Icy Travel Likely

James Spann | February 16, 2015 @ 9:52 pm

Here is the text of a “civil emergency message” issued by the NWS Birmingham and the state of Alabama EMA:

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE
ALABAMA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY CLANTON ALABAMA
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
948 PM CST MON FEB 16 2015

THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE
INDIVIDUAL ALABAMA COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES ACROSS
CENTRAL ALABAMA INCLUDING…MARION…WINSTON…LAMAR…FAYETTE…
WALKER…PICKENS…TUSCALOOSA…SUMTER…GREENE…HALE…PERRY…
BIBB…SHELBY…JEFFERSON…TALLADEGA…TALLAPOOSA…CLAY…
RANDOLPH…CALHOUN…CLEBURNE…CHEROKEE…ETOWAH…BLOUNT…AND
ST. CLAIR COUNTIES.

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.

Tags: ice

Category: Alabama's Weather

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