BACK
BACK BY
BACK BY THESE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. WAKE UP AT 5:00 A.M. STARTS
RIGHT NOW AND WE START WITH
THAT WINTER WEATHER ALERTS
RIGHT NOW A MAJOR ICE STORM
IMPACTING OUR AREA.
YOU CAN SEE ON THIS RADAR RAIN
SWITCHES TO ICE.
YOU SEE THE GREEN WE KNOW IS
RAIN THAT PINK COMING IN THERE
IT GETS DANGEROUS.
THIS IS NORTH OF CHARLOTTE.
LIVE PICTURES RIGHT NOW FROM
BOONE AND HICKORY.
OFFICIALS CONCERNED THAT THE
RAIN COMING DOWN NOW COULD TURN
TO ICE ON THE ROADS AND ALSO ON
THE POWER LINES.
A LOT OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS
SWITCHING TO VIRTUAL LEARNING
TODAY.
HERE ARE SOME OF THE BIG ONES
SO FAR ONLY ONE SCHOOL, JUST
BURKE COUNTY SCHOOLS IS
COMPLETELY CLOSED.
YOU CAN SEE A FULL LIST GROWING
ALSO AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR
SCREEN AND CURRENTLY IT'S RIG+@T
INSIDE THE CITY.
AS FOR CMS, CMS IS NOT UPDATED
ITS PLANS FOR THE DAY AS OF
RIGHT NOW CLASSES WILL GO ON AS
SCHEDULED.
THE DISTRICT SAID THOUGH IT IS
MONITORING THE WEATHER
SITUATION.
SO WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED
RIGHT HERE ON WCNC OF CHARLOTTE
AS SOON AS WE HEAR SOMETHING
YOU WILL HEAR SOMETHING+@ AND WE
DO HAVE TO SPREAD OUT ALL
ACROSS OUR AREA TRACKING THESE
LATEST CONDITIONS.
OUR TEAM COVERAGE KICKING OFF
WITH LARRY SPRINKLE IN THE
WEATHER CENTER.+@
LARRY, WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT
NOW IN CHARLOTTE TEMPERATURE
THIRTY FOUR DEGREES.
THIRTY FOUR DEGREES WITH SOME
AREAS OF VERY LIGHT RAIN FALL
HERE.
THIRTY FOUR.
SO WE'VE GOT A COUPLE MORE
DEGREES IN CHARLOTTE AS WE
CHECKED ONCE AGAIN,
+@
DEGREES IN CHARLOTTE AS WE CHECKED ONCE AGAIN, TEMPERATURES SO IMPORTANT IN
THIS WHOLE SITUATION ONCE
YOU GET TOWARDS AREAS AROUND
CONCORD, HICKORY AND BOONE
FREEZING TO BELOW THIRTY SIX OF
GAS ONLY THIRTY NINE ISHWAR
THIRTY FIVE OVER IN MONROE OUR
ADVISORIES OR ALERTS WE HAVE IN
EFFECT FROM NOW TOMORROW
MORNING WINTER STORM+@ WARNING
THAT IS ALONG THE I-40 QUARTER
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY BETWEEN
NOW AND 7:00 P.M. TONIGHT.
THAT'S THE STORM.
THAT'S RIGHT.
THEN WE HAVE A FLOOD WATCH IN
EFFECT EAST AND SOUTH EAST OF
HERE.
THAT'S FROM THIS MORNING UNTIL
TOMORROW MORNING.
TOMORROW MORNING. +@ HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED FIRST
WARNED DOPPLER RADAR SOMETHING
HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG WITH THE
SOUTH OF HERE.
WE'LL KIND OF ZOOM IN AND SHOW
YOU IN THE SHORT METRO JUST A
VERY LIGHT RAIN THAT'S ALL
+@ RAINFALL ONCE YOU GET UP
INTERSTATE 77 TOWARDS
MOORESVILLE, AROUND STATESVILLE
OVER TOWARDS SALISBURY ALONG
INTERSTA+@TE EIGHTY FIVE UP THRE
TWENTY ONE BETWEEN MADEN AND
LINKEDIN.
