Later looks like sooner raeford is going to be in the 60s. 53, a little bit of fog out there this morning, and the showers starting to move in around lunch time looking at the chance of storms around 3 00 and continuing into your drive home. Temperatures at 6 p. M. Right around 65. More on that storm threat coming your way in your complete forecast. But right now lets check in with traffic. If youre heading out the door this morning, this is glenwood and blue ridge road by Crabtree Valley mall. It looks like everything at some intersection is moving along fine on this wednesday, but we do have a report into the wncn newsroom. It being looks like the road is blocked. This is in durham. Theres report of downed power poll, and wires because of an earlier pole and wires because of an accident on university at the intersection of starlett drive. Certainly try to avoid that this morning. Thanks for that advice. Appreciate that. Left a trail of destruction in alabama, and mississippi, as well. Were live in the breaking news center with more on the damage it last behind. Reporter trees are down, and a trail of destruction is left on the mississippi alabama border. The National Weather service reported a tornado on the ground 45 miles west of tuscaloosa. People there dealt with winds up to 60 miles an hour. In eastern mississippi, trees are uprooted, homes and buildings are ripped apart and power lines are scattered cross the streets. It got real intense for a minute. You could hear the house shaking and as soon as as quick as it came, it just stopped. Thank fully no serious injuries have been reported thankfully no serious injuries have been reported. That system is expected to bring wind and coming up at 6 30, well tell what you that storm produced in the midwest. Stefan back to you. An property meeting between wake county schools and county officials is taking place. Both sides will meet to discuss the future of School Growth and how its going to be paid for. Were joined from mckimmons state. Reporter this is one of several meetings both boards will be having together. Theyre talking if money, and renovations. As the triangle continues to be a hot spot to live and, what, wake county schools are feeling the population boom first. The number of students is growing and growing but where to put them. New School Construction cant happen fast enough. The frustration for all of usa weve got two increasing curves, one is student growth and the other is construction and we cant close that gap. County superintendent jim meryl last year. Wnwn spoke with him at a special meeting. 365 days have passed but the problems largely remain the same. I mean, obviously i would prefer to not pay for other peoples kids to go to school, but i know its a very important relationship for money to go to. In 2013, voters passed an 810 million bond that allowed for the construction of 16 new schools. But some parents are upset it may mean their kids will have to switch schools. This commute would be closer to 20 emptys. Over an hour on the bus on the way home. I 20minutes. Over an hour on the bus on the way home. I cant do that no more. Reporter todays meeting is happening at 5 30 on the campus of ny state. Live in raleigh, emma wright, wncn news. The head of North Carolina concerns and a letter to the states superintendent senator pro tem is being concerned some is being funded for training in the tbi. This years budget was lowered. The Assembly Required the department to cut 2. 5 million out of its operating budget. Well provide the necessary documentation as to the positions that we are cutting. Ad kin son says the money is being used atkinsons is using the money how its supposed to be. And after the state fined and suspended alcohol licenses at two bars there, both accused of serving an underaged person when he got behind the wheel, killing three people and killing a child. Yesterdays training was free and designed to help spot fake ids, as well as patrons who its been nearly three months and snow decision will be made in the case of livingston. Of the courthouse. The 33yearold was shot and november. Livingston was unarmed at the time. Harnett county da Vernon Stuart is awaiting information from the Medical Center to determine any charges. Reporter what you have received from Vernon Stuart . Vernon refers me back to the sbi. The sbi, nothing. They havent called me or my client. They havent done anything. My client got an emt and hospital burial bill. Court documents so livingston tried to stun him after being involved in some type of altercation. The sbi continues their investigation of the incident and will submit their report to stuart in the coming weeks. The council of state voted on several measures yesterday including a change to the nc State Fair Grounds. The Council Agreed to lease State Fair Grounds land to a Sanford Company to put up an aerial lift to ease traffic in october. We dont know when the project would be complete. Time right now, 6 08. One of the biggest fans in the history of the Carolina Panthers is asking for your help. Were going to let you know how you can help coming up. Plus, the panthers called California Home this week as they prepare for super bowl 50, but here in North Carolina, the spca wants to find homes for these minipanthers. Very cute. Id take mini panthers. Id take one. A very mild 48 in roxboro, find out when the warmest announcer no need announcer . Its going to be a cloudy one. The rain doesnt arrive until this afternoon. Heres your drive time forecast. Sun doesnt rise until 7 14, but its not going to be a pretty one. Cloudy skies are here. 53 now, well stay around 53 through 7 00, 8 00 even, and up to about 57 by 9 a. M. This morning. Temperatures are really going to be steady, if it not climbing over the next few hours. Thats a big change from where we typically are at this time. Morning. Well go ahead and check in with some visibility numbers because this could be a concern for you. Visibility continues to drop around the western portions of the area out towards chatham county, visibility a mile and a pinehurst, while raeford looking at visibility at five miles. Lets talk about these temperatures because again Holding Steady and climbing, thats a completely flipflopped from what we see this time in the morning. 