ALEA updates on icy road conditions in central Alabama Share Updated: 2:36 PM CST Feb 15, 2021 WVTM 13 Digital Share Updated: 2:36 PM CST Feb 15, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript WINTER STORM MOVING THROUGH THE STATE. CARLA: MANY OF YOU ARE PROBABLY WAKING UP TO A BLANKET OF SNOW OUTSIDE. CARLA: THIS VIDEO WAS SENT INTO THE WVTM NEWS ROOM. SNOW IS REALLY COMING DOWN OVER IN LEEDS. BIG SNOWFLAKES ARE STICKING TO THE GROUND. RICK: AND OFFICIALS ARE URGING EVERYONE TO STAY HOME. BLACK ICE ON THE ROADS. IN BLOUNT COUNTY, RICKWOOD CAVERS ROAD, AND WARRIOR HAVE BEEN DEEMED IMPASSABLE. CARLA: AND IT’S NOT JUST ALABAMA FEELING THE BITTER COLD. ACROSS THE SOUTH, MILLIONS ARE UNDER A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. DOWNED POWER LINES, AND ROAD CLOSURES ARE LEAVING THOUSANDS STRANDED. OUR TEAM COVERAGE CONTINUES. RICK: WE WANT TO START WITH METEOROLOGISTS STEPHANIE WALKER AND HARMONY MENDOZA TRACKING THE STORM AND CONDITIONS ON THE ROAD DID I DETECT A BRIGHTER SKY OVER TUSCALOOSA? STEPHANIE: WE ARE STARTING TO SEE BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS. NOT OVER BIRMINGHAM, BUT NOT SNOW SHOWERS WE DID EARLIER. THERE ARE FLURRIES LYING AROUND, AND WE HAVE AN ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH NOON. YOU WILL NOTICE ON THE LIVE DOPPLER, USED OF THE MOISTURE IS NOT SHOWING UP. JUST A LITTLE IN TUSCALOOSA AND BID COUNTIES, BUT AS WE SEE THE CLOUDS BREAK UP, WE WILL SEE THOSE FLURRIES DISSIPATING. IT IS NOT WARMING UP. STILL IN THE TEENS IN BIRMINGHAM, BUT WITH THE SUNSHINE OR THE BRAKES AND THE CLOUDS IN TUSCALOOSA, WE ARE UP TO 21. WIND-CHILL VALUES ARE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. IT FEELS LIKE 8 IN BIRMINGHAM. TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL STRUGGLE TO GET TO THE FREEZING MARK. HARMONY HAS BEEN KEEPING AN EYE ON THE ROADS. HARMONY: IT IS AFTER 11:00 A.M., SO WE HAVE FIVE HOURS OF A DECENT SUN ANGLE TO GENERATE BETTER NEWS REGARDING HIGHWAYS. THE INTERSTATES HAVE BEEN TREATED PROPERLY. WE HAVE NOT SEEN MAJOR INCIDENTS, OTHER THAN THE ON AND OFF RAMP INTO ALABAMA PARKWAY. THE GREENERY IS STARTING TO SHOW UP ALONG THE MEDIAN AND INTO THE SIDE LANES. THIS NOTE GETS SLUSHY AND STARTS TO COLLECT, ESPECIALLY IN THE FAST LANE. THAT MAY REFREEZE. WE MAY GET SOME HELP LATER ON. THESE IMPASSABLE STREETS, WITH THE IMPROVING CONDITIONS, IN HIS -- IT IS MINUTE TO MINUTE, THE MAP CHANGING FOR THE BETTER. CHECK THE APP BEFORE YOU HEAD OUT AN