Chattanooga is waking up to icy roads, school closures and the first snow of the holiday season.
As of 8:30 this morning, interstates and major roads are safe for travel, police said, but they have added Boyscout Road and parts of Sandswitch Road to their list of icy streets.
A police dispatcher said police are working “car-in-ditch accidents” at the following locations:
* 200 block of North Palisades Road on Signal Mountain
* Gadd Road near Delashmitt Road
* 3800 block of Lightfoot Mill Road
National Weather Service meteorologist Frank Ferrell said Chattanooga received between one and three inches of snow, while Signal and Lookout mountains were hit with between two and four inches this morning.
Sequatchie County got three and Bledsoe and Marion counties received two inches, he said.
Ferrell said the clouds will stick around through tonight, with a 30 percent chance of snow showers this afternoon. Highs will reach the mid-20s, but wind chills will be in the single digits.
Tonight’s partly cloudy low of 13 could bring a “little bit of flurries” and a wind chill between 0 and 10 degrees.
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According to Chattanooga Police Department spokeswoman Sgt. Jerri Weary, as of 8:30 a.m. the following roads are closed:
* Ochs Highway
* 200 block of Tunnel Boulevard
* Highway 27 at Highwater Road
* Roberts Mill Road
* W Road
Weary said the following roads are very icy, but still open to traffic as of 8:30 a.m.:
* 668 Sandswitch Road
* Boyscout Road
* Several areas North and South bound on Highway 58 – black ice
* Elder Mountain Road
* Isbill Road
* Kellys Ferry Road
* I-24 WB at Main Street
* Market Street Bridge, the ridge Cut at I-24
* Lee Hwy between Highway 153 and Hickory Valley Road
* Bridge on Lee Highway over 153 – solid sheet of ice
* Highway 153 on the dam all the way to Highway 58 – slick due to ice
* Highway 58 on and off ramps – slick due to ice
* Hwy 111 going toward Chattanooga – solid sheet of ice
* Morrison Springs, Mountain Creek Road, and Dayton Blvd
* 4800 Brainerd Road at Moore Road – iced over