>> soaring temperatures today, significant snow tomorrow. hard to believe what a winter storm is about to strikement take a look, some people out there wearing short today. tomorrow we'll need our shovels. and the storm is headed this way, right now you can see it moving into ohio. by this time tomorrow, we'll be digging out, hard to realize we have to remind ourselves n for messy thursday, good afternoon, i'm

rahel solomon. >> i'm jim donovan. so how much can you expect where you sniff let's finds out, katie fehlinger live on sunday i cbs-3 skydeck, katie, sky electric will soon be covered with snow tomorrow. >> indeed it will be, you have said it already, too, but it is absolutely so hard to believe. what we are looking ahead to here, the stars will align, perfect set to up see the kind of drastic change that we will from one day to the next, but man it feels good outside. taste a mid-april. we already have a new record for the folks here in philadelphia, let's take you outside to more localized zoom on storm scan to show you what's up. sky essentially clear, cull elf clouds here and there, but helping temperatures to moderate. look at this, 24 degrees in surplus in allentown, from where were you this same time yesterday. here in philly, it is 17. what does that translate to on the thermometer? currently at 63 degrees, we did officially hit 64 already. but you're flirting with 70 right now in atlantic sit. unbelievable. noticeable breeze certainly. but it is still feels like

april. now, you mention those winter storm warnings, here go, in the hot fixated areas, goes into effect overnight tonight, as early as midnight bees as early as 4:00 a.m. it will last until 4:00 p.m. tomorrow. then also winter weather advisory for those southern most counties shaded in the purple. here is the time line guys. 2:00 to 5:00 when the snow, sleet, rain will make it arrival, at its heaviest though with heavy wet something snow. good for snowballs, horrible for travel. and certainly, for shoveling, too. from five to 10:00 a.m. that's the window for that really heavy snow. but it will be tapering off, come midday. so anywhere from ten to 2:00 p.m., see the back edge of this pushing out of here. meantime, we will be piling up that snow. so just little later on, and updated snowfall map to show you, and also, more on what lies beyond the storm, into the upcoming weekend, guys? >> something snow. never heard of that one before, katie, thank you. with snow on the way, officials are in planning mode, making sure the roads

are ready for the morning rush. it is expected to be a very messy morning commute. "eyewitness news," jill holder, joe holden, live where penndot is gearing up for tomorrow's storm. afternoon, joe. >> reporter: good afternoon, you have to wonder who did we upset going from 60 degrees today, people out here some wearing golf shirts, to talking about a half foot of snow for some people. come the morning. now here's what we are going to do. we talked about penndot plans for this snowy start to our thursday, nice footage from rittenhouse square, folks were enjoying a morning stroll in this beautiful weather. what i can tell you is penndot has in excess of 300 trucks out to move the snow off the roadways. they have 107,000 tons of salt at their disposal. of course, it seems other worldly, talking about the plans right now, as it is beautiful out here, some folks, we recommended, they move their desks to the

parking lot, so nicety noon hour. but penndot is planning, their concern, timing of the storm, as people set to head into center city, where ever they have to go, for their thursday work day. and it is the timing. again, that concerns them. have a list to their plan come morning. >> the type of storm, we make sure we have all of our trucks on board ready to roll at least in place an hour before the snow actually starts. so we'll have all of our trucks in place. >> and what they're concern is that the snow rate has it to start falling perhaps at one to 2 inches per hour. that is going to really send things into somewhat after tailspin for the morning rush hour, also, they're talking about concerns with visibility, with this storm. and because the snow is going to be on the heavier side, when the winds pick up, when it is all said and done, they are looking at possible damage, tree branches into wires. so lots to unpack here at

penndot. but today, be prepared. reporting live in king of prussia, joe holden, cbs-3 "eyewitness news." >> quite the morning, joe, thank you. because we are expecting this storm to impact us during the morning rush, we will be on extra early tomorrow, "eyewitness news" team starting 4:00 a.m. for the latest weather, traffic, any school delays or closings. now, snow may be on the way, for the phillies, the smell of baseball is in the air. the team is avoiding the storm and packing up for spring training in clearwater, florida. we caught the philly phanatic packing his bag. he joined dozens of employees below the 53-foot equipment truck, at the phillies clubhouse, trucks did arrive on valentine day just few days before the phillies pitchers and catchers work out. >> fire officials trying to figure out what caused this dump truck to burst into flames into the beach in ocean sit, caught fire around 7:30 this morning, right in front of wonderland peer near sixth street.

