• THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
    THE TENNESSEE RIVER AT FLORENCE.
    * UNTIL LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
    * AT 11 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 19.1 FEET AND RISING.
    * FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.
    * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
    * RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING AT
    11 PM MONDAY WAS 19.1 FEET.
    * IMPACT...AT 20.0 FEET...ALABAMA STATE HIGHWAY 20 IS FLOODED AT THE
    UNDERPASS BELOW U.S. HIGHWAYS 43 AND 72. THE UNDERPASS WILL LIKELY
    BE CLOSED.
    * FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 19.3 FEET
    ON DEC 13 2009.

    &&
    RIVER FLOOD OBSERVED 12PM 6PM 12AM 6AM CREST
    LOCATION STAGE STG DAY TIME TUE TUE WED WED STG DAY TIME

    TENNESSEE RIVER
    FLORENCE 18.0 19.1 MON 11 PM 19.0 19.0 19.0 19.1 N/A

    $$
  • THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
    THE TENNESSEE RIVER AT FLORENCE.
    * UNTIL LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
    * AT 11 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 19.1 FEET AND RISING.
    * FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.
    * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
    * RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING AT
    11 PM MONDAY WAS 19.1 FEET.
    * IMPACT...AT 20.0 FEET...ALABAMA STATE HIGHWAY 20 IS FLOODED AT THE
    UNDERPASS BELOW U.S. HIGHWAYS 43 AND 72. THE UNDERPASS WILL LIKELY
    BE CLOSED.
    * FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 19.3 FEET
    ON DEC 13 2009.

    &&
    RIVER FLOOD OBSERVED 12PM 6PM 12AM 6AM CREST
    LOCATION STAGE STG DAY TIME TUE TUE WED WED STG DAY TIME

    TENNESSEE RIVER
    FLORENCE 18.0 19.1 MON 11 PM 19.0 19.0 19.0 19.1 N/A

    $$
  • THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
    THE TENNESSEE RIVER AT SAVANNAH
    * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
    * AT 06 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 376.3 FEET
    * MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST
    * MAXIMUM FORECAST STAGE OF 377.7 FEET EARLY THURSDAY MORNING
    * FLOOD STAGE IS 370.0 FEET
    * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE TO NEAR 377.7 FEET EARLY THURSDAY
    MORNING

    $$
  • THE FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR
    THE TENNESSEE RIVER AT CLIFTON
    * THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE A SLOW RISE TO NEAR 369.2 FEET BY AROUND MIDNIGHT
    WEDNESDAY.
    * FLOOD STAGE IS 370.0 FEET.
    * AT 370.0 FEET...IN DECATUR COUNTY...THE BOAT LAUNCH AND PARKING LOT AREAS OF
    RIVERSTONE MARINA ARE FLOODED. IN WAYNE COUNTY...WATER BEGINS TO FLOOD
    PORTIONS OF BEECHVIEW DRIVE AND THE BEECH LAKE CAMPGROUND ON BEECH LAKE ROAD.
    IN PERRY COUNTY...ACCESS ROADS IN THE PETERS LANDING AREA INCLUDING PETERS
    LANDING ROAD BEGIN TO FLOOD. IN HARDIN COUNTY...IN THE COBB FARM AREA OF NANCE
    BEND LOW LYING PORTIONS OF SENATOR COBB ROAD AND COLONEL JAMES HARDIN DRIVE
    BEGIN TO FLOOD AND ACCESS MAY BE LIMITED.
    * AT 369.0 FEET...IN DECATUR COUNTY...WATER INUNDATES SCENIC LANE IN THE RUSS
    FARM AREA...CUTTING OFF ALL ACCESS TO RIVERFRONT HOMES IN THE AREA.
    * AT 368.0 FEET...IN PERRY COUNTY...WATER REACHES THE LOW LYING PORTIONS OF
    ACCESS ROADS IN THE PETERS LANDING AREA.
    * AT 367.0 FEET...IN WAYNE COUNTY...WATER INUNDATES THE BOAT LAUNCH AREAS AND
    PORTIONS OF ACCESS ROADS IN THE BEECH LAKE CAMPGROUND ON BEECH LAKE ROAD.
    * AT 366.0 FEET...IN HARDIN COUNTY...WATER INUNDATES LOW LYING AGRICULTURAL
    AREAS AND ACCESS ROADS IN THE COBB FARM AREA OF NANCE BEND...INCLUDING SENATOR
    COBB ROAD AND COLONEL HARDIN ROAD.
    * AT 365.0 FEET...IN DECATUR COUNTY...LOW LYING AREAS OF THE RIVERSTONE MARINA
    BECOME INUNDATED.
    * AT 364.5 FEET...IN DECATUR COUNTY...WATER BEGINS TO INUNDATE PORTIONS OF
    SCENIC LANE IN THE RUSS FARM AREA AND ACCESS MAY BE LIMITED TO SOME HOUSES
    ALONG THE RIVER.
    * AT 364.0 FEET...IN WAYNE COUNTY...IN THE BEECH CREEK AREA WATER BEGINS TO
    INUNDATE LOW LYING AREAS ON THE NORTH END OF BEECHVIEW DRIVE AND THE BEECH
    LAKE CAMPGROUND ON BEECH LAKE ROAD. IN HARDIN COUNTY...WATER BEGINS TO
    INUNDATE THE LOW LYING AREAS OF COBB FARM IN NANCE BEND.

