The Alabama Department of Transportation will pretreat roadways and bridges across the state ahead of possible ice and snow starting Sunday evening.

Winter weather could be headed for a slew of counties in north and central Alabama and impact roadways between late Sunday night through Tuesday morning. ALDOT, which maintains state, U.S. and interstate highways, will have crews ready to address any more snow or ice clearing needs, the agency said.

The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning, starting on Sunday at 6 p.m., with heavy snow expected for Colbert, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Morgan, Marshall, DeKalb, Cullman, Marion and Winston counties.

And the following counties are currently under a winter weather advisory, with expectations of light snow and ice, starting on Monday at 6 a.m.: Blount, Cherokee, Etowah, Fayette and Lamar.

Then, starting at 6 p.m. on Monday, the winter weather advisory will dip down to the following counties, per the National Weather Service: Calhoun, Cleburne, Tuscaloosa, Jefferson, Shelby, St. Clair, Talladega, Hale, Perry, Bibb, Chilton, Marengo, Dallas, Pickens, Sumter and Greene.

An Alabama Emergency Management Agency release warned of widespread travel impacts near and north of I-20, and that road conditions could deteriorate quickly.

The agency advises motorists to avoid travel in the case of snowy or icy conditions, and to monitor road conditions and weather reports at algotraffic.com or via the ALGO traffic app.