Heaviest rain in swain county right now, but wet pretty much every where. Coming up in my full forecast, we will talk more about the timeline of this rain, how much more will fall, and when a big cooldown happens. But right now lets get a first look at the morning drive with jaclyn. Jaclyn thank, ingrid. We are accident free right now in the asheville area, thankfully. If you are taking i26 east towards Henderson County, you may see some delays on your commute. Traffic is tying up to exit 44 in four seasons boulevard so keep that in2 mind. Patton avenue is looking good through your morning drive. You can see everything is moving right along there at louisiana avenue. And like ingrid mentioned we are dealing with rain this morning, so of course the roads will be wet. Remember to take it slow on your morning commute. Give yourself a little bit of extra your ontime traffic report brought you by the wired mouse computer solutions. Holly new information this morning about a fire that tore through a home in woodfin overnight. Jay news 13s Lauren Brigman is live from the Woodfin Fire Department and, lauren, crews had trouble with the water system while patting that fire . Lauren thats right, jay. One of the firefighters on the hydrant closest to the home was actually not working so the crews had to go up the road about 500 feet to find a working fire hydrant. Backup2 also called in to help put out the blaze last night and to provide water. So, dozens of firefighters from multiple departments responded to this house fire on stratford drive around 9 30 last night. They until 2 15 this morning and when our crews arrived on scene, flames were visible as the fire spread through the attic. Thankfully, no one was hurt. Everyone got out of the structure. When we arrived on the scene tonight there were flames already through the roof. Everyone was out of the structure and we began firefighting operation. Lauren the fire marshal continues to investigate the cause of the fire but officials believe the home is a total loss. And we are told that smoke alarm 2 alarms were in working order that is what saved this family of four. Lauren autopsy reveals a toddler caused from a brain injury caused by blunt force. Earlier this week, a Family Member believed die her frez now suffered from carbon monoxide, he was staying with Family Members in candler. First responders were called to the home and they tried to revive him but he was pronounced dead at the scene. Anyone who had any kind of contact with the child has been interviewed at this time. Its by far incomplete, but they are doing such a good job. Jay kyle her learned of dielers death while in jail for breaking and entering charges. Thats why he was staying with Family Members. Holly kim bishop turned herself into Police Monday and yesterday to one count of embezzlement. She will be sentenced later on that charge. Bishop resigned in may of 2014 after investigators found dozens of fraudulent checks came from her office totalling more than 50,000. Jay investigators in Mcdowell County are searching for a fourth suspect in a counterfeiting case. Three others are already in custody but the sheriff offense office is still looking for april evans. Last summer the sheriff offense office received several reports of fake money being passed at local businesses. In september, they stopped one of the suspects for driving a stolen vehicle and found 11 pages of fake, uncut 20dollar bills. Two others were also arrested. Holly there are suspects on the run from buncombe county and deputies need your help finding them in fugitive files. Natalie bailey joined us who are we looking for . Stephanie saliska, wanted for civil nonsupport. Next we have melanie taylor, and eye, she is wanted therefore civil nonsupport. And we are trying to locate david toe, 32 years old, five foot 11, weighing 150 pounds, he is wanted for enforcing an active 50b. Holly if you know where these people may be, you can call 828 2555050, anonymously, deputies are standing by, 828 2555050, if you want to see the pictures again go to wlos. Com in the fugitive files section. You will be back in the next half hour. Jay . Jay an employer in Rutherford County files for chapter 11. Horse Head Holdings ceo and president said it will allow the company to restructure. They plan to continue operations, but idled the local plant last week. Local residents say the bankruptcy will be felt throughout the county. County. We are the county is already struggling for employment, and i have several customers and they are kind of at a loss what to do. Jay horse head employs 400 people from North Carolina to pennsylvania, including 300 in rutherford alone. A small crew will work there during the temporary shutdown. Holly no rest for the weary, with the iowa caucus behind them, they are rallying in New Hampshire. Jay its less than a week away from their states primary. Bazi coe nanny shows how they are working there. Bazi kanani l0 im so thrilled im coming to New Hampshire after winning iowa. Bazi kanani l0 just a week before the next round of voting, both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are hoping the iowa in a Political Revolution continues, next tuesday, here in New Hampshire. Even clintons inner circle acknowledges a win in sanders own backyard will be tough. Make no mistake, we are in a fight to the finish. Bazi kanani l0 on the republican side, donald trump says he is more confident about his chances to win in New Hampshire but defends his finish in iowa. There was 17 people when we