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>>> THE
>>> THE CAROLINAS HIT HARD BY A SNOW AND SLEET ONE-TWO PUNCH. ROADS, AIRPORTS, TRAVEL ACROSS
THE CAROLINAS, DANGEROUS AND
SLOW.
>> YOU CAN SEE WE ARE CLOSING
IN ON 11/2 INCHES.
>> THE SUN IS SETTING, WHAT ARE
TURNING TO ICY GLAZE.
WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE TONIGHT
KEEP YOU AHEAD OF THE STORM,
HELPING YOU PLAN YOUR WEEK.
NBC CHARLOTTE NEW STARTS NOW.
>>> WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH
BREAKING NEWS, THE WINTER STORM
TURNING DEADLY THIS EVENING,
THESE ARE LIVE IMAGES FROM
MATTHEWS WERE A TREE FELL ON A
VEHICLE, KILLING ONE PERSON.
A BUSY NIGHT AT NBC CHARLOTTE.
:I THINK YOU FOR JOINING US.
WE HAVE THREE THINGS YOU NEED
+@
:I THINK YOU FOR JOINING US. WE HAVE THREE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS WINTER STORM
LIKE WE JUST MENTIONED ONE
PERSON HAS DIED AND WE CAN
REPORT SEVERAL OF HER INJURIES
FROM CAR ACCIDENTS.
MEDIC TELLING US THEY HAVE
RESPONDED TO MORE THAN 70
ACCIDENTS SINCE MIDNIGHT,
PARENTS WHO WANTS TO HEAR THIS,
SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED TOMORROW IN
CHARLOTTE AND THINGS HAVE
CALMED DOWN BUT THE SYSTEM IS
NOT OVER YET.
THE WINTER STORM WARNING GOES
UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON AND SOME
OF US WILL STILL SEE SNOW AND
RAIN EVEN TONIGHT.
>> WE ARE IN A LULL BUT WE WILL
SEE THINGS AMP UP TONIGHT,
NOTHING LIKE WE SAW EARLIER,
LIGHT SNOW AND DRIZZLE OVER
NIGHTS, WE WILL SEE A REFREEZE
LIKELY IN A LOT OF LOCATIONS
WHICH MEANS EVERYTHING WHAT
TODAY AND EVEN LOCATIONS THAT
DID NOT SEE MUCH SNOW AND ICE
IN THE SOUTH AND IS COULD SEE
BLACK ICE ISSUES IN THE MORNING
+@AND ONE LAST SURGE OF RAIN AN
SNOW ARRIVING RIGHT AROUND THE
MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS.
+@TODAY IN CHARLOTTE, TO THAT 7
INCHES -- 2.7 INCHES IT HAS
BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE HAVE SEEN
THIS MUCH SNOW AND MONTH OF
DECEMBER.
WE ARE IN A LULL RIGHT NOW.
WHAT I'M WATCHING FOR THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS IS THE MAIN
SYSTEM MOVING AWAY, AND UPPER-
LEVEL IN THE BACKSIDE RIGHT
THERE.
IT'LL SWING THROUGH LEVEL.
IT COULD ADD TO SOME OF THE
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IT'LL SWING THROUGH LEVEL. IT COULD ADD TO SOME OF THE TOTALS WE SAW TODAY.
FOR MORE ON SOME OF THE TOTALS
WE SAW ACROSS THE AREA, WE GO TO
METEOROLOGIST IISHA SCOTT.
WE WILL DO IT RIGHT NOW THOUGH.
JUST TO THE FORECAST.
WE SEE SHOWERS MOVING THROUGH
LATER TONIGHT, DISCOURAGED
SNOW SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL MOVE
THROUGH DURING THE MORNING
HOURS.
YOU CAN SEE THE HOUR BY HOUR
FORECAST, RAIN AND SNOW MIX AT
TIMES, THE GOOD NEWS IS WITH
THE NEXT SURGE OF MOISTURE,
LIKELY NO SLEET OR FREEZING
RAIN.
PRIMARILY SNOW OR RAIN.
THAT IS WHY THE WINTER STORM
WARNING IN THE WINTER STORM
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY STILL
AFFECT.
COMING UP WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE
COULD SEE BREAK FROM THE
REFREEZE CYCLE.
THERE WILL BE MORE ISSUES
LINGERING.
>> SEVERAL STILL CLOSURES TO
TELL YOU ABOUT TOMORROW AS WE
SAID AT THE START OF THE
NEWSCAST.
CHARLOTTE SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED.
ALSO CLOSED, FORT MILL, ROCK-
HILL, YORK DISTRICT 1, AVERY,
ALL OF THOSE ARE CLOSED.
UNION COUNTY AND LANCASTER
COUNTY SCHOOLS RUNNING ON A TWO
HOUR DELAY.
YOU CAN SEE THE FULLEST OF
CLOSINGS SCROLLING ACROSS THE
BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN.
>>> CHECKING BACK NOW TO
BREAKING NEWS FROM THE START OF
THE SHOW.
A STORM TURNING DEADLY TONIGHT.
A TREE FALLING ON A CAR,
KILLING A PERSON INSIDE.
>> XAVIER WALTON IS OUT
MONITORING DRIVING CONDITIONS
IN OUR CHEVY STORM-TRACKER ON
CHARLES STREET IN CHARLES
BUCKLEY WAY IN MATTHEWS FOR THE
DETAILS.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US?
>> Reporter: WE HAVE BEEN HERE
ABOUT 30 MINUTES.
THERE IS NOT MUCH INFORMATION.
LIKE YOU SAID, THIS IS FATAL.
WE ARE GOING TO GIVE YOU AN
INTERESTING VANTAGE POINT, THIS
IS FROM THE ROOF CAM OF THE
CHEVY STORM-TRACKER, WE WANT TO
SHOW YOU THIS TREE OFFICIALS SAY
RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF ONE
PERSON, THIS IS THE TREE THAT
FELL ON TOP OF SOMEONE THAT WAS
DRIVING.
AGAIN, LIKE YOU SAID, EAST JOHN
STREET IN CHARLES BUCKLEY WAY,
RIGHT NOW WE DO NOT KNOW THE
IDENTITY OF THE PERSON AND IF
IT WAS A MALE OR FEMALE, MERELY
ALL WE KNOW IS THAT THIS PERSON
WAS DRIVING ON THIS POINT ON
EAST JOHN AND THIS TREE FELL ON
TOP OF THAT PERSON.
WE HAVE BEEN DRIVING FOR THE
LAST SEVERAL HOURS AND WE HAVE
SEEN SEVERAL CARS THAT HAVE
SPUN OUT OF CONTROL.
THAT IS SOMETHING OBVIOUSLY
THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE
DOES NOT HAPPEN.
OBVIOUSLY, EVERYONE IF THEY
COULD, HEED THOSE WARNINGS AND
KEEP THAT IN MIND IF YOU'RE