SAN ANTONIO – A winter storm roared through San Antonio early Tuesday, producing icy conditions that brought travel across the city to a grinding halt.
Several highway connector ramps and streets were closed due to dangerous driving conditions. Officials urged residents not to travel unless it was absolutely necessary.
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According to the City of San Antonio Emergency Operations Center, the following roads were closed as of 10:40 a.m. Tuesday:
Highway Closures:
Loop 410, I-10 Interchange: I-10 East to Loop 410 direct connector ramps closed for treatment
Loop 1604, I-35 Interchange - City of Live Oak shut down all ramps
Loop 410, I-37 Interchange - Southbound I-37 to Eastbound Loop 410 and Northbound I-37 to Westbound Loop 410 (Accident)
Loop 410, US 281 Interchange - Westbound 410 to US 281 South direct connector closed
Wurzbach Pkwy at Wetmore Rd - Cloverleaf ramps closed
I-10 near Boerne Stage Rd - Westbound I-10 (Accident)
Street Closures:
Buena Vista at Frio
Commerce St. W at Frio
Cupples Road at Roselawn
Guadalupe St. at Frio
Kirk Place at Niemeyer
Thousand Oaks at Schertz Rd
Judson at Stahl
Rittiman at Grantham
Nacogdoches at Titian
The San Antonio Police Department responded to 49 traffic accidents, while the San Antonio Fire Department responded to 11 vehicle crashes, two structure fires and two cold exposure calls.
Air travel was also affected, as some flights at San Antonio International Airport were canceled or delayed.
VIA bus routes were operating on a normal schedule, but officials said some delays were expected.
A winter storm warning remains in effect until 6 p.m. Tuesday.
Tuesday morning, afternoon
The long-anticipated sub-freezing air arrived and began to mix with precipitation overnight. Scattered showers of freezing rain and sleet have been moving through most of South Texas for much of the morning.
Expect areas of freezing rain and sleet to linger throughout the rest of the day, with the precipitation beginning to taper off by late afternoon.
Freezing rain looks like regular rain, but freezes when it comes in contact with something. Frozen rain is what creates a glaze of ice on surface objects. Sleet pellets are little grains of ice that bouncing off surface objects.
Tuesday evening
The precipitation will begin diminishing throughout the afternoon and evening, but the potential for dangerous conditions will continue as temperatures will remain below the freezing mark on Tuesday and ice may remain on roads through Tuesday night.
Wednesday Morning
The low temperature is expected to be near 20 degrees and is not expected to rise above freezing until late morning Wednesday, which may not allow the ice to thaw in all areas.
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