started. Now you have 11. I come in second, im not humiliated. Bazi kanani l0 i first place finisher ted cruz a sweet victory in a bitter contest. Six weeks ago, donald trump was saying every day that i was his friend, and he loved me, that he had terrific things to say and nice and now im an anchor baby. Bazi kanani l0 marco rubio is defending himself from a new round of attacks after a strong finish in iowa and is striking back. I think teds calculated and bazi kanani l0 donald trump admits skipping the last Republican Debate may have hurt him. We expect him at the next Republican Debate on abc this weekend. Bazi kanani l0 , abc news, washington. Holly this just in, Cherokee CountyNorth Carolina schools are operating this morning on a twohour delay. Thats because of the potential for high winds. So, a ain, Cherokee CountyNorth Carolina schools are on a twohour delay. Happening today former president bill clinton will travel to columbia to rally support for his wife. The event will be at allan university starting at 6 p. M. Doors open at 4 00. You must rsvp to go. Clinton is expected to outline why hillary is the best choice for voters in South Carolina. He will also join the democratic members of the South CarolinaGeneral Assembly to discus several issues facing communities across the state. The South Carolina primary is february 27th. Jay Rick Santorum postponed his event for today at Limestone College in gaffney. And greet at voters in spartanburg. His Campaign Says its because of low gist acl issues. His campaign is cork working to reschedule the event. Holly in this mornings news reel, authorities in massachusetts are investigating death of a 13 yearold boy. Jay just outside boston, the boy was struck and killed by a commuter train. Transit police say the teen was on the track when he was hit. A spokesman for the local Prosecutors Office says the boys death does not appear to be foul play. Holly a homeowner and his wife narrowly escape a house fire in new york. Officers say the man drove into his garage and accidently hit a gas line. The explosion could be heard and felt throughout the neighborhood. I thought my house blew up. I thoughtn it was my water tank or Something Like that. It shook the house. I ran downstairs and there was nothing there. Then i saw people running down the streets. Jay the home is a complete loss. The couple was treated for minor injuries. Holly firefighters in fresno, california, are working to detetmine what caused a fire at this historic home. It was so big, firefighters were forced to fight it from outside. The fire destroyed the 100 plus rehorn home. Catholic Church Convent and other purposes. Most recently, firefighters say it had been vacant. California could have good news. Jay why they have spring. Your harrys on the hill bus. Make sure the kids have an umbrella and rain jacket, maybe both if they have to stay at the bus stop. 60s by lunchtime with a chance for thunderstorms. Coming up after the break, we will end. But first, how much will fall and, also, who is under a severe we will be right back. Your buddy ron once said he could install your ceiling fan. He couldnt. And that one time ron said another chili dog was a good idea. Yeah, it wasnt. So when ron said youd never afford a john deere tractor, you knew better. Now ron does too. The e series. Legendary john deere quality. Unexpected low price. E series compact tractors come with now, in high definition, this is your news 13 skywatch forecast. Ingrid welcome back to a very rainy start to the day and its not going to look much better throughout the afternoon either. Lets look at the first hour. This is looping. You can see rain all across western North Carolina, down into the upstate, not as much. Lets highlight the zones, where we are seeing the most rain. These heavy rain bands and thunderstorms pulling over the state line from tennessee, now seeing Cherokee County, clay county, also parts of graham,. Jaclyn son, macon, up towards swain county. All the western assistant District Attorneys seeing heavy rain this morning. Over the next hour, this is what you will continue to see, indicated by the yellow and the orange. The heavier rain. So, into northeast georgia, this zone right here, likely going to another threat throughout the afternoon especially severe thunderstorms, back here in western North Carolina, up towards tennessee and a marginal risk. So this is a greater chance to see these storms turn severe. So, damaging wind, isolated tornadoes cannot be ruled out. So, make sure to sign up for a text alert and also keep it here on news 13. We will update you if there are any sort of severe thunderstorms or any sort of tornado warnings out. Flash flood watch is out now. This is out for the evening. Flash food football, avery, yancey county, buncombe county, Henderson County, Transylvania County, and parts of Mcdowell County, burke county and rurd have seen more than half an inch of rain. At the ashville airport, forest city closer to the 1 mark and same thing Henderson County and into this area i was just highlighting continuing to see the heavy rain this morning, not so much down into greenville at the ent no. But, visibility is cut in half in greer at 5. Down to 3 in forest city. 6 in asheville. Come down on the interstate, you will want to take it down a notch, of course. Please use caution this morning. Also a chance for some fog out there. In asheville, very mild outside in the 50s. 60s in the western zones but 40s to the east. 60s further south as well. The wind, this is an issue. We have already had reports of downed trees in Haywood County. 