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Taking Time to Enjoy Some Good News Stories from Our Alabama NewsCenter Friends!
Because winter weather took center stage on Friday, our weekly edition of Good News Stories from Alabama NewsCenter was abbreviated. Be sure to take time today to enjoy some of our favorite stories from across the lovely state of Alabama! … Continue reading
Roads Still Icy in Spots; Many Churches Canceling or Delaying Services
Saturday was still a mess across the Birmingham metro area as well as almost all of I-20 east of the city. The sun tried very hard to fix things, working in conjunction with plenty of dry air was sublimation. But … Continue reading
Hard Freeze Warning Issued for Tonight and Sunday Morning for Central Alabama
The NWS in Birmingham has issued a Hard Freeze Warning for all of Central Alabama. The NWS Mobile has a similar product all the way to the Gulf Coast. This graphic shows the warnings issued by BMX and adjacent offices … Continue reading
Conditions Slowly Improving; Please Don’t Drive
LATE NOTE 1131 Highway 280 East is completely blocked at Lakeshore Parkway. 65 SB is completely blocked at Alford Avenue. Northbound traffic is crawling. ORIGINAL POST Sun is doing its job this morning, melting the ice on area roads, but … Continue reading
The Screaming Message: Stay Off the Roads
Roads are a mess across much of Central Alabama this morning. Please stay off the roads until at least noon. The Birmingham Shuttlesworth International Airport is open but many flights have been canceled or delayed. Here is a list from … Continue reading
Stay Off Birmingham Roads Until At Least Noon
Hub Harvey from Shelby County EMA is begging people to stay off 280 between Chelsea and the Cahaba River. There should be no travel in Shelby County north of Calera to Chelsea to Columbiana. ORIGINAL POST This is the scene … Continue reading
Good Morning from the Frozen Tundra
LIVE BLOG UPDATES 809 AM… Several jackknifed tractor trailer trucks on I-459 at Liberty Park. Wreckers dispatched. … I-20 is shut down at Bass Pro Shops in Leeds … There are multiple accidents on I-20 from Leeds through Moody, Pell … Continue reading
Coldest Readings Since February 2015 In Store for BHM
The precipitation is over tonight, but the roads are in terrible shape across much of the area. Most oft he wrecks have been cleared, but the roads are, especially the bridges, are impassable across the area. Do not travel tonight … Continue reading
Dang Warm Nose
The warm nose that was evident all day on the upper air sounding from the NWS at the Shelby County Airport was very stubborn and never relented. Here is the 6 p.m. Skew-T diagram that interprets the data. Hence snow … Continue reading
