SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY
SATURDAY MORNING...

A VERY POTENT STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND CENTRAL 
ALABAMA TONIGHT THROUGH THE DAY ON FRIDAY. AS THE SYSTEM MOVES EASTWARD...
RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BEGINNING AS EARLY AS FRIDAY AFTERNOON 
ACROSS NORTHWEST COUNTIES OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. 

THE SNOW TRANSITION WILL PUSH ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH THE
EVENING AND THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON SATURDAY.

MEASURABLE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE 
FROM CARROLLTON...TO CALERA...TO HEFLIN. 

DUE TO THE SHOWERY NATURE THAT IS EXPECTED OF THE SNOWFALL AND BANDING FEATURES 
THAT MAY DEVELOP...ACCUMULATIONS WILL NOT BE UNIFORM FOR EVERYONE IN THE ADVISORY AREA. 

SOME LOCATIONS MAY RECEIVE OVER ONE INCH WHILE OTHERS MAY NOT MEASURE AT ALL. 
THE ADVISORY AREA DEPICTS THE LOCATIONS THAT HAVE THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR MEASURABLE
SNOWFALL. 

TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING AFTER SUNSET FRIDAY EVENING WITH THE POSSIBILITY 
OF SLICK TRAVEL FOR SOME AREAS THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY
TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY.

* TIMING...RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW FRIDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHWEST
  CENTRAL ALABAMA COUNTIES AND TRANSITIONING EASTWARD THROUGH
  FRIDAY EVENING FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF CENTRAL ALABAMA.

* LOCATION...ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM CARROLLTON...TO
  CALERA...TO HEFLIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ONE INCH OF SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE
  WHERE SNOW BANDS ARE ABLE TO DEVELOP. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS
  BETWEEN 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.