We're still dealing with that traffic alert.
In fact, you're going to be seeing
that red traffic alert pretty much
all morning, 434 on the clock.
If you're just joining us and you trying
to figure out what's going on, well,
we have been saying all morning what we
were saying last night and days before.
Don't get on the roads if you
absolutely do not have to.
In fact, I want to start off out
in Parker County because this was
one of the areas yesterday that
really started to see a lot of
issues early on yesterday morning.
So I 20 still an issue as you're
traveling through parts of Parker County,
Weatherford trying to make your way
into Tarrant over into Fort Worth.
23 minutes at this point.
I20I30 E again,
just be mindful of that as you're
trying to make your way into town.
Also in Tarrant County, 121 eastbound,
right at Hanley Everville.
That is a full closure as far as I can tell.
Waiting on details on when
that one will reopen.
So again,
just a little something to be mindful of.
Gonna cycle through a few cameras here.
Loop 12 northbound at Singleton
looks like that vehicle,
at least one of them spun out
there in the opposite direction,
so that's on the northbound side.
Be mindful of that.
You're going to see those flashing lights
as you try to maneuver through that area.
35 E southbound this is right at Charles St.
and it looks like they've made some progress.
That big rig was straddled
over that guardrail.
Those records have been on the scene
of that one for a little while now.
I30 at Mountain Creek,
that's another big one that we've been
watching for the last 30 plus minutes,
maybe an hour or so.
I'm waiting on that one to clear as well.
But these are areas you guys that
are notorious for having issues.
If you travel on that I30 loop 12 area,
you know that there are some
concerns as you maneuver.
So again,
don't forget about that one as far as
other incidents that we're watching,
just Dallas to Deadness.
An hour plus trying to make
your way from the split,
trying to get into Dallas.
What I'm hearing from my
colleague Chris Hodge,
who was out there early on this
morning and still out there,
and we'll be monitoring the
conditions all morning for us.
Once you get north of Lake Lewisville,
that's where those issues really
start to pick up on the roads.
So again,
if you're going northbound on
35 E Pass Lake Lewisville,
that's some issues that you're
going to run into.
Want to get out to my colleague Megan
Mitchell, now out in Tarrant County?
I believe you're near the mix
master in Tarrant County.
Megan,
what?
What?
Can you tell us what
you're seeing out that way?
Yeah. And you know,
I actually apologize for reading
off of my phone right now,
but at 434 tashara,
just within the last two minutes,
I actually got an update from MedStar as
to the numbers that we've been seeing
specifically from 8:00 PM to now 4:30 here.
So we now know that since 8:00 PM,
there were nineteen additional crashes
just here in our area of Tarrant County.
Also, the number in total is
142 as of 5:00 AM yesterday.
And another thing I want to mention is the
hypothermia calls that they've received.
Have now gone up to 8.
So another important thing to mention,
but I also want to show you what
we're seeing because on the roads
here we have seen some slippery spots.
You can even see right here on
this overpass that we're standing
on just above Route 30.
It is pretty slippery.
And I hope that you can actually see
what I'm feeling right now because
it's going to get worse as the
precipitation continues to come in.
Let's also take a look at Route
31 of the things that we've been
noticing is that a lot of people
have been heeding that warning.
They've been going slow on the roadways.
That you can actually see just some
of the sand that was leftover from all
of these trucks that are out treating
the roadways here in Tarrant County,
Texas.
That tells me that they have about 150
trucks that are outside making sure
that all of these overpasses they've
been treating them since Thursday,
Friday are clear,
are not as bad as they would
be if they weren't pretreated.
So with that said,
that's the situation here in Tarrant County.
But over in McKinney,
I know we have Tiffany Liu.
Tiffany,
what are you seeing over there?
You know, we've been out here in Collin
County all morning and we are seeing
those typical slippery areas, you know,
the highways, the bridges, the overpasses.
But Thomas Costly and I just pulled into this
neighborhood because we really wanted to
see what was going on outside of your door.
And there's absolutely some slippery
roads out here, too, especially these
less driven on neighborhood roads.
So if you do have to head out
the door this morning,
you want to be extra careful.
I also want to turn your attention to
this vehicle right here, the cars.
You could see there's a
little bit of ice over them,
perhaps some leftover from that sleep.
That we had yesterday afternoon,
but otherwise not too many issues
in Collin County just yet.
The Sheriff's Office is asking people
to try to stay home if you can for now.
Let's send it back to you, Mark.
Oh, yeah, you're absolutely right, Tiffany.
A lot of folks trying to
stay home today if they can.
But we understand not everybody can do that.
Some of you have to get out and
have to drive on the local roadways,
especially essential workers
on the morning shift.
If so, make sure you've got
some basic supplies with you.
We're talking an ice scraper,
maybe some water and some snacks.
Extra warm clothes and blankets
just in case you get stranded.
We've got messages from folks on Twitter
who've been stuck in traffic overnight,
so you make sure you want to
have those things with you.
Jumper cables and a first aid kit as well.
A reminder to be prepared just
in case something happens to
your vehicle this morning.