We continue to experience a light freezing rain/sleet mixed with rain event as temperatures across Central Alabama hover around 32F. They will stay there or drop slightly over the next hour as the precipitation continues to fall, before beginning to rise as we head toward mid-morning.
NWS reports there are numerous accidents in Marion County with bridges county wide covered with light glaze of ice.
Lamar County emergency management reports that most bridges across the county are iced over with a light glaze.
Same thing in Fayette County.
Traffic is reportedly heavy on I-59 between Tuscaloosa and Birmingham with some icing near Vance and a report of an accident there.
And a report from Dallas County that bridges there are iced over as well.
Bridges and overpasses especially will be icy for the next few hours. The NWS maintains a freezing rain advisory for Bibb, Fayette, Jefferson, Lamar, Marion, Pickens, Shelby, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Winston Counties until 12:00 PM CST
A late report that Bibb County schools are now closed for today.
Ronald Hughes in Coker reports that the rain is freezing instantly on anything above the ground.
Steps and decks will be icy this morning as they are generally colder than the ground and will freeze earlier. Be very careful this morning. There will be slip and fall accidents.
