In boon began receiving an order of 800 tons of salt for watauga county. There has been little rest. And more snow could fall both tomorrow and monday. We will be here with the storm and trying to keep track of moving as much as we can. Reporter the pofocus will be on the main roads, leading to the main resorts at appalach ski mountain. The recent cold weather has allowed hem to build up a 6 foot base of manmade snow. It is a drastic difference from this picture i took on december 31st. But skiers told me the conditions couldnt be much better. I wasnt they were even going to be able to open this year. But the weather turned great. And they got snow. Looks pretty fabulous, right . Very cold. Slushy. With it being both valentines and president s day weekend, Hotels Across the area, are expected to fill up with skiers this weekend. Booked solid for saturday night. And the calls kept coming today. Its interesting. Because people are coming up to ski. But they dont want the Road Conditions
Slick roads all morning long. On top of breaking news. Updating us live with the clean up. I just got done talking with the Highway Patrol here in catawba county. They tell me right now theyre currently working nine different wrecks along a two mile stretch of interstate 40 near the claremont avenue. You can see one of those wrecks where a tractor trailer went from the eastbound lanes across into the westbound lanes. All of this being blamed on that freezing rain thats formed black ice on the ways here. Like these accidents along highway 31 south of hickory. Firefighters scrambled to get to one driver after another. I hit the icy patch on the bridge there. And thats all she wrote. Fish tailed. Tore my hail hitch off. We could see the problems on txus held in the low 20s this morning. They responded to dozens wrecks in a few hours. Yall be careful. Thats all im telling you. Yall really better be careful. The d. O. T. Used brine on the black ice along highway 321. But part of the afterno
Be set for a cold and dry evening. You see northern missouri into iowa and nebraska. This will hook in low pressure of the coast. Predictor. During the morning hours, there could be scattered areas of light sleet and snow across the sandhills. As we get across the midday hours, light snow develops across the triangle. It will be a mixture of light sleet and freezing rain. Around the triangle through, say, midday, early afternoon, a little light snow, maybe sleet mixed in with that, maybe snow to the northeast. By mid to late afternoon, it begins to move on out. A very shortlived winter storm. This is going to be a matter of hours that could still cause slick spots, a halfinch to an inch. Be mainly snow. This could cause slick spots. The triangle, we will be on the line. Probably not a lot on the ground across the sandhills, but there could be minor glazing on elevated services, no power outages. Look spots, too. You see the triangle on the line. We have a Winter Weather advisory for to
Championship winning team that is 10 years in the making. John good morning, carolina, welcome on friday february 12. 6 301 6 to 1 6 01 and 26 degrees. Barbara thank you for joining us. We will get to the latest on snow but first School Closings edgecombe, halifax, nashrocky mount, northampton and others closed. John Franklin County you are on a twohour delay. We have not heard from the School Systems in the triangle so we expect normal times. Got to get up and go to school. You can check the closings on abc11. Com. Barbara lets go to big weather. When do we expect the snow to start falling . Don by midday we will have some. It wont be heavy. Just a burst from midday through late afternoon. We have a Winter Weather purple counties that include raleigh, doesnt include durham or chapel hill or western counties. Winter weather advisory is a headsup until 7 00 tonight you could see Winter Weather. A look at the most powerful radar in the carolinas and not seeing any snowfall this morning.
Right now, a developing story in all of our newsrooms. Im joel brown. Anna and im anna laurel. Tisha a raleigh joel a raleigh mom accused of the baby back. Anna you may remember this story, breaking news in 14. She was charged with breaking her babys bones and biting him, but now she has come to the iteam with what she says is proof of her innocence. Troubleshooter diane wilson is here with her side of the story. Diane . Diane it has been two years since she has seen her son. She is still waiting to appear in court, but she is done waiting to defend your self as a mother. I was a mom. This is all i wanted to be. Dream came true for the professional manny. Professional nanny. Their son micah, born in 2014. I waited a decade. This is my miracle baby. Diane she documented just about every day of micahs life. I was so delighted to be a mom. Diane the charged with child abuse, locked up for breaking his ribs and even biting him. You could never comprehend this. Diane her miracle baby taken