Into downtown raleigh as well. South of downtown, a bit of a dry spot. This is pretty light across the sand hills. A wet evening coming up. You see this rain settling overnight and into tomorrow morning. It looks wet as you head out to work or school. We turn our attention to wednesday. Temperatures will serve. The threat for Severe Weather increases. We will talk about that chance at a look ahead into the latter part of the week when things calm down coming up. Steve Travion Smith will now spend the rest of his life in prison. The jury just making that decision 90 minutes ago. Than the convicted killer ed you will remember last week, took the jury less than an hour to convict travion. And today, and took less than an hour to decide tos read his life to spare his life. Smith showed little emotion as he has throughout the trial. His family behind inside and hug when the decision was announced. Some had hoped that the quick conviction meant they were willing to impose the Death Penalty.
The timeout and gave his team some instructions and eventually got to his feet and was helped to the locker room. The tar heels eventually came back to win the game and after work, roy williams came back and way to the crowd. Unc saying it was vertigo related. A disease bell. Hes expected to be ok. This is coming a week after another game is missed. Highlights later on. Joel you can watch for the latest on i know, this guy walks behind me and put a flare gun right into my cheek and did not say a word. Tisha a bizarre encounter leads to a terrifying attack at a panera bread in the triangle. A man goes to the burn center with burns on his face. Police say the shooter was armed with a flare gun. Joel brown is live outside of the hospital. Joel we spoke to the burn victim who arrived here at unc burn center in a lot of pain today. He was shot with a flare gun. By a man who was [indiscernible] he is walking wounded. His morning routine at the Durham Panera bread interrupted by a bizarre enc
It created a very favorable environment for Severe Weather. The National Weather service in raleigh issued about 30 warnings in a sevenhour period. One of our most active time since april 2011. Look at these winds still gusting at 60 Miles Per Hour. Partly cloudy. Gusty winds behind our cold front. That wind advisory in effect through midnight. It will stay blustery all night. For the Severe Weather, it is gone for quite a while. We will tell you about the seven day in a little bit. Steve . Steve several homes were damaged by that tornado this afternoon. Eyewitness news Stephanie Lopez one of the first on the joel brown is live for us with a look at the damage and threestory peoplere telling tonight area joel . Joel and folks are still trying to wrap their minds around all that happened today. One said they do not know what they would come home to in the afternoon. This is what they came home to. The walls altering out. There are concerns about that home. This home did not fare much be
Wouldnt have lived through it. Reporter next door the sound of chain saws and whipping wind, massive pine trees, piered the roof as the elderly homeowner hid in her bathtub. Its a miracle. Reporter the National Weather service now surveying the damage. Tracking the tornados intensity this is the most impressive damage. Reporter cleanup could take weeks even months. Power crews are still in the area trying to get power back on. When you take a look at the damage behind me, it is amazing that no one was hurt. Residents continue to say, things can be replaced, people cannot. The only loss were told, three cows killed during the storm at a cattle farm just down the road. Heather waliga near oxford tonight. Center assessing the damage to his building. A huge tree went crashing through the roof of the fruit of the labor World Cultural Center on lake ridge drive. The building that houses a church does have significant damage. The owner spent the day with contractors getting quotes for removin
In the purple area, or actually the gray area, a Winter Weather advisory because it is rain mixed with sleet and snow to start with. Fairly light expected in these areas. The heaviest precipitation will be in the wind in the winter storm warning in the northern mountains and foothills of North Carolina, 36 inches of snow and sleet mixed, and freezing rain before it comes to an end tomorrow night. Then, it becomes all rain, heavy at times. 13 in boone, 22 in asheville, upper 20s in greenville, spartanburg, and anderson. Cold enough that when the precipitation rise overnight tonight and during the early morning, it will be patchy. But it will still be cold. The precipitation coming in 8 00 a. M. , not a lot of precipitation. Patches of light sleet or freezing rain in the upstate, 25 degrees. Light snow mixed with sleet from time to time, 21 in the mountains. It gets worse through the day. Detail later on. Mike valentines day was a good day to stay inside with someone special, after snow