THAT'S SOME FREEZING RAIN IN
THOSE AREAS.
SO IT'S REALLY NORTH OF THE
CHARLOTTE AREA.
WE COULD GET OVER AT LEAST TWO
TENTHS ACCUMULATION TWO TENTHS
OF AN INCH SHORT METRO WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN
ABOUT TWO TENTHS OF TWO TENTHS
OF AN INCH I-40 QUARTER MUCH
MORE THAN THAT.
HERE WE GO HOUR BY HOUR WE'RE
HOVERING RIGHT AROUND THIRTY
TWO TO THIRTY FOUR DEGREES
BETWEEN 8:00 AND TEN.
BUT FOR THE AFTERNOON THAT'S
ALL JUST A VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
ONCE AGAIN.
THIRTY TWO DEGREES BELOW THAT'S
THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE'RE
LOOKING AT.
THAT'S THE KEY TO GETTING THE
FREEZING RAIN ACROSS IS IN THE
HEAVY STORM TRACKER HEADING UP
TOWARDS IREDELL COUNTY HAS A
LOOK WHERE YOU ARE GETTING
FREEZING RAIN YET YET LARRY
ACTUALLY EVEN ROLLING THE
WINDOW DOWN AND THE MAYOR RIGHT
NOW IS ENCASED IN ICE A VERY
LITTLE AMOUNT BECAUSE THE RAIN
RATES ARE MUCH LOWER WHERE WE
ARE HERE ON INTERSTATE 40.
WE'RE NOW WEST OF STATESVILLE
BUT STILL ANY RAIN THAT'S
FALLING IS STARTING TO FREEZE
ON CONTACT.
I'M STARTING TO SEE A LITTLE
GLISTENING ON THE GUARDRAILS
THAT WE'RE SEEING HERE.
TREES FOR SURE NOW STARTING TO
PICK UP THAT ACCUMULATION AND
THESE RAIN RATES COULD
INCREASE.
WE REALLY HAVE TO BANDS OF RAIN
THAT ARE IN PLAY RIGHT NOW.
BUT THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER PLAYER
THAT'S MAKING ITS TRAVEL NOT AS
GREAT THE WIND NOW IT'S JUST A
MODERATE BREEZE GETTING UP TO
ABOUT 15 OCCASIONALLY 20 MILES
+@ PER HOUR.
BUT THAT'S STILL ENOUGH TO MOVE
+@
PER HOUR. BUT THAT'S STILL ENOUGH TO MOVE THE VEHICLE SIDE TO SIDE,
ESPECIALLY A VEHICLE AS LARGE
THIS HEAVY STORM TRACKER.
SO THAT'S ONE NOT A GREAT THING
ON TOP OF THAT IT'S SLICK
REGARDLESS OF ANY ICE, WE ARE
STILL GOING TO SEE SOME MORE OF
AN ICE ACCUMULATION REALLY NOW
THE SWEET SPOT OVER THE NEXT
FOUR HOURS.
BUT WITHIN THAT TIME THAT WE'RE
GOING TO SEE SOME OF OUR
COLDES+@T TEMPERATURES SO FAR
FROM OUT OF THE WOODS.
BUT PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE BE+@
CAREFUL AS YOU'RE GOING TO BE
OUT IN ABOUT.
WE ARE SEEING SIGNS OF ICE.
THERE'S ALREADY BEEN MULTIPLE
CREWS THAT BEEN LINING THE
ROADS STARTING IN MOORESVILLE
THEN WE'VE BEEN SEEING THAT UP
AND DOWN SEVENTY SEVEN NOW I
THINK WE'RE SEEING THE SAME
HERE ON INTERSTATE 40.
SO AGAIN, BE SAFE EVERY+@ONE.
BY THE AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES
SHOULD BE BACK A+@BOVE FREEZING
I'M METEOROLOGIST CHRIS MCCABE
AND HEAVY STORM TRACKER NOW
I'LL TOSS IT ON OVER TO BE
DARNED.
GOOD MORNING.
