StormTracker checks out Wake County winter weather

WRAL's Keely Arthur is in the StormTracker on Thursday traveling down Lake Wheeler Road in Wake County.
Posted 2/20/2025, 5:24:08 PM Updated 2/21/2025, 1:59:57 PM

MILES ON THE WRAL STORM TRACKER

OVER THE PAST. 48 HOURS.

SO LAST 2 DAYS WE HAVE THE

STORM TRACKER OUT. THEY'RE

NAVIGATING THE ROADS SO THAT

YOU DON'T HAVE TO AND GIVING

YOU A LIVE LOOK AT WHAT ROADS

ARE LOOKING LIKE NOW.

>> WRAL'S KEELY ARTHUR IS IN

THE STORMTRACKER RIGHT NOW.

KEELY, WHERE ARE YOU?

>> OKAY. SO WE ARE ON LAKE

WHEELER. WET ROAD HEADED KIND

OF SOUTH IN LAKE COUNTY CAN SEE

RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. THERE'S

THIS CAR. IT SLIPPED INTO A

DITCH. WE JUST SPOKE WITH THE

PEOPLE DRIVING THEIR OKAY.

WE AT ROLL DOWN THEIR WINDOWS,

ASKED IF THEY NEEDED ANY HELP.

THEY SAID THAT HELP IS ON THE

WAY. THIS IS PROBABLY THE

SECOND OR 3RD CAR THAT WE'VE

SEEN AS WE'VE TRAVELED FROM

KERRY NOW KIND OF HEADED

TOWARDS FUQUAY-VARINA THAT

WE'VE SEEN STRANDED SOMETHING

THAT OBVIOUSLY IS COMMON WHEN

YOU'RE DEALING WITH ROAD

CONDITIONS LIKE THIS. NOW, LAKE

WHEELER LOOKS LIKE IT HAS BEEN

FILED AT SOME POINT, BUT YOU'RE

SEEING A TON OF SNOW AND ICE

KIND OF PACKED INTO THE ROAD.

I THANKFULLY, THOUGH, NOT

SEEING A LOT OF DRIVERS ON THE

WHOLE. INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH,

WE'VE SEEN A FAIR AMOUNT OF

PEOPLE WALKING. THEY ARE GEARED

UP. THEY'RE WEARING COWBOY HATS

AND COATS AND THERE ARE THEY'RE

HEADING TO THEIR DESTINATIONS

BUT LOCKING AND IF YOU CAN DO

THAT IN A WARM WAY, THAT'S

PROBABLY THE MOVE RIGHT NOW.

SO AGAIN, ON LAKE