Weather Closings, Announcements and Updates Issued Monday, February 10

Veterans Administration: Atlanta VA clinics Blairsville, Oakwood, and Rome will be closed Tuesday, Feb 11. All appointments will be rescheduled.

Update 4:25 p.m.

National Weather Service:  the NWS in Peachtree City released some new weather predictions, including estimates of the amount of snow and ice we might be seeing on Tuesday night and Wednesday.  We have added that map at the beginning of our slide show above.

Update 3:55 p.m.

Georgia Tech:  Tech just announced that the school will be closed on Tuesday, Feb. 11.  All activities scheduled for Monday, Feb. 10, will proceed.

Oglethorpe University:  Oglethorpe says that evening classes beginning by 6:00 p.m. will be held as scheduled this evening, Feb. 10.  All meetings and classes scheduled to start after 6:00 p.m. are canceled. No decision has been made about Tuesday.

Update 3:50 p.m.

Forsyth County Schools:  closed on Tuesday, Feb. 11.  Twelve-months staff should report “when and if conditions permit.”  A decision has not been made beyond Tuesday.

Gwinnett Technical College:  Gwinnett Tech’s website says the school will close at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 11, and remain closed on Wednesday, Feb. 12.

Update 3:35 p.m.

Georgia Perimeter College:  GPC will hold classes this evening as scheduled.  A decision about whether to close the school on Tuesday, Feb. 11, will be made “before 5:30 a.m.” Tuesday morning.

Update 3:20 p.m.

Marietta City Schools:  all Marietta city schools will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 11 and 12.

Douglas County Schools:  closed on Tuesday, Feb. 11.  All Tuesday activities are canceled. 240-day employees are to report as conditions permit.

Update 3:05 p.m.

Atlanta Parks and Recreation:  all events at Atlanta parks and recreation centers have been canceled from today through Wednesday, Feb. 12.

Atlanta International School:  all activities for Monday, Feb. 10, are proceeding as scheduled; classes have been canceled for Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 11 and 12.

Update 2:50 p.m.

Emory University:  Emory University will be open for classes and activities tonight but will be closed Tuesday, Feb. 11.  Emory Healthcare will remain open.

Georgia Tech:  Tech says it will make a decision about tomorrow’s classes by 4:00 p.m.  

Update 2:35 p.m.

Cobb County Schools:  in addition to after-school activities today, the Cobb Co. Schools will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 11 and 12.  Employees should not report to work.  In addition, the basketball regional tournaments scheduled for Monday in Cobb Co. have been postponed.

Update 2:30 p.m.

Fulton County Schools:  Fulton Co. schools and administrative offices will be closed on Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 11 and 12. 

Update 2:15 p.m.

Governor Expands State Of Emergency:  Gov. Deal has added 31 counties to his earlier declaration of a state of emergency due to the impending winter storm.  Together with the earlier 14 counties, that now makes a total of 45 counties under a state of emergency.  This includes roughly the northern half of the metro Atlanta area.

• The additional counties now under a state of emergency include Dade, Walker, Catoosa, Whitfield, Chattooga, Gordon, Floyd, Bartow, Polk, Paulding, Cobb, Fulton, Gwinnett, Barrow, Haralson, Carroll, Douglas, DeKalb, Clarke, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Wilkes, Walton, Rabun, Habersham, Stephens, Franklin, Hart, Madison, Elbert and Lincoln counties.

Two Waves of Bad Weather Expected:  Gov. Deal said that there will be two waves of bad weather.  The first wave will be north of I-20., while the second will hit a broader area.  Ice will be the dangerous factor in this storm, and Gov. Deal says he wants to conserve his resources for the second wave.  Weather in the Atlanta area will be bad on both Tuesday and Wednesday, according to the governor.  The state is in contact with the Red Cross in the event shelters are needed if the power goes off.

City of Atlanta Will Open Places for People If Power Goes Out:  Mayor Kasim Reed said that the city of Atlanta will publish a list of places where people can go for safety in case their electricity fails during the storm.  He said the city will begin treating roads and bridges at 6:00 p.m. today.  Reed added that the most important thing is to get people off the roads.

Atlanta Public Schools:  APS says its schools will be closed on Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 11 and 12.  Only essential personnel are to report.  All extra-curricular activities will be rescheduled.

Stone Mountain Schools:  the ribbon cutting at Martin Luther King, Jr., High School, scheduled for Feb. 13, has been canceled.

Cherokee County Schools:  all school activities, classes, meetings, sporting events and practices are canceled beginning at 6:00 p.m. Monday, Feb. 10.  A decision has not been made yet regarding classes on Tuesday, Feb. 11.

Update 1:30 p.m.

DeKalb County Schools:  the DeKalb schools have just released their schedule for today and tomorrow:

1. All after-school extended day programs (ASEDP) and tutorials will be dismissed at their normal times Monday, Feb. 10
2. All extra-curricular activities are canceled for Monday, Feb. 10.
3. All DeKalb school system classes are canceled for Tuesday, Feb.11.  School district employees are NOT to report to work.
4. Instructional resources will be available to all students, teachers, parents and adult guardians.  This is to ensure access to instructional resources and online tools “during the inclement weather.”

Update 12:45 p.m.

Cobb County Schools:  all afternoon activities are canceled except the After School Program. ASP will remain open as usual, but parents are urged to pick up their kids as early as possible.  Also the Cobb Board of Education meeting scheduled for Wednesday, February 12, has been postponed to Wednesday, February 19.

Marietta City Schools:  schools will close at normal times today, but all after-school activities and programs are canceled.  This includes Marietta Community Schools.  Parents are urged to “make every effort” to pick up their children on time.  All parent conferences scheduled for the week of February 10-14 are canceled.  International Baccalaureate parent conferences at Marietta High School are NOT canceled.

Update 12:30 p.m.

Fulton County Government:  Fulton Co. has announced that all “meetings, events, and activities scheduled for the afternoon and evening of Monday, February 10, 2014 have been canceled due to predicted severe weather moving into the area.  This includes any scheduled events after 2 p.m. today sponsored by Fulton County departments including Arts & Culture, Parks & Recreation, Housing & Human Services, Atlanta-Fulton Public Library, and others.”  County facilities will remain open today until their regular closing times.

DeKalb County Schools:  DeKalb Schools has announced that all scheduled after-school activities will go on as planned.  All extra-curricular activities are canceled.

Update 11:25 a.m.

Gov. Deal Declares State of Emergency in 14 counties:  Governor Nathan Deal has declared a state of emergency in 14 north Georgia counties due to expected weather conditions.  They are Murray, Fannin, Gilmer, Union, Towns, Pickens, Dawson, Lumpkin, White, Cherokee, Forsyth, Hall, Banks and Jackson counties.

Atlanta Public Schools:  Below is a statement from APS we received at 11:06 a.m.:

All APS after-school activities, athletic events and community meetings have been canceled for today, February 10, 2014. Please continue to check the district’s website and social media channels for weather related updates.

Fulton County Schools:  Fulton Co. has announced that all after-school activities scheduled for Monday, February 10, will end by 6:30 p.m.  No further decisions have been made at this time.