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A harmful winter storm combining excessive winds and ice swept by way of the Carolinas on Sunday, knocking out energy, felling bushes and fences and coating roads with a treacherous, frigid glaze.
Winter Storm Warning- till 6 p.m. Monday:
Excessive Wind Warning- till 10 p.m. Monday:
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(WATCH BELOW: Monday afternoon’s forecast replace with Meteorologist Keith Monday)
Scroll under for the most recent updates on winter climate and highway situations:
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Attributable to winter climate situations, college district throughout our space are beginning to announce plans and modifications to courses on Tuesday.
Click here for the most recent updates on delays and cancellations for native districts.
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Emergency shelters that had been activated throughout Mecklenburg County in response to the extreme climate impacting the Carolinas are being demobilized Monday.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Emergency Administration Workplace, in partnership with the American Purple Cross and the city of Matthews, opened 4 shelter areas in Charlotte, Huntersville and Matthews on Sunday, in line with a launch from the workplace.
The Hopewell Excessive College and Crews Recreation Heart areas had been demobilized at 7 a.m., and the Mallard Creek Excessive College and Central Piedmont areas will demobilized at midday.
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MONDAY OUTLOOK
- Temperatures won’t rise above freezing till Monday afternoon.
- With low temperatures, the rain freezes on contact with the bottom, creating icy situations. Black ice is a giant risk.
- Full sunshine returns Monday, so we are going to heat as much as close to 40 levels by the afternoon.
- Any ice that doesn’t soften will refreeze Monday evening into Tuesday morning, as temps fall to under freezing in a single day.
- Be ready for a number of days of affect!
- Count on extra solar Tuesday, and extra melting with highs within the mid 40s.
- Rain likelihood to maneuver in late Wednesday, nevertheless it appears to be like like simply the mountains may see some snow.
- We’ll watch one other system on Friday that might deliver one other wintry combine areawide although.
Winter storm introduced snow, sleet, ice to the Carolinas Sunday
A winter storm combining excessive winds and ice swept by way of components of the U.S. Southeast on Sunday, knocking out energy, felling bushes and fences and coating roads with a treacherous, frigid glaze.
Greater than 1,800 NCDOT workers in 1,200 vans utilized almost 10,000 tons of salt whereas plowing important routes by 3 p.m. Sunday.
Tens of hundreds of consumers had been with out energy in North Carolina and South Carolina Sunday night, together with 10,000 Duke Power prospects within the Charlotte space.
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Freeway patrols reported lots of of auto crashes throughout the Carolinas, and Charlotte-Mecklenburg police stated it responded to 53 wrecks Sunday.
The winter storm additionally impacted airways, with greater than 1,200 Sunday flights at Charlotte Douglas Worldwide canceled – greater than 90% of the airport’s Sunday schedule, in line with the flight monitoring service flightaware.com.
Flight cancellations continued into Monday, with American Airways, which operates 90% of CLT flights, canceling greater than 100 flights for Monday.
Forward of the storm, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper and South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster issued state of emergencies as staff in each states spent days getting state roads prepared for the storm — significantly getting ready for ice.
>> For our minute-by-minute protection of the winter storm Sunday, click here.
(WATCH BELOW: Tens of hundreds of Duke Power prospects lose energy throughout Carolinas resulting from winter storm)
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