National Weather Service in Birmingham Adds Several West Alabama Counties to Winter Storm Warning

Conditions continue to worsen across the state as a winter storm impacts Alabama today and into the evening hours. The National Weather Service in Birmingham has now added several new counties into the existing Winter Storm Warning. 

Sleet and freezing rain have already begun to fall in Tuscaloosa and West Alabama, and a number of traffic accidents have already been reported. Conditions will continue to deteriorate, so it's important to avoid travel if you can.

You can read the full text of the warning below:

ETOWAH-CALHOUN-CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-
ST. CLAIR-TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON-COOSA-
TALLAPOOSA-CHAMBERS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GADSDEN...ANNISTON...CENTRE...HEFLIN...
TUSCALOOSA...BIRMINGHAM...HOOVER...PELL CITY...MOODY...
TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA...ASHLAND...ROANOKE...GREENSBORO...
MOUNDVILLE...MARION...CLANTON...ROCKFORD...ALEXANDER CITY...
VALLEY...LANETT
1024 AM CST FRI JAN 6 2017

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST
SATURDAY...

* EVENT...A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED THAT WILL PRODUCE
  ACCUMULATING SNOW AND SLEET IN THE WARNING AREA.

* TIMING...THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.

* LOCATION...INCLUDE ALL COUNTIES ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE
  59.

* ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET. SOME ICE
  ACCUMULATION IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS...ROADS AND BRIDGES WILL BECOME SLICK MAKING TRAVEL
  HAZARDOUS. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY.

* TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE IN THE LOW
  TO MID 30S. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE LOWER 20S
  OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. HIGHS SATURDAY WILL ONLY RISE
  INTO THE LOW TO MID 30S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... AND
SLEET ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE.