Clayton winds down its snow operations

Clayton County Police, which has been manning the county’s Emergency Operations Center since mid-afternoon Friday, plans to shut down the facility around 7 Saturday because conditions have returned to normal.

“The roads are clear and dry and we’re back to normal operations,” said Joseph Woodall, deputy chief of operations for the Clayton Police Department. Woodall oversaw the department’s inclement weather operations during the last 24 hours. The police department has no plans for additional or extraordinary preparations overnight, Woodall said.

Clayton dodged the storm that hit the north Georgia mountains and some of the northern suburbs. Between 5 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. Saturday morning county police reported 33 weather-related wrecks due to black ice but no fatalities, Woodall said.