Chatham county schools closed, benton city schools on a two hour delay, durham and closed. Franklin, granville, Halifax County schools, Harnett County schools are all close. There is a two hour delay in hope county. We county schools close, mecklenburg virginia schools, closed. Two hour delay for moore county schools. In addition, person, vance and Warren County all close today, a twohour delay for wayne county, and Wilson County schools are closed. You can find this information is growing at the bottom of your screen, its also on our website along with dozens of business closings and delays. This is probably one of the worst scenarios when we talk about freezing rain and problems on the roads. What was her description of this, elizabeth . A heartbreaker. For snow lovers. No snow in the triangle. There is no, you know, i lovers lobby out there for sure. Lets take a look at the radar picture. You can see who is taking the precipitation right now. We actually had a break, Warren County,
Accidentally, the safety bars didnt engage and riders focused on the ride were thrown 15 feet to the ground. Now, prosecutors say that ride owner joshua macaroni told the ride operator to rig that ride. In the court, his attorney put the blame on the ride operator. Keysha gorham and her son were in court. They were badly hurt. Tony is now blind in one eye, suffers from seizures and can no longer work. Keysha got up in court and through tears told the judge this has torn their lives apart. They did settle a civil suit against macaroni and his familys business last year. She told me just a few minutes ago that they would give that money back in a minute if they could have their health and their lives back. For quite a while and you will hear her tearful testimony in court. Tragic day. Julia sims live in raleigh, thank you very much. We all remember that story. Federal investigators are expected to look into the cause of a deadly plane crash in union county. Officers say that the pilot di
I will give you the details new overnight, governor pat mccrory was involved in a minor car crash after the super bowl. Vehicle that was hit in santa clara. The governor road, we were very fortunate and while im still proud of the Carolina Panthers this puts the game in proper perspective. I want to thank california Highway Patrol for their quick action. The governor said he did have some pain after the accident but was able to continue on to his destination in another vehicle. Were getting reaction from panthers fans in North Carolina and california. Wrals Kathryn Brown is live with what they had to say. Reporter good morning, renee. Disappointments, certainly. This was not the outcome the panthers fans, especially the ones that came out to santa clara were hoping for. As we were leaving the game we were standing there at the case as people were streaming out. They were smiling, clapping, cheering, even dabbing. There were chants of keep pounding. Believe the this year was the beginni
South and west. You see the spin in the atmosphere, spin in the radar over texas and oklahoma. That is from low pressure and is intensifying moving to the east and all of those red boxes that you see popping up our tornado watches currently in effect. All of those usually highlighted counties, the ones in pink are Tornado Warnings, the ones in yellow are severe thunderstorm warni symbols, those are reports of tornadoes that have touched down around louisiana, significant damage in many we will see this as Severe Weather grows from mississippi, alabama, panhandle and florida in the next several hours as that activity comes our way. Futurecast. We will show you the wide view and see how the storm is aloft. Midnight overnight, storms moving to alabama and georgia. As we go to deny, drizzle, missed, fog. Daybreak. Thunderstorms but by 8 00 a. M. , South Carolina and western storms. Through noon, thunderstorms will roll in. The way the atmosphere will be set up at that time we have change i
Further to the north and west with some question marks that well talk about. The temperatures are generally above freezing. Weve got 34 at henderson and lewisburg. 37 at the station in raleigh and also in durham. 36 about republican. As we move to the south were looking at generally upper 30s. 36 for clinton. About 37 at fayetteville. Of course if we get some precipitation over those areas thats coming down hard enough for a little while. It mayrive those down a couple degrees here and there. Heres the wider look. You can see clouds extending back into Western North carolina. But most of the precipitation will be over the eastern third of the state or so as low pressure passes back to our south and east. A small chance of a wintry mix. Mainly rain and perhaps some snow mixed in as well. By lunchtime were about 39. Still could have that wintry mix in the area. The chances increase as you go raleigh. And then as we head into the afternoon, a lot of it starts to costal plain. Cloudy skies