Interactive NWS Alert Information
New Event for Tuscaloosa County and Greene County and Hale County and Pickens County and Sumter County
Winter Storm Warning valid from Jan 17 5:00 AM to 7:00 PM CST
Sent to SMS and E-Mail at Jan 16 10:04 PM CST
Radar Time: Jan 17 2013 5:00 AM CST
000 WWUS44 KBMX 170404 WSWBMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1004 PM CST WED JAN 16 2013 ...SNOWFALL EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA THURSDAY... .RAINFALL TONIGHT IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS THE WEST...THEN TRANSITION TO SNOW ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA THROUGH THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. ONE TO THREE INCHES IS EXPECTED NORTH OF A LINE FROM DEMOPOLIS TO CLANTON TO LAFAYETTE...BUT THERE COULD BE A COUPLE OF AREAS THAT RECEIVE UP TO 4 INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...ESPECIALLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 65. ALZ013-015-017>036-171215- /O.UPG.KBMX.WS.A.0001.130117T1200Z-130118T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBMX.WS.W.0001.130117T1100Z-130118T0100Z/ FAYETTE-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN-CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-PICKENS- TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR-TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH- SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON-COOSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAYETTE...JASPER...ONEONTA...GADSDEN... ANNISTON...CENTRE...HEFLIN...CARROLLTON...TUSCALOOSA... BIRMINGHAM...HOOVER...COLUMBIANA...PELHAM...ALABASTER... PELL CITY...MOODY...TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA...ASHLAND...ROANOKE... LIVINGSTON...EUTAW...GREENSBORO...MOUNDVILLE...MARION... CENTREVILLE...CLANTON...ROCKFORD 1004 PM CST WED JAN 16 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 7 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 7 PM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW BEGINS AROUND 5 AM IN THE WEST AND LASTS UNTIL 7PM IN THE EAST. * LOCATION...OF THE HEAVIER TOTALS WILL BE NORTH OF A DEMOPOLIS... TO CLANTON...TO ROANOKE LINE. * ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TO THREE INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREAS...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR UP TO 4 INCHES... ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT CAN MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. &&