    $$
  • THE FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR
    THE TENNESSEE RIVER AT CLIFTON
    * THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE A SLOW RISE TO NEAR 369.2 FEET BY AROUND MIDNIGHT
    WEDNESDAY.
    * FLOOD STAGE IS 370.0 FEET.
    * AT 370.0 FEET...IN DECATUR COUNTY...THE BOAT LAUNCH AND PARKING LOT AREAS OF
    RIVERSTONE MARINA ARE FLOODED. IN WAYNE COUNTY...WATER BEGINS TO FLOOD
    PORTIONS OF BEECHVIEW DRIVE AND THE BEECH LAKE CAMPGROUND ON BEECH LAKE ROAD.
    IN PERRY COUNTY...ACCESS ROADS IN THE PETERS LANDING AREA INCLUDING PETERS
    LANDING ROAD BEGIN TO FLOOD. IN HARDIN COUNTY...IN THE COBB FARM AREA OF NANCE
    BEND LOW LYING PORTIONS OF SENATOR COBB ROAD AND COLONEL JAMES HARDIN DRIVE
    BEGIN TO FLOOD AND ACCESS MAY BE LIMITED.
    * AT 369.0 FEET...IN DECATUR COUNTY...WATER INUNDATES SCENIC LANE IN THE RUSS
    FARM AREA...CUTTING OFF ALL ACCESS TO RIVERFRONT HOMES IN THE AREA.
    * AT 368.0 FEET...IN PERRY COUNTY...WATER REACHES THE LOW LYING PORTIONS OF
    ACCESS ROADS IN THE PETERS LANDING AREA.
    * AT 367.0 FEET...IN WAYNE COUNTY...WATER INUNDATES THE BOAT LAUNCH AREAS AND
    PORTIONS OF ACCESS ROADS IN THE BEECH LAKE CAMPGROUND ON BEECH LAKE ROAD.
    * AT 366.0 FEET...IN HARDIN COUNTY...WATER INUNDATES LOW LYING AGRICULTURAL
    AREAS AND ACCESS ROADS IN THE COBB FARM AREA OF NANCE BEND...INCLUDING SENATOR
    COBB ROAD AND COLONEL HARDIN ROAD.
    * AT 365.0 FEET...IN DECATUR COUNTY...LOW LYING AREAS OF THE RIVERSTONE MARINA
    BECOME INUNDATED.
    * AT 364.5 FEET...IN DECATUR COUNTY...WATER BEGINS TO INUNDATE PORTIONS OF
    SCENIC LANE IN THE RUSS FARM AREA AND ACCESS MAY BE LIMITED TO SOME HOUSES
    ALONG THE RIVER.
    * AT 364.0 FEET...IN WAYNE COUNTY...IN THE BEECH CREEK AREA WATER BEGINS TO
    INUNDATE LOW LYING AREAS ON THE NORTH END OF BEECHVIEW DRIVE AND THE BEECH
    LAKE CAMPGROUND ON BEECH LAKE ROAD. IN HARDIN COUNTY...WATER BEGINS TO
    INUNDATE THE LOW LYING AREAS OF COBB FARM IN NANCE BEND.

