Screaming Message: Do Not Drive Across Central Alabama Tonight or Saturday Morning

A winter storm warning and winter weather advisory continues tonight for all of the counties across Central Alabama.

In fact, warnings and advisories cover all of the state except for the far North and coastal Mobile and Baldwin counties.

A plethora of winter alerts cover the areas from Louisiana to the Mid-Atlantic. A blizzard warning is even in effect for the Hampton Roads of Virginia where Norfolk is expecting up to 15 inches of snow.

Roads all across the winter weather warning and winter weather advisory areas are icy, slick and impassable or nearly impassable and travel is strongly discouraged. Roads in many communities and counties are closed.

Mayor Walt Maddox has declared a State of Emergency in the City of Tuscaloosa this evening due to closed and impassable roads and numerous accidents.

The screaming message tonight and Saturday morning is do not drive across Central Alabama. Please pass this on to your networks.

The main precipitation shield is now limited to southeastern and eastern portions of Central Alabama, in Cleburne, Randolph, Chambers, Lee, Russell and Macon Counties. It will be exiting into Georgia over the next two hours.

There is a little light snow from eastern St. Clair into Etowah, Calhoun and Cherokee Counties but little additional accumulation is expected.

Temperatures are dropping steadily. Now it is 24F at Birmingham. Most areas north of I-20 will make it into the teens overnight.

Tomorrow will feature increasing sunshine but bitterly cold temperatures with highs struggling to get above freezing.

Category: Winter Weather