SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 145 PM CST THU DEC 3 2009
Expiration: 400 AM CST FRI DEC 04 2009
...THE POTENTIAL FOR LIGHT SNOW EXISTS LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND EARLY
SATURDAY...
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK EAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF OF
MEXICO LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE A BAND
OF LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES FROM THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
THROUGH CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ALABAMA AND INTO THE SOUTHERN
APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS.
LOCALLY...THE SNOW WILL BEGIN AFTER MIDNIGHT WEST OF INTERSTATE
65...THEN SPREAD NORTHEAST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE CENTRAL
TENNESSEE VALLEY BY DAYBREAK.
ACCUMULATION OF SNOW WILL REMAIN BELOW AN INCH BY THE TIME THE
SNOW ENDS LATE SATURDAY MORNING. THE HIGHEST CHANCE OF MEASURABLE
SNOW EXISTS ALONG THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU...INCLUDING SAND AND
LOOKOUT MOUNTAINS IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA. ANY VARIATION IN THE LOW
TRACK WILL GREATLY INFLUENCE HOW MUCH...IF ANY SNOW FALLS. A TRACK
ANY FURTHER SOUTH WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED FLURRIES. BY SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...SUNSHINE SHOULD MELT ANY SNOW THAT HAS FALLEN.
RESIDENTS OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY SHOULD CHECK LATER UPDATED
FORECASTS AS THIS SYSTEM DEVELOPS.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1242 PM CST THU DEC 3 2009
Expiration: 500 AM CST FRI DEC 04 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS
OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING
AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF COAST. SNOW
AMOUNTS OF LESS THAN ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS AREAS MAINLY
EAST OF INTERSTATE 65. SLICK SPOTS ON ROADS AND BRIDGES ARE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. HOWEVER...SUNSHINE ON
SATURDAY WILL QUICKLY MELT THE SNOW.
.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS
NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
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