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Wednesday, February 12, 2014
ANNISTON (WDNG) - Road conditions in Calhoun County continue to deteriorate at this hour as a winter storm charges into the area. Emergency Management Agencies in Calhoun and Cherokee counties this hour have deemed some lesser-traveled roads extremely hazardous and in some cases impassable.
Officials say these conditions will persist through the overnight hours and travel on roads should be reserved for first responders.
A steady snow has been falling for several minutes shortly after 9:15 p.m., with large flakes accumulating on grassy areas and the roadway of Leighton Avenue. A slush was beginning to form on the downtown Anniston roadway as temperatures at the station registered 30 degrees.
The National Weather Service says the precipitation may continue until 1 a.m. and forecasters expect up to an inch of snow and ice by Thursday morning. Many areas of north and central Alabama remain under a Winter Weather Warning until 6 a.m. Thursday morning.
Public and private schools in Calhoun and many surrounding counties will remain closed on Thursday. BAE Systems is expected to return to normal operations on Thursday, but company officials ask employees to use discretion before returning to work in the morning.
The Koch Foods plant in Ashland has cancelled night shift operations on Wednesday and day shift operations on Thursday. No information for the Koch Foods plant in Gadsden was immediately available on Wednesday afternoon.
Warming stations have also been opened at the Carver Community Center in Anniston and the Oxford Civic Center in Oxford.
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