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Check In on Twitter – 4:00PM
Heavy snow still falling in Boaz, AL in Marshall County. All city streets are treacherous with numerous accidents Cows covered in sleet outside Blountsville Freezing rain accumulating on all surfaces in Bluff Park 359 Bridge in Tuscaloosa becoming slushy. People … Continue reading
Wintry Mix Continues
A mix of freezing rain, rain, sleet and snow covers the northwestern two thirds of Alabama this afternoon. Temperatures fell back to at or below freezing across the area as the precipitation evaporated into drier air, causing the air temperature … Continue reading
More Twitter Input 3:40
Rain sleet mix in Tuscaloosa. Blount County tweet says Hwy 79 snow covered. Heavy ice now falling mixed with heavy snow in Southside – Gadsden 2-3 cars off the road near Heflin Ave East Forestdale Light snow flurries in Lawrence … Continue reading
Twitter Reports 3:20
Slippery travel on Kilgore Memorial and Old Leeds Roads. Moody – accident reported on Park Avenue – County Road 10 – between Moody and Trussville. Car off the road – no injuries. Moody – accident reported on US 411 at … Continue reading
Late Reports from Twitter 3:00 PM
Accident reported on bridge on Honda Drive near Hwy 78 in Lincoln with road blockage. Sleeting hard in Haleyville. Ground starting to get a dusting. Driver says roads are fine at Bluff Park and Alford Avenue – I-65 already sanded. Highway … Continue reading
Hazardous Travel Across Central Alabama
Wintry mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain has spread across Central Alabama. Interstates in Birmingham area are all dangerous. Bridges across the entire area are hazardous. Multiple accidents are being reported across the Birmingham area. Businesses and schools are … Continue reading
The Windy City Under Siege
The City of Chicago is under siege tonight from our massive winter storm. Traffic is stopped deadstill on Lakeshore Drive as covered by WGN on their 9 p.m. news. People are having to abandon their cars. On top of the … Continue reading
Wet and Windy
It is wet and windy across much of Alabama tonight. The only severe thunderstorm warnings now are for parts of Mobile and Baldwin Counties. A tornado watch remains in effect as far north as Choctaw, Clarke and Wilcox Counties in … Continue reading
Warning Canceled
The NWS has canceled the severe thunderstorm warning for West Alabama. The storms that prompted the warning are now passing near and north of Fayette and have weakened a bit. Here is the radar at 4:17. It is pouring to … Continue reading
February Almanac
Photograph by Kathy Bell, owner of kbella photography. February 2nd is Candlemas Day. It is the traditional midpoint of winter. By early February, Alabama is beginning to really feel the move toward spring. Days are lengthening and average temperatures are … Continue reading
