Is this morning. It has not been real heavy but it has created some travel problems off to the north. Buying noon, just some spotty showers in the metro, create. We clear out 38. We clear out this afternoon, and a big storm on the way in the 8 day forecast. Alyx thank you, frank. Right now, survivors of the deadly storms in the south spent Christmas Day cleaning up wreckage and giving thanks just to be alive. Unusually warm weather spawned an outbreak of tornadoes that killed at least 14 people. Mark strassman reports from mississippi. This is bad, this is bad. Mark Sonia Wilkins came home to know christmas joy. This is where i used to live and its all gone. Cluster of deadly tornadoes. The youngest victim, 7yearold nikolas pumroy, trapped in the car with his mother and sister. The winds ripped him out of the vehicle. Among the six who died in tennessee, three were found in a car submerged in a river. This aerial view of ashland, mississippi shows the devastation of the most powerful s
Tennessee, three were found in a car submerged in a river. This aerial view of ashland, mississippi shows the devastation. It reportedly stayed on the ground for at least 145 miles, packing wind of up to 160. Barbara williamson was inside her clarksdale home. Barbara i dont know how i am alive. It is a christmas miracle. Mark the Christmas Spirit was on display, donating toys to children who lost them in the storm. Laverne picked out new gifts for her niece and nephew. Laverne the smile on their face makes me happy. Ryan quiet back here at home. But kurtis, that could change over the next couple of days. Kurtis the first system moving in, generally light snow from making a sweeper there, even some rain on the southwestern edge. Temperatures have been going up in the matter. Two hours ago we were 31 now above the freezing mark of 33. A much different situation from central down the southern iowa. But off to the north and northwest, going to see some snow. Maybe even a bit of an icy mix.
Eric we are getting close to christmas with a lot of people on the move. There could be snow but this morning its just rain. Jason we are ending december and have not seen much snow. We do have some in the forecast but will likely see much besides the rain. Reasonably heavy stuff in van meter all the way to the airport. You can see stuff from urbandale to around altoona. This will come in waves as we go through the morning. A bit of a taper down through the later afternoon hours. Still strong through a good portion of the state mainly in central portions. Have not registered a lot as far as rain totals go. We will likely do that as we go through the afternoon and see the wind switch around 1 00 p. M. From the southeast to the northwest. Temperature will be 43 degrees by 4 00 p. M. Down to 39 by 7 00 axing in mixing in. Upper 40s Christmas Day with a chance of light snow on Christmas Eve. Eric a rescan in central iowa. An underage des moines man scored 100,000 in a jackpot. The winning
We will keep the mix off to the north. Some mist hanging around by noon, 30 degrees. 3 00 temperature, 39. We have a big winter story winter storm coming up. Alyx right now, survivors of the deadly storms in the south spent Christmas Day cleaning up wreckage and giving thanks just to be alive. Unusually warm weather spawned an outbreak of tornadoes that killed at least 14 people. Mark strassman reports from mississippi. This is bad, this is bad. Mark Sonia Wilkins came home to no sign of christmas joy. This is where i used to live and its all gone. Mark wilkins home is among hundreds destroyed by the cluster of deadly tornadoes. The youngest victim, 7yearold nikolas pumroy, trapped in the car with his mother and sister. The winds ripped him out of the vehicle. Among the six who died in car submerged in a river. This aerial view of ashland, mississippi shows the devastation of the most powerful storm. It reportedly stayed on the ground for at least 145 miles, packing winds up to 160 mil
A lot of movement going on. Not too much rain. Jason no snow getting in your way. We have rain that is all over iowa. You can see out towards grimes we have the heavy stuff. Nobody has picked up more than 2 10 of one inch. It is a little bit pesky as you head out and about. Mainly central portions of the state. That is down and waterloo. Some locations through eastern portions of the state could see some thunderstorm activity. It is odd seeing as how we are in late december. So be it. Rainfall totals are rather light. Up in des moines, we are fractions of an inch across the entire state. We have a day to continue to pick up the rainfall which will eventually move over to a rain and snow mix. We will top out at 48 degrees. We hang onto that for a few days. We could get some light snow. Christmas day is at 43 degrees. Eric thank you. We are learning about a new lottery scam in central iowa this morning, an underage des moines man, scores a 100,000 dollar jackpot. The winning mega crosswo