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10 STARTS
10 STARTS RIGHT NOW. GOOD EVENING AND THANKS FOR JOINING
US. I'M DEBORAH KNAPP AND I'M
ERIN RYAN. AND WE BEGIN THIS
VETERAN'S DAY WITH AN ARCTIC
BLAST. A STRONG CANADIAN FRONT
SLAMS SOUTH TEXAS WITH FREEZING
TEMPS AND DANGEROUS WINDS.
THE ARCTIC BLAST IS ALREADY
IMPACTING LOCAL STUDENTS AS OF
TONIGHT. SEVERAL SCHOOL
DISTRICTS WILL DELAY OPENING
TOMORROW MORNING. THEY ARE
HARPER FREDERICKSBURG HUNT
INGRAM CENTRAL POINT KERRVILLE
AND BANDERA ESD EYEWITNESS NEWS
WAS THERE AS THE FRONT DROPPED
INTO THE HILL COUNTRY. THIS IS
VIDEO FROM KERRVILLE. EARLIER
YOU CAN SEE THE RAIN STARTED
COMING DOWN EARLY THIS EVENING.
THIS NEW VIDEO INTO
THE NEWSROOM SHOWS SLEET COMING
DOWN TONIGHT. STRONG WINDS HAVE
CAUSED SEVERAL OUTAGES CPS
ENERGY AT ONE POINT TWENTY
EIGHT HUNDRED CUSTOMERS WITHOUT
POWER. AND NOW TO THE RADAR
STILL SHOWING LIGHT RAIN AND A
WINTRY MIX OVER THE HILL
COUNTRY. WEATHER CHIEF BILL
TAYLOR BEGINS OUR TEAM COVERAGE
THIS IS SO UNUSUAL THIS TIME OF
YEAR. IT REALLY IS I MEAN
UNUSUAL TO BEGIN WITH FOR SOUTH
TEXAS RIGHT. BUT THIS TIME OF
YEAR CRAZY UNUSUAL WE'VE HAD
THIS WEATHER BEFORE BUT NEVER
THIS EARLY NOVEMBER IT'S BEEN
DECEMBER JANUARY EVEN FEBRUARY
RIGHT NOW A LITTLE BIT OF
THE MIX SHOWING UP IN NORTHWEST
BEAR COUNTY GOING TO SHOW YOU
THAT I THINK THIS RADAR IS
REALLY OVERDOING THIS JUST A
LITTLE BIT BUT THERE IS SOME
SLEET ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY
FROM KERRVILLE INTO COMFORT. IN
FACT IT WAS DURING MY FACEBOOK
ALIVE A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THAT
TWO OF MY FOLLOWERS WERE
CONFIRMING THAT AGAIN KERRVILLE
AND PARTS KIRK COUNTY AS WELL
AS E INTO KENDALL COUNTY
GETTING SOME LIGHT SLEEP IN SAN
ANTONIO IT'S NORTHWEST BEAR
COUNTY WHERE IT'S SHOWING UP ON
RADAR AND IT'S MAINLY BECAUSE
OF WHAT TEMPERATURES ARE DOING
OUTSIDE. LOOK AT THESE DEW
POINTS THOUGH. TWENTY SEVEN TO
30. THIS IS WHY I THINK A LOT
OF WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ON
THE RADAR IS HAVING TROUBLE
REACHING THE SURFACE. IT WILL
HIT THIS DRY AIR LAYER NEAR
THE SURFACE AND EVAPORATE
ESPECIALLY WHEN THE WIND SPEEDS
ARE HIGHER. THAT ONLY ENHANCES
THAT EVAPORATIVE PROCESS WHEN
THIS PRECIPITATION FALLS INTO
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TILL
6:00 A.M. FOR THE TEXAS HILL
COUNTRY BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE
SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATION IS
POSSIBLE ON BRIDGES AND
OVERPASSES. THAT'S ALSO WHY
SOME OF THOSE SCHOOL DISTRICTS
ARE DELAYING THEIR OPENING. NOW
THERE IS ALSO A WIND ADVISORY
THAT INCLUDES SAN ANTONIO ON
THE METRO AND COMMUNITY SOUTH
UNTIL 6:00 A.M. TOMORROW
BECAUSE WIND SPEEDS ARE
EXPECTED BETWEEN 15 AND 18
MILES PER HOUR AS EARLY AS 7:00
A.M. TOMORROW. LOOK AT THESE
WIND SPEEDS 35 TO 38. THIRTY
SEVEN MILE PER HOUR WINDS EVEN
IN NEW BRAUNFELS. AND THAT'S
REALLY AFFECTING WHAT IT FEELS
LIKE 26 WINDCHILL HERE 17 TO 18
IN KERRVILLE IN FREDERICKSBURG.
AND TOMORROW MORNING ESPECIALLY
THE BUS STOPS WE COULD HAVE
WINDCHILLS IN THE TEENS
DEBORAH. ALL RIGHT. NOW THOSE
LIVING IN KERRVILLE HAVE BEEN
GETTING HIT WITH RAIN
THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. AND AS
BILL SAID FREEZING COULD BE A
BIG CONCERN WHEN IT COMES TO
WET ROADS. EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER HENRY RAMOS JOINS US
LIVE FROM KERRVILLE WITH WHAT
HE'S SEEN DOWN RIGHT NOW HENRY
DEBORAH GRADIENTS RIVER COLD
KERRVILLE THE SLEET COMING DOWN
THE ICE IS HITTING MY FACE AND
IT HURTS. BUT A GOOD INDICATOR
HERE I WANT TO TAKE YOU UP TO
THIS LIGHT POLE HERE YOU COULD
SEE THE WIND AS WAS TALKING
ABOUT PLAYING A MAJOR FACTOR
HERE TONIGHT AND YOU COULD SEE
THAT SLEET COMING DOWN ANOTHER
GOOD INDICATOR. I WANT TO BRING
YOU RIGHT BACK DOWN HERE TO OUR
NEWS UNIT. YOU CAN SEE THE ICE
ALREADY STICKING TO SURFACES.
