STARTS
STARTS RIGHT NOW AND WE START WITH WINTER WEATHER ALERT RIGHT NOW A POTENTIAL ICE STORM
IMPACTING OUR AREA.
SO LOOK AT THE RADAR.
YOU CAN SEE RAIN SWITCHING OVER
TO ICE NORTH OF CHARLOTTE AND
WE WANT TO SHOW YOU SOME LIVE
PICTURES FROM BOONE AND HICKORY
OFFICIALS CONCERN THAT THE RAIN
COMING DOWN NOW COULD TURN TO
ICE ON THE ROADS AND ICE 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 DISTRICT
BURT COUNTY SCHOOLS COMPLETELY
CLOSED.
YOU CAN SEE A FULL LIST
SCROLLING AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR
SCREEN AND IT'S CURRENTLY IN
THE WCNC A.M. AS FOR CMS, SO
FAR CMS HAS+@ NOT UPDATED ITS
PLANS FOR THE DAY AS OF RIGHT
NOW, CLASSES WILL GO ON AS
SCHEDULED.
THE DISTRICT SAID IT IS
MONITORING THE WEATHER
SITUATION SO WE'LL KEEP
YOU UPDATED IF THEY ANNOUNCE
ANY CHANGES.
WE KNOW YOU'RE TRYING TO PLAN
YOUR DAY AS WE WAKE UP THIS
MORNING AND WE WANT TO HELP
YOU OUT S+@O WE'LL LET YOU KNOW
AS SOON AS WE HEAR SOMETHING
AND WE DO HAVE CREWS SPREAD OUT
ALL ACROSS THE AREA TRACKING
ALL THE CONDITIONS.
OUR TEAM COVERAGE THOUGH
STARTING WITH LARRY SPRINKLE IN
THE WEATHER CENTER.
LARRY, YOU WARNED US IT WAS
GOING TO BE BAD AND HERE WE ARE
THE PRETTY PRETTY MESSY
SITUATION ALL OVER THE ARE UP
TO ON CAMERA GRAY SKIES UP.
THERE'S SOME LIGHT RAIN FAL+@LIG
HERE.
OUR TEMPERATURE FOR THE PAST
COUPLE OF HOURS TO STAY RIGHT
AROUND THIRTY FOUR DEGREES
RIGHT HERE IN THE QUEEN CITY.
SO FROM CHARLOTTE SOUTH AND
SOUTHEAST ALL WELL ABOVE
FREEZING MARK ONCE YOU GET DUE
NORTH OF YOUR LINCOLNTON
CONCORD SOLSBURY UP TO
STATESVILLE HICKORY THAT'S ALL
RIGHT THERE AT THIRTY TWO
DEGREES WE HAVE THE WINTER
STORM WARNING IN EFFECT ALONG
THE I-40 CORRIDOR YOU SEE THE
INTERSTATE RIGHT THERE AND FOR
THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA IT IS
A WINTER WEATHER ADV+@ISORY TO
SEE A GLAZE OF ICE RIGHT ON
THOSE TREES AND POWER LINES
EVEN SOME OF THE RAIN SURFACES
LIKE BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.
AS YOU TAKE A LOOK, THE WEATHER@
TIME LINE FOR TODAY IT'S RAIN
ON AND OFF ALL DAY TO DAY
TEMPERATURES NOT MUCH ABOVE THE
MID TO UPPER 30S AS FAR AS HIGH
TEMPERATURES MAYBE THIRTY SIX
THIRTY SEVEN DEGREES FIRST OF
ALL IN DOPPLER RADAR LIGHT RAIN
SOUTH OF HERE WHERE YOU GOT TO
GO UP INTERSTATE 77 I-40 TO
FIND THE FREEZING RAIN XML KAZE
IN THE NASHVILLE STORM TRACK
RIGHT NOW HE'S ON INTERSTATE 40
AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME
BRIDGES OVERPASSES AND SEE HOW
THINGS ARE WHERE YOU ARE
YOU SEEING ANY FREEZING RAIN AT
THIS POINT, CHRIS?
