LIVE UPDATES: Winter weather impacting Central Alabama

THIS IS WVTM 13. BREAKING NEWS IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. STRANDED ALONG HIGHWAY 280. SOME PEOPLE HAD TO CALL IN THE PROFESSIONALS EARLIER TODAY BETWEEN LAKESHORE DRIVE AND CHEROKEE ROAD. THE GOOD NEWS IT WAS JUST A FEW CARS THAT YOU SEE OUT THERE AND NO ONE WAS HURT DURING THE PROCESS. AND HERE’S A NICE SHOT OF A NEIGHBORHOOD IN VESTAVIA HILLS. ALL IS CALM AND MILD. A GOOD DUSTING OF POWDER. AND CHECK OUT THESE TWO PEOPLE HAVING A LITTLE FUN IN THE SNOW AT PRINCETON HOSPITAL IN BIRMINGHAM. IT’S NOT VERY OFTEN THAT WE GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SOME SNOW ANGELS HERE IN ALABAMA, SO WHY NOT? HOW ABOUT THIS? HERE’S A SHOT OF IRONDALE FROM ABOVE. SKY 13 SHOWING THE SNOW ON THE GROUND. SOME DRIVERS ACTUALLY BRAVING THE ROADS TO TAKE IT A LITTLE BIT SLOW, AND I-20 AMONG THE MANY ROADS IN THE AREA THAT ARE MORE THAN A LITTLE SLUSHY TODAY. THERE WERE PLENTY OF DRIVERS OUT HERE TAKING IT EXTRA SLOW TO AVOID ANY ISSUES. ALSO, WITH SKY 13 IN THE AIR TODAY, THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE CLOSE TO RED MOUNTAIN EXPRESSWAY AND HIGHWAY 280. NOW WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA. FIRST, LET’S HEAD OVER TO CHIEF METEOROLOGIST JASON SIMPSON. THE SNOW IS DONE, BUT NOW IT’S TIME TO WATCH OUT FOR A FREEZE, RIGHT? THE NEXT FEW DAYS FOR US WILL BE BACK AND FORTH, UP AND DOWN BETWEEN THE LOW 30S AND THE LOW 40S. BACK EDGE OF THIS STORM SYSTEM IS ON TOP OF US NOW, BUT THE CLOUDS, THEY GO ALL THE WAY BACK OUT TOWARD THE ARBUCKLE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA, LONG WAY OUT TO OUR WEST, SO I DON’T SEE THE SKY CLEARING ALL THAT MUCH IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. AND THAT WILL POSE SOME PROBLEMS, BECAUSE IT’S STILL PRETTY WET OUT THERE. AND WHERE IT’S NOT WET, IT’S SLUSHY. AND WHERE IT’S NOT JUST SLUSHY, IT’S JUST STRAIGHT UP ICY. EVEN THOUGH THE PRECIPITATION IS ENDING, THERE STILL COULD BE SOME DRIZZLE, SOME LIGHT RAIN, AND THEN OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS, IT GETS COLD ENOUGH AGAIN THAT SOME OF THAT LIGHT RAIN COULD TURN OVER TO SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE OR EVEN SOME SNOW FLURRIES. SO WE STILL HAVE ALERT WEATHER UP FOR TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING. LINGERING SLUSH STILL THERE WITH TEMPERATURES DIPPING INTO THE 20S AND 30S EARLY IN THE MORNING. IT’S GOING TO FREEZE HARDER AND THEN TRAVEL, OF COURSE, WILL BE DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE IN THOSE AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN HARDEST HIT TODAY. THAT’S MAINLY, SAY, FROM AROUND OAK MOUNTAIN IN SHELBY COUNTY, NORTHWARD THROUGH JEFFERSON COUNTY, UP TOWARD CULLMAN, ONEONTA GADSDEN, OVER TO JASPER HAMILTON, AND UP TOWARD WINFIELD, AS WELL AS DOUBLE SPRINGS. SO THAT’S WHERE THE GREATEST IMPACT WILL BE IN THE POINTS NORTH OF THERE. THESE ARE CURRENT TEMPERATURES ONEONTA BACK DOWN TO 32 COLEMANS, 32 ALABASTER