I HAVE A HORSE A TIME RIGHT NOW
AND IF YOU'RE ABOUT TO HEAD OUT
FORTY FIVE RIGHT AT 16 THAT'S
BROOKSHIRE.
WE HAVE TWO RIGHT LANES BLOCKED
DUE TO SOME HEAVY FLOODING IN
THAT AREA AS OF RIGHT NOW IF WE
LOOK AT SEVENTY+@ SEVEN AND JOHN
BELL YOU CAN SEE HOW WET THE
ROADS ARE BOTH SIDES OF THE
INTERSTATE.
THE GOOD NEWS HERE IS NO
ACCIDENTS TO REPORT BUT IF
YOU'RE LEAVING OUT ANY TIME
SOON, OF COURSE YOU'RE GOING TO
NEED THOSE WINDSHIELD WIPERS
BUT YOU'LL DEFINITELY WANT TO
TAKE IT SLOW AND USE YOUR
PATIENCE AS YOU HEAD TO
WHEREVER ELSE YOU HAVE TO GO
THIS MORNING.
BEN AND CAROLYN , GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING, RUBY.
RI+@GHT NOW NCDOT PREPARED TO
RESPOND TO ANY ISSUES ON THE
ROADS.
WE'RE TOLD CREWS WERE OUT
YESTERDAY TREATING HUNDREDS OF
MILES OF ROAD WITH A BRINE
MIXTURE TO KEEP ICE FROM
STICKING TO THE PAVEMENT.
NOW THEY'RE ASKING EVERYONE TO
STAY HOME IF YOU CAN AND SLOW
DOWN ON THOSE ROADS IF YOU DO
NEED TO TRAVEL THIS MORNING.
DUKE ENERGY TRUCKS ARE ON
STANDBY AT CHARLOTTE MOTOR
SPEEDWAY READY TO RESPOND TO
ANY POWER OUTAGES.
DUKE SAYS IT'S EXPECTING OVER
ONE MILLION HOMES COULD
POSSIBLY LOSE POWER HERE IN
NORTH CAROLINA DO THE STORM
THEY SAY SOME OF THOSE OUTAGES
+@
NORTH CAROLINA DO THE STORM THEY SAY SOME OF THOSE OUTAGES COULD LAST FOR SEVERAL DAYS.
YEAH, GUYS, WE WANT TO TELL
YOU FIRST OF ALL I'M IN HICKORY
THIS WINTER WEATHER.
WELL, WE'RE NOT SEEING TOO MUCH
LOOKING UP TOWARD THE SKY.
IT'S JUST THE LIGHT.
JUST LET ME SHOW YOU RIGHT HERE
ON THE GROUND YOU CAN
SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING IT IS IT
FREEZING AT 32 DEGREES BUT SO
FAR NOTHING IS REALLY STICKING
AS FAR AS THE ROADWAYS THERE
PRETTY MUCH CLEAR SPOKE TO THE
SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT OR TOP OF
COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND
THEY SAID SO FAR THE WEATHER
HASN'T HAD ANY ILL EFFECTS, NO
TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, NO CALLS FOR
SERVICE.
SO THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS RIGHT
HERE IN HICKORY AND THROUGHOUT
THE COUNTY THEY SAY THINGS ARE
GOING WELL.
THE RAI+@N IS REALLY NONEXISTENT
AT THIS TIME.
WE'VE HAD DRIZZLE THROUGHOUT
THE MORNING.
WE DID SEE THE ROADS TREATED AS
WE CAME UP HERE YESTERDAY.
BUT RIGHT NOW THERE SEEMS TO BE
NO MAJOR PROBL+@EMS.
OF COURSE EVERYONE IS BRACING.
WE DO WANT TO ADD THAT
GOVERNMENT OFFICES ARE OPENING
10:00 TODAY.
THEY'RE LAYING UNTIL 10:00 TO
OPEN AND ANYBODY WHO OPENS
LATER THAN THAT THEY'LL HAVE
THEIR REGULAR START TIMES.
BUT ALL GOVERNMENT OFFICES HAVE
BEEN SET TO OFF TO CLOSE I MEAN
OPEN EXCUSE ME AT 10:00 THIS
MORNING.
