“A lot of people were caught off guard with how quickly things deteriorated,” said NWS forecaster Ashley Ravenscraft. “It was a unique event for us. We anticipated a few flurries coming into the area. We had a clipper system move through.'
Law enforcement in north Alabama warned of icy roads amid evening snow flurries on Monday, Dec. 26, 2022. Photo courtesy of Morgan County Sheriff's OfficeErin Tomlinson spent eight hours stuck on icy Monte Sano Mountain before making a slow two-hour trek to Marshall County on Monday night.
Abbey Crain, who writes for AL.com-affiliated Reckon News, made the usually few minutes trip from Huntsville to Gurley in about three hours, and she wasn’t the only member of her family with travel problems as an unexpected small snowfall crippled much of the Tennessee Valley.
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