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COUPLE OF HOURS, BLIZZARD
WARNINGS STILL NOW FROM PADUCAH
AND EVANSVILLE INTO INDIANAPOLIS
AND FARTHER NORTHWARD INTO
COLUMBUS.
WINTER STORM WARNINGS COVER MUCH
OF THE NORTHEAST.
LARGELY A WIND AND RAIN EVENT
FOR THE MAJOR CITIES ALONG THE
I-95 CORRIDOR.
ALL THIS POWERED BY A STRONG JET
STREAM DISTURBANCE.
.MOISTURE WRAPPING UP AND INTO
THE SYSTEM COMING UP OUT OF THE
GULF AND COLDER AIR WRAPPING IN
ON THE BACKSIDE OF THAT SYSTEM.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE RADAR
PICTURE AND SHOW YOU WHAT'S
GOING ON.
IN INDIANA AND OHIO, A REPORT OF
HEAVY SNOW IN SHELBYVILLE NOT
FAR FROM INDIANAPOLIS, ALSO
MODERATE SNOW IN MANSFIELD, IN
OHIO.
IT IS LIGHT NOW IN CLEVELAND.
THE WINDS ARE GUSTING UP TO 25,
30 MILES PER HOUR.
MARTINSBURGING IN WEST VIRGINIA
REPORTING HEAVY SNOW.
AND YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS -- GOT
SOME BANDING, SOME MOISTURE
DRIVING INTO THAT COLDER AIR AND
RIGHT HERE WHERE YOU SEE THESE
BLUER COLORS WHERE THE HEAVIER
SNOW IS.
CERTAINLY VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL
BETWEEN THE SNOW AND THE WIND
ALONG 65.
ALONG 75, ALONG 70, AND THEN
ALSO NOW INTO PARTS OF THE
NORTHEAST.
WE HAVE, BY THE WAY, HAD 1
INCHES OF SNOW IN ALBION NOT
VERY FAR FROM EVANSVILLE.
SNOW COMING UP INTO CENTRAL
PENNSYLVANIA.
HEAVY SNOW BEING REPORTED IN
ALTOONA.
IT IS MODERATE SNOW IN
PITTSBURGH.
AND RIGHT NOW, LIGHT SNOW IN
BALTIMORE.
THE RAIN IS NOW JUST OFF TO THE
SOUTH GETTING UP INTO PARTS OF
THE COUNTY SO IT'S GOING TO BE
LIFTING NORTHWARD, THE RAIN/SNOW
LINE.
YOU'LL BE CHANGING OVER TO RAIN
AND SEE A GOOD BIT OF WIND AS
THE RAIN COMES IN.
WE EXPECT TO SEE QUITE A BIT
MORE ALONG THE NORTHEAST.
THERE'S A LOOK AT THE WINDS,
VERY STRONG WINDS GUSTING ALL
ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN QUADRANT
OF THE SYSTEM.
THAT'S WHY CONDITIONS WILL BE SO
VERY DIFFICULT FOR QUITE SOME
TIME YET.
DR. GREG FORBES, WHAT A NIGHT
LAST NIGHT.
THE MOST ACTIVE CHRISTMAS DAY ON
RECORD.
>> AT ONE POINT, THERE WERE 17
TORNADO WARNINGS SIMULTANEOUSLY.
AND WE HAD TEN OR MORE FOR A
LONG TIME PERIOD.
PRELIMINARY LITTLE 19 TORNADOES.
I'LL DOLL SOME MORAL ASSESSMENT
DURING THE DAY TODAY.
WE STILL HAVE A PRETTY VIGOROUS
WEATHER SYSTEM HERE THAT IS ON
GOING WITH A BIG UPPER AIR LOCAL
SPINNING EASTBOUND.
THAT IS GIVING THE THREAT FOR
TORNADOES.
I'M NOT SURE IF -- ALL RIGHT.
HERE WE GO.
RIGHT AT THE MOMENT, THERE ARE
NO TORNADO WARNINGS.
WE HAVE A FEW STORMS HERE.
IN PARTICULAR RIGHT AROUND THE
TOPSAIL BEACH AREA WHERE WE
COULD HAVE STORMS THAT COULD
AGAIN ROTATE.
