Snow Fall Likely to Affect Driving Conditions

Late this morning, the National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning for the Metro Atlanta area. Many flights were cancelled coming in and out of Atlanta as the winter storm moved into the state from the west. The weather forecasters predicted one to three inches of snow and it would continue to fall throughout the afternoon into the evening hours.

Many school systems are shut down for the day and the school officials in Cobb, Cherokee, Douglas, Bartow, Forsyth and Paulding counties and the city of Marietta sent students home early.

In Cobb County, the school officials sent the students home two hours early. In Cherokee County, the elementary schools were sending students home at 10:30 a.m. and the middle and highschool students were sent home at 11:30 a.m. In the city of Marietta, the middle and highschool students were sent home between one and two o’clock.

The Weather Service reported heavy snow of about an inch in west Paulding County just after 9:00 a.m.. Schools in Paulding County were closed early, including the elementary school students who were released at 10:30 a.m. The snowfall accumulations reported by the Weather Service, included 3 inches in Cedartown, 3 inches in Toccoa, 2 inches in Helen and Blairsville and 1.7 inches in Ringgold.

According to the spokesman for the Department of Transportation, there has been no ice reported on the state routes or interstates early this morning.