816 WWUS44 KHUN 160250 WSWHUN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 850 PM CST TUE JAN 15 2013 ...BRIEF PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN REMAIN POSSIBLE... .SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE LEADING INTO NORTHWEST ALABAMA. WHILE THE FREEZING LINE ITSELF IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN WEST OF THE AREA...A FEW AREAS MAY SEE TEMPERATURES BRIEFLY FALL CLOSER TO THE FREEZING MARK HEADING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...WHICH MAY RESULT IN A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN. LOCATIONS ALONG THE ALABAMA-MISSISSIPPI BORDER COUPLED WITH LINCOLN AND MOORE COUNTIES IN TENNESSEE WILL HAVE THE HIGHER PROBABILITY OF SEEING ANY FREEZING CONDITIONS GOING INTO THE EARLY MORNING PERIOD. THE OVERALL THREAT FOR FREEZING RAIN WILL COME TO AN END AFTER DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY...AS SLIGHTLY WARMER AIR BEGINS TO MOVE INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AREA. ALZ001>005-TNZ076-096-161200- /O.CON.KHUN.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130116T1200Z/ LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MOORE-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLORENCE...MUSCLE SHOALS... RUSSELLVILLE...MOULTON...ATHENS...LYNCHBURG...FAYETTEVILLE 850 PM CST TUE JAN 15 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...LAUDERDALE...COLBERT...FRANKLIN... LAWRENCE...AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES IN ALABAMA...AND MOORE AND LINCOLN COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE THROUGH 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE...MAINLY ON TREES...POWER LINES AND ELEVATED ROAD SURFACES. * IMPACTS...ICING ON TREES AND POWER LINES WILL CAUSE WEAKENED BRANCHES OR POWER LINES TO FALL. ICING ON ELEVATED ROAD SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL ALSO CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. MOTORISTS SHOULD PLAN THEIR TRAVELS ACCORDINGLY AND BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER ISOLATED SLIPPERY SPOTS ON ELEVATED BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. && $$