Meteorologist nicole papay will have a check of the forecast and traffic reporter chris scott will have the latest Road Conditions on your way to work. Thats from 5 00 to 9 00 on thee morning news. 3 back to you. 3 with snow expected near the tennessee border were looking at a two hour delay for Madison County schools so far no other districts have announced any schedule changes but check fox carolina dot com for the latest updates. 3 as you decide 2016 3 these candidates are swarming the state for your vote. Donald trump, ted cruz, marco rubio, john kasich, jeb bush and ben carson are all in the race for the gop nomination for president. The primary is this saturday in South Carolina. 3 and the candidates are spending their final days leading up to the election campaigning across the upstate upstatetonight cruz held a rally at the anderson civic centerwhere he was joined by stage. The texas senator says hes ready to take on whichever democratic candidate wins the nominationand as for
3 wrap up 3 hold hold 3 were watching this in the Pit Crew Traffic Center. Center. You are looking live at 3 the same storm system were watching this morning has killed at least three people in lousiana and mississippi. Mississippi. This is a look from central lousiana. Two people died there. And seven others were critically hurt when Severe Weather hit an rv park. In mississippi, one person was killed near hattiesburgits estimated at least seven tornadoes hit those two states. 3 and as this storm heads east. Here in South Carolina. The tornado threat is shutting down Schools School districts in horry and georgetown counties, along the coast. Will be closed as a precaution today. 3 as nicole mentioned were seeing that system coming toward us. Were monitoring conditions in studio and from the field. Field. Fox carolinas Ashley Minelli is live in spartanburg county. 3 this one area we know gets hit when flash flooding moves in thats a concern through this evening watch is under tonight3
Spending a lot of time in the upstate. Upstate. This morning bob jones iversity is hosting four of the candidates to talk about issues surrounding faith and families. Families. Fox carolinas Ashley Minelli is live near campus this morning and ashley its not too late to get tickets for this event. 3 talk about whats going on out there now go online to fox Carolina Free general admission, to event happening here 3 carson 12 30 bush 1 15 rubio 2 20 cruz 4 45 4 45 these 4. Behind trump in the gop poll here in sc cruz, rubio, bush, carson last chance to see candidates ahead of tomorrow nights debate still dont know if the four attending todays event will all be at gop debate in 3 doors open at 11 11 3 preps are well underway for tomorrows Republican Debate in Downtown Greenville at the peace center. Center. Tv crews are already getting in place and you can expect security to be tight around that area. Were still waiting to find out who exactly will be on stage tomorrow night. Debate. Out of
Are arriving in the morning there wont be as much warmth to give them energy, but there will be strong Wind Dynamics at play. That means that if a storm does get going, it could rotate and potentially produce a tornado. Strong winds aloft could also get pulled to the surface, causing isolated areas of wind damage. Threat should end by noon as line pushes east. Temperatures will get into the 60s quickly through wednesday with breezy conditions, then temperatures will plummet wednesday evening. Snow showers will be likely along the tn border wednesday night. Thursday will be breezy but sunny with highs in the low 50s for the upstate and mid 40s in the mountains. Sunny conditions will prevail into the weekend with highs getting back to near 60 by 3 and wake up with fox carolina. Weve got traffic and weather every ten minutes from five to nine am. 3 kendra, we know 3 that the tornado threat for our area will be low tomorrow morning, but can you tell us what were supposed to do if a Tornado
Were looking at some School Closings and delays in the mountains. Haywood county schools will open 2 hours late and Jackson County schools will be on a 2 and a half hour delay. Delay. Madison mitchell and Yancey County schools will all be closed. Well bring you updates on air via the ticker at the bottom of your screen as well as online at fox carolina dot com. 3 happening now 3 a scare at mary black hospitalm a fire inside a dumpster is under controlbut it sent flames and a lot of smoke shooting into the air at the skylin drive facility earlier this evening the fire even forced the er to evacuate patients 3 we know spartanburg city, cowpens, drayton, converse and whitney Fire Departments responded along with spartanburg ems and police. Police. Heres a look at the scene a little earlier tonight you can see the major flames and smoke on scene. Fire out in a dumpster right outside the hospital again the emergency room did have to be evacuated fortunately no reported injuries at this time