCATIONS HAVING REDUCED VISIBILITIES OF 1/2 MILE OR
LESS. THE FREEZING FOG AND ICY CONDITIONS WILL END BY 9 AM AS
TEMPERATURES WARM ABOVE FREEZING.
IF TRAVELING DURING THE OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS...SLOW
DOWN...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU. ALSO...BE ALERT
FOR FROST OR ICE PATCHES ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES CAUSING SLIPPERY
ROADS.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1001 PM CST MON DEC 21 2009
Expiration: 615 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS
OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...
PATCHY FREEZING FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY
OVERNIGHT CAUSING LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON EXPOSED SURFACES
INCLUDING BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. ANY FREEZING FOG THAT DEVELOPS
WILL DISSIPATE SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE
FREEZING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...
A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OVER THE PLAINS STATES BY THE
MIDDLE OF THE WORK WEEK. THIS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR ABUNDANT
MOISTURE TO MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL TENNESSEE VALLEY BY LATE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...ALONG WITH WINDY CONDITIONS.
THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IF THERE ARE
MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF RAINFALL DURING THE PERIOD. ALTHOUGH SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...GIVEN THE WET AND WINDY CONDITIONS...
SOME FALLEN TREES COULD BE POSSIBLE EVEN IF THERE ARE NO
THUNDERSTORMS.
.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL
IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
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