Civil Emergency Message

Not telling you anything you didn’t know if you have been reading the blog, but Emergency Managers across the area have issued a Civil Emergency Message requesting people to limit travel to emergencies this evening and overnight in Northeast Alabama. They issue Civil Emergency Messages to trigger Weatheradio alarms and get the word out quickly to people who might not be aware.

There are numerous accidents and impassable roads in areas that received sleet and freezing rain this afternoon.

Additional freezing rain is a concern until temperature go above freezing overnight.

Here is the radar:

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE
ALABAMA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY CLANTON ALABAMA
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
528 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2015

THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE
ALABAMA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY CLANTON ALABAMA AND INDIVIDUAL
COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES. THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE
IMPACTED BY WINTER WEATHER…MARION…WINSTON…FAYETTE…BLOUNT…ETOWAH
…WALKER…JEFFERSON…TALLADEGA…CLAY…RANDOLPH…CALHOUN…CLEBURNE
…CHEROKEE.

SEVERAL ROADWAYS…INCLUDING SOME MAJOR HIGHWAYS…ELEVATED ROADWAYS AND
LESSER TRAVELED ROADWAYS…ARE HAZARDOUS DUE TO A WINTRY MIX. SOME
OF THESE ROADWAYS HAVE BECOME IMPASSABLE. THESE CONDITIONS MAY PERSIST
WEST OF INTERSTATE 65 THROUGH 9 OR 10 PM AS TEMPERATURES SLOWLY
WARM ABOVE FREEZING. AREAS EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 HAVE A CHANCE OF
SOME MIXED WINTER PRECIPITATION AND HAZARDOUS ROADWAYS ALL NIGHT. THESE
COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES REQUEST THAT TRAVEL BE LIMITED
TO EMERGENCIES ONLY FOR YOUR SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF FIRST
RESPONDERS.

ALABAMA POWER IS READY, ARE YOU? Our friends at Alabama Power are monitoring the forecast closely, ready to deploy people and assets to quickly address any outages that might occur. Read a special message from Ike Piggot about their commitment to their customers.

Category: Alabama's Weather, Winter Weather