000 WWUS44 KBMX 081450 WSWBMX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 850 AM CST SAT MAR 8 2008 ALZ011>015-017-022>025-034-035-081600- /O.CAN.KBMX.SN.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080308T1600Z/ MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA- JEFFERSON-SHELBY-BIBB-CHILTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMILTON...SULLIGENT...VERNON... FAYETTE...DOUBLE SPRINGS...JASPER...ONEONTA...CARROLLTON... TUSCALOOSA...BIRMINGHAM...HOOVER...COLUMBIANA...PELHAM... ALABASTER...CENTREVILLE...CLANTON 850 AM CST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW ADVISORY FOR COUNTIES WEST OF I-65. $$ ALZ018>021-026>029-036>038-043-045-047-081600- /O.CON.KBMX.SN.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080308T1600Z/ ETOWAH-CALHOUN-CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-ST. CLAIR-TALLADEGA-CLAY- RANDOLPH-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-ELMORE-MACON-LEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GADSDEN...ANNISTON...CENTRE...HEFLIN... PELL CITY...MOODY...TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA...ASHLAND...ROANOKE... ROCKFORD...ALEXANDER CITY...DADEVILLE...VALLEY...LANETT... LAFAYETTE...WETUMPKA...TALLASSEE...TUSKEGEE...AUBURN...OPELIKA 850 AM CST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING... AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM EXITS CENTRAL ALABAMA EARLY SATURDAY... INTERMITTENT LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA. LIGHT SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON MAINLY GRASSY SURFACES. THE SNOW SHOWERS WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. WIDESPREAD TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES ARE NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...A FEW SLICK ROAD SURFACES CAN NOT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED ROADWAYS AND IN RURAL AREAS. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. GENERALLY... AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH OR LESS ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS ALONG THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$