ATLANTA (AP) – A winter storm brought snow and sleet to much of north Georgia, and state transportation officials were preparing for the possibility of black ice on roads and highways into Thursday morning.
Snow moved into north Georgia on Wednesday afternoon and a winter storm warning from the National Weather Service said wintry precipitation was likely to continue into Thursday morning.
Forecasters said 2-4 inches of snow was expected in parts of north Georgia, with as much as 6 inches expected to fall in isolated parts of far north Georgia. A mix of snow and rain was also expected to reach several counties in the southern metro Atlanta region.
Forecasters are warning of the potential for black ice throughout north Georgia overnight into Thursday morning. Temperatures are expected to drop to the low 30s and high 20s overnight. Transportation officials planned to pay close attention to road conditions northwest of Atlanta since precipitation there appeared heavier than other areas.
“Because that northwest corner is kind of taking the hardest hit we are obviously continuing to run plow trucks and treatment trucks on those interstates,” said spokeswoman Natalie Dale. She added that a collision on I-575 in northwest Georgia caused backups and crews were expecting to send a truck to treat that stretch of highway again with brine.