THAT'S A STORY HERE IN HICKORY.
WE'LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU ,
RICHARD, THANKS SO MUCH.
PICKING UP OUR TEAM COVERAGE
WITH BILLIE JEAN SHAW LIVE IN
STATESVILLE, BILLIE JEAN, THAT
AREA BRACING FOR SOME OF THE
MOST SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS FROM
THIS STORM.
GOOD MORNING, CAROL.
AND THAT'S RIGHT ON MY DRIVE
INTO STATESVILLE FROM
CHARLOTTE.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE JUST
+@
CHARLOTTE. I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE JUST WERE HIT WITH SOME MODERATE OR
CONSISTENT RAIN AND IF YOU LOOK
RIGHT NOW YOU CAN SEE THAT THE
RAIN ISN'T FREEZING JUST YET.
THIS IS PRETTY NORMAL
CONDITIONS BUT THE CONCERN WILL
COME LATER TODAY AS WE KNOW
THOSE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED
TO DROP AND THAT FREEZING RAIN
IS IS EXPECTED TO BRING BLACK
ICE TO THE AREA.
AND THE REASON WHY THIS IS A
CONCERN BECAU+@SE YOU KNOW, WHEN
YOU THINK ABOUT THE I-40
CORRIDOR AT IREDALE COUNTY,
ST+@ATESVILLE, THIS AREA PEOPLE
ARE USED TO SNOW.
THAT'S NOT SURPRISING.
BUT WHEN YOU START TALKING
ABOUT BLACK ICE, IT'S+@ A WHOLE
DIFFERENT BALLGAME BECAUSE WE
ALL KNOW THE DANGERS THAT COME
ALONG WITH THAT IS WHY IREDELL
COUNTY CREWS SPENT ALL DAY
YESTERDAY PUTTING BRINE ON THE
ROADWAYS AND OF COURSE YOU KNOW
THAT BRINE I+@S SUPPOSED TO
PREVENT ICE FROM STICKING TO
THE PAVEMENT AND WHILE THEY ARE
TAKING THESE PRECAUTIONS,
COUNTY OFFICIALS SAY THE BEST
THING FOR YOU TO DO IS JUST TO
STAY OFF THE ROADS.
IT'S NOT JUST LIMITED TO OUR
AREA.
YOU'LL SEE THAT AND SOME OF
+@
AREA. YOU'LL SEE THAT AND SOME OF THESE VIDEOS ALL ACROSS FROM
NOT FAR AWAY I MEAN JUST A
COUPLE HOURS AWAY THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE AND BLACKSBURG,
THEY POSTED THIS VIDEO AND
THEY'RE DEALING WITH IN THEIR
PARKING LOT EVEN WHERE YOU SEE
SOME OF THESE CARS YOU'LL
SEE SLEET.
THEY'RE SAYING THAT THEY'RE
GETTING A MIXTURE OF FREEZING
RAIN AND THE NEXT ONE YOU'LL
SEE IN WEST VIRGINIA ALSO
DEALING WITH WINTER WEATHER.
ROADS COMPLETELY COVER.
TAKE A LOOK AT INTERSTATE 64
OVER AT MILTON.
THAT WAS THIS MORNING.
ROADS NEARLY IMPASSABLE IN
CERTAIN PLACES THERE.
AND NOW TO EAST TENNESSEE.
JUST LOOK AT THE HUGE
SNOWFLAKES COMING DOWN THERE AT
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
WE'LL CON+@TINUE TO FOLLOW THE
VERY LATEST AS FAR AS PICTURES
AND VIDEOS FROM ACROSS THE
AREA.
ALSO NOW IN PLEASANT GARDEN
SOUTH CAROLINA, THEY'RE ALSO
SEEING HEAVY SLEET.
OF COURSE WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT
YOU'RE SEEING IN YOUR BACKYARD.
YOU GUYS ALWAYS HELP US TELL
THE WEATHER STORY TEXT TO SEND
SOME PICTURES VIDEOS.
LET US KNOW WHERE