AT 35, TUSCALOOSA AT 35. A LOT OF WET ROADS THAT WILL START TO GET ICIER AGAIN EARLY TOMORROW MORNING, 32 AT 3 A.M., ABOUT 30 AT 7 A.M. LOW CHANCE OF SOME SNOW FLURRIES. IT WILL FEEL LIKE IT’S IN THE 20S WITH A WEST NORTHWEST WIND AROUND 5 TO 15. SO THERE’S WHERE YOUR GREATEST IMPACT IS. THINK OAK MOUNTAIN CHELSEA IN SHELBY COUNTY THROUGH JEFFERSON, SAINT CLAIR, CALHOUN, NORTHERN TALLADEGA COUNTY, WALKER, FAYETTE, NORTH TO HAMILTON TO RUSSELLVILLE, AND THEN CERTAINLY UP TOWARD HUNTSVILLE AND HYTOP SCOTTSBORO FORT PAYNE. I WOULD DO MY BEST NOT TO TRAVEL ON ANY OF THE MOUNTAINS IN NORTHEAST ALABAMA IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HERE ARE YOUR LOW TEMPS EARLY TOMORROW MORNING IN THE UPPER 20S AND LOW 30S, WHERE IT’S IN THE 20S, IT FREEZES HARDER TOMORROW AFTERNOON DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH SUN WE CAN GET TO BREAK THROUGH THE CLOUDS. MID 30S. THAT’S ABOUT IT. WE’LL UPDATE YOU ON A HARD FREEZE COMING UP ON SUNDAY, AND THEN LOOK AHEAD INTO A VERY SMALL WARMING TREND NEXT WEEK. COMING UP, JARVIS. ALL RIGHT JASON, THANKS. NOW CULLMAN COUNTY WAS ONE OF THE HARDEST HIT SPOTS IN OUR VIEWING AREA. WVTM 13 S LISA CRANE IS THERE NOW LIVE. LISA, HOW’S IT LOOKING? WELL, I THINK IT LOOKS COLD. I MEAN, IT DEFINITELY IS COLD, BUT I THINK JUST LOOKING AT THE SCENE HERE, IT JUST LOOKS LIKE THIS ALL DAY. YOU CAN SEE ALL THE SNOW HERE STILL LEFT ON THE GROUND. AND THE SKIES ARE JUST GRAY. SO YOU CAN JUST ALMOST FEEL THE TEMPERATURE BY LOOKING AT THE TELEVISION SET HERE. NOW, WE HAD SOME MINOR POWER OUTAGES HERE. ACCORDING TO THE EMA DIRECTOR. NOTHING MAJOR THOUGH. THAT WAS BECAUSE OF SOME TREES AND LIMBS DOWN. BUT THIS MORNING AND THE OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS, IT WAS PRETTY DIFFICULT TO GET AROUND HERE. SOME OF THE FOLKS I TALKED TO WHO LIVE AROUND HERE SAY THEY GOT FIVE INCHES OF SNOW. THAT MADE THE ROADS PRETTY SLICK, AND TOW TRUCK DRIVERS PRETTY BUSY. THEY TELL ME THEY DIDN’T RESPOND TO ANY MAJOR INCIDENTS, WHICH IS GOOD NEWS. MOSTLY IT WAS VEHICLES THAT STARTED SLIDING AND ENDED UP OFF THE ROAD OR IN A DITCH. THEY SAY MOSTLY THEY HELPED TRACTOR TRAILER DRIVERS GET BACK ON THE ROAD. ONE OF THE DRIVERS GETTING BACK ON THE ROAD. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HELPED, I SHOULD SAY, WITH THE MAIN ROADS HERE WAS THAT THE COUNTY AND STATE CREWS WERE OUT HERE WORKING ON THEM ALL DAY, THE STATE’S GOT A COUPLE, 2 OR 3 SNOW PLOWS THAT’S BEEN OUT. SO THOSE HAVE KEPT THE ROADS, KEEPING ALL THE STUFF OFF THE ROADS, OPENED THEM UP. ALSO, OTHER THAN JUST GETTING PACKED DOWN AND MAKING THE CONDITIONS HARD AND, YOU KNOW, SLIPPERY TO MOVE ON. SO BETWEEN THAT AND THE GRADERS, ROAD GRADERS THEY’VE HAD OUT HAS MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE. NOW THAT’S FOR THE MAIN ROADS, THE MAIN THOROUGHFARE. I’M STANDING RIGHT HERE ON STATE HIGHWAY 157 AND THE INTERSECTION OF EVA ROAD. THIS IS A MAIN THOROUGHFARE, SO IT HASN’T BEEN TOO BAD, BUT THE EMA DIRECTOR TELLS ME THOSE BACK