000
WWUS74 KBMX 031124
NPWBMX
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
524 AM CST SUN JAN 3 2010
...A HARD FREEZE POSSIBLE TONIGHT...
.SEVERAL WAVES OF ARCTIC AIR WILL SWEEP INTO CENTRAL ALABAMA DURING
THE UPCOMING WEEK. A COLD DRY AIR MASS WILL RESULT IN TEMPERATURES
DIPPING INTO THE MIDDLE TO UPPER TEENS FOR A FEW HOURS TONIGHT IF
THE THERE IS NOT TO MUCH CLOUD COVER. DEPENDING ON THE EXPECTED CLOUD
COVER TONIGHT...A HARD FREEZE WARNING MAY BE ISSUED LATER TODAY.
ALZ011>015-017>050-032100-
/O.CON.KBMX.HZ.A.0001.100104T0600Z-100104T1500Z/
MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN-
CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR-
TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON-
COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE-
MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMILTON...SULLIGENT...VERNON...
FAYETTE...DOUBLE SPRINGS...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...ALEXANDER CITY...DADEVILLE...
VALLEY...LANETT...LAFAYETTE...DEMOPOLIS...LINDEN...SELMA...
PRATTVILLE...FORT DEPOSIT...HAYNEVILLE...WETUMPKA...TALLASSEE...
MONTGOMERY...TUSKEGEE...UNION SPRINGS...AUBURN...OPELIKA...
PHENIX CITY...TROY...EUFAULA
524 AM CST SUN JAN 3 2010
...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING...
A HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING.
FOR TONIGHT...LOW TEMPERATURES WILL APPROACH 15 DEGREES IN A FEW
LOCATIONS ACROSS NORTH ALABAMA...WITH MOST LOCATIONS IN THE 15 TO
20 DEGREE RANGE.
REMEMBER A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR A
HAZARDOUS FREEZING EVENT IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
CHECK ON ANYONE WHO YOU THINK MAY NOT HAVE ADEQUATE HEATING...
ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY AND THOSE WITH YOUNG CHILDREN.
NOW IS THE TIME TO WRAP ANY EXPOSED PIPES IN INSULATION...
ESPECIALLY WATER PIPES. LET FAUCETS DRIP A LITTLE. ALTHOUGH THIS
WASTES WATER...IT MAY PREVENT FREEZE DAMAGE. KNOW HOW TO SHUT OFF
THE WATER COMING INTO THE HOUSE. AS A LAST RESORT YOU MAY HAVE TO
SHUT OFF THIS MAIN VALVE AND DRAIN ALL THE PIPES TO KEEP THEM
FROM FREEZING AND BURSTING.
TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS TO MAKE SURE OUTDOOR PETS HAVE ADEQUATE
WARMTH...OR BRING THEM INDOORS AND MAKE SURE THEIR WATER SUPPLY
REMAINS UNFROZEN.