Chattooga County Schools will be closed on Friday…..students and employees will not need to report. Trion City Schools will also be closed on Friday.
Mulitiple wrecks have been reported around Chattooga County this afternoon due to the bad weather.
EMA Director Eddie Henderson told AM 1180 Chattooga County Radio that there are many trouble spots around the county and motorists should use extreme caution this afternoon.
Wrecks have been reported throughout the county and some spots seem to be worse than others. Taylors Ridge was closed this afternoon due to slick conditions and wrecks and Marks Hill has also seen some problems. There have been reports of a vehicle flipped over on Northwest Congress street in Summerville. Wrecks have also been reported on Sunset Drive and Rocky Hollow Road this afternoon.
County work crews are working to get the roads in better travel condition, but in the mean time extreme caution should be taken as motorists head home from work.
Chattooga County Commissioner Jason Winters is urging motorists to get to their destinations this evening and to stay at home if at all possible. If you must be on the roads this afternoon please put a good distance between yourself and the vehicle in front of you. There are a lot of spots on the roadways that have black ice. Even if the highway looks as if it may be clear, there could be icy conditions. Above all, use extreme caution if you must travel anywhere this afternoon or evening.
Issued at 1:12 PM
LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH AND
CENTRAL GEORGIA…GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM FRANKLIN
TO CONYERS TO HELEN THROUGH 300 PM EST. ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE
LIGHT…WITH JUST A DUSTING EXPECTED IN MOST PLACES THROUGH 315 PM
EST. HOWEVER…THERE MAY BE A FEW ICY PATCHES…ESPECIALLY ON
BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES IN THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS. MOTORISTS
ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION.
Chattooga County Commissioner Jason Winters told AM 1180 at 1:30 PM this afternoon that county work crews are spreading salt on icy roads on both Lookout Mountain at Cloudland and Little Sand Mountain.
Commissioner Winters advised travelers in these areas to use extra caution and be on the lookout for county work crews. Stay tuned to AM 1180 Chattooga County Radio and www.chattoogainfo.com for updates.
Chattooga County Schools will be released at 1:45 PM this afternoon. Trion City Schools will release students at 2 PM this afternoon.
The Chattooga County Nutrition Center will be closed on Jan. 8 due to snow.
Public works director Lamar Canada has sent salt trucks out to the back roads of Cloudland where there have been several reports of slick spots on the road ways due to the weather.
Issued by The National Weather Service
Atlanta, GA
11:16 am EST, Thu., Jan. 7, 2010
… WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT…
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE ADVISORY IS FOR THE AREA NORTH OF A LINE FROM LAGRANGE… TO FORSYTH… TO WASHINGTON.
* TIMING: ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL BEGINNING EARLY AFTERNOON TODAY EXTREME NORTH… SPREADING SOUTH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
* ACCUMULATIONS: ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS… ONE HALF TO ONE INCH POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REST OF NORTH GEORGIA… AND UP TO ONE HALF INCH ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA BY LATE THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS: SNOW… AND POSSIBLY SLEET OR ICE ON ROADWAYS WILL MAKING DRIVING EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS… ESPECIALLY BY THIS EVENING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING… BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. DRIVING AND WALKING MAY BE DIFFICULT ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND PATCHY ICE AS RAINS AND MELTED SNOW REFREEZE ON ROADS AND SIDEWALKS BY THURSDAY EVENING. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL… SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION.
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… LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOWFALL ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH AND PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING…
.A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA LATE TODAY… SPREADING ANOTHER ROUND OF ARCTIC AIR INTO THE STATE TONIGHT. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO WILL SWEEP ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA TONIGHT. THIS WILL SPREAD GULF MOISTURE AHEAD AND ALONG THE COLD FRONT. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO FALL IN THE FORM OF RAIN… SNOW AND POSSIBLY SOME BRIEF SLEET AT TIMES. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN BY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MAINLY NORTH GEORGIA… WHERE LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED… ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. SNOW… MIXED WITH SOME RAIN… WILL SPREAD ACROSS ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT FOR AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LA GRANGE TO MONTICELLO TO WASHINGTON LINE. SOUTH OF THIS LINE… A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW… POSSIBLY MIXED WITH BRIEF SLEET… WILL BE POSSIBLE… CHANGING OVER TO SNOW DURING THE EVENING WITH THE ONSET OF COLDER AIR. DUE TO THE FAST MOVING SYSTEM… SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LIGHT… WITH ONE TO TWO INCHES EXPECTED OVER NORTH GEORGIA… AND UP TO A HALF INCH ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA.
Chattooga High School Principal Jimmy Lenderman announced Thursday that the flex time that takes place on Wednesdays at CHS will be changed from Wednesday mornings to Wednesday afternoons beginning in February 3, 2010. Mr. Lenderman stated, "starting Wednesday 3 Feb, students with approval from their guardians and teachers, will be allowed to leave school at 1:30 PM on Wednesday when approved by the Principal of CHS. All other guidelines concerning Flex days remain the same." Mr. Lenderman asks that students and parents please remember that flex time is a privilege and a reward for excelling in school.