ROADS, THEY ARE IN ROUGH SHAPE. THEY HAVE BEEN ALL DAY AND NOW WE’RE BELOW FREEZING AGAIN. THAT’S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE. SO HE IS RECOMMENDING FOLKS DO NOT TRY TO USE THOSE BACK ROADS UNTIL AFTER TOMORROW AFTERNOON. LIVE IN CULLMAN COUNTY, LISA CRANE WVTM 13. LISA NOW TO GADSDEN WHERE THERE WAS A LOT OF SNOW AS WELL. AND THAT’S WHERE WE FIND WVTM 13 ZOE BLAIR. ZOE I SEE THE SUN HAS SET THERE AND THE SLEET STILL COMING DOWN. YEAH. JARVIS, IT’S ACTUALLY RAIN RIGHT NOW. WE’VE BEEN HERE SINCE ABOUT 10:00 TODAY, I WOULD SAY, AND IT HAS BEEN RAINING PRETTY MUCH ALL DAY, WHICH IS CREATING THIS SLUSH ON THE GROUND. I WAS TELLING YOU ABOUT IT EARLIER. IT’S ALMOST LIKE WHEN YOU GET TO THE BOTTOM OF A SNOW CONE, YOU KNOW, IT’S LIKE THAT ICY, WATERY MIXTURE. AND THAT HAS BEEN LIKE, YOU’VE HEARD FROM JASON AND YOU’VE HEARD FROM LISA CRANE. YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST WORRY ALL DAY IS NOW THAT THE SUN’S GOING DOWN, IT’S GETTING COLD AND THESE ROADS CAN REFREEZE. I SPOKE TO THE EMA DIRECTOR HERE IN ETOWAH COUNTY EARLIER. HE SAID THAT THEY HAVEN’T HAD ANY MAJOR POWER OUTAGES, BUT THEY ARE CONTINUING TO MONITOR THE CONDITIONS HERE ON THE ROAD. THEY’VE BEEN WORKING FOR ABOUT 20 HOURS NOW. THEY’VE BEEN IN THAT OFFICE SINCE 9:00 LAST NIGHT, READY TO HANDLE THESE THINGS. WHEN THEY HAPPEN. HE SAYS THE ROADWAYS WERE THE BIGGEST CONCERN THIS MORNING. MANY OF THE COUNTY ROADS WERE COVERED IN ICE, AND THEY WERE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE ON. THE BIG MESSAGE ALL WEEK, AND ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING HERE AND ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA, HAS BEEN TO STAY OFF THESE ROADWAYS. IT SEEMS LIKE MOST PEOPLE LISTENED. WE HAVEN’T SEEN MUCH TRAFFIC HERE IN GADSDEN. HERE IN ETOWAH COUNTY, A LOT OF THE COUNTY ROADS WERE ACTUALLY IMPASSABLE. THAT’S NOT THE CASE EVERYWHERE, THOUGH. WE’VE BEEN TOLD SEVERAL CRASHES HAPPENED THIS MORNING CLOSE TO 7 A.M. ALONG I-59, BUT THERE HAVEN’T BEEN THAT MANY SINCE THEN, SINCE THIS RAIN STARTED TO COME DOWN AND CREATE THIS SLUSHY MIXTURE KIND OF MELTING THAT ICE. NOW, THE RAIN MADE SOME OF THESE ROADS A LITTLE SAFER. BUT AS WE ENTER THIS EVENING, THE ROADS START TO REFREEZE. HE’S ECHOING THE EARLIER STATEMENTS AND TELLING EVERYONE WHO CAN TO PLEASE STAY OFF THESE ROADWAYS. YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING THAT’S LEFT ON THE ROADS RIGHT NOW IS GOING TO BE FROZEN. YOU KNOW, ONCE THAT TEMPERATURE DROPS THIS EVENING. SO WE’RE EXPECTING ANOTHER UPDATE FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. SO WE’LL HAVE A BETTER TIMELINE ABOUT WHEN THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT TRANSITION FROM SLUSH TO ICE WILL HAPPEN. WE’RE ADVISING PEOPLE TO STAY HOME, STAY OFF THE ROADS. IF YOU DON’T NEED TO GET OUT. NOW, IF YOU DO HAVE TO HIT THE ROADWAYS, I KNOW SOME OF YOU, SOME PEOPLE ARE ESSENTIAL WORKERS. YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE TO HIT THE ROADWAYS, THEY ARE