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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
104 AM CST SAT DEC 5 2009

ALZ051>055-057-061-062-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-050900-UPPER 
MOBILE-WASHINGTON-MONROE-BUTLER-CLARKE-WILCOX-CHOCTAW-GEORGE-STONE-
PERRY-GREENE-WAYNE-UPPER BALDWIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEAKESVILLE...LUCEDALE...WAYNESBORO...
BUTLER...CAMDEN...CHATOM AND GROVE HILL...
104 AM CST SAT DEC 5 2009
...ACCUMULATING SNOW IS FALLING OVER PORTIONS OF BOTH INTERIOR 
SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
JUST BEFORE 1 AM CST...THE NWS IN MOBILE HAS RECEIVED REPORTS OF UP 
TO ONE INCH AND A HALF OF SNOW ON THE GROUND NEAR NEW AUGUSTA 
MISSISSIPPI.  ADDITIONAL REPORTS OVER THE LAST 90 MINUTES INDICATE 
THAT SLEET JUST TURNED TO SNOW IN LUCEDALE MISSISSIPPI...AND SLEET 
IS OCCURRING OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTIES.
RIGHT NOW...NWS RADAR INDICATED THE CENTRAL AXIS OF THIS APPROXIMATE 
40 MILE WIDE SNOWBAND TO EXTEND FROM NEELY TO STATE LINE IN 
MISSISSIPPI AND THEN FURTHER NORTHEAST TO CHATOM...COFFEEVILLE AND 
THOMASVILLE IN ALABAMA. 
THE BACK EDGE OF THE BAND WAS MOVING EAST AROUND 35 MPH...SO EXPECT 
ABOUT ONE HOUR OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND THEN IT WILL TAPER 
QUICKLY.  IT IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION FOR ANY ONE LOCATION TO 
RECEIVE UP TO TWO INCHES OF SNOWFALL IN LESS THAN TWO HOURS BEFORE 
THE SNOW ENDS ABRUPTLY FROM THE WEST.   SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE 
HOVERING IN THE 32 TO 35 DEGREE RANGE WHERE IT IS SNOWING...AND IN 
THE MIDDLE 30S TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE RAIN SNOW LINE...EXCEPT MID 
40S ALONG THE BEACHES WHICH WILL MISS OUT ON THE SNOW THIS TIME.
LESSER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE MAKING BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES HAZARDOUS 
WITHIN THIS BAND DUE TO THE COLDER UNDERLYING SURFACE. SO...SLOW 
DOWN AND BE CAREFUL! 
THE NWS IN MOBILE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPLY SHORT TERM FORECAST 
INFORMATION VIA SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENTS THROUGH SUNRISE...AND IN 
ADDITION...YOU MAY VISIT OUR WEB SITE (HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MOB) 
FOR LATEST UPDATES ON THIS FAST-BREAKING SIGNIFICANT SITUATION.
PLEASE SUBMIT REAL TIME SNOWFALL DEPTHS OR SLEET REPORTS IN REAL 
TIME TO 1-877-633-6772.  YOUR LOCAL NWS THANKS YOU BECAUSE GROUND 
TRUTH VERIFICATION MATTERS TO US ALL!
MEDLIN
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