12 in asheville right now. 17 down into greenville. And this is, of course, a ahead of the front thats moving towards our region. We will move through and continue to give us this chance for rain at 8 oclock, showing heavy rain bands in our western zones, through asheville by about 9 to 10 oclock, lunchtime into the foothills. Then we start to see some things calm down, dryer weather expected after dinnertime tonight and clearer skies. It will be cooler as well, a return to the 30s for a lot of locations. How much more rain . This model is pulling in an inch or two across much of western North Carolina, but isolated zones could be closer to that 3 of the thunderstorms develop. Heavy rain at times, middle 60s here in the asheville area will be very windy. 38 degrees tonight. Overall, cooler, still breezy. Foggy, rainy in the upstate. Comfortable temperaturewise in the 60s and 40s tonight. And the next several days will continue to see temperatures in the 40s and it will be sunny into next week. We will see a chance only 30 chance for rain and snow. Here is your upstate sevenday forecast. Back over to you. Holly there are record level snow packs in the california sierra mountains. Jay the sierra know spake is double what it typicallys this time of year. Its already at 72. Forecasters Pay Attention to the april 1st number to see how much water will run off into the aquifers. Holly panthers are picked as the favorite to win the superbowl this sunday. That separates them from the stan good morning, in sports, panthers solid 6 point favorite to win superbowl 50 this sunday against denver and this is despite the questions surrounding all pro line backer thomas davis. Remember he was hurt in the title game against arizona. He brokes his forearm on a weird tackle really against the cardinals. He had surgery the next day. Hard cast put on and he will davis really play . His coach is counting on it. I thought thomas looked really good in practice, you know, he used the hand, that arm. And again one of the concerns with it really is just, you know, what would happen if he had to deliver a blow, to use it, toonkke. 5nkkwg44q yesterday very nicely. He looks good. Again, like i said, i dont doubt thomas. Stan santa clara will cover superbowl 50 and we will send reports back friday. Wrestling playoffs began, 14 pods wrestling across the state, only one in the mountains at inca. Jets wrestled pisgah and inca won the pod. They advance to third round thursday and they beat pisgah and robinson looking forhe first ever title. Lexington knocked out the title,2 Smoky Mountain lost, mitchell defending champ knocks out robinsville and rosman beats 4630, they will wrestle the location. Morning. Im stan pamfilis. We will see you again tonight at 6 oclock. Have a great wednesday, everyone. Holly and Carolina Panthers fans are preparing for the superbowl. Jay not only are fans excited but so are military personnel overseas. Staff Sergeant Clifford jones of spartanburg had this to say. Hi, im staff Sergeant Clifford joan, 35th squa drand turkey, why did cam cross the road . To get to the superbowl yeah were going to win2 superbowl go panthers woo woo jay he is as excited as cam. Holly i love it. Everyone in here loves it. Hopefully you at ohm are laughing, too. We may have to play him again. Ingrid i love that. And hes just as stylish as cam newton, too, in the blue suit looking got. In fact its can see all the rain on the camera lens. Same thing in greenville at 65 degrees. Leicester carpet sales skycam network, 8 a. M. Stays in the 50s, 60 by lunchtime with a chance for thunderstorms. And we are dealing with weather relateded problems on the roads. There is issues in polk county and Haywood County. Jaclyn there are several downed trees reported across Haywood County. One is completely blocking francis farm road in waynesville. The Fire Department is on the scene right now working to clear that2 but just be careful if you are heading out in Haywood County this morning. Over in polk county, crews are working a minor wreck on highway 108 near Mountain Range road. The dispatchers are not sure whether this is are dealing with this morning. And, ock, rerember, the roadways are very wet right now. Remember to take it slow on your morning drive. Thats a look Dunkin Donuts unbelievable selection of breakfast sandwiches freshly made all day and now you can enjoy two english muffin egg and cheese breakfast sandwiches for 4. The new caramel macchiato from Dunkin Donuts. Let handcrafted layers of espresso, milk, and a caramelflavored swirl uplift your mood. Indulge in a hot or iced macchiato today. America runs on dunkin. Jay in2 this mornings morning surf we are honoring carrot cake because its ingrid did you know carrot cake is my favorite cake. Jay mine, too ingrid no way. Jay we look at the history of cakes, wlos. Com, under news links. We will not start with carrot cake, what are we starting with . Jay let us start first, i believe, with cheesecake. Ingrid you like cheesecake . Jay i love cheesecake but i think of i i more as a pie than cake kind of in between. Ingrid i agree. Jay ante shent greece, it was a popular dish in ancient greece and served in the olympic grams 776 b. C. Ingrid that2 credible. This next is from the middle age, fruitcake. Jay that can be from the middle age, too, because they linger. They dont ever go away. Ingrid the one you have could be from then . Jay absolutely. Popular and holidays, wilt was carr