Slick NC Highways Across the State

Slick, snow-covered roads remain in some areas and many secondary roads. Black ice concerns continue today. Between midnight and 11 a.m yesterday, the State Highway Patrol responded to about 600 service calls in central and eastern North Carolina. Patrol officials said that call volume is typical and the calls were mostly weather-related. Troopers answered more than 2,500 service calls Tuesday and Wednesday, which included collisions, stranded motorists and abandoned vehicles. That number of service calls was about 20 percent higher than normal. “Unless it is absolutely necessary to be out, stay off the roads,” Emergency Management Director Mike Sprayberry advised. "Most of the state has had some combination of sleet, freezing rain and/or snow and with below freezing temperatures, we’re expecting those icy road conditions to continue into Thursday.”