List of closings in the greater Chattanooga area

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Hamilton County Schools will dismiss beginning at noon today. Buses will run. Parents will receive a message from the school principal with specific dismissal information for your school. School age child care will be closed and all after school activities are cancelled. CSAS dismisses at 1:30 p.m.

Chattanooga Girls Leadership Academy is closed Thursday.

UTC is closing at 1 p.m.

CCS is closing at 2 p.m.

Marion County Schools will dismiss at 1 p.m. CST.

Southern Adventist University is closing at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. No classes will be held.

All Georgia Department of Labor offices within the 50 counties in northern Georgia included in Gov. Nathan Deal's declaration of a State of Emergency will close at noon.

Chattanooga Youth and Family Development Centers will close at 3 p.m.

McCallie School will dismiss at 3 p.m. today. Buses will run at 3:15 p.m. All after-school and evening activities canceled.

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal will hold a briefing on the state's winter storm preparedness and response efforts in his office at noon today.

The North Georgia Health District office and Cherokee, Fannin, Gilmer, Murray, Pickens and Whitfield County Health Departments close at noon today.

Walker County Government Offices will close at 2 p.m.

A few loaves of bread occupy a shelf today at BiLo on Signal Mountain Boulevard. A winter storm is predicted to dump 1 to 6 inches of snow in the greater Chattanooga area between 1 p.m. today and 7 a.m. Thursday.

The Alabama Department of Transportation has activated its Emergency Call Center to provide road conditions and travel-related information to the public relating to Alabama's state, U.S. and interstate highways. The number of the Emergency Call Center is 888-588-2848. Road condition information is available on ALDOT's site at www.dot.state.al.us.

Whitfield County Landfills and Convenience Centers are closing at 1 p.m.

Union Hill Missionary Baptist Church will not hold Bible Study and Tabernacle Baptist Church on Williams Street will not hold services tonight.

Berry College will close at 3 p.m. today.

Green Drinks on the Chattanooga Library 4th Floor has been canceled.

The Chattanooga Cardiac Symposium, scheduled for Thursday at The Colonnade in Catoosa County has been canceled.

CHI Memorial Medical Group has closed Radiation Cancer Care and mobile coaches have been canceled. Also, many physician practices have been delayed for tomorrow:

* Delayed until 10 a.m.: MaryEllen Locher Breast Center; Chattanooga Internal Medicine Group; CHI Memorial Arthritis & Rheumatology; CHI Memorial Primary Care Associates; Harrison Medical Center; Hixson Pike Medical Center; Memorial Convenient Care; Memorial GYN Plus; Memorial Metabolic Surgery; Memorial North Park Family Practice; Memorial Robotics and Urologic Cancer; Pediatric Diagnostic Associates; Professional Park Associates; Signal Mountain Health and Wellness; Soddy Daisy Medical Center; Spring City Medical Clinic; TCFPA Family Medical Center.

* Delayed until noon: Buz Standefer Lung Center; Memorial Family Medicine Ooltewah; CHI Women's Health Associates; Cardiac Rehab.

* Delayed until 12:30 p.m.: Drs. Jurgens, Parker and Jolley.

* Delayed until 1:30 p.m.: Renee' Harless, M.D.

The afternoon docket of the Chattanooga City Court is closed today. 3 p.m. cases will be continued to March 9 at 3 p.m. 4 p.m. cases will be continued to March 16 at 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. cases will be continued to March 23 at 3 p.m.

Bike Chattanooga will remain open but for safety reasons they strongly advise members to refrain from using the system. The Spotcycle app can be used to view dock/bike availability.

Tomorrow's Pickin at the Post is canceled but is scheduled to resume March 5.

The Salvation Army will open its doors for overnight emergency shelter for the homeless at 6 p.m. tonight, Thursday and Friday. The ReCreate Café, The Salvation Army's Day Center located at 800 McCallie Ave., is busy preparing to serve those in need throughout the frigid nights. Volunteers are needed to help serve in the shelter. For volunteer information, email Stacey Crisp, Volunteer Director, at Stacey_Crisp@uss.salvationarmy.org or call 423-505-1052.

Georgia Department of Labor offices closed due to winter storm warnings are scheduled to reopen at 10 a.m. tomorrow. The public is asked to monitor GDOL's website at www.gdol.ga.gov for continuous updates on office schedules during periods of extreme winter weather.

The seven county service territory of NGEMC, which includes Catoosa, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Walker, and Whitfield counties, NGEMC customer lobbies and drive-throughs delay opening until 10 a.m. tomorrow.

CARTA will end all bus services tonight after the 8:30 p.m. trips from downtown. Service will be delayed until 6:30 a.m. tomorrow. Employees are to report at regularly scheduled times.

Whitfield County has canceled school for tomorrow.

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There's no rest for the weary.

Still reeling from last week's winter storm, the Chattanooga area is expected to get hit with another snowstorm today that will bring as much as 4 inches to the city and 6 inches to northern Alabama and parts of north Georgia.

Area schools have been closed five out of the last six school days, and late Tuesday afternoon, districts were already beginning to cancel classes for today.

A winter storm watch is in effect for the Chattanooga area starting this afternoon through Thursday morning, with expected accumulations of 3-6 inches. Derek Eisentrout, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Morristown, Tenn., said Chattanooga could see 3-4 inches of snow.

Winter storm warnings have been issued out of the Huntsville, Ala., and Peachtree City, Ga., National Weather Service offices. Tim Troutman, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Huntsville, said the bad weather could start as early as noon today.

"It should start as light rain, sleet and snow, and then quickly transition to heavy snow in the early evening hours," Troutman said.

The snow should taper off by midnight, he said, but low temperatures in the early morning hours Thursday could cause leftover moisture to freeze.

A high in the mid- to upper-30s is expected Thursday and Friday, warming to the mid-40s on Saturday.

Today's snowfall arrives on the heels of last week's winter storm, which knocked out power to thousands, canceled school for days on end and left three area men dead of apparent hypothermia.

Due to the glut of cancellations last week, many schools face the possibility of tacking on makeup days at the end of the year. Five of Hamilton County Schools' six cancellations occurred in the past week.

Lee McDade, assistant superintendent for Hamilton County Schools, said the county has just three more snow days built into the schedule before they have to start adding days. While he would like to have those reserved in case of severe spring weather, he said the well-being of students, faculty and staff takes priority.

"We'd like to save those if we can, but we're not going to save them at the risk of safety," McDade said.

David Dickerson, director of schools for Grundy County, said the county has exhausted its 10-day allotment of snow days, but like McDade, said the situation is pretty much out of their hands.

"We'll take what comes, and make decisions based on the safety of our students," Dickerson said.

Though the area has been saddled with winter weather for several days now, meteorologist Troutman encourages people to heed the warnings in effect and use caution the next few days.

"There's likely to be severe winter weather, so only travel if you absolutely have to, and if you do, have a flashlight, some food, and a blanket or warm clothing in your car in case you get stranded," Troutman said.

Contact Will Healey at whealey@timesfreepress.com or 423-757-6731.