MAKING IT SAFER FOR YOU TO DO SO. WE’VE SEEN SOME SNOW PLOWS AND THERE’S SOME SALT ON THE GROUND. I DON’T KNOW HOW WELL YOU CAN SEE IT. IT’S KIND OF BLACK MIXING IN WITH THIS SLUSH HERE, BUT THEY’VE BEEN TRYING TO MAKE IT SAFER FOR YOU TO HIT THE ROADS IF YOU HAVE TO. BUT LIKE I SAID, IF YOU CAN PLEASE STAY HOME, LIVE IN GADSDEN. ZOE BLAIR, WVTM 13. WELL, ROAD CONDITIONS SLOWLY IMPROVED IN JEFFERSON COUNTY AS THE SNOW DAY EVOLVED, BUT FEARS ARE NOW TURNING TO BLACK ICE OVERNIGHT. WVTM 13 JON PAEPCKE IS LIVE IN VESTAVIA HILLS FOR US. JOHN. WHAT HAVE. ALL RIGHT. ACTUALLY, WE’RE GOING TO GO TO HIM IN JUST A MOMENT, BUT WE’RE GOING TO GET OUT TO OUR BRYCE OSELEN. HE’S BEEN OUT IN THE ELEMENTS ALL DAY AS WELL. BRYCE, WHAT ARE YOU SEEING RIGHT NOW. YEAH, I’M IN GARDENDALE RIGHT NOW AND IT IS COVERED WITH SNOW. BUT PEOPLE I SPOKE WITH SAY THAT THEY’RE USING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COME OUT AND PLAY. NOW, RIDING IN GARDENDALE. MOST GAS STATIONS, RESTAURANTS, GROCERY STORES, THEY’RE EMPTY. BUT THE FOOTBALL FIELD AT THE BILL NOBLE REC CENTER IS NOT. PEOPLE SAY THAT THEY DON’T GET SNOW OFTEN, SO THEY’RE TAKING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY IT. YEAH, WE ALL USED TO PLAY SPORTS IN HIGH SCHOOL. WE’RE ALL GRADUATED. BUT HIM OVER THERE. SO WE’RE JUST, YOU KNOW, GOT OFF OF WORK TODAY, FIGURED WE’D COME OUT HERE AND HAVE SOME FUN. YOU KNOW, IT’S A WE ALL PLAYED SPORTS. WE PLAYED SPORTS GROWING UP ALL TOGETHER. THAT’S ACTUALLY HOW MOST OF US MET. SO, YOU KNOW, IT’S COOL TO JUST COME OUT HERE AND, YOU KNOW, DO WHAT YOU LOVE AND SOMETHING YOU NEVER GET TO DO IT. YOU KNOW, ENVIRONMENT. YOU KNOW, YOU NEVER GET TO DO IT IN SNOW. SO WHY NOT COME OUT HERE AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE SOME FUN. YEAH. THEY SAY THEY HOPE TO INSPIRE YOUNGER GENERATIONS TO COME OUT AND PLAY. LIVE IN GARDENDALE BRYCE OSELEN, WVTM 13. ALL RIGHTY. WE DO WANT TO CIRCLE BACK NOW TO JON PAEPCKE TO TALK ABOUT THOSE ROAD CONDITIONS RIGHT HERE IN JEFFERSON COUNTY. WELL, YEAH, WE ARE ACTUALLY ON HIGHWAY 31 AT THE TOP HERE AT SHADES MOUNTAIN ROAD. AND EARLIER, ACTUALLY, THERE WAS A BARRICADE IN THE ROAD THAT THE CITY HAD PUT THERE. BUT ALDOT CAME BY ABOUT 30 MINUTES AGO AND REMOVED IT, I GUESS DEEMING THE THE, THE DOWNHILL PORTION OF THE THE ROAD PASSABLE AT THIS POINT. SO IT’S SAFE TO GO UP AND DOWN HIGHWAY 31 HERE AT SHADES CREST ROAD IN VESTAVIA. NOW THIS MORNING, A MAJOR TRACTOR TRAILER WRECK WREAKED HAVOC ON I-20 NEAR CHULA VISTA. THAT’S IN SAINT CLAIR COUNTY. TRAFFIC CAME TO A HALT IN BOTH DIRECTIONS FOR MUCH OF THE MORNING. THINGS STARTED TO CLEAR UP AS WE WERE PACKING UP AROUND 1130. ON OUR WAY BACK, WE SAW THAT MOST OF THE BACK ROADS THERE IN SAINT CLAIR COUNTY WERE PRETTY SAFE. WE EVEN SPOTTED A SNOWPLOW CLEARING SOME OF THE SNOW OFF THE ROAD. A FEW VEHICLES AHEAD OF US. NOT FAR FROM THERE WE FOUND A FAMILY GETTING CREATIVE. AS THE SNOW TURNED TO SLUSH, THE LEONARD LEONARD COLLINS ACTUALLY PULLED HIS KIDS ON A SLED AROUND THE YARD WITH