The National Weather Service issued a winter storm watch at 1:27 p.m. on Sunday valid from Tuesday noon until Wednesday 6 a.m. for Coffee, Dale, Henry, Geneva and Houston counties.

The National Weather Service in Huntsville has issued a Winter Storm Warning for all of North Alabama and a few counties in Tennessee, which will go into effect at 12

Parts of east-central Alabama, including the Birmingham metro area, will be under an extreme cold warning, which means that dangerously cold wind chills are expected. Very cold temperatures are possible during the day on Monday as well, with many locations staying below freezing all day.

Due to the vagaries of weather in Alabama in winter, winter precipitation may happen in the far reaches of northern part of the state − or there may be a mix of cold rain and snow flurries as far south as the Highway 80 corridor.

The National Weather Service in Huntsville has issued a Winter Storm Watch for all of North Alabama and a few counties in Tennessee, which will go into effect at 12

In anticipation of sever winter weather and snow coming to most of the state, including the Gulf Coast, several school systems in south Alabama have announced changes to their schedule for this week.