This morning we are still following School Closings and delays. Appomattox county schools are still closed. Pocahontas and Greenbrier County West Virginia are operating on a delayed schedule. Storm team ten meteorologist Kristina Montuori joins us now with more on the forecast. Kristina . Today will start windy. The wind will gradually weaken through this evening. Temperatures will top out in the lower 40s. Tonight will be mostly clear with lows in the upper 20s saturday will be mostly sunny with highs in the upper 40s. Sunday will be mostly sunny with highs in the upper 50s and lower 60s. Monday looks partly to mostly cloudy with a few showers in our westernmost counties. Temperatures will top out in the lower 60s tuesday will start with sunshine, and then end with more cloud cover. A few lateday showers are possible. Temperatures will top out in the lower 60s. Scattered rain showers are highs in the lower to middle 50s. Thursday will be breezy with increasing sunshine. Temperature re
We have Team Coverage of the storm damage in appomattox. You just saw melissa in our Weather Center. And Mona Kosar Abdi and tola adamson are live on the scene in appomattox right now to give us an idea of whats 3 going on there. First were checking in with mona. 3 sot3 pattie plasma that was Mona Kosar Abdi reporting. 3 3 3 pattie this morning we are getting another look at the devestation in appomattox from the sky. Central virginia Aerial Solutions shot this footage. You can see all the damage trees knocked over even uprooted in some cases. Authorities say. The tornado left a 13mile path of destruction. 3 pattie tight video like frightening. Just to look at. Now imagine living it. An appomattox teen still cant believe. Hes alive. Right in front of his eyes. 15yearold daniel poole watched a tornado destroy his entire home. Valerie bragg has his miraculous story of survival. 3 nat pop that would be the kitchen. torn to pieces. nat pop the big dresser, that was my moms. And i told you
And im dawn jefferies. This is the strongest tornado to ever hit appomattox county. According to the National Weather service. The ef3 tornado. Covered 13 miles. Killing one person in its path. State police say 78yearold Edward Harris was thrown from his home. He was found last night in an area nearby. 7 others were hurt. Now the community is pitching in. To help those impacted. Wsls tens duke joins us now live from appomattox county. Duke. You spoke to the coach of the Appomattox County High School football team. What is he saying about his players supporting the community . Football coach doug smith is very proud of his players on the team giving back and helping the community aww work work he says there are about 25 members helping to clean the debris left behind from the storm. Some have been out removing of the churches impacted by the storm. The coach is glad to see his players volunteering. Doug smith appomatto x County High School football coach it makes me feel great last nigh
Kids but dont kid yourself theres a lot of that is going on. It devastates you. You think you dont have anything. Is taken everything you have for you do have your life. And a lot of people are pulling together and helping those in so many words. I appreciate you and i thank god for you. Lots of people helping. We got here around 2 00 oclock in the work hundreds, hundreds of people would chainsaws and hundreds of people that are just for support. As i said earlier seeing the communities come together like this is truly touching. Reporting live in evergreen in appomattox county im jeff jeff, i know that going to be working throughout the weekend to clean up got to agree, what is after that once the trees are gone and they get what they can out of whats left of their homes . Thats the epitome of a rebuild. Hopefully there is so much instruction here, you can see it from highway 460 and you can see it along the side roads here. My hope and prayer is that folks are able to rebuild quickly.
Now to give us an idea of whats going on there. First were checking in with tola. 3 that was tola 3 adamson reporting. Now we are sending it over to Melissa Le Fevre who has been in the Weather Center tracking the latest. Melissa . 3 3 remember the coat as you head out the doortemperatures are starting out in the 30s this morning. Friday will be mostly sunny, breezy and cool. High temperatures reach the low to mid 40s. Temperatures will be in the upper 30s north and west toward the mountains. Winds wont be as strong as yesterday, but we could still weekend forecast looks 3 picture perfect for 3 any outdoor plans. 3 pattie appomattox wasnt the only place hit hard by the Severe Weather. In waverly, three people were killed, including a two year old. Three people were killed there including a two year old. One man Desmond Gardner was in his car when it all came through. Desmond gardner witness not actually the tornado but from all the power lines falling there was like a big ball of fire