Updated: 6:31 PM EDT Apr 21, 2021
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Show Transcript WXII 12 NEWS AT 6:00 STARTS RIGHT NOW. TALITHA: TODAY IS A WEATHER ALERT DAY, WITH WARNINGS ABOUT FROST AND FIRE IMPACTING MOST OF THE PIEDMONT-TRIAD. KENNY: BOTH ENDS OF THE SPECTRUM, RIGHT? TEMPERATURES WILL DROP CLOSE TO FREEZING. AND THE DRY AIR WIND MEAN SMALL FIRES COULD GET OUT OF CONTROL QUICKLY. LET’S START THINGS OFF TONIGHT WITH CHIEF METEOROLOGIST LANIE POPE. LANI DEFINITELY SOME BIG CHANGES ON THE WAY. AND THEY WILL AFFECT YOU OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. WE HAVE A WEATHER ALERT DAY, AS YOU MENTIONED, STARTING OVERNIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW MORNING. AND THE THREAT OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA, YOU WILL WANT TO PREPARE TO PROTECT YOUR PETS, PIPES, PLANTS, THINGS LIKE THAT. SEVERAL HOURS OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES IN THE OVERNIGHT. THE FREEZE WARNING INCLUDES ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES AND MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. TEMPERATURES ARE ALREADY JUST ABOVE FREEZIN AND WE HAVE HAD A 1