YEAH, WE'RE JUST ON THAT COURSE
WHERE WE'VE BEEN GETTING OUT OF
THE VEHICLE FROM TIME TO TIME
TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT IS
ACCUMULATING AND MOST OF IT IS
JUST RAIN BUT THERE IS JUST A
LITTLE BIT OF GLAZE IN THE
BOTTOM OF SOME SIGNS+@ AND WE
ALSO SOME SOME TREES THAT WERE
IN THE LIGHT THAT WE'RE HAVING
THAT PRETTY GLISTENING BECAUSE
OF THE ICE ALSO RIGHT IN FRONT
OF US YOU CAN SEE SALT TRUCKS
SO YOU MIGHT HEAR SOME TAP TAP
TAPS HERE ON THE CHEVY STORM
TRACKER JUST BECAUSE THAT SALT
IS BEING ACTUALLY PUT DOWN HERE
ON THE WESTBOUND LANE OF
INTERSTATE 40.
SO THEY'RE OUT HERE IN JUST
DROVES.
I'VE SEEN PROBABLY CLOSE TO A
DOZEN EITHER SALT TRUCKS BRIAN
TRUCKS TRYING TO TREAT THE
ROADS AND SO FAR IT'S NOT TOO
+@ BAD.
+@ BAD.
+@ BAD. I
+@ BAD. I THINK THE BIGGEST ISSUE THAT
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IS SOME OF
THIS HEAVIER RAIN THAT COULD
ACCUMULATE UP IN THE TREES
BECAUSE THAT'S A DIFFERENCE OF
ABOUT FIVE DEGREES.
SO I THINK THE WEIGHT IN SOME
OF BRANCHES COULD BRING DOWN
SOME POWER LINES.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST AT+@ TE
BEGINNING TECHNICALLY WE
USUALLY HIT OUR COLDEST
TEMPERATURE OF THE MORNING
RIGHT AFTER THE SUN RISES UP.
REALLY NOT GOING TO NOTICE THE
DIFFERENCE BUT IT'S AROUND THAT
TIME I THINK WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE OUR COLDEST TEMPERATURES
AND THE BEST CHANCE FOR
+@ ACCUMULATING ICE.
BUT CERTAINLY IF YOU DON'T HAVE
TO BE OUT HERE, I WOULD STAY AT
HOME.
THAT'S THE BEST NEWS THAT I HAD
THERE BY THE AFTERNOON
TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE BACK
ABOVE FREEZING.
A METEOROLOGIST CHRIS MCKAY
REPORTING FROM THE HEAVY STORM
TRACKER.
NOW LET'S CHECK THE ROADS A
LITTLE BIT DEEPER WITH RUBY
DURHAM.
GOOD MORNING.
SIX SO FOUR IS THE TIME RIGHT
NOW WE HAVE A LOT TO TALK
ABOUT.
SO BEAR WITH ME , DEPUTY.
HERE IS A BOULEVARD.
WE HAVE AN ACCIDENT AT TRION
STREET.
THERE'S NO WORD ON A+@NY DELAYS
RIGHT NOW BUT THAT IS A BUSY
INTERSECTION.
SO AS IT IS BLOCKING THAT
POR+@TION OF THE ROAD THIS
MORNING, YOU'LL DEFINITELY WANT
TO USE CAUTION AROUND THE AREA.
HAD A REPORTED FIRE OLD CONCORD
ROAD RIGHT AT ENCY FORTY NINE
AND IT WAS BLOCKING THE ROAD
BUT IT JUST GOT WORD THAT THE
FIRE IS OUT.
HOWEVER, CHARLOTTE FIRE PRETTY
MEDIC ALSO OUT ON THE SCENE.
THAT'S BECAUSE THERE ARE STILL
SOME CLEANUP OUT THERE.
SO THIS IS+@ ANOTHER SPOT THAT
YOU'LL WANT TO AVOID THIS
MORNING.
IT IS BLOTTING YOUR REAR ROAD
AS FAR AS OTHER ACCIDENTS
AROUND THE AREA THIS MORNING
JUMBUCK FREEWAY IN CARSON
BOULEVARD.
SEVENTY SEVEN NORTH OF FOUR
EIGHTY FIVE NEAR HAMRI ROAD.
WE DID HAVE A LIVE EXPRESS LANE
THAT WAS BLOCKED IN THIS AREA
AFTER THAT CRASH AND THEN
EIGHTY FIVE NEAR EXIT TWENTY
SEVEN.
WE ALSO HAVE AN ACCIDENT THAT
MIGHT SLOW YOU DOWN THIS
MORNING.
SWITCHING GEARS.