A FOUR WHEELER DAUGHTER, MELANIE. SUE SET HER ALARM FOR 5 A.M. TO GET A FIRST GLIMPSE AT THE FRESH BLANKET OF SNOW. WHAT’S THE MOST FUN ABOUT IT? PROBABLY LIKE THE STUFF WITH THE SLEDDING AND STUFF. AND YOU DON’T HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL, RIGHT? PRETTY MUCH. YAY YAY. IS TODAY THE PERFECT SNOW DAY? IT IS. NOW, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE FOG HAS SETTLED IN SINCE OUR LAST LIVE SHOT AT 4:00. IT’S KIND OF MOVED IN IN THE LAST 30 MINUTES. AND THE THE MIST IS STILL PRETTY HEAVY. WE’VE BEEN SEEING THAT SINCE WE ARRIVED HERE SEVERAL HOURS AGO. THE RAIN HAS NOT STOPPED NOW. I TALKED TO JEFFERSON COUNTY EMA AND THEY PRETTY MUCH GAVE ME THE SAME ADVICE THEY’VE GIVEN TO ALL OF OUR OTHER CREWS THAT WHILE THE CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED SINCE THIS MORNING, YOU CAN SEE THAT BEHIND ME HERE, THAT THIS ROAD WILL LIKELY ICE OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS WILL ICE OVER ONCE THE TEMPERATURE DROPS BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT. AND THEY’RE URGING EVERYBODY, IF THEY DO HAVE TO GET OUT TOMORROW MORNING, TRY TO WAIT UNTIL 10 A.M. LIVE IN VESTAVIA HILLS JON PAEPCKE WVTM 13. AND AS JOHN SAID, WE HAVE A LOT OF SLUSHY ROADS OUT THERE, SO THAT’S STILL GOING TO BE A BIG CONCERN OVERNIGHT. YEAH. NOW THE SUN HAS GONE DOWN PRETTY MUCH. AND WE WANT TO GET OUT TO WVTM 13 GLADYS BAUTISTA. SHE’S LIVE IN STORM COMMAND FOR US. WHERE ARE YOU RIDING THROUGH RIGHT NOW? GLADYS. SO RIGHT NOW WE’RE ON A 459. WE JUST PASSED EXIT TEN, WHICH IS IN HOOVER. AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU GUYS A LOOK OUTSIDE. THE SUN IS GOING DOWN RIGHT NOW, AND THIS IS WHEN THE ROADS ARE REALLY GOING TO START TO GET DANGEROUS. IF YOU CAN SEE. WELL, NOT ON THIS PATCH OF HIGHWAY RIGHT HERE, BUT PRETTY MUCH HERE ON 459. WE’VE SEEN THAT FOR THE MOST PART OF IT SINCE WE’VE BEEN ON HERE, WHICH IS AROUND 280 AND 459. THE LEFT, THE MOST LEFT LANE IS THE ONE THAT HAS THE MOST ON IT RIGHT NOW. BUT THIS MIST IS STILL COMING DOWN. I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU GUYS A LOOK AT THE TIRES SO YOU CAN SEE HOW WET THE GROUND IS. THIS IS WHY TONIGHT DRIVING TONIGHT IS GOING TO BE REALLY DANGEROUS IS BECAUSE OF ALL THIS WATER THAT IS ON THE GROUND. THESE TEMPERATURES, AS JASON HAS BEEN MENTIONING, AS TAYLOR HAS BEEN MENTIONING, ARE GOING TO GO BELOW FREEZING, WHICH IS GOING TO CAUSE A LOT OF SLICK SPOTS AND A LOT OF BLACK ICE. THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF TRUCKS ON THIS ROAD RIGHT NOW, SO OBVIOUSLY NOT AS MANY AS YOU WOULD SEE ON A TYPICAL FRIDAY NIGHT. BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU GUYS ANOTHER LOOK OUTSIDE, THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE ON THE ROAD. BUT GOING INTO TONIGHT, IF YOU DO NOT HAVE TO LEAVE YOUR HOUSE, THE BEST DECISION TO MAKE IS TO JUST STAY HOME. THESE ROADS ARE GOING TO BE REALLY UNPREDICTABLE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THAT ICE FREEZING OVER