Northwest Alabama will be under a winter storm warning for the second time — this week — later today.
The National Weather Service in Huntsville and Birmingham have issued winter storm warnings for their northwest counties, and a few counties farther south have a winter weather advisory.
Another weather system is expected to bring a mix of snow, sleet and ice to the region starting later this afternoon.
The National Weather Service in Huntsville said up to 2-3 inches of snow and sleet and up to a tenth of an inch of the dreaded ice will be possible starting later this afternoon, mainly for northwest Alabama.
The north Alabama winter storm warning will go into effect at 4 p.m. today and last until 6 a.m. Thursday for Lauderdale, Colbert, Franklin, Lawrence and Limestone counties.
That includes the cities of Florence, Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, Tuscumbia, Russellville, Red Bay, Moulton, Town Creek and Athens, among others.
The National Weather Service in Birmingham has also issued a winter storm warning for its northwest counties of Lamar, Marion and Winston.
It will be in effect from 1 p.m. today until 9 a.m. Thursday.
The weather service said up to 2 inches of snow and sleet will be possible as well as up to a tenth of an inch of ice.
There is also a winter weather advisory in effect for the central Alabama counties of Fayette, Pickens and Walker.
It will be in effect from 1 p.m. today until 3 a.m. Thursday.
The weather service said up to an inch of snow and sleet and a light glaze of ice will be possible in the advisory area.
Forecasters added that some very light snow and sleet accumulations may be possible in far northern Sumter and Tuscaloosa counties as well as the higher elevations in northern Blount and northern Cherokee counties, “but at this time temperatures are expected to be above freezing in those locations with limited impacts.”
The weather service warned that travel would be very difficult this afternoon and tonight in the warning and advisory areas.
The rest of Alabama is only expected to get a cold rain today, but the weather service will be watching temperatures closely.
One to 2 inches of rain will be possible for the rest of the state through tonight.
There’s no winter precipitation expected in south Alabama, but the weather service in Mobile has a hard freeze warning in effect for Choctaw, Washington counties in southwest Alabama until 9 a.m.
Those same counties could face strong to severe storms later today.
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