The National Weather Service warned on Friday evening that a winter mix could still cause dangerous road conditions and an increased risk for power outages for parts of north Alabama.

As a wave of cold weather brought snow and sleet to the Deep South, Alabama residents focused on safety as well as fun.

People across parts of Alabama woke up Friday morning to snow blanketing their streets and police warning of impassable roads. The winter storm forecasters have warned of through the week from Huntsville to Birmingham began sometime over night.

Freezing rain, sleet, and snow are impacting much of Central Alabama Friday morning. The CBS 42 Storm Team says freezing rain could accumulate up to 0.25″ of ice to roads, and bridges along and north to east of Birmingham.

It is currently snowing in the Tennessee Valley! We will all get mostly snow through through the early morning hours. However by late breakfast time counties south of the Tennessee River will develop a dominant wintry mix overhead with freezing rain and sleet.

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