Joining us i am kathryn brown, ken smith has the night off, this all unfolded around 2 30 pm this afternoon and one loud bang disrupted a busy day at Crabtree Valley mall. This was the scene for hours today, many busy roads were blocked around it and glenwood avenue and create more road have been reopened and the police have focused inside the mall now. And then there is the fear that all of the customers and shoppers felt, others were walked out and you see them theyre being watched by swat teams we have bryan mims with reaction from shoppers forced to escape and Candace Sweatt kicks off the garbage with what police are telling us, what do we know are right now . Reporter a much quieter scene they compared to a few hours ago, i just spoke with a Raleigh Police chief and deputy ago and they have done a clean sweep of the entire mall but as far as what people thought they heard this afternoon, they say they are searching and looking into all avenues and that includes mall Surveillance V
The good news is the Severe Weather threat is over, but yes this is the biggest Severe Weather outbreak we have had since april 2011. A year ago we had snow on the ground, we can half a half ago we had snow and sleet. But tonight the radar is dry. Remember this started as heavy rain before the sun came up, and then things really got cooking this afternoon. The National Weather service here in raleigh, issued 21 Tornado Warnings today for central North Carolina. All of last year, they issued five. An incredible outbreak today. That is tonight, it has cleared out, but more changes are on the way tomorrow. As for tonight, in the overnight hours, look at our current wind gusts it is still a windy evening, and these winds will not be a strong as we headed to the overnight hours but it is to want to be breezy, including when you head out the door tomorrow morning. The warm front that moved way up there to the north. Now we wait on a cold front that will move through and drop our temperatures
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 anderson, a little over 800. In rutherford, nearly 1000. Geoff lets check in with dale gilbert. We had quite a wednesday. Still being impacted with Power Outages. Dale scary weather yesterday and today, snowy weather causes problems with delays. A couple districts from jackson twohour delay. Check the bottom of the screen and their website, www. Wyff4. Com , for the latest. It is that same system. It is pinwheel he was the center just east of the ohio valley area. Look at the snow being drawn down into the North Carolina mountains with flurries of snow early. Cold temperatures feel colder with the wind. Midtoupper 30s and most of the mountains with lunette 29 and 35 to 40 mile per hour with bootnne 39 and 35 to 40 mile the mountains will struggle to get up to 40, a b 42 at best and chilly with the wind. We will truck about the rest of the week in a few minutes. Allyson thank you. Today will be a busy day for cleanup in the carolinas. Severe weather blanketed the carolinas. The wind