53 in sanford and pinehurst, raeford, 59 towards the eastern portions of the area. You havent seen the warmest temperatures in move in yet, 49 in rocky mount. Heres our satellite and radar composite. Some light showers developing around the mountains. Still back to the west is that line, and well be watching for the threat for not only heavy rain but also isolated storms. Those storms have the potential to bring us gusty winds. Cant rule out an isolated tornado. Ill have more on this storm threat coming up in the complete forecast. 6 12s your time. If youve ever been to a Carolina Panthers home game, hes hoping to make his way to super bowl 50. Meet gregory good, known to most fans as cat man. Hes never missed a game, including ones played in clemson before the bank of America Stadium was finished and hes created a go fund me page to get to santa clara, california for the super bowl and so far its raised 7,300. We hope he gets his wish and gets out there. Okay. So for all of you procrastinators, the attorney if youre looking for. Announcer wncn today, what you need to know right now. And this mornings top stories, a Severe Weather system thats spawned a tornado in alabama, now headed our way. North carolina only minor injuries were reported with this system. Strong storms also hit parts of mississippi. The storm system again is expected to bring rain and wind to our area later this today in the case of a woman that was beat to death inside her apartment in north hills in raleigh. Melissa hugginsjones body was found in 2013. Smith is accused of killing her during a botched burglary attempt. Two others are charged and her 8yearold daughter was the one who found her body. Today, robert durst is expected back in a new orleans courtroom. Hes expected to enter a plea on felony firearm and drug charges. The 72yearold millionaire has been in jail since the day before the final episode of an hbo crime documentary about his life. Denver broncos player will miss the big game accused of participating in some sort of prostitution ring. Ryan murphy was sent home. He was questioned and released but his brother and suspected prostitute were cited. The carolina thankers are four days away from panthers are four days away from super bowl 50, featuring the nfls top newton against future halloffamer, peyton manning. Newton recently spoke out about the match up, too. Its a lot of things that peyton has done, is doing, that i wish i could mimic, but i cant do it like peyton can. Only he can do it. But i try to translate, not only the thing i learn from him or saw him do, but other quarterbacks in this league, try to apply it to my own. Just you, cam, thats good enough. Thats it. Las vegas has the panthers as a six point favorite over the broncos. Good to hear. Lady gaga will be taking the statement for one of the biggest performances stage for one of the biggest performances of her life. Gaga won at golden globe february her role in American Horror stories and is up for an academy award. And there will be a performance with all the excitement building up before the super bowl, panthers merchandise is flying off the shelves. We stopped by pro sports where panthers gear was being bought for families. North carolina secretary of state is making sure people buy from representutable stories reputable stories. Attorney general cooper has a warning for anyone wanting to buy tickets or travel packages to the super bowl. Face value of 500 and 1,600, so if you see a picture for sale in that area, you know that youre probably getting ripped off because on the open market, theyre going for five thousand dollars 5,000 or more. You know its fake. He recommends contacts the attorney generals office. The Carolina Panthers call North Carolina the office. The spca of North Carolina, is sponsoring the ad opt a mini adopt a mini panther. All fees will be waived today, and getting their microchipped and vaccinations, everything they need to make sure theyre nice and healthy when they go home to you. I love kitties, but i always takes care of the litter box. Those cats were really nice. Weather. Well get to the forecast. Pretty cloud the morning, 53 at 8 a. M. This morning and 66 at noon. Were just starting to see the lunchtime. Those temperatures will continue to climb, so will the rain chances, high of 70 and it looks and storms going to be timed perfectly for that drive home. Your drive home going to take a little bit longer and youre going to be on the road with the potential for Severe Weather. Make sure you have a way to get weather alerts pushed to your phone this afternoon. 53, our temperatures right now. Were looking out to the east from our wncn studios. Cars on the belt lineup cruising along just fine, not expect line, cruising along just fine towards moore and hope county, and thats the warmest temperatures around. 59 in raeford, and north and east thats where some chillier air is, 48 in roanoke rapids, 49 in rocky mount. The rain is starting to move into North Carolina, but these are just scattered showers out ahead of what well call the main line and that line expected to come through with this cold front late this afternoon into the evening hours. But the set up, ideal to see this warm front lifting across the area so all of this warm filtering into central North Carolina, theres plenty of moisture with the system. Heavy rain first and foremost and embedded in that the chance for strong to severe storms. 