WINDS HAVE GUSTED TO 62 MILES
PER HOUR AT SOUTH PORT.
WE DO HAVE SOME SEVERE THREAT
TODAY.
A TOR:CON STILL PRETTY HIGH
ESPECIALLY RIGHT ALONG THE
COASTAL AREAS.
I'VE GIVEN A TOR:CON OF 6 THERE,
THE EASTERN PART OF NORTH
CAROLINA AND TOR:CON OF 3 A
LITTLE BIT LOWER AS THE SURFACE
LOW HEADS UP THAT WAY.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE REAL
UNSTABLE UP INTO SOUTHEAST PARTS
OF VIRGINIA, DOWN INTO THE
FLORIDA AREA IT'S MORE LIKE
SPOTTY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AS
THAT COLD FRONT COMES DOWN
ACROSS THAT AREA.
THERE ARE STRONG WINDS.
THE WINDS ARE GUSTING THIS
EVENING AS THE LOW PUSHES CLOSER
TO THE EAST COAST.
THAT WILL PULL IN EAST WINDS.
WE'LL HAVE OUTSIDE OF
THUNDERSTORMS PRETTY STRONG WIND
GUSTS PARTS OF PENNSYLVANIA, NEW
JERSEY, NEW YORK, LONG ISLAND UP
INTO THE SOUTH AND EAST PARTS OF
NEW ENGLAND.
WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MILES PER
HOUR, PERHAPS RIGHT AT THE COAST
60 MILES PER HOUR GUSTS.
YOU COULD SEE POWER OUTAGES
THERE EVEN THOUGH IT DOESN'T
LOOK LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO GET
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
LET'S GO BACK NOW TO NICK.
>> THANKS SO MUCH, DR. FORBES.
TWO VERY POTENT SIDES TO THE
STORM.
THE SEVERE THREAT AND THE WINTRY
THREAT.
AND THAT WINTRY THREAT IS
DEFINITELY IN FULL FORCE IN
INDIANA.
LET'S HEAD BACK TO FISHERS,
INDIANA WHERE WE FIND DAVE
MALKOFF BLOWING IN THE WIND.
HOW DOES IT FEEL?
>> NICK, I GOT TO BE HONEST WITH
YOU, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED
THERE.
THEY TELL US THAT WE'VE GOT FIVE
MINUTES AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS IS
IF WE HEAR THAT, WE'VE GOT FIVE
MINUTES.
WE WALK OVER HERE TO THE
RELATIVE SAFETY OF OUR SATELLITE
UPLINK TRUCK.
IT'S GOT HEAT ON THE INSIDE.
AND THAT'S WHERE YOU WANT TO BE
ON A DAY LIKE THIS.
LOOK AT THIS, THE WIND IS
GUSTING UP TO 20 MILES AN HOUR
RIGHT NOW.
SUSTAINED WINDS OUT OF THE NORTH
ABOUT TEN MILES AN HOUR.
THIS MANY GIVES ME AN
OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW YOU THE
PARKING LOT WHICH WE HAVE NOT
SHOWED YOU BEFORE.
LOOK AT ALL THIS SNOW.
ACCUMULATING RIGHT HERE.
IT'S A LOT OF SNOW ON THE GROUND
IN JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS.
BACK TO YOU GUYS.
>>.
>> THANKS SO MUCH, DAVE.
EUCLID OBVIOUSLY PACKING VERY
STRONG GUSTS ACROSS SO MANY
DIFFERENT AREAS, AND THEN OF
COURSE, WE HAVE JIM CANTORE IN
THE DEEP SOUTH.
>> HEY, GUYS.
WE'VE GOT THE SALVATION ARMY ON
HAND HANDING OUT FOOD, COFFEE,
HOT CHOCOLATE ALL MORNING.
AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE HEARD
ABOUT, WE HAVE AN APP WITH THE
AMERICAN RED CROSS THAT I AM
GOING TO TALK TO A LADY ABOUT
WHO WAS ALERTED BY THAT APP AND
HOW SHE THINKS IT SAVED HER
LIFE.
STICK AROUND.
THAT'S COMING UP NEXT AS WE