Lauren brigman continues our Live Team Coverage from waynesville. Lauren, what are you seeing there . 3 the dot has been preparing nearly 24 hours for the winter storm. Crews pumped thousands of gallons of brine solution into tanks that are loaded on the backs of trucks. The mixture of saltandwater is sprayed onto interstates. So a coating was in place before the first flakes. 3 0300 the forecasted amount is not as much as the previous storm, but in anticipation of the adverse weather thats coming in were trying to take a more proactive approach. 0309 once the brine is sprayed, crews standby, ready to bring out the plows, salt and sand trucks once the snow starts sticking. 3 3 stay with news for the most uptodate information on the winter storm. You can find the latest forecasts and School Closings on wlos dot com. You can also go to our website to sign up for text alerts. For weather, closings, and traffic. We will also post updates on facebook and twitter. 3 3 3 in this mornings news
Down to the valley, seeing flurries this morning, but this winter storm warning is still out for another hour for the counties on your screen shaded in pink. Buncombe county and surrounding counties, this Winter Weather advisory is out until wednesday morning. Coming up in my full forecast, we will talk more about how much more snow is expected to fall, when it will stop, and the incredibly cold conditions that will last for quite a while. Back over to you. Jay Haywood County is one area that saw snow stick overnight and again this morning. Holly Lauren Brigman is live near waynesville middle school, what are dispatchers out there telling you . Lauren i just checked in with them, holly, less than five minutes ago. No accidents to report right now. But, of course, because the schools are ease klod a lot closed a lot of people are staying home, unless you have to get out to go to work. But they remind people to use caution because we are seeing you can see4 accident on i40 eastbound near
Full list on our website, wlos dot com. 3 3 if you are not waking up to snow, you are waking up to the cold. We have live team coverage. News 13s Lauren Brigman is in waynesville. Jaclyn deaugustino has your on time traffic report. First, lets head over to our sky watch Weather Center for a look at your Current Conditions. Ingrid . Good morning. Here is a look at Current Conditions across the region. Your day planner shows temperatures warming by noon. Coming up, ill show you our 7day forecast for both the mountains and upstate. 3 3 3 3 be careful as you head out this morning. That Winter Weather is making some roads slick in parts of the mountains. News 13s Lauren Brigman is live from downtown waynesville, where you can see snow is coating main street. Lauren . 3 3 several counties are dealing with icy roads this morning. Avery county dispatchers told me most of their roads are snow covered. Especially the back roads. For those of you in mitchell county. Be careful driving along the s
Kent for a first check of the weather. Weather. Kendra. Is more rain and the potential flooding in store for us. Or is it starting to clear out . 3 the heavy rain has died down across our area, but many locations in Western North carolina remain flooded or near flood stage. Flash flood warnings continue for buncombe, mcdowell, yancey and mitchell counties through late afternoon, while flood warnings continue for French Broad River in buncombe, henderson and transylvania counties. Expect slowly clearing skies tonight with lows dropping to 45 in the upstate and 37 in the mountains. Thursday will be seasonably cool with highs in the low to mid 50s for most spots. 3 now lets send it over to the pit crew traffic center. 3 were watching accidenti85 northbefore sc290 exit 63 white horse rd farrs bridge rd farrs bridge white horse rd before sc290 exit 63white horse rd farrs bridge rd accident emsn. Academy st east north st385 bon secours wellnessarena arena3 heres a live look at the s. C. D. O
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