8 00 we should be dry. Lunchtime were starting to see those scattered showers ahead of the main line back towards the charlotte area. We could be talking about damaging wind gusts and could not rule out an isolated tornado and the heavy rain is going to make that drive difficult. This line of storms is shifting off to the east through 1 a. M. And then were going to be looking at cloudy skies and just lingering showers for day bring on thursday. So heres your Severe Weather outlook for today, damaging wind gusts, isolated tornado, were all under a marginal risk, which means storms will be isolated in for highs for today, 70 in around fayetteville, with most of the rain moving east tonight well still be on the mild side, low around 52. Rain still hanging around on our on friday. Weekend ahead looks dry on saturday, but by sunday we could be watching an area of low pressure develop up the east coast and that could bring us a few showers. Just about 6 22 on this traffic. I40 and south saunders street, south of downtown, cars are cruising along just fine. And if youre on i540 westbound moving at about 66 milesperhour, very similar speeds on i440 westbound 40 westbound this morning. Another check on traffic and weather close to 6 30. It is National Signing day for College Football team ss. How many violent criminals are its National Signing day. High School Football players will make their big final decision where to play college ball and some National Talent headed to the triangle. 74 star recruits, four listed in the espn top 300. Duke is hoping undecided espn top 300 offensive linemen prince salmons will choose durham over oregon. And the tar heels are just upon behind duke with the 33rd recruiting class. And four star athlete chad from from duke to unc and could have a big impact on either side of the ball. Four star quarterback logan byrd could play a big role in future seasons. The pocket passer ranks 15th. Ny states class does not rank in the nc states class does not rank in the top 30. Dave doren went for quantity. 26 commits so far. The wolfpack leads the acc. That 14 star recruit is the son of randy moss. Thaddeus moss is the fifth ranked quarterback, and the 7th nation is carlos becker. We shall see. The four star recruit is considering wisconsin, florida state, ohio state and ole miss. Im hoping randy mom can suit up. Something tells me thats not going to happen. No, its not. Reporter the wake county [ female announcer ] most of the time its easy to know which option is better. Other times, not so much. So its good to know that Mazola Corn Oil has 4 times more than olive oil. And a recent study found that it can help lower cholesterol 2 times more. Take care of those you love and cook deliciously. Announcer on air o line, wncn today starts now. All right. Welcome to wednesday morning, glad youre with us for wncn today. Im mike gonzalez. And im stephan chase. Weve got emma write in raleigh previewing a meeting that could wright, in raleigh, previewing a meet that could impact wake county schools. And following the massive storm system headed our way, on that note, lets check in with alyssa corfont. Hows it looking in terms of heading our way is this. It looks like it will arrive later this afternoon. This line of showers and storms could bring damaging winds and also the threat for an isolated tornado. Here we are right now, our satellite and radar, showing the rain showers moving across the mountains approaches charlotte. Most of this not going to reach out area though until close to lunchtime today. Lets talk about the temperatures. Normally at this point in the morning were saying temperatures are dropping before sunrise, not the case tomorrow. And will continue to do so throughout the rest of the day. 53 in durham and raleigh right now, 50 in lewisburg and off to the south and west, 59 as a matter of fact in raeford. So heres your forecast, the majority of you dry, 53 at 8 a. M. , starting to see showers around lunchtime and 3 00 and after, showers and storms likely, a high this afternoon of 70 degrees. Ill have a close are look at that storm threat coming closer look at that storm threat. Right now i want to check in with traffic. Heres i440 and u. S. , newburn avenue, starting to see more cars through the time of the morning as we progress through the start of the day. Right now an update for you. Again the road is blocked, downed power lines at star light drive in durham. Power outages Near University drive and starlett drive. Well keep an eye on your conditions through the rest of the morning. A massive winter storm as alyssa was talking about is snaking its way across the country. Lauren haviland is live with how its impacting the midwest. Reporter a winter storm is ending. From iowa, to nebraska, to minnesota, several saw blizzard like conditions. The snow came down so quickly, the snow was heavily traveled, interstates were shut down. Patrol officials are in cities along i emergency officials in cities along i80 have never seen anything like this. Hundreds of trucks trying to get through i70 are stuck. The interstate isnt expected to open. There are some who just love the snow. We love it, love it. I hate i dont hate it, but summers too hot, fall is beautiful, but this is ahhh. This is beautiful. And of course also loving it, the ski resorts. This same storm system is again like expected to bring rain and wind to our area later this afternoon. Mike, back to you. I kind of feel the same way about snow. You can sing like that . No, not going to do it. Testimony continues in the wake county courthouse, in a woman killed in an apartment. Melissa hugginsjones body was found in may of 2013. Smith who has no connection, is accused of killing her during a botched burglary attempt. Her 8yearold daughter was the one that found her body. It was covered in blood. She ran to a nearby construction she had blood all over her face and blood was everywhere. And i put two fingers on her wrist and there was no pulse, and she was cold as a block of ice. Smith is one of three charged in this case. Ro