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Snow blankets north Alabama, ice impacts some lesser-traveled Calhoun County roads

Thursday, February 13, 2014

ANNISTON (WDNG) - A winter storm blamed for more than a dozen deaths across the county buries parts of north Alabama underneath 7 inches of snow and mostly spares Calhoun County. Roads in downtown Anniston appeared wet with little ice or snow accumulation by 5 a.m. Thursday morning.

Sheriff’s officials reported mostly safe roads across Calhoun County overnight but noted ice patches were beginning to form on portions of Lenlock Lane and described driving conditions as “problematic” as early as 7 p.m. Sheriff’s officials also reported possible ice on AL 21 between Jacksonville and Piedmont on Wednesday evening.

Information from the Calhoun County Emergency Management Agency indicates Baines Gap Road was closed late Wednesday evening, and Oxford Police Chief Bill Partridge said on social media that some side roads and bridges in Oxford may have remained prone to dangerous conditions overnight.

While national media outlets reported traffic snarls in North Carolina and snow being measured in the feet in parts of Pennsylvania, sources in north Alabama indicate power outages and up to 7 inches of snow and ice in parts of Marshall County.

Some roads in Cleburne, Cherokee, and Etowah counties remain closed Thursday morning. Piedmont police reopened city streets by 6 a.m. and police in Weaver say roads in that city are open and passable Thursday morning.

Reports from I-20 westbound between Heflin and Oxford indicate some ice patches in the left lane and across bridges. The Alabama Department of Transportation expects potential hazards on interstate routes in Calhoun and Cleburne counties to diminish by 8 a.m.

Alabama Power said more than 15,000 customers were without power overnight, and about 4,200 customers in east Alabama remained without power by 4 a.m.

Temperatures at the Anniston Municipal Airport remained just above freezing for most of Wednesday and through Thursday morning, but temperatures in the Angel community near Jacksonville dropped to about 30 degrees for several hours Wednesday.

Oxford police reportedly shut down their emergency operations center around 11 p.m. Wednesday and a winter storm warning was cancelled in Calhoun County, being replaced with a winter weather advisory until 6 a.m. Thursday.

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