CARDS
CARDS AND
CARDS AND GETTING AWAY WITH BIG BUCKS. WHAT YOU NEED TO WATCH OUT FOR
HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND.
NBC CHARLOTTE NEW STARTS RIGHT
NOW.
>>> WE START TONIGHT WITH THE
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NOW. >>> WE START TONIGHT WITH THE RAIN THAT CONTINUES TO FALL
ACROSS OUR AREA.
HERE IS A LIVE LOOK. IT IS A
+@SOGGY FRIDAY NIGHT AND A FLOO
WATCH CONTINUES INTO SATURDAY.
>> YOU ARE LIVE IMAGES IN THE
CHEVY STORM TRACKER.
YOU CAN SEE THE WINDSHIELD
WORKERS -- WASHERS WORKING
OVERTIME.
+@THANKS FOR STAYING UP WITH US.
>> LET'S GET RIGHT OVER TO OUR
CHIEF METEOROLOGIST BRAD
PANOVICH.
WHEN THIS IS GOING TO MOVE OUT
OF HERE?
>> Reporter: WE WILL SEE THIS
MOVE OUT TOMORROW BUT WE'VE GOT
A BIG BATCH OF RAIN HEADING OUR
WAY TONIGHT.
MOST AREAS HAVE LESS THAN A
COUPLE OF MILES FOR VISIBILITY
AND WE'VE GOT MORE RAIN MOVING
IN.
THE FLOOD WATCH IS UP THROUGH 5
PM TOMORROW.
IT WILL NOT EXPIRE UNTIL THEN
BECAUSE WE HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF
RAIN HEADING OUR WAY.
THIS IS ALL BEEN DRIZZLE AND
MIST THIS EVENING.
LOOK AT WHAT IS TO OUR WEST, A
BIG BAND OF HEAVY RAIN MOVING
INTO THE UPSTATE OF SOUTH
CAROLINA IN THE MIDLANDS OF
SOUTH CAROLINA AS WELL.
THIS IS GOING TO BE DIRECTED
RIGHT AT THE MOUNTAINS HERE IN
ABOUT TWO HOURS OR SO WITH ALL
THAT HEAVY SNOW MELT, THAT'S
WHEN THE FLOOD POTENTIAL WILL
REALLY INCREASE OVERNIGHT.
IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE
AREA, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR
PHONE COMPLETELY CHARGED UP TO
GET ANY WARNINGS TONIGHT
BECAUSE WE ARE LIKELY GOING TO
SEE SOME FLASH FLOODING.
THERE IS THE DRY SPOT, THAT
ARRIVES TOMORROW WITH POTENTIAL
TO DRY US OUT A LITTLE BIT BUT
THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN
UNTIL THE AFTERNOON.
YOU CAN SEE THE DRYER AIR BACK
THERE BUT THE BIG SLUG OF
MOISTURE THAT HAS TO MOVE IN
TONIGHT.
YOUR HOUR BY HOUR RAIN CHANCES,
THAT'S WHEN THINGS START TO
IMPROVE A LITTLE BIT TOMORROW
AS RAIN CHANCES GO DOWN.
I WILL TELL YOU WHEN ALL OF
THIS MESS GETS OUT OF HERE AND
WHEN WE WILL ACTUALLY SEE THE
SUN, COMING UP THE WEEKEND
FORECAST.>>> TONIGHT POLICE AND
MEDICS ARE BUSY RESPONDING TO
RACKS ON THE WET ROADS.
>> TELL US WHERE YOU ARE AND
HOW THINGS ARE LOOKING UP THERE
THIS EVENING.>> Reporter: WE
ARE IN SOUTH CHARLOTTE ON SOUTH
BOULEVARD RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING LIKE
ON OUR DASHCAM, IT IS A WET
NIGHT.
THIS RAIN ISN'T NECESSARILY
INTIMIDATING TO BE OUT IN, THAT
IT HAS RAINED ALL DAY, SO THE
ROADS ARE COMPLETELY SOAKED AND
WE WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT THE
SCENE LOOKED LIKE ON THE ROAD
EARLIER TONIGHT, A CAR ACTUALLY
SLID INTO A POWER POLE AND THE
MEDIC TELLS US THERE WERE NO
INJURIES IN THIS, FORTUNATELY
BUT IT REALLY HELD UP TRAFFIC
FOR ABOUT FOUR HOURS.
YOU WANT TO BE CAREFUL IF YOU
ARE OUT ON THE ROADS TONIGHT,
MAKE SURE YOU GIVE YOURSELF
PLENTY OF TIME BEFORE YOU GET
SOMEWHERE.
A LOT OF PLACES SNEAK UP ON YOU
AND ALSO WITH THIS RAIN, YOUR
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A LOT OF PLACES SNEAK UP ON YOU AND ALSO WITH THIS RAIN, YOUR VISIBILITY ISN'T WHAT IT IS
WHEN IT'S NOT RAINING.
SO BE SAFE TONIGHT.
>> YOU BE SAFE OUT THERE.
>>> TONIGHT'S RAIN MIXING WITH
SNOW CAUSING FLOODING IN THE
MOUNTAINS.
>> TAKE A LOOK AT THIS MESS IN
BOONE TONIGHT.
>> Reporter: WHAT WE ARE SEEING
IS A LOT OF STANDING WATER FROM
THE COMBINATION OF THE RAIN AND
THE LARGE PILES OF SNOW NEAR
THE ROADWAYS AS WELL AS LOW-
LYING AREAS LIKE THE BOONE MALL
THAT ARE NOW FLOODED IN PARTS.
THE WATAUGA COUNTY D.O.T.
CREWS SPENT ALL MORNING AND
PART OF THE AFTERNOON CLEARING @
SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW OFF THE
SHOULDERS OF ROADWAYS AS WELL
AS ON TOP OF SNOW OR -- STORM
DAIN -- DRAINS.
THAT SALT THAT CREWS SPREAD
OVER THE WEEKEND IS ONCE AGAIN
HELPING.
DESPITE THEIR EFFORTS, MANY
ROADS AND SHOPPING CENTER STILL
HAVE TOWERING PILES OF SNOW
NEAR THE ROADWAYS.
SOME PARKING LOTS HAD POOLS OF
WATER AND THE BACK PART OF THE
BOONE MALL FLOODED.
THIS AFTERNOON, THE U.S.
GOVERNMENT'S WATER LEVEL GAUGE
ALONG THE WATAUGA RIVER SPIKED
IN JUST A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
EVEN ON ROADWAYS WITH SOME
STANDING WATER, DRIVERS NEED TO
BE CAUTIOUS.
>> WITH PUDDLES OF WATER, YOU
COULD HYDROPLANE SO BE CAUTIOUS
OF THAT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
>> Reporter: THE BOONE FIRE
DEPARTMENT IS URGING PEOPLE TO
NOT DRIVE THROUGH THESE FLOODED
>> Reporter: THE BOONE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS URGING PEOPLE TO NOT DRIVE THROUGH THESE FLOODED@
PARTS AND TO TURN AROUND, DON'T
DROWN.
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