    $$
  • ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
    TONIGHT...

    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A WIND
    ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
    TONIGHT.

    A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH ALABAMA TODAY. NORTHWEST
    WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO
    25 MPH.

    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

    A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 MPH AND HIGHER...
    OR WIND GUSTS OF 30 MPH AND HIGHER...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS
    STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
    VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

    BOATERS IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF
    VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES TODAY. THESE WINDS WILL MAKE OPEN
    WATERS OF LAKES ROUGH AND HAZARDOUS...AND MAY RESULT IN HIGH WAVES
    WHICH MAY TIP OR SWAMP SMALLER CRAFT. FOR YOUR PERSONAL
    SAFETY...AVOID THE OPEN WATERS. STAY CLOSE TO SHORE OR AROUND
    PROTECTED AREAS.

    &&

    $$
  • ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
    TONIGHT...

    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A WIND
    ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
    TONIGHT.

    A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH ALABAMA TODAY. NORTHWEST
    WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO
    25 MPH.

    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

    A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 MPH AND HIGHER...
    OR WIND GUSTS OF 30 MPH AND HIGHER...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS
    STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
    VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

    BOATERS IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF
    VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES TODAY. THESE WINDS WILL MAKE OPEN
    WATERS OF LAKES ROUGH AND HAZARDOUS...AND MAY RESULT IN HIGH WAVES
    WHICH MAY TIP OR SWAMP SMALLER CRAFT. FOR YOUR PERSONAL
    SAFETY...AVOID THE OPEN WATERS. STAY CLOSE TO SHORE OR AROUND
    PROTECTED AREAS.

    &&

    $$
  • ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
    TONIGHT...

    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A WIND
    ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
    TONIGHT.

    A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH ALABAMA TODAY. NORTHWEST
    WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO
    25 MPH.

    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

    A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 MPH AND HIGHER...
    OR WIND GUSTS OF 30 MPH AND HIGHER...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS
    STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
    VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

    BOATERS IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF
    VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES TODAY. THESE WINDS WILL MAKE OPEN
    WATERS OF LAKES ROUGH AND HAZARDOUS...AND MAY RESULT IN HIGH WAVES
    WHICH MAY TIP OR SWAMP SMALLER CRAFT. FOR YOUR PERSONAL
    SAFETY...AVOID THE OPEN WATERS. STAY CLOSE TO SHORE OR AROUND
    PROTECTED AREAS.

    &&

    $$
  • ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
    TONIGHT...

    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A WIND
    ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
    TONIGHT.

    A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH ALABAMA TODAY. NORTHWEST
    WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO
    25 MPH.

    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

    A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 MPH AND HIGHER...
    OR WIND GUSTS OF 30 MPH AND HIGHER...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS
    STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
    VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

    BOATERS IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF
    VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES TODAY. THESE WINDS WILL MAKE OPEN
    WATERS OF LAKES ROUGH AND HAZARDOUS...AND MAY RESULT IN HIGH WAVES
    WHICH MAY TIP OR SWAMP SMALLER CRAFT. FOR YOUR PERSONAL
    SAFETY...AVOID THE OPEN WATERS. STAY CLOSE TO SHORE OR AROUND
    PROTECTED AREAS.

