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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1125 AM CDT TUE MAR 17 2026
ALZ011>015-017>050-181500-
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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 DOUBLE SPRINGS, PELL CITY, COLUMBIANA,
GREENSBORO, LINDEN, FORT DEPOSIT, PELHAM, JASPER, DEMOPOLIS,
TALLASSEE, WETUMPKA, CENTRE, ROANOKE, ASHLAND, UNION SPRINGS,
TROY, HEFLIN, VERNON, BIRMINGHAM, ALABASTER, GADSDEN, MONTGOMERY,
OPELIKA, LANETT, FAYETTE, SULLIGENT, HOOVER, EUTAW, EUFAULA,
MOODY, CARROLLTON, ANNISTON, SYLACAUGA, TALLADEGA, DADEVILLE,
CLANTON, LIVINGSTON, CENTREVILLE, ONEONTA, SELMA, ALEXANDER CITY,
HAMILTON, MARION, LAFAYETTE, AUBURN, HAYNEVILLE, PHENIX CITY,
TUSCALOOSA, ROCKFORD, VALLEY, PRATTVILLE, TUSKEGEE, AND
MOUNDVILLE
1125 AM CDT TUE MAR 17 2026
..FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT WEDNESDAY
* WHAT...SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS 28.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF CENTRAL ALABAMA.
* WHEN...UNTIL 10 AM CDT WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS...FROST AND FREEZE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS, OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION AND POSSIBLY DAMAGE UNPROTECTED OUTDOOR
PLUMBING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE STEPS NOW TO PROTECT TENDER PLANTS FROM THE COLD.
TO PREVENT FREEZING AND POSSIBLE BURSTING OF PIPES THEY SHOULD BE
WRAPPED, DRAINED, OR ALLOWED TO DRIP SLOWLY.
THOSE THAT HAVE IN GROUND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS SHOULD DRAIN THEM AND
COVER ABOVE GROUND PIPES TO PROTECT THEM FROM FREEZING.
87/GRANTHAM
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