UPDATE: Hamilton County Schools will be closed tomorrow due to the significant threat of snow in the area during the school day. All school age childcare will also be closed. Central office staff should report at the normal time.
Bradley County Schools, Cleveland City Schools, Whitfield County Schools and Dalton Public Schools will be closed Tuesday because of the prediction of snow (see a complete list of school closings at the end of this story).
Because of the threat of winter weather in the Chattanooga area, McCallie School will be closed Tuesday. Offices will be also closed and all activities are canceled, including all sporting events. Baylor School will be also be closed Tuesday.
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga will be closed Tuesday because of anticipated snow and potentially icy conditions. All classes and other activities are also canceled.
"O, King: A Tribute to the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.," scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 16, in UTC's Roland Hayes Concert Hall, has been postponed due to the threat of snow and icy conditions. It will be rescheduled and a press release will be sent out once a date is selected.
Hunter Museum of American Art will be closed Tuesday because of the threat of inclement weather.
The threat of inclement weather prompted Southern Adventist University to cancel classes for Tuesday.
All branches of the Northwest Georgia Regional Library system (Dalton, Calhoun, Chatsworth) will be closed Tuesday because of the expectation of inclement weather.
Winter weather advisories are in effect for Bledsoe, Bradley, Grundy, Hamilton, Marion, McMinn, Meigs, Rhea, Sequatchie and West Polk counties in Tennessee; Catoosa, Dade, Murray, Walker and Whitfield counties in Georgia; and Cherokee County in North Carolina.
Here's a list of school closings courtesy of our news partners at WRCB (updated 12:25 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018):
TENNESSEE
- Abba's House Academy: closed Tuesday
- Athens City Schools: closed Tuesday
- Baylor School: closed Tuesday
- Belvoir Christian Academy: closed Tuesday; no child care
- Berean Academy and Daycare: closed Tuesday; no child care
- Bledsoe County Schools: closed Tuesday
- Bowman Hills School: closed Tuesday
- Boyd Buchanan: closed Tuesday
- Bradley County Schools: closed Tuesday
- Brainerd Baptist School: closed Tuesday
- Bright School: closed Tuesday
- Calvary Christian-Brainerd: closed Tuesday
- Candies Creek Academy: closed Tuesday
- Chatt Girls Leadership Academy: closed Tuesday; no PM activities
- Chattanooga Charter: closed Tuesday
- Chattanooga Christian: closed Tuesday
- Chattanooga College EG: closed Tuesday
- Chattanooga College NG: closed Tuesday
- Chattanooga State: closed Tuesday
- Christ Legacy Academy: closed Tuesday
- Cleveland Christian School: closed Tuesday
- Cleveland City Schools: closed Tuesday
- Cleveland State-all sites: closed Tuesday
- Collegedale Academy-all: closed Tuesday
- Cumberland County Schools: closed Tuesday
- Dayton City School: closed Tuesday
- Etowah City School: closed Tuesday
- Fairview Christian Academy: closed Tuesday
- Grace Baptist Academy: closed Tuesday
- Grundy County Schools: closed Tuesday
- Hamilton County Schools: closed Tuesday
- Hickory Valley Christian: closed Tuesday
- Marion County Schools: closed Tuesday
- McCallie School: closed Tuesday; no sporting events
- McMinn County Schools: closed Tuesday
- Meigs County Schools: closed Tuesday
- Mission Preschool: closed Tuesday
- Notre Dame: closed Tuesday
- OLPH: closed Tuesday
- Orange Grove Center: no bus service Tuesday/school program closed
- Polk County Schools: closed Tuesday
- Redemption Kids School of Ministry: closed Tuesday
- Rhea County Schools: closed Tuesday
- Richard Hardy School: closed Tuesday
- Sequatchie County Schools: closed Tuesday
- Silverdale Baptist Academy: closed Tuesday
- Skyuka Hall: closed Tuesday
- Southern Adventist University: closed Tuesday
- St Jude Catholic School: closed Tuesday; no child care
- St. Augustine LC: closed Tuesday
- St. Peter's Episcopal School: closed Tuesday
- Standifer Gap SDA School: closed Tuesday
- Sweetwater City Schools: closed Tuesday
- UTC: closed Tuesday
- Valley Christian Academy: closed Tuesday
- Van Buren County Schools: closed Tuesday
- Veritas Classical School: closed Tuesday
GEORGIA
- Catoosa County Schools: closed Tuesday
- Chickamauga City Schools: closed Tuesday
- Dade County Schools: closed Tuesday
- Dalton Public Schools: closed Tuesday
- Dalton State College: closed Tuesday
- Genesis Career College Dalton: closed Tuesday
- Learning Tree Elementary: closed Tuesday
- Oakwood Christian Academy: closed Tuesday; no evening activities
- Walker County Schools: closed Tuesday
- Whitfield County Schools: closed Tuesday
ALABAMA
- Cornerstone Christian: closed Tuesday
- Dekalb County Schools: closed Tuesday
- Fort Payne City Schools: closed Tuesday
- Jackson County Schools: closed Tuesday
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ORIGINAL STORY: Commuters not already sick at home with the flu would be wise to exercise a little extra caution on the roads Tuesday as Chattanooga is expected to receive between a half-inch and an inch of snow throughout the day.
The National Weather Service announced a winter weather advisory will be in effect for Hamilton County between 4 a.m. and 7 p.m. and meteorologists are keeping their eyes on a system bringing another few days of freezing temperatures with it.
Hamilton County Highway Department road crews are currently spreading brine on main county arteries in preparation for Tuesday's anticipated snow event.
We're going to have a cold front dropping in from the northwest and that's what's going to bring in the cold air and snow behind it," said Andrew Moulton, meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Morristown, Tenn. "We have about a 60-70 percent chance of seeing snow, so better-than-not odds."
He expects the snowfall will begin around sunrise and continue throughout the day, ending sometime around sunset.
"It'll be a relatively light snow and when everything's said and done, I'd expect to see reports of around a half inch to an inch," he said. "After that it'll just be really cold for a few days. Tomorrow I think the high is going to be right around freezing and overnight the low will be in the low teens."
He said residents in higher elevations should be particularly careful on secondary roads when conditions get icy, but even drivers on main roads should budget some extra time for their trip home after work.
"The morning commute should be OK, but if people are leaving work tomorrow, take it a little slow."