9 on your side has three reporters on the streets tonight. We turn now to reporter roseann aragon who is live in florence. I hit the road to see just how bad the snowfall was in the thick of it we found michelle classshe was stuck. Were waiting for us to come tow us right now. Going back to fort mitchell. Were just to beat the snow but we lost. She is one of many calling for help in boone county. Lt. Florence Police Department probably 90100 accidents. Especially around the interstate. When the traffic stops the road refreezes and then people start sliding. In florence10yearold victoria deitsch saw it first hand there was a car coming in and he was kind of going off the road when we were going out. Snow plowbut the stress on the roads may be nothing compared to the stress of clearing it this has be the worst. Its been hectic. Joe dudukovich has been doing this for 20 yearshe says simply making room for them is a sigh of relief. A lot. Its a big headache. I got a bottle of tylenol in my
Advisory in affect through 10 00 on monday. Again, this is not really for precipitation overnight. Really from residual effects of all the snow that we had earlier today. This includes everyone in the local 12 viewing area except southeastern indiana. 2 to 4inches of snow today. Thats what we had forecast. A lot of that snow will stay on tristate roads overnight as temperatures gradually rise through the 20. At best there will be stray flurries, some patchy freezing drizzle, really not causing any additional issues outside of what we already have thanks to all the know we had this afternoon and this evening. Temperatures continue rising tomorrow morning. Up to 34 at lunchtime. Scattered rainshowers will return to live precision doppler 12 hd southeast cincinnati late tomorrow afternoon, possibly mixing with some snowshowers tomorrow evening, as that precipitation heads out. But were dry, according to the view of live precision doppler 12 hd now. Very light precipitation, if any precipi
Will describe the roller coaster were getting ready to ride. Its sunday, february 7, 2015 6. This is news 5 today. [captioning made possible by wlwttv] jonathan good morning. Welcome to news 5 today. Thanks for joining us. Im jonathan hawgood. This is meteorologist Jennifer Schack. How are you . Jennifer good. Jonathan all aboard, huh . Jennifer which roller coaster, you heard the forecast, which roller coaster do you think well be on . Jonathan the beast . Jennifer i was thinking the vortex. There are a couple of loops coming up. Jbs. Jonathan we got a good break this winter. Jennifer today is 51 with sunshine. This morning, winds helping keep temperatures up a touch. Were in the 20s and 30s. Quite a variation in temperatures. Well climb nicely into the afternoon. All major reporting sites not expecting morning fog. By 1ug a. M. , were at 43. Well be in upper 40s and low 50s under partly to mostly cloudy skies. Dry conditions through the afternoon hours. Late this evening, we bring ba
Are on 12hour shifts now, focusing on roads prone to freezing. Theyll retreat the roads. Additional teams will report today to prepare for the snowfall coming. They say theyre prepared to stay on duty around the clock through the monday morning commute. Road crews say use offstreet parking if you can and leave plows room to work if youre driving. Wlwt is leading the way on Winter Weather. Download our wlwt app. Youll see the forecast as well as get Severe Weather alerts right on your mobile device. New details on a late night fire that ripped through a local landmark in boone county. The fire happened at 9 00 at the the ohio river. The building, which dated back to 1831, was closed at the time of the fire. Someone passing by saw the flames and called the fire department. When firefighters arrived, flames were shooting through the roof and front windows. Crews were working to put the fire out and some resident managed to grab the sign off the moments later, the building collapsed. Resid
Avenue exit. Dan griffin is that the Hamilton County Justice Center with new details. 22yearold taryn chin, was driving drunk. Police have suspicions drug use might have been involved after the deadly crash on 71 this morning. Is at the Hamilton County Justice Center. She was driving northbound in the southbound lanes of 71 south of dana avenue at mile marker. She drove her minivan head on two door coupe, killing him. The two cars were significantly other. Coworkers police. Chin blew a blood alcohol. 122. Investigators say she could have been driving for a quarter of a mile to more than a mile depending on where she got on the ramp. T know. Re trying to figure out. If anyone can assist us and tell us where mrs. Chin was coming from or where she got on i71 the wrong way, that would help us out. The investigation. Dan investigators are now cameras and reviewing 911 calls. They re trying to figure out exactly where chin came from, what ramp she used, and how this played out. She is charge