Dangerously cold weather that will get good morning. Im vai sikahema. The morning began with windchills that made it feel below zero. Were tracking snow for valentines day. Brittney shipp is here with the forecast. It is cold out there, britt. It is very cold out there. You want to bundle up cover up your face thicker jacket today. First alert will stay in effect for the next few hours. Were still dealing with bitter cold winds. Feels like between zero or ten degrees below zero. This is dangerously cold conditions. And this is the first of two arctic blasts that is heading our way. As we push into sunday thats when the next blast of arctic air will get here. Actual temperature in horsham at 14 degrees. 16 in northeast philly. 16 degrees the actual temperature in philadelphia. Ten degrees in quakertown. 11 in allentown. 3 degrees in mount pocono. Closer to woodbine 17 degrees. 20 degrees in dover. Part of the reason why it feels so cold is because of our wind speeds. Look at these wind
Packed with 50 kids made a sudden stop to avoid a crash. That stop was so sudden some kids complained of injuries. As you can see here, multiple ambulances were called to the scene on georgia avenue. Our jim osman is live at the scene. We will go to him momentarily with more on the story. But first lets talk about those icy cold temps and the howling winds moving in the area. They were tossing peggy around. First alert chief meteorologist topper shutt joins us. How cold are we going to get tonight . Wind chills below 0. At 5 00 winds are beginning to gust at 35 Miles Per Hour in manassas, 33 in martinsburg and hagerstown. This is just the beginning really. Were looking at winds generally 35 to 40 Miles Per Hour right through tonight. We 8 00 wind are still gusting to 37 in gaithersburg on the wind gust tracker and these numbers are all gusts Miles Per Hour. Downtown at 10 00 winds gusting to 32 Miles Per Hour. By morning theyll subside during the day but still breezy, wind chills tomor
55 for frederick over to annapolis, 59. Expecting just a few light sprinkles out there. Take a look at our mike equal son camera. The skies are michael son camera. The skies are starting to clear. Well track the sunrise now on our weather cam. Heres our planner. By 8 00 in the morning 59 degrees. Mid60s by lunch time and a few fair weather clouds for your drive home. Youll need the sunglasses in your sevenday. Good morning, larry. Good morning. Were still keeping a close eye on an accident on the northbound sides of i95. I want to let you know that disabled car that was involved in the accident now moved to the shoulder so the shoulder is now blocked. This taking place between dumfries and dale city where were also seeing some slowdowns in that area. If you have yet to leave the house, i subject that you do quick suggest that you do quickly because it will add some time to your commute time this morning. In Southern Maryland, accokeek, oxon hill as brandywine, no issues in your part of
Ukraine. Thanks for being with us people across the heartland are cleaning up the damage from a string of deadly tornados. Pictures and other items littered the ground in berlonia arkansas. Daybreak brought the heartbreaking sight of damages. In hundreds of homes and business business damaged or destroyed by a tornado. Jonathan betz is joining us with more. Devastating images. Yes, at least 16 killed. Its the deadliest tornado that Arkansas River saw in 17 years. The governor expects the death toll to rise. Reporter the quitest start to a tornado season ended with a vengeance. Dozens touching down destroying towns in the midsection, and taking lives. He came in, he didnt say nothing, he went like this, i said tornado, and everything was hitting. Drivers swallowed by black clouds. E, we are pulling over yes, we are pulling over. Well back up. Central arkansas was hit hard. Towns north of little rock. Rescuers dug through debris, searching for dividers. In cars thrown along interstate 40
People are cleaning up after tornados. Daylight brought the heart breaking sight of damage and destroyed homes. Twisters damaged hundreds of homes and businesses in a kansas town. The Weather Threat is not over. More storms are moving through the midwest and south. Rebecca stevenson is here with more on the storms. Its not over. Its not over. It rolled overnight. The storms picked up more energy and we have seen several tornados touch down. We have been in tooupa low in mississippi, where the tornado touched down, and folks are surveying the damage. The storms are super cells that continue to get more energy as they move forward. Its not just mississippi. The little red dots indicate where we have had reports so far, and its stretching to northwest alabama as well. The storms are going to continue to threaten powerful significant tornados, and it moves from mississippi, through tennessee and kentucky and carolina, and includes hail the size of golf balls. Weve had reports of large hail