OF COURSE WE'RE TALKING TONIGHT
DANGEROUS ROAD BECAUSE YOU AT
HOME YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT
THESE CONDITIONS ARE GOING TO
LOOK LIKE I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT
WITH TEXT ALL THROUGHOUT TODAY.
THEY TELL ME THAT CREWS HAVE
STARTED PRE TREATMENT SINCE
THIS MORNING. YOU CAN LOOK AT
SOME VIDEO HERE THAT I TOOK
FROM THE ROAD CONDITIONS
EARLIER TODAY. BUT OF COURSE
THESE TROUBLE SPOTS ARE GOING
TO BE THE BRIDGES AND
OVERPASSES AS THEY TEND TO
FREEZE FIRST. NOW SLEET HAS
BEEN COMING DOWN MOST OF
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HERE
IN THE HILL COUNTRY AT SOME
POINTS. THE ROADS ARE SLICK. A
CAUSE FOR CONCERN THOUGH
TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO DROP.
AND THE LAST UPDATE I GOT FROM
TEXAS WAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES NOT ONLY
TREATED WITH BRINE HERE IN HER
COUNTY BUT KINDLE COME OUT IN
MAJOR INTERCHANGES IN BEAR
COUNTY OR WORKED ON AS WELL.
NOW I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH
THE CITY OF KERRVILLE. THEY
TELL ME THAT PROOF HERE ARE ON
STANDBY. AND AS WE MENTIONED
KERVIEL THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
HERE ON A TWO HOUR DELAY AS
WELL AS OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS
HERE IN THE HILL COUNTRY. WHAT
ARE SOME THINGS PEOPLE CAN TO
STAY SAFE DURING THESE
CONDITIONS. DEBORAH HERE SOME
TOP THREE THINGS I KNOW THEY
MAY SEEM COMMON SENSE BUT WE'RE
NOT USED TO THAT. SO NUMBER ONE
YOU WANT TO SLOW DOWN. AND
NUMBER TWO YOU ALSO WANT TO
MAINTAIN AT LEAST THEY SAY
THREE TIMES THE DISTANCE
BETWEEN YOU AND THE OTHER CAR
IN FRONT OF YOU. AND LASTLY IF
YOUR VEHICLE STARTS TO SLIDE
WELL YOU WANT TO LAY OFF
THE GAS PEDAL OR THE BRAKES AND
THEN OF COURSE YOU WANT TO EASE
INTO THE DIRECTION OF THE SKID.
NOW I'LL BE LIVE HERE AT
KERRVILLE MONITORING ALL
THE CONDITIONS ALL THROUGHOUT
THE NIGHT AND STARTING ON
EYEWITNESS NEWS AT FOUR THIRTY.
OF COURSE KEEP IT HERE WITH
KIDS 5 AND I DO WHAT I
MENTIONED I JUST GOT AN UPDATE
FROM TEXAS. THEY SAY CREWS WILL
BE ON STANDBY STARTING AT
MIDNIGHT MONITORING THE WEATHER
AND THE ROAD CONDITIONS FOR
LIFE HERE IN KERVIEL HENRY
ROLLINS KENS 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS
THANK YOU. NOT ONLY ARE WE
DEALING WITH SLEET AND COLD BUT
THIS STORM IS ALSO BRINGING
INTENSE WINDS TO THE CITY
CAUSING POWER OUTAGES.
EYEWITNESS NEWS ROXIE
BUSTAMANTE JOINS US LIVE FROM
CHERRY RIDGE DRIVE ON
THE NORTHWEST SIDE WITH WHAT
CPS IS DOING TO MAKE SURE WE'RE
NOT IN THE DARK TONIGHT ROXIE
AARON CPS ENERGY CREWS ARE
ALREADY OUT THROUGHOUT THE CITY
TRYING TO TACKLE SOME OF THOSE
POWER OUTAGES RIGHT NOW THERE
ARE OVER A THOUSAND CUSTOMERS
WITHOUT POWER BUT THEY SAY IF
THE ROAD CONDITIONS GET WORSE
IT COULD SLOW DOWN THEIR CREWS
NOW I SPOKE WITH CBS ENERGY
EARLIER TONIGHT THEY SAY THEIR
BIGGEST PROBLEM IS A STRONG
WIND. IT'S CAUSING SOME OF
THOSE POWER LINES TO START
SWIMMING TO EACH OTHER AND ALSO
BREAK DOWN SOME OF THOSE WEAK
BRANCHES WHICH IS CAUSING THOSE
OUTAGES. NOW THEY SAY THEY HAVE
CREWS WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK
SO THEY CAN TRY TO RESTORE
POWER. WITH THIS POSSIBLE WE'RE
GOING TO MONITOR THE WEATHER.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE CREWS ON
STANDBY READY TO RESPOND. WE'RE
GONNA ASK OUR CUSTOMERS TO
PLEASE BE PATIENT WITH US.
SHOULD WE RUN IN ANY HAZARDOUS
ROAD CONDITIONS. WE'RE GOING TO
DO OUR BEST TO GET THERE AS
QUICKLY NOW OF COURSE AS
THE TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO
DROP YOU WANT TO KEEP YOUR
HOUSE WARM BUT DO IT SAFELY WE
HAVE A LIST CPS ENERGY TIPS OUR
WEB SITE RIGHT NOW CAN