2 products issued by NWS for: Birmingham AL
Dense Fog Advisory
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 453 AM CDT WED JUN 19 2013 ...PATCHY DENSE FOG POSSIBLE THIS MORNING... .A COLD FRONT REMAINS DRAPED ACROSS THE CENTRAL SECTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. MOISTURE HAS REMAINED TRAPPED ACROSS THE AREA AND A BAND OF LOW CLOUDS AND FOG HAS DEVELOPED. THE WORST OF THE FOG WILL BE WITHIN A 20 MILE RADIUS OF EITHER SIDE OF THE FRONT. LOOKING AT WEB CAMS AND ASOS READINGS FROM ACROSS THE AREA...THERE IS ENOUGH CONFIDENCE TO ISSUE THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY. THE BIGGEST CONCERN THIS MORNING IS THE FACT THAT THE PATCHY NATURE OF THE DENSE FOG THIS MORNING WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. ALZ011>015-017>032-034>038-191400- /O.NEW.KBMX.FG.Y.0014.130619T0953Z-130619T1400Z/ MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN- CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR- TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-BIBB-CHILTON-COOSA- TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS- 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...CENTREVILLE... CLANTON...ROCKFORD...ALEXANDER CITY...DADEVILLE...VALLEY... LANETT...LAFAYETTE 453 AM CDT WED JUN 19 2013 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING. * TIMING...OF THE DENSE PATCHY FOG WILL LAST THROUGH 9 AM. * VISIBILITIES...MAY DROP TO OR BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...OF THE PATCHY FOG COULD RESTRICT VISIBILITIES VERY QUICKLY AND IMPACT TRAVEL CONDITIONS RAPIDLY. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN...USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU. && $$
Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1221 AM CDT WED JUN 19 2013 ALZ011>015-017>050-191500- MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN-CHEROKEE- CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR-TALLADEGA- CLAY-RANDOLPH-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA- CHAMBERS-MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE-MONTGOMERY-MACON- BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR- 1221 AM CDT WED JUN 19 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PATCHY DENSE FOG IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT AND DURING THE MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA. AREAS MOST LIKELY TO IMPACTED WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF A EUTAW...TO PRATTVILLE...TO LAFAYETTE. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING...AS CONDITIONS MAY BE CLEAR AT ONE MOMENT AND RESTRICTED THE NEXT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. $$