Catching Up…

Snow and sleet continues over about the northern half of Alabama tonight. Most across the area are impassable and travel is strongly discouraged.

Snow is heavy over Northwest Alabama now, including parts of Marion and Winston Counties. Streets in downtown Florence are reportedly impassable with 1 inches of snow on the ground. 3 inches around Red Bay and Phil Campbell in Franklin County.

Precipitation has become heavier through Tuscaloosa, Hale, Perry and Dallas Counties. It will move northeast into Jefferson, Shelby, Bibb and Chilton Counties in the next 45 minutes.

That precipitation is just ahead of the dry slot that is rotating up through Southwest Alabama right now. The precipitation will effectively end for the time being when that dry slot arrives. The upper level disturbance over Arkansas and Louisiana is weakening. As it does, the low over the Gulf will continue to weaken.

Some light precipitation will continue through the morning hours and we could see a few snow showers into Tuesday. Highs on Monday will only make it to near freezing. Tuesday’s high will make it into the upper 30s. Colder air will arrive late on Tuesday and highs Wednesday and Thursday may not make it above freezing.

Reports over the past hour or so…

BLOUNT
…2.4 inches at Courthouse in Oneonta

CHEROKEE COUNTY
…All roads closed in Centre

CLEBURNE COUNTY
…5 inches in Muscadine

CULLMAN COUNTY
…2 inches in Goodhope
…At least 2 inches and still coming down in Vinemont
…Bremen/Dodge City…5 inches
…10 miles south of Cullman NB I-65 tractor trailer jackknifed

ELMORE COUNTY
…1/4″ of ice on cars and surfaces

ETOWAH COUNTY
…Rainbow City…over 4 inches of snow
…Southside…at least 4 inches
…Glencoe…4 inches
…Attalla…2 inches

JEFFERSON COUNTY
…Leeds 1.5 inches
…Bluff Park 2 inches
…Trussville…1 inch here

MARION COUNTY
…2.5 inches in Winfield
…4 inches in Bear Creek…still snowing heavily

MORGAN COUNTY
…2.5 inches in Somerville
…3 inches just northwest of Hartselle

ST. CLAIR COUNTY
…4 inches at Springville…still snowing

SHELBY COUNTY
…According to police, all Interstae, U.S. and State route closed

WINSTON COUNTY
…All roads in Haleyville closed…at least 4 inches of snow

ATLANTA
…3 inches..snowing at rate of 1 inch per hour at Hartsfield
…I-75/85 a parking lot

Category: Alabama's Weather, Winter Weather