Gusts up to 50 Miles Per Hour in many cases. We still have the wind to deal with through the evening. High winds mostly west and south of asheville. Then we get in to the Winter Weather advisories and they last until 7 00 a. M. Friday for much of Western North carolina. That means snow will fly off and on through then in the high country. Temperatures in the 40s at 7. 30s by 11 with a chance of flakes mixing in. Ill show you changes. How much snow i expect in just a bit. Frank news 13s karen wynne joins us live in Henderson County where strong storms caused some serious damage. Tammy karen, earlier today, thousands of homes were without power. Karen right, tammy. Here in Henderson County, there were about 4,000 homes without power. Right now that number is right around 1300. Down trees and power lines. A candler family had a most unwelcomed guest, a tree fell on their home this morning. Meanwhile, in haywood county, Mike Smathers lost power around 9 30 a. M. And then the boom. Actually
Heaviest rain in swain county right now, but wet pretty much every where. Coming up in my full forecast, we will talk more about the timeline of this rain, how much more will fall, and when a big cooldown happens. But right now lets get a first look at the morning drive with jaclyn. Jaclyn thank, ingrid. We are accident free right now in the asheville area, thankfully. If you are taking i26 east towards Henderson County, you may see some delays on your commute. Traffic is tying up to exit 44 in four seasons boulevard so keep that in2 mind. Patton avenue is looking good through your morning drive. You can see everything is moving right along there at louisiana avenue. And like ingrid mentioned we are dealing with rain this morning, so of course the roads will be wet. Remember to take it slow on your morning commute. Give yourself a little bit of extra your ontime traffic report brought you by the wired mouse computer solutions. Holly new information this morning about a fire that tore t
Road crews arepared they say for this weekends Winter Weather. Right now, d. C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is deploying snow trucks for the rush hour commute tonight as well as tomorrow morning and sunday into monday, too. The maryland state Highway Administration says it has salt plows and other equipment on the ready and urging drivers to take it slow and plan ahead for slippery conditions. As always you can track the Winter Weather through our abc 7 app or following us on facebook or twitter. Next round of winter wea way and at the end of the weekend as well. In the hospital tonight, investigators try to track down the suspect who shot him outside of a walkersville shopping center. 9 15 last night outside of the good will store at the discovery crossing shopping mall. Victims family and coworkers call that shooting baffling. Stephen tschida is on the story for us and stephen, whats the latest out there . Scott, about 9 15 last night a man who worked at a pizza shop behind me took the trash