Thats since tapered off. We are still seeing a lot of wind outside. If youve been outside in the last couple of hours, youve certainly noticed the wind picking up. Now, were also seeing lots of sunshine. Thats not necessarily working in our favor. That more sunshine means there will be more heat and more fuel for the storms to get going and we have some pretty strong line of storms just to our west. Lets take a look at our High Definition radar here, our radar scope. Were looking at this really strong line almost hugging the 77 corridor right now going down from charlotte all the way up to concord and those areas all the way down just west of columbia at the moment. Here. That is Severe Thunderstorm Warnings from those locations. We are under a tornado watch until 7 00 tonight. Thats a tornado watch until 7 00 and were watching. Ill zoom in a little bit for you here some storms just to our south and west. These are on a trajectory to come our way. Upwards of 60, 70, almost 80 miles an
A couple 20s. This 46. Every once in a while you get the sense that somebody is didding this on the is doing this on saluda. Its not 46. Its a pretty chilly night for all of us. Well continue to dive down. Clear skies. Again, thats just the beat ginning of things this weekend. Look where we go tomorrow and then again on sunday. Tomorrow whats gonna happen. Well see temperatures only about the mid40s but it will feel colder than that. Remember tuesday, remember when the wind was blowing. You steppedout andped outside and it really gra grabbed you . Thats whats gonna happen valentine night. Bundle up. Kind of chilly. Sunday, look what happens. It only gets to 39. There will be a lot less wind but only 39. Now, next weekend, we have 60s in the forecast. It will feel like spring. Well tell you when that happens coming up. All right, thank you. You about mobile devices and the impact that the hot weather can have on them but the cold weather can do some damage to your smoke devices as well.
3 3 thank you efren. Both south and North Carolina are expecting a mixed bag of moisture that includes possibly rain, sleet, and snow. According to duke energy, when rain starts to freeze it builds up. Once there gets to be about a quarter of an inch thats when tree branches fall right onto power lines causing Power Outages. 3 speaking of outages. Heres a look of the current sceandg. Thats one of the largest utility providers in the midlands. As you can see everything appears to be good at the moment. Well continue to monitor this situation throughout the morning and if you do need to report an outage to sceandg. You can call 18883334465. 3 another probelm with potential threats of icy rain is that the roadways can become very dangerous to drive on. The Highway Patrol says to be smart and to be prepared. Assist that person3 the Highway Patrol says they have already have troopers in place to patrol 3 because of the cold temperatures. You need to be careful while heating your homes. Heat
Penny tax program, newmans Attorney Says the investigation is not related to the current charges. I think the bottom line here is that hes not involved in the penny sales tax investigation. He pled straight up to two counts of failure to file taxes and what is telling is theres no plea agreement. If he was involved in some conspiracy that they were still investigating there would be a plea agreement that would have provided for him to cooperate. Newman received two years of probation. That time will be reduced to six months after he pays nearly 11,000 in taxes owed and court costs. In a statement, Richland County Council Chairman tory rush says the matter is being dealt with by authorities and if theres any required action by Richland County council, were prepared to call a meeting and act accordingly. Its those arrests that are putting that Richland County Penny Tax Program back under the microscope. Thats exactly right. Seth rose says rebuilding program is a top priority and the chan
Henry roth is keeping an eye on the system as its heading your way. Its quiet right now but that is likelylyo change over the next few hours. Yes. I want to show the same map you are talking about. As you can see a big chunk in the midlands rain. Starting at 1 00 in the morning just a few hours from now we have newberry fairfield her shop under a freezing rain advisory from the National Weather service that will last until noon. You all will see temperatures around that 32degree mark up their which is why there is a chance to see some of this freezing rain and sleet mixing in but as far as major impacts and the feet of snow that will still be well to our north. Lets take a look outside their is some shsher activity starting to push in along the 20 core door but this is all liquid. As far as the major impact South Carolina goes that will be winter storm warning that is in effect. Currently the storm system produces Severe Weather throughout the region and we are starting to see it trans