Snow, icy rain combine for wintry mess in Wake Forest, northern counties Saturday morning
HERE BEFORE YOU HEAD OUT AND IT
SO THAT THE ROADS ARE NOT
TREACHEROUS TRAVEL AS WE'RE
SEEING IN A LOT OF PLACES.
NOW, THE BIGGEST SNOW TOTALS
THAT WE'VE SEEN HAVE BEEN IN
OUR NORTHERN COUNTIES AND
LEWISBURG ONE OF THOSE BIG SNOW
TOTALS WRAL'S ERIC MUELLER IS
IN FRANKLIN COUNTY ALONG WITH
PHOTOJOURNALIST KEITH BAKER
AND SHOWING US SOME OF THE ROAD
CONDITIONS AND WHAT THEY'RE
SEEING THERE. ERIC.
>> EVERY DAY THEY MAY HAVE
GOTTEN MORE SNOW HERE IN
LEWISBURG THAT WE SAW ACROSS
THE REGION. I STILL THINK YOU
PROBABLY STRUGGLE TO MAKE A
SNOWBALL WITH WHAT WE'RE SEEING
ON THE GROUND. IT'S PRETTY
CRISPY AND I SEE AND YOU KNOW
WHAT, SPEAKING OF ICY CHECK
THIS OUT RIGHT HERE. THIS IS
SPRING STREET AND DOWNTOWN
LEWISBURG AND TALK ABOUT A
DRIVING HAZARD HERE ON THE
ROAD. THIS TREE IS WEIGHED DOWN
WITH ENOUGH ICE TO SULLIVAN HAS
DIPPED DOWN RIGHT INTO THE
ROADWAY. HERE YOU CAN SEE THE
WHOLE BRANCH SPARKLING WITH A
LITTLE BIT OF ICE. WE HAVE
ABOUT 700 PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER
HERE IN FRANKLIN COUNTY.
NOT SEEN THAT IN THE HEART OF
LEWISBURG. INSTEAD THE BIGGEST
OUTAGE THAT'S AROUND THE BEEN
AREA. BUT YOU LOOK AT THIS
BRANCH RIGHT HERE, YOU GET A
SENSE OF WHAT'S LIKELY CAUSING
MANY OF THOSE OUTAGES HERE.
WE DON'T HAVE AN OVERWHELMING
AMOUNT OF ICE, BUT IT'S JUST
ENOUGH IN SOME PLACES TO START
WEIGHING DOWN BRANCHES WEIGHING
DOWN LIVES TO GET THEM LEANING
ON POWER LINES. AND OF COURSE,
THAT CAN CAUSE OUTAGES THAT
THE DUKE ENERGY CREWS THEN NEED
TO HAVE TO RUN AROUND AND START
CLEARING AND GETTING CLEARED
UP. OTHERWISE. TAKE A LOOK AT
ROAD CONDITIONS HERE IN
LEWISBURG. YOU CAN SEE THINGS
LOOKING A LITTLE ICY AND SNOWY
OUT THERE. YOU CAN SEE THOSE
TRACKS PRETTY CLEARLY VISIBLE
IN THE MIDDLE OF SPRING STREET.
IT'S NOT OVERWHELMING LEAST
LOOK OUT HERE. THE DOT CREWS,
THEY HAVE BEEN DOING THEIR
JOBS, ESPECIALLY KEEPING THOSE
PRIMARY ROADS CLEAR. BUT HEAR
ON THOSE SECONDARY ROADS, NOBLE
STREET, SPRING STREET, ONE OF
THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS THAT'S
STILL A LITTLE BIT ICY. SO
YOU'LL WANT TO SLOW DOWN.
TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA
TIME. YOU'VE HEARD US SAY
50,000 TIMES THIS MORNING, BUT
IT IS STILL GOOD ADVICE OUT
HERE. WE'LL, OF COURSE KEEP OUR
EYES ON THE ROADS ON
CONDITIONS. WE'LL LET YOU KNOW