city act headed to the sweet 16. good morning, everyone. happy monday. i m poppy harlow. this is early start. i m john berman, it is monday, march 25th. it is 6:00 a.m. in the east. we re going to begin with that collective grown across half a dozen states as people clean up from rain, snow and hail. the mess is not over yet. from missouri to pennsylvania, millions of people are dealing with this slushy, awful mix. it was dangerous in indianapolis yesterday as cars collided on slick, icy roads. you have to look at this scene in kansas city, missouri. it s spring! the storm is causing significant descriptions at lambert international airport. parts of ohio are under winter storm warning through early this afternoon. the system is continuing to track eastward. we have it covered for you. susan candiotti is in dayton, ohio. jennifer delgado is in the cnn weather center in atlanta.
florida gulf coast and its dunk city act advancing to the ncaa sweet 16 making history along the way. good morning, everyone. happy monday. welcome to early start. i m poppy harlow. and i m john berman. it is friday, march 25th, 5:00 a.m. in the east. we re going to start with the epic seasonal lie. no matter what anyone tells you, it s not spring. from missouri to pennsylvania, millions of people are dealing with rain, snow, potentially dangerous wind this morning. the mix proved dangerous from indianapolis. cars collided on slick, icy roads. look at this scene in kansas city, missouri. the storm causing significant disruptions at the airport. this is not done yet. parts of eastern indiana and western ohio are under a winter storm warning from early this afternoon. the system continues to track eastward. we got it covered for you. suzanne candiotti in dayton, ohio and jennifer delgado in the cnn weather center. we re going to start with
ohio, skies opened up, dropping freezing rain and snow. making people wonder, where is spring? when it comes, it comes. this is ohio. we get snow. everybody says oh, yeah, spring is around the corner. he s pretty cute, isn t he? but there s nothing cute with the cleanup that s going to be involved in this. checking out the roads in this section they re not too bad. the snow plows have been out all night. the salt trucks, too. but in many areas of the dayton region, there is still a lot of wet, sticky snow out there. the temperatures still below freezing so there could be some black ice out there, as well. john, not over yet here. not over. susan candiotti in snowy dayton, ohio, thanks. and parts of kentucky and tennessee people have been dealing with hail and very strong winds. that s crazy. yuck. ireporters sending us that video from their front porches, from their apartment windows. so big question, when are we
suzanne instanting in the snow, in the spring, in dayton, ohio. good morning, susan. reporter: good morning, john and poppy. you know, as one youngster told me, i haven t seen one flower yet! that s right. what kind of spring is this? and here comes the trusty ruler, john and poppy. we re going to do this right up top here. right here in this spot, five inches. that s what they were talking about in this region. anywhere from five to eight. the snow isn t over yet. we remain under a winter warning until about 2:00 this afternoon. some of the streets, it s been a wet snow. some streets are wet. but remember the temperature is just below freezing. you might be seeing some black ice out there. slushy streets in other areas. it has been a wild weather weekend all the way from the colorado rockies to the southeast. icy roads, slippery going near st. louis as a pickup truck slides down a street.
snow forced churches to call off services. coloradans were among the first to feel the storm s fury. whiteout conditions, 150 mile stretch of interstate shut down. a major pile up on i-25 that left a tractor-trailer in flames. by late sunday in indiana and ohio, the skies opened up dropping freezing rain and snowmaking people wonder, where is spring? when it comes, it comes. this is ohio. we get snow. everybody says oh, yeah spring is around the corner. reporter: that s right. spring s around the corner but not here just yet. at least when you look around. you know, we understand that in the entire month of february, the dayton area had four inches of snow. clearly this one snowfall is taking care of that. that young man will have some school delays. other schools in this area are closed for the day. john? back to you. susan candiotti, hopefully we