The heavy rain is causing First Responders to gear up in case someone gets stuck in the rising water. Bobby haynes is one of 26 members of salems swift water rescue team, and says he has had to gear up and save someone from rough waters several times. He says crews have flood gauges throughout the area to keep track of the amount rising water. They also train every month on different swift water rescue techniques. Were told it only takes a few inches to a feet of water for your car to get stuck. And if you see deep water, the best thing you can do is turn around, dont drown. Bobby haynes weve had people with some close call situations and were fortunate enough that those people have come back and taught us the lessons that theyve learned and try to keep us safe. You can read more of these tips and others on wdbj7 dot com. Just click on this story. Police are investigating a homicide in northwest roanoke. After 4 30 yesterday afternoon. Investigators are talking to witnesses and gatheri
But its about to get a lot more active and a lot more dangerous. Meteorologist robin reed begins with radar views and flood watches. Youwe got both and if you look at the rate alright i think you should not all that impressive in fact theres not much rain here at all and youd be absolutely correct but underneath the radar beams are zipped on a drizzle theres a fair amount of fog as well in the light showers do continue through the hill city right now for martinsville south boston as well so why the light stuff at the moment i think he could pretty well see why it is so much cooler and are part of the world right now than outlying areas like charleston the 50 bristol at 50 roanoke onforti to lynchburg and forty were staying in this cold air wedge which is actually good news for us but we will have a heavy rains by tomorrow afternoon that has instituted a flood watch for our entire viewing area its because of the kind of rain weve had it been here for a while and get all that melting sno
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3 3 pattie Melissa Lefevre joins me now. And melissa Melissa Lefevre pattie3 Melissa Lefevre joins me now. And melissa a lot of Power Outages in appomattox right 3 now but at least the weather is quiet for now. 3 thursday will bring a mix of sun and clouds to the area with highs in the upper 40s to near 50. Itll be breezy and brisk as west winds could gust up to 30mph during the day. Clouds linger for tonight, with continued gusty winds. Overnight lows will fall into the upper 20s to near 30 by workweek with mostly sunny skies and highs in the mid 40s. Winds stay out of the west for the day and will continue to be breezy. The outdoor plans, enjoy cool dry 3 pattie tight we have learned this morning that appomattox county officials will be holding a press conference at 7 this morning. We will carry that live here on abc 13. That reported tornado devastated the community of appomattox. Marissa parra spoke with one survivor that shows just a small taste of the destruction many of his neig
Sunshine with highs in the upper 20s friday increasing clouds with highs in the middle 30s. Lateday overnight light snow showers possible saturday morning early afternoon light snow showers possible. Late day clearing with highs in the lower 30s sunday valentines day mostly sunny with highs in the upper 20s and lower 30s monday wintry mix possible with highs in the middle 30s time now for your timesaver new details this morning from a friend of the girl who was killed after climbing out of her bedroom window. Natasha bryant tells the Washington Post that Nicole Lovell talked of running away and started a family with David Eisenhauer, the man now charged with her death. She adds that the two met online and that nicole refered to eisenhauer as her boyfriend. And that nicole refered to eisenhauer as her boyfriend. Later today nicoles father shares his concerns regarding nicoles social media activity in an exclusive interview with talk show host dr. Phil mcgraw. Courtesy peteskiproducti on