THAT WATER FREEZING OVER, CAUSING THE BLACK ICE, YOU’RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO TELL WHAT PART OF THE GROUND IS SLICK OR NOT. JUST TO GIVE YOU GUYS ANOTHER LOOK AT THE GROUND AND IT’S STILL MISSING OUTSIDE. SO THIS ROAD IS WET. WE’RE ON THE INTERSTATE RIGHT NOW, AND YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE SOMEBODY HERE IN THE LEFT HAND SIDE. THAT’S PROBABLY THE THE LANE THAT HAS THE MOST SNOW, THE MOST SLUSH RIGHT NOW. SO ESPECIALLY IF YOU DO PLAN ON COMING OUT, WHICH AGAIN, NOBODY IS RECOMMENDING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF HOW DANGEROUS THESE ROADS ARE GOING TO BE. THE LEFT HAND LANE IS ONE TO BE JUST MINDFUL OF. IF YOU DO PLAN ON VENTURING OUT, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THAT HAS BEEN THE LANE THAT HASN’T REALLY BEEN CLEARED. SO FAR TODAY. SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I WOULD JUST ADHERE TO THE WARNINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE PUTTING OUT. DON’T GO OUT IF YOU DON’T HAVE TO, BECAUSE THE CONDITIONS OF THESE ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. DRIVING IS GOING TO BECOME REALLY, REALLY DANGEROUS. FOR NOW, SEND IT BACK TO YOU GUYS IN THE STUDIO. GLADYS. THANKS. YEAH, OF COURSE, WE’VE ALL BEEN SAYING THE SAME THING, RIGHT? STAY OFF THE ROADS IF YOU CAN. THE INTERSTATES LOOKING OKAY. STILL WET. AND AGAIN, WHEN TEMPERATURES GO DOWN. COULD HAVE A LOT OF FREEZING SPOTS. EARLIER TODAY, A LOT OF THE TOWNS DECLARED A LOT OF THEIR ROADS IMPASSABLE. WHILE THIS RED IS INDICATING THAT IS STILL THE CASE, SOME ROADS, ESPECIALLY THE SIDE ROADS, MAY STILL BE REOPENED AT THIS POINT, BUT FILLED WITH SLUSH AND STILL REALLY DIFFICULT TO BE ABLE TO NAVIGATE AND GET THROUGH. SO THOSE SPOTS WILL BE ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT. THIS IS A SAINT CLAIR COUNTY. WE’RE SEEING THIS AREA ON I-20 WESTBOUND GOT ICY EARLIER TODAY AND THAT’S STILL THE CASE, REALLY SLOWING THINGS DOWN IN THAT AREA TODAY. AN ACCIDENT FOR 59 RIGHT NEAR EXIT 19 WHERE WE HIT OR INTERSECT WITH HIGHWAY 280. WANT TO GIVE YOU A WIDER VIEW HERE. WE SEE THIS IS THE SPOT. IT’S REALLY HARD TO SEE. BUT WE HAVE A FIRST RESPONDERS THERE ON HIGHWAY 280 PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE WHERE THAT MINOR ACCIDENT IS. BUT JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A VIEW OF THE BIRMINGHAM METRO AREA. OF COURSE, YOU SEE THE SLUSH ON THE ROADS. THAT’S WHAT’S GOING TO BE THE TROUBLE SPOTS. AND THAT WILL MELT WHEN THE TEMPERATURES DROP LATER ON TODAY. HAVING SOME TROUBLE WITH THAT GRAPHIC. BUT OF COURSE, WE’LL GIVE YOU MORE UPDATES, A LOOK OUTSIDE A LITTLE BIT LATER ON. SHERRY. ALL RIGHT BRITTANY. MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE WVTM 13 APP BECAUSE THERE YOU CAN CHECK HOW THE WINTER WEATHER IMPACTED US ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA. COUNTY BY COUNTY. AND WHILE YOU’RE THERE, MAKE SURE THAT YOU SIGN UP FOR WEATHER ALERTS. THAT WAY THAT YOU’RE READY FOR WHATEVER COMES YOU