Wintry Weather Along The Gulf Coast

UPDATED A hard freeze warning is in effect tonight for much of the News 5 viewing area. Click to see Alabama snowfall video

by Associated Press

Published: Sat, January 19, 2008 - 10:26 am CST Last Updated: Sat, January 19, 2008 - 10:52 pm CST

From the National Weather Service:
HARD FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST
SUNDAY FOR AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10 AND ALSO
INCLUDING INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
HARD FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING TO MONDAY MORNING
FOR AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10 AND ALSO
INCLUDING INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Snow began ending across south Mississippi
today (Saturday), leaving a dusting up to 3 inches in some areas
and prompting the National Weather Service to lift a winter weather
advisory for the state.
Snow continued in east Mississippi as the storm system moved
into Alabama. The area where snow was expected to continue until
about 3 p.m. today was generally north of a line from New Augusta,
Mississippi, to Monroeville, Alabama.
The weather service said accumulations of as much as 2 inches to
3 inches had been reported in some areas of south Mississippi. The
snow was expected to let up from west to east by mid-afternoon.
The Mississippi Department of Transportation and the Highway
Patrol were warning motorists to take extra precautions around
bridges and area where snow was melting because ice could form when
temperatures dropped tonight.
M-DOT had crews out in south Mississippi to keep major roadways
clear.
No injuries had been reported although the Highway Patrol
reported local authorities were dealing with accidents associated
with the storm.
Residents of central Alabama awoke this
morning to snow falling from Birmingham to Montgomery, not enough
yet to cause any major traffic problems.
But children threw snowballs in front of the Capitol in
Montgomery.
The snow began falling shortly after sunrise.
The heaviest reports of snow stretched from Tuscaloosa and
Demopolis, through Selma and Clanton, to Alexander City, Auburn and
Roanoke, where early, unofficial reports totaled more than two
inches.
In Birmingham, snow flurries dusted the tops of cars, homes and
grass, but with temperatures just slightly above freezing, the snow
melted upon contact with most of the roads.
It's expected to taper off this afternoon, as temperatures fall.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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