A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect through 8 p.m. for the entire Charlotte metro and surrounding communities, including Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Cleveland, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Rowan, Stanly, and Union counties. The strongest storms could produce wind gusts as high as 70 mph, hail and torrential rain.
The winter weather has caused icy conditions on Charlotte area roads.
Lingering snow showers will taper off Saturday.
The American Red Cross is urging residents to stay safe during this winter storm.
Here are the closings and delays for Friday:
State Department of Transportation crews are urging people to stay off the roads Friday as the winter storm threatens to cover North Carolina and South Carolina roads in ice.
There's concern that ice from the winter storm will take down power lines across our area. Duke Energy is telling people to prepare for outages to last for days.
The Department of Transportation in Newton says they have prepped the roads with 22,000 gallons of brine ahead of the storm.
The American Red Cross is encouraging residents to be prepared in advance for the winter storms forecasted for tonight.
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