Thank you for choosing good day virginia. Its and im kyle benjamin. Wfxrs paris holmes is monitoring Road Conditions for as paris as paris just mentioned, vdot crews are urging drivers to stay off the roads crews and contractors are working 12hour shifts on the roads right now. This is a live look along interstate 81 in montgomery county. Crews have pretreated some major roads and interstates with a mixture of brine and liquid calcium chloride in advance of those flakes falling. Crews will not plow or treat lowvolume secondary roads or neighborhood streets until the snow stops and the interstates and main roads are plowed and treated. For the latest Road Conditions, you can follow vdots 511 app. Weve got a link to that on our website, just head to new this morning Virginia State police say they arent dealing with any major incidents this morning in our area. Troopers responded to 16 crashes between midnight and 2 a. M in division 6they are still working on 3 of those crashes. 13 are cl
One lane is shut down. No word on injuires. We will update you with more information if it becomes avil during this newscast. And this is a look at henry county where the snow has been falling since this afternoon. You can see a thick coating of snow on the ground there. In nearby colinsville police are reporting a 7 or 8 car pileup on South Belmont street our crew in the area says the roads are getting harder to drive on and Officials Say if you dont have to be on the roads stay inside. Were starting out tonight in the pinpoint Weather Center because of the snow moving through the area. But tonights accumulation is just the beginning. We have Live Team Coverage about the weather coming our way. Bill wadell is live at the vdot headquarters in salem. But first lets get to chief meterologist john carroll who has been tracking this system all day hey john. Overnight. Snow. Snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches. Not ascold. Near steady temperature around 20. Southeast winds around10 mph. Chan
Wfxrs paris holmes is keeping an eye on Road Conditions for us this morning. She joins paris, what are you seeing right now . Kyle, the roads are are completely covered with snow. Snow plows on the interstates and new this morning new this morning Virginia State police say they arent dealing with any major incidents this morning in our area. Troopers responded to 16 crashes between midnight are still working on 3 of those crashes. 13 are cleared. Vsps division six covers 14 counties across southwest virginia. As paris just mentioned, vdot crews are urging drivers to stay off the roads crews and contractors are working 12hour shifts on the roads right now. This is a live look along interstate 81 in montgomery county. Crews have pretreated some major roads and interstates with a mixture of brine and liquid calcium chloride in advance of those flakes falling. Crews will not plow or treat lowvolume secondary roads or neighborhood streets until the snow stops and the interstates and main ro