People across parts of Alabama woke up Friday morning to snow blanketing their streets and police warning of impassable roads. The winter storm forecasters have warned of through the week from Huntsville to Birmingham began sometime over night.

Freezing rain, sleet, and snow are impacting much of Central Alabama Friday morning. The CBS 42 Storm Team says freezing rain could accumulate up to 0.25″ of ice to roads, and bridges along and north to east of Birmingham.

Many families in North and Central Alabama woke up to a winter wonderland Friday morning. It’s a rare sight in Alabama, and parts of Mississippi and Georgia were also hit with some snowfall. Emma Mitchell of Birmingham woke up to the unexpected scene.

Freezing rain, sleet, and snow are impacting much of Central Alabama Friday morning. George W. Bush gave fellow former president Barack Obama a friendly belly tap at the Jan. 9 funeral of Jimmy Carter,