Civil Emergency Message Reissued for Elmore County for Hazardous Travel Conditions (1-17-2018)

Civil Emergency Message

URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE

ALABAMA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA

RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

108 PM CST WED JAN 17 2018

THE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES FOR AUTAUGA, BIBB,

CHAMBERS, CLAY, DALLAS, ELMORE, GREENE, LOWNDES, MONTGOMERY,

PERRY, RANDOLPH, SHELBY, SUMTER AND TALLAPOOSA COUNTIES AND LAW

ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS FOR EACH COUNTY ARE REQUESTING THAT

RESIDENTS REMAIN OFF ROADWAYS THROUGH AT LEAST 8 AM THURSDAY

MORNING. PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY AND CITY ROADS, PRIMARY HIGHWAYS

AND INTERSTATES IN THESE COUNTIES ARE IMPASSABLE.

ALTHOUGH SOME IMPROVEMENT HAS BEEN OBSERVED, TEMPERATURES WILL

REMAIN BELOW FREEZING AND DROP INTO THE TEENS OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL

ALLOW ROADWAYS TO REFREEZE AND CAUSE THE ROADWAYS TO BE EXTREMELY

HAZARDOUS. PLEASE LIMIT UNNECESSARY TRAVEL AND USE EXTREME CAUTION IF YOU MUST TRAVEL.