Snow in Atlanta during Super Bowl week? Sounds like a recipe for disaster. A winter storm is forecast to dump…
Snow in Atlanta during Super Bowl week? Sounds like a recipe for disaster.
A winter storm is forecast to dump 1-2 inches of snow in the Atlanta area on Tuesday, just five days before Super Bowl LIII. Though the snow will end late Tuesday, several nights of below-freezing temperatures will follow, the National Weather Service said.
In a city known for grinding to a halt even in relatively light snowfalls, including the infamous «snow jam» of 2014, Tuesday’s forecast might spell trouble.
The potential for black ice is “the overriding concern,” said Homer Bryson of the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency. Five years ago, on Jan. 28.2014, thousands of cars, trucks and school buses were marooned in snow and ice around the city for hours.
Already, on Monday, before the first flake fell, northern Georgia roads were pre-treated and state offices preemptively closed for Tuesday.
