...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...WINTRY PRECIPITATION ENDS FROM THE WEST THIS EVENING AND INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. HOWEVER FIRST...THE MOST SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS WILL BE FROM AN ONGOING ICE STORM THAT IS CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS OVER SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA. FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR ALL THE WAY SOUTH TO THE COAST. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SLEET BEFORE ENDING WHERE UP TO AN INCH MAY ACCUMULATE BEFORE 4 AM. SNOW FLURRIES END WEST OF I-65 THROUGH MIDNIGHT. EAST OF I-65 IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA ALABAMA LIGHT SNOW TAPERS TO FLURRIES THROUGH MIDNIGHT AND ENDS THROUGH 3 AM CST. NO ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION. * IMPACTS...ADDITIONAL GLAZE ACCRUAL COULD APPROACH A THIRD OF AN INCH ON TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES AND PARTICULARLY ELEVATED EXPOSED METAL OBJECTS. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SLEET ON TOP OF THAT WILL PACK ON ROADWAYS ON TOP OF THE GLAZE CONTINUING TREACHEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES ARE DEFINITELY ICE COVERED REGIONWIDE AND REPORTS CONTINUE TO FLOW IN REGARDING THIS. ALSO AS TEMPERATURES PLUMMET INTO THE TEENS AND LOWER 20S THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...STANDING WATER WILL FREEZE RAPIDLY MAKING ROADWAYS EVEN MORE TREACHEROUS. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON EVENT TIMING AND IMPACTS...PLEASE REFER TO THE NWS HOME PAGE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MOB TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL GRAPHICS. * WIND CHILL VALUES...DROPPING TO 5 TO 10 DEGREES AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS LESS THAN 10 DEGREES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.
Posted on: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 04:08:12 +0000
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