Alabama Civil Emergency Message Released Due to Icy Road Potential Overnight

The National Weather Service Office in Birmingham has sent out a Civil Emergency Message at the request of the individual Alabama county Emergency Management Agencies across the area. The message warns drivers of potential dangerous icy roads and bridges.

The following is the statement released the evening of Monday, February 16, 2015, as posted on the NWS website:

NUMEROUS ROADWAYS...BOTH MAJOR THOROUGHFARES AND LESSER TRAVELED
ROADWAYS...MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS OVERNIGHT AND IN SOME CASES
IMPASSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS MAY PERSIST THROUGH THE LATE MORNING
HOURS ON TUESDAY. THESE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES
REQUEST THAT TRAVEL BE LIMITED TO EMERGENCIES ONLY FOR YOUR SAFETY
AND THE SAFETY OF FIRST RESPONDERS.

Here's more info on what's going on with the weather from the NWS:

DUE TO TODAYS RAINFALL ALONG WITH THE APPROACHING COLD
TEMPERATURES THAT WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL ALABAMA TONIGHT...THERE
WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR TRAVEL TO BECOME HAZARDOUS ACROSS SOME
AREAS. ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ALABAMA MAY BECOME SLICK WITH BLACK ICE FORMING AS THE SYSTEM
EXITS AND TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW FREEZING. ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES
ARE EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FREEZING JUST NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE
85 CORRIDOR BETWEEN 8 AND 9 AM CST...SOME AREAS NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 59 MAY TAKE UNTIL MIDDAY TO RISE ABOVE FREEZING. USE
CAUTION IF DRIVING TONIGHT INTO THE TUESDAY MORNING.