A crazy day has turned into a hectic night across Central Alabama. Numerous motorists continue to be stranded on local roadways and the problems are not getting any better. With such cold temperatures the roads are solid ice and are impassable. If you are somewhere safe and warm, stay there. Do not attempt to travel […]
With snow on the ground and a clearing sky, expect the very cold temperatures, currently in the teens, to only go lower overnight, especially once the sky clears. Looking at forecast lows for early Wednesday morning, shows Birmingham at 9 while lower teens and single digits are expected elsewhere across the region. The snow on […]
The word tonight is patience. Prepared to delay traveling in the morning until 10 or 11 a.m. and check roads during the morning befor etraveling. …A couple of school buses are stranded at this hour. One is in the Oxmoor Valley. Another is stranded on O-65 SB at Alford Avenue. …Resources in Police Departments in […]
With snow on the ground, and a very cold Arctic air mass in place, it is going to be a bitterly cold night across Central Alabama. The NWS in Birmingham has issued a Hard Freeze Warning for every county in their CWA. Later this evening, temperatures will fall below 15 degrees and that is where […]
The snow is winding down across the Central Alabama. The snow shield is slowly shifting to the east-southeast and will continue to do so the next few hours. The snow will begin to taper off across eastern Alabama later this evening. Now the question that everyone wants answered…When is the snow going to melt and […]
The weather continues to be a serious problem for many locations across Central Alabama. A lot to talk about so lets get straight to it. Current radar continues to show the back edge of the snow just north of the Interstate 59 corridor. It continues to ever so slowly creep towards the southeast. North and […]
A very bad situation is in progress across the Birmingham Metro area and much of Central Alabama, reminiscent of the 1982 Winter Storm. Tens of thousands of people are trying to make it home at this hour and roads are gridlocked. Traffic is at a standstill all over the area. In the Tuscaloosa area as […]
Some late reports: All Bessemer City roads slick. Birmingham Fire Department initiating contingency plans. Several of their pieces of equipment stuck. City of Birmingham has initiated their City Weather Plan. Brookwood Hospital is not accessible due to ice from either side. Numerous roads are slick and icy across the area. Several roads are impassable. Roads […]
The NWS has extended the area covered by the Winter Storm Warning to include: Bibb, Calhoun, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Greene, Hale, Jefferson, Perry, Randolph, Shelby, St. Clair, Sumter, Talladega through 6 a.m. tomorrow morning. The following counties continue under the Winter Storm Warning as well: Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Dallas, Elmore, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, […]
Numerous reports across the state and Central Alabama of weather related accidents. Snow is covering roadways throughout the area today. Many locations continue to see a dusting to half an inch of snow, but the problem is that the roads are colder than they have been with such a cold Arctic air mass in place. […]
Our forecast continues to hold for today. Much of North-Central Alabama continues to see snow showers. Temperatures remain well below freezing in most locations and any snow that is falling is sticking to the surface it falls on. Many areas along and north of Interstate 20 are receiving a dusting this morning. While areas to […]
Roads/bridges/overpasses are becoming extremely dangerous due to icing across Central Alabama, generally south of a line from Eutaw to Columbiana to Heflin. Officials are requesting that there be no travel across the following counties: Autauga, Bibb, Chambers, Chilton, Coosa, Dallas, Elmore, Hale, Lamar, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Montgomery, Perry, Pickens, Randolph, Sumter and Tallapoosa. A Civil […]
Light snow continues to fall across much of North-Central Alabama this morning. With it being so cold, what snow is falling is sticking to the ground and we are seeing pictures via social media of a light dusting from Haleyville, Arab, and Guin. Snow is falling in Northport, Jasper, Cullman, and now in and around […]
As expected today, travel across the south half of Alabama would be impacted from the winter weather event. Reports via social media and from the NWS. Drivers reporting freezing rain between Clanton and Montgomery. Heavy sleet reported along U.S. 80, where drivers are having to stop and scrape their windshields because of ice build-up. Freezing […]
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