Big Canoe Volunteer Fire Department

Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) are a good way to receive tornado warnings on your phone if one is issued for your area. Here is a basic guide to ensure that your phone's WEA alerts are enabled. For more info on WEA: https://www.ready.gov/alerts. #WeatherReady #gawx

Everyone it's that time of the year again. We encourage you to visit the county webpage and sign up for emergency alerts. Storms often hit our community at nig...ht, while you and your family are asleep. You can sign-up here: https://www.smart911.com//regi/registrationLanding.action Stay safe, Chief Thompson

If you know someone in need of a safe place to spend this evening, please share this information with them.

*** HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ALERT*** There is significant snow fall in Big Canoe in most areas and the roadways are extremely slick. Higher elevations currently have 3+ inches of snow. Please do not travel unless an emergency. If you arrive to the gate and unable to get home or become stranded contact dispatch for a courtesy ride home from public safety. (706)268-3376

Tornado Warning in the Birmingham AL area currently. It looks like that particular part of the storm will end up going north of us, but it’s definitely worth keeping your attention on the weather this evening and overnight.

So goes the fortunes of those who gaze into the crystal ball and prognosticate. While we actually did see a few flakes yesterday It turns out the biggest flake, once again, was the weatherman. Still, I would rather run into a burning building than have his job. It looks like temperatures above 2500 feet did reach freezing for a fairly extended period of time so there is highly likely some ice around. Be extra cautious today until the temperature gets a little higher above freezing.

UPDATE: all clear now #TrafficAlert HWY 53 just west of Cowart - Accident with road blockage

The front edge of this line of precipitation is closing in and the temperatures at the higher elevation of Big Canoe are no dipping into the 30s.

Just to reinforce how fluid our weather situation is, Pickens County has been remove it from the winter storm warning. Being that we have both Pickens and Dawson County within the community, I don’t know that mother nature will respect the county lines, so you still want to be prepared.

Current temps around BC as of 9:30 am. Still below freezing.