Local law enforcement is giving its final warnings as winter weather approaches North Alabama. “Our message is this: If you don’t have to be on the road, don’t be on the road,” Brent Patterson with the Madison County Sheriff’s office said.

Huntsville International Airport is making cold weather preparations as north Alabama braces for a winter storm that could bring several inches of snow, ice and sleet.

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