>> fire marshals office, in newark, was an accident, chopper three, over the block, where the fire damaged the front of a townhouse earlier this morning. investigators say the fire malfunctioning, of wiring, from the home's garage. fire started on a lower level. it spread upstairs. >> well, there is a report after officer being attacked, at the same delaware prison where another corrections officer died last week, during the hostage stand-off. the union representing delaware department of corrections officers told "eyewitness news," unruly prisoner punched a guard, that officer reportedly received cuts, bruises to his face, the inmate, allegedly, attacked two other corrections officers who assisted, they were not hurt. no word from the department of corrections about the attack. of course we'll continue to follow that. national fraternity at penn state has been suspended after

the police found 19 year old timothy piazza unconscious inside the beta fata pi frat house friday morning. he later died at a hospital. authorities say they found intoxicated piazza fell downstairs during a party the night before. the new jersey native says they'll meet his good natured personality. >> he was really good at that, i know it sounds cliche to say, but jen inchly, what he did, really, making people happy. >> now, police now hope surveillance video from inside the frat house will help see what happened. >> new jersey boy becomes the first openly trans jenner boy scout, after the policy changed their political i he put on his cub scout uniform yesterday, joined pack 20 in essex county, while he was born a girl, was asked to leave the boyscouts last year, they changed their policy, allow enrollingment based on gender identity listed on the

application. several chester high school students sworn in this morning in chester city as junior city council members. each nominee delivered a speech to the student body that highlighted reasons he or she felt made them an ideal candidate. >> this election plax the second year student will is her in junior city official positions. >> senator jeff sessions is just hours away from his confirmation vote, as the next attorney general. final vote in the senate is expected tonight, and appears to be on track to receive the necessary votes down party lines. republicans do of course have the edge, gom senators called sessions man of integrity, voice of new administration, democrats, however, have portrayed the pick as threat to civil and voting rights and em graduations. >> a federal appeals panel in california now deciding whether to reinstate president trump's travel ban. the orders temporarily halted immigration from seven majority muslim countries, and the report says it will work to deliver it decision quickly but no timetable has been set.

>> well, from 60s to snow. katie is tracking wild weather including the latest information on how much snow we will get tomorrow. >> let's still ahead. plus, storms in the south, twisters smash homes and businesses, leaving thousands without power. we'll lock at the areas hardest hit. >> if you haven't found the perfect valentine day gift, don't worry, we will share ideas for almost anyone on your l

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>> powerful tornados smash through southeastern louisianna leaving neighborhoods in rubble. >> thousands of people wait for power in and around new orleans. that's where we find cbs news reporter david begnaud. >> reporter: as nearly a half dozen powerful tornados barrel through southeastern louisianna, people reported the destruction as it happened. debris filled the air and dangerous winds slipped and pushed what appears to be trailer through a mall parking lot. surveillance footage shows the roof of a building blowing off, and smashing into parked cars. in the background, a 18 wheeler is flipped on it side. a tornado that was add lisa ef2, with winds up to 135 miles per hour, destroyed homes, and knocked out power to thousands of people in the new orleans area. this assembly facility was also damaged in the storm. >> affected about an area that

holds 5,000 properties. >> new orleans called zig-zagging tornado a catastrophy. >> like an elephant stomping on your house. >> the roof went up. >> cheryle mcbride's house collapsed around her, she took cover in the bathtub. look what would have fallen on you, had you not gone in the tub. >> no warning, you know, with a flood, you know it is coming, you have type to prepare and to evacuate. i had time to do nothing. this was ef2. >> fifty-five car pile up on boston highway. drivers say they tried to stop the roads, just were too slick and slid into one another. eight people suffered minor injuries, and the highway closed for hours, while crews tried to clear away all of the wrecked vehicles. >> well, we will need to watch youth for the roads tomorrow morning here.

>> katie will track the snow for us after the break, first, looking ahead to the weekend. >> yes, because beyond today, we will end up with the huge drop in the thermometer, then another warming trends into the upcoming weekend, partial sunshine, first half of it, but i think we'll see few rain showers out of the radar sunday, meantime we should be flirting with or slightly above 50 degrees. another couple of days, above average. not tomorrow, though. as the snow moves in, we will have much more on that snow, and the timing, right after