SEVENTY SEVEN NATIONS+@ FORD ROD
AT LAST CHECK NO ACCIDENTS ON
THIS PORTION OF THE INTERSTATES
BOTH SIDES LOOKING PRETTY GOOD
THIS MORNING AS FAR AS TRAFFIC.
WE'RE NOT SEEING A LOT OF CARS
OUT AND ABOUT THIS MORNING ON
THIS SECTI+@ON OF 77.
HOWEVER, THE RAIN WILL
DEFINITELY SLOW YOU DOWN THIS
MORNING AND WE CAN'T SAY IT
ENOUGH TO TAKE IT SLOW IF
YOU HAVE TO LEAVE THE HOUSE
EARLY THIS MORNING, ADD SOME
EXTRA TIME ON YOUR MORNING
COMMUTE BECAUSE IT WILL SLO+@W
YOU DOWN.
BUT IN CAROLYN , I'LL SEND IT
BACK TO YOU .
SOME GOOD ADVICE THERE WHERE
EVERYTHING'S RIGHT NOW CREWS
ARE PREPARED TO RESPOND TO ANY
ISSUES ON THE ROADS.
NCDOT WAS OUT YESTERDAY
TREATING HUNDREDS OF MILES WITH
BRINE MIXTURE TO KEEP ICE FROM
STICKING TO THOSE ROADS.
THEY'RE ASKING IF YOU CAN STAY
HOME, DO THAT.
BUT IF YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL
THEY'RE SAYING PLEASE SLOW DOWN
ON THE ROADS THIS MORNING DUKE
ENERGY TRUCKS ARE ON STANDBY
OVER AT CHARLOTTE MOTOR
SPEEDWAY READY TO RESPOND TO
ANY POWER OUTAGES.
GET THIS D+@UKE SAYS IT IS
+@
ANY POWER OUTAGES. GET THIS D+@UKE SAYS IT IS EXPECTING PERHAPS A MILLION
HOMES TO LOSE POWER IN NORTH
CAROLINA BECAUSE THE STORM THEY
SAY SOME OF THOSE OUTAGES COULD
LAST FOR SEVERAL DAYS.
WAKE UP CHARLOTTE'S RICH VEIN
CONTINUING OUR TEAM COVERAGE.
HE'S IN HICKORY THIS MORNING.
AND RICHARD, YOU ARE RIGHT
THERE ALONG THAT BORDERLINE
BETWEEN WHAT WHERE WE'RE SEEING
POSSIBLY RAIN AND SOMETHING
MORE SUBSTANTI+@AL AND DANGEROUS
.
GOOD THURSDAY MORNING.
IT'S A COLD AND WET DAY HERE IN
HICKORY.
A S+@TART TO THE COMMUTE WILL BE
+@
HICKORY. A S+@TART TO THE COMMUTE WILL BE HAMPERED BY THESE RAINS, SLICK
CONDITIONS ON THE ROAD AND WITH
NEAR FREEZING CONDITIONS THERE
IS THE POSSIBILITY OF ICE SO
FAR THE CATAWBA COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS TELLING US
THINGS ARE LOOKING GOO+@D.
THEY'VE HAD NO CAUSE OF
ACCIDENTS OR ANYTHING DUE TO
THE WET WEATHER.
BUT OF COURSE THEY'RE
MONITORING THE SITUATION
HOPEFULLY HOPING FOR THE BEST
AND OF COURSE THEY SAY THEY'RE
PREPARED IF IT GETS WORSE.
WAKE UP.
CHARLOTTE IS REALLY IN CHARGE
CONTINUES OUR LIVE TEAM
COVERAGE IN STATESVILLE.
SO BILLIE JEAN, WHAT ARE
CONDITIONS LOOKING LIKE?
THEY'RE GOOD MORNING, CAROL.
AND WE'RE DOWNTOWN STATESVILLE
ON BROAD STREET AND RIGHT NOW
RAIN IS COMING DOWN
CONSISTENTLY AND WHILE THE
TEMPERATURES ARE TECHNICALLY
FREEZING WHEN WE LOOK AT THE
SURFACE IT'S BELOW.
WE'RE NOT SEEING ANY FREEZING
CONDITIONS.
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT MORE
ELEVATED SURFACE SURFACES LIKE
THE TREES, YOU CAN SEE SOME
GLAZE RIGHT THERE ON THE
BRANCHES IN THE MIDST OF THE
LIGHTS AND THAT IS SOMETHING
THAT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO
+@
LIGHTS AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAPPEN LATER TODAY.
