The Winter Storm Warning will now go into effect at 3:00 pm this afternoon, while a Winter Weather Advisory has been issued for a few of the eastern counties in North Alabama starting at 6:00 pm tonight.
A Winter Storm Watch has been issued for Lauderdale, Colbert, Franklin, Lawrence and Limestone counties starting at 4:00 pm Wednesday and set to expire at 6:00 am Thursday.
A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued due to additional snow accumulations of up to one half inch through the midday hour today.
At 5:25 am, there are a few flurries and very light snow showers being reported in parts of the area that may not be showing on radar at this point. There is not enough falling to cause any additional issues to what we have already on the roadways this morning.
Lingering moisture from recent rainfall, in combination with cold air moving into the region, has created widespread black ice on a number of area roadways, including some major highways.
Black ice is now forming on major roadways and highways across North/Central Alabama, to go along with the roadways already covered with ice and sleet from the wintry precipitation that fell earlier today.
NWS Huntsville has issued a Wind Chill Advisory valid from 1:00 am Tuesday to 9:00 am Tuesday for the following counties in North Alabama: Colbert, Cullman, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, and Morgan.
All precipitation has moved out of North/Central Alabama, so now we wait for the very cold air to move into the area.
With the threat of freezing rain and sleet accumulations almost completely over, NWS Birmingham has allowed the Winter Weather Advisory along with the Ice and Winter Storm Warnings to be canceled or expire. A Hard Freeze Warning goes into effect for all of Central Alabama later tonight.