>> joining me know, editor in chief of philadelphia style magazine, and she has some

great ideas, kristin, thanks so much for joining us. you kind of group things into four different groups. so, let's start over here. what's this? >> indulgence, classic, champagne and chocolates, on their own both amazing together, even better. so, we found these chocolates, located in a retail store mid town village, you sort of walk to the back of the store, see all of the chocolate getting made. classic candies, beautiful gift boxes this time of year, also go in, and hand pick assortment, champagne to go with it, and can you do sparkling, pink for valentine day. >> well the chocolate look like little works of art there. >> beautiful. a lot of them have the love symbol, pretzel, a lot of philly themes. >> nice to know. we have floral. obviously people, one of the top gifts are flowers this year. >> yes. these are from urban stems. which is kind of new start up in philadelphia. they have a couple of locations along the east coast corridor, all delivery, no

storefront, and they come in these great cardboard, so you don't have to worry about water splashing everywhere, and in that floral, fragrance, intimate gift. and we found fragrance cents at blue murmer cure i, they have a classic fragrance, also, some of the more exclusive harder to find ones. >> top number two thing for people to do valentine day, take a little trip somewhere. you have items for that? >> yes, sumi located right in rittenhouse, great hard top overnight, luggage, then some travel pieces, as well, and valentine ready pink. if you are looking foreplays to stay and you want to staycatio n in town, rittenhouse, feels cozy, a lot of celebrity stay there when in town, offering special package four course dinner penthouse stay and beautiful piece of jewelry, as well. >> sounds nice. speaking of the bobble, that's for committed people there?

>> exactly. >> so, yes, lagos, they have fashion jewelry, fine jewelry, a lot of gem stones this time of year, their spring collection out. you can go with a beautiful purple box, that they're known for, or pop over to anthropology, beautiful jewelry box. >> less than week away, people need to get cracking. >> they do. >> thanks, kristin, as always, now here is kate toy track some snow coming our way. >> it is on the way. that's right, jim. right now this is just a live beautiful stop for you, we overlook the franklin institute, the very proud weather team of the franklin institute by the way. at the moment, no snow in site. actually really nice afternoon, unfolding for us here in center city on "skycam 3", and pretty much everywhere else. wait until you see the temperatures, we go next to storm scan, i take you out to the midwest, out we go to ohio, indianna, illinois, southeastern iowa, where the storm is getting its act together. it is streaking ever closer. making a bee line, essentially, for point actually just to the south.

we will see this, how much, really intensify, by the time it reaches us, and it is joining us perfectly with the cold air that's going to support the kind of snow expectation that is we currently have. let's look at future radar with the temperature on top of this. so we have a mixture, that is coming in, basically from i95 on south. notice the temperature profile. two to 5:00 a.m., we expect the action to get underway. it is going to start off as straight up snow. from wilmington, up to trenton, points northwest of that. you will get underway, pretty early on with the snow. but it is a mixture to start things off here. around southern new castle county, across the delaware bay, northeastern ocean, totals less, to get that snowfall. regardless, a mess for everyone, by 10:00, 11:00, the back edge of this starting to push through, everyone cold enough to support the snow. so all get some accumulation, at least, some of you ask heck of a lot more than other, but wait for. that will meanwhile into the second half of the day probably even see sunshine, the problem; the wind picks up, probably have to deal with

refreezing even if the roads have been plowed, so there is going to be some clean up to do in the evening drive, no picnic either. but really the morning rush is where it is at. when it comes to the bulk of the precipitation coming down in the form of heavy wet snow, eight to 12 inches, bulls eye, western montgomery, upper becomes, eastern lehigh valley, eastern poconos, and out through north jersey. if you travel to new york city this is rough ride. i try to work from home if you can here. four to 8 inches, not much better across philadelphia, so i guarantee we will see a lot of school closings out of this, southeastern p a and into central new jersey. it is more like coating to two, though, where you have got more of the rain mixing in, so, again, the toll as really drop off as go southeast of i95 here. but keep in mind, this is snow that is heavy and wet. great for snowballs, horrible when it comes to clean up. still, clinic to branches, power lines, possibly bringing some of them down. and even though the roads will initially respond really well to the treatment that the penndot crews are out doing right now, intense snowfall rate of one to 2 inches per

hour will cause this to patch up and pile up. snow will win the battle. the wind picks up in the afternoon. so the impact whether it comes to timing, a.m. drive, mainly all about your travel issues with the heavy wet snow. you can see the rest of it, roads as i mention, they refreeze for the p.m. rush into friday morning, then wind gusts also pick up 25 to 30 miles per hour. taking another look at another live neighborhood network shot, gorgeous afternoon, making the most of this, flirting with 70 or already hitting it, and handful of spots, like dover, atlantic city airport, for example, at 70 degrees right now. it doesn't last long. later tonight, those temperatures nosedive, they plummet, stuck in the 30's for the next few days, thankfully the storm will have long since made its exit come friday, again, still clean up to do, but in a better situation by that point. pair of three's for daytime high. then the rebounds takes place into the weekends, back to flirting with or slightly above 50. probably a rain shower on sunday.

but it is not going to be snow. that's for sure. >> a good week to possibly work from home. that will an option for us? >> i wish it was