    &&

    $$
  • ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
    TONIGHT...

    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A WIND
    ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
    TONIGHT.

    A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH ALABAMA TODAY. NORTHWEST
    WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO
    25 MPH.

    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

    A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 MPH AND HIGHER...
    OR WIND GUSTS OF 30 MPH AND HIGHER...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS
    STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
    VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

    BOATERS IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF
    VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES TODAY. THESE WINDS WILL MAKE OPEN
    WATERS OF LAKES ROUGH AND HAZARDOUS...AND MAY RESULT IN HIGH WAVES
    WHICH MAY TIP OR SWAMP SMALLER CRAFT. FOR YOUR PERSONAL
    SAFETY...AVOID THE OPEN WATERS. STAY CLOSE TO SHORE OR AROUND
    PROTECTED AREAS.

    &&

    $$
  • ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
    TONIGHT...

    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A WIND
    ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
    TONIGHT.

    A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH ALABAMA TODAY. NORTHWEST
    WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO
    25 MPH.

    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

    A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 MPH AND HIGHER...
    OR WIND GUSTS OF 30 MPH AND HIGHER...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS
    STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
    VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

    BOATERS IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF
    VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES TODAY. THESE WINDS WILL MAKE OPEN
    WATERS OF LAKES ROUGH AND HAZARDOUS...AND MAY RESULT IN HIGH WAVES
    WHICH MAY TIP OR SWAMP SMALLER CRAFT. FOR YOUR PERSONAL
    SAFETY...AVOID THE OPEN WATERS. STAY CLOSE TO SHORE OR AROUND
    PROTECTED AREAS.

    &&

    $$

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Alabama NEXRAD

A Snowy Surprise Melts Away in the Rain
    Hi 44 F
Lo 39 F
 

System One, Snow then Rain. System Two, Perhaps Snow

With the very surprise and unexpected snowfall that moved across the Tennessee Valley Monday morning, the expected weather event moved in and began melting away a blown forecast.

As the rain falls Tuesday morning, and continues to fall into Tuesday, the rainfall totals will range from 3/4" to 1 1'2" before the very cold air arrives Tuesday night.  Late Tuesday, we'll see developing snow showers mostly in Northeast Alabama and Eastern Southern Middle Tennessee.  There is a slight chance for small accumulations in Franklin, Moore, and Marion Counties into Wednesday morning.  If you are planning travel north or northeast of Jackson County, you'll see delays and slick roadways.

After two cold days of clouds, sun, and cold temperatures, another southern tracking storm system will move into the Tennessee Valley and the rest of the Southeast.  When it does, we'll see a chance for lightly accumulating snow in the Tennessee Valley, with seemingly increasing chances for heavier snows in Central and South Alabama than in North Alabama.  This system is still days away, and bears watching.  Figures that the most measurable snow we will have received so far this year from the one that was not forecast at all.

<sigh>

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Brad Huffines, Chief Meteorologist / Storm Force 31


  7-Day Forecast
 
Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon
Hi 44 F
Lo 39 F
Rain Likely, Flurries Late Mtns
Hi 38 F
Lo 24 F
Clouds Decrease, Quite Cold
Hi 40 F
Lo 22 F
Clouds & Sun, Chilly
Hi 38 F
Lo 25 F
Cloudy & Cold, Light Snow
Hi 40 F
Lo 25 F
Lingering Light Snow Possible
Hi 43 F
Lo 24 F
Clouds & Sun, Still Chilly
Hi 44 F
Lo 26 F
Clouds & Sun, Still Chilly
 
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Meridianville: 43F
 Currently in Huntsville
  44F (Feels like 40F)  
Sunrise: 06:39
Sunset: 17:25
Humidity: 96%
Visibility: 1.50 m
 
Fog
Wind: W8
Barometer: 29.85
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