National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

Heavy Snowfall Event: January 17th, 2013

Heavy snowfall fell across central portions of north central Alabama on the 17th of January, as a potent upper level low pressure system moved quickly through Alabama and Georgia Thursday and Thursday night. This produced heavy snowfall across Morgan, Cullman, and Marshall counties, and the southern portion of Madison county of the Huntsville Forecast area. Lighter amounts around a trace to a few hundredths of an inch fell across much of northwestern Alabama and portions of Southern Middle Tennessee. Below is a map of current snowfall totals received from COOP/CoCoRaHS observers and from automated ASOS stations.

...24 HOUR SNOWFALL REPORTS FROM NWS COOP AND COCORAHS NETWORKS...

...LOCATION...                             ...TIME...      ...AMT...

...ALABAMA...

...COLBERT COUNTY...
MUSCLE SHOALS (COOP)                       700 AM JAN 18        T IN

...CULLMAN COUNTY...
WEST POINT (COOP)                          700 PM JAN 17      3.5 IN
HANCEVILLE 1.6E (COCORAHS)                 700 AM JAN 18      1.0 IN

...DEKALB COUNTY...
IDER (1610 FT)(UCOOP)                      700 AM JAN 18      0.6 IN

...JACKSON COUNTY...
7 SW SKYLINE (1519 FT)(COCORAHS)           700 AM JAN 18        T IN
2 ENE WOODVILLE (600 FT)(COCORAHS)         700 AM JAN 18        T IN
WOODVILLE 1.7 NE (COCORAHS)                700 AM JAN 18        T IN
WOODVILLE 8.0 NNE (COCORAHS)               700 AM JAN 18        T IN

...LAUDERDALE COUNTY...
ANDERSON (COOP)                            700 AM JAN 18      0.2 IN

...LIMESTONE COUNTY...
PRYOR FIELD (NWS SPOTTER)                  700 AM JAN 18        T IN

...MADISON COUNTY...
6 SE HUNTSVILLE (686 FT)(COCORAHS)         700 AM JAN 18      0.5 IN
1 SE OWENS CROSSROADS (COCORAHS)           700 AM JAN 18      0.5 IN
6 NNW OWENS CROSSROADS (COCORAHS)          845 AM JAN 18      0.2 IN
NEW MARKET (830 FT)(UCOOP)                 700 AM JAN 18        T IN
6 NW OWENS CROSSROADS (COCORAHS)           900 AM JAN 18        T IN
HUNTSVILLE AIRPORT (OBSERVER)              700 AM JAN 18      0.7 IN
HAMPTON COVE 2.1 WNW (COCORAHS)            700 AM JAN 18      2.0 IN
MADISON 1.7 NW (COCORAHS)                  700 AM JAN 18      1.0 IN
MADISON 3.1 NE (COCORAHS)                  700 AM JAN 18      0.9 IN
HUNTSVILLE 5.9 SE (COCORAHS)               700 AM JAN 18      0.5 IN
HUNTSVILLE 7.0 SE (COCORAHS)               700 AM JAN 18        T IN
HAMPTON COVE 1.0 NW (COCORAHS)             700 AM JAN 18      0.2 IN

...MARSHALL COUNTY...
7 W UNION GROVE (940 FT)(COCORAHS)         700 AM JAN 18      2.5 IN
3 NNW BOAZ (1107 FT)(COCORAHS)             800 AM JAN 18      2.5 IN
2 ENE GUNTERSVILLE (974 FT)(COCORAHS)      700 AM JAN 18      0.6 IN
5 W GUNTERSVILLE (607 FT)(COCORAHS)        700 AM JAN 18      0.2 IN
GUNTERSVILLE (COOP)                        700 AM JAN 18      0.2 IN
ALBERTVILLE 2.8 SE (COCORAHS)              700 AM JAN 18      2.5 IN
ALBERTVILLE 5.5 N (COCORAHS)               700 AM JAN 18      1.8 IN
ALBERTVILLE 4.8 WNW (COCORAHS)             700 AM JAN 18      1.7 IN
GUNTERSVILLE 2.0 ENE (COCORAHS)            700 AM JAN 18      0.6 IN
GUNTERSVILLE 2.2 SW (COCORAHS)             700 AM JAN 18      0.2 IN
GUNTERSVILLE 4.7 W (COCORAHS)              700 AM JAN 18      0.2 IN

...MORGAN COUNTY...
2 WSW PRICEVILLE (833 FT)(COCORAHS)        700 AM JAN 18      1.9 IN
LACEY SPRING 3.4 SSW (1293 FT)(COCORAHS)   700 AM JAN 18      1.5 IN
DECATUR (COOP)                             700 AM JAN 18      1.0 IN
FALKVILLE 5.1 E (COCORAHS)                 700 AM JAN 18      3.5 IN
SOMERVILLE 2.0 SE (COCORAHS)               700 AM JAN 18      1.2 IN

...TENNESSEE...

...FRANKLIN COUNTY...
ANDERSON (649 FT)(COOP)                    727 AM JAN 18      0.2 IN
HUNTLAND (COOP)                            700 AM JAN 18        T IN
ESTILL SPRINGS (COOP)                      700 AM JAN 18        T IN


OBSERVATIONS ARE COLLECTED FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES WITH VARYING
EQUIPMENT AND EXPOSURES. NOT ALL DATA LISTED IS CONSIDERED OFFICIAL. THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE THANKS ITS PRIVATE AND PUBLIC PARTNERS FOR
PROVIDING US WITH THIS DATA.