THAT'S WHAT IS EXPECTED BLACK
ICE.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT
IREDELL COUNTY, THE I-40
CORRIDOR OVERALL, YOU KNOW
PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE ARE USED
TO SNOW.
BUT WHEN YOU START TALKING
ABOUT BLACK ICE, IT'S A WHOLE
DIFFERENT BALLGAME AS WE KNOW
THAT'S MORE DANGEROUS BECAUSE
OF THAT.
IREDELL COUNTY CREWS HAVE SPENT
ALL DAY YESTERDAY PUTTING BRINE
ON THE ROADWAYS.
OF COURSE THAT BRIAN HELPS
PREVENT ICE FROM STICKING TO
THE PAVEMENT AND EVEN THOUGH
THEY'RE TAKING PRECAUTIONS TO
KEEP PEOPLE SAFE, THEY WANT
YOU TO JUST STAY HOME BEING
THAT IT IS JUST PLEASE PLEASE
FOLLOW SAFETY GUIDELINES AND
REGULATIONS THAT ARE IN PLACE
AND USE CAUTION OUT ON THE
ROADWAY.
ABSOLUTELY.
ROADWAY. ABSOLUTELY. AND THIS WEATHER IS GOING TO
CAUSE SOME CLOSURES TODAY.
SO A COUPLE OF THINGS TO NOTE
IF YOU ARE IN IREDELL COUNTY,
THE TESTING SITE, THE COVID
TESTING SITE AT MOORESVILLE
HIGH SCHOO+@L SCHEDULED TODAY HS
BEEN CANCELED AND ALL IREDELL
COUNTY SCHOOLS ARE MOVING TO
VIRTUAL LEARNING TODAY AND
IREDELL COUNTY COURTROOMS ARE
ALSO CLOSED TODAY AS WELL.
OF COURSE WE'LL KEEP
YOU UPDATED FROM WHAT'S
HAPPENING HERE IN STATESVILLE.
I'M BILLIE JEAN SHAW.
WAKE UP CHARLOTTE BILLIE JEAN.
THANK YOU .
THIS NASTY WEATHER NOT JUST
LIMITED TO OUR AREA.
I MEAN WE'VE HAD ALL EYES ON
TEXAS AND MANY OTHER SPOTS FOR
THE LAST SEVERAL D+@AYS AND JUST
A COUPLE HOURS AWAY FROM WHERE
WE ARE RIGHT NOW THEY'RE SEEING
NASTY WEATHER AS WELL.
WE'LL TAKE YOU TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG.
YOU'LL SEE THEIR PARKING LOT.
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THAT
FREEZING RAIN THERE ON THE
GROUND.
A LOT OF SLEET+@ THERE SAYING
JUST A REALLY WINTER WEATHER
MIX HERE.+@
WEST VIRGINIA ALSO DEALING WITH
WINTER WEATHER.
THE ROADS COMPLETELY COVER.
LOOK AT THAT.
THAT IS INTERSTATE 60 FOR OVER
AT MILTON.
THAT'S THIS MORNING.
+@ROADS NEARLY IMPASSABLE IN MAY
PLACES TO EAST TENNESSEE JUST
LOOK AT THE HUGE SNOWFLAKES
COMING DOWN RIGHT THERE AT THAT
+@
LOOK AT THE HUGE SNOWFLAKES COMING DOWN RIGHT THERE AT THAT WEATHER NATIONAL WEATHER CENTER
OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
THERE.
I MEAN LOTS AND LOTS OF SNOW
PILING UP ON THE CARS IN THE
PARKING LOT, THE BUSHES THERE
AS WELL.
THEY'RE ALSO SEEIN+@G HEAVY SLET
AND PLEASANT GARDENS SOUTH
CAROLINA.
SO WE'LL BE MONITORING THE
CAROLINAS VERY CLOSELY
OBVIOUSLY WHAT'S GOING ON
CLOSER TO HOME HERE AS WELL.
YOU GUYS ALWAYS HELP US TELL
THE WEATHER STORY SO WE WANT TO
SEE PICTURES AND VIDEOS OF THE
WEATHER THAT YOU'RE
EXPERIENCING WHERE YOU'RE AT.
TEXT THEM TO US SEVEN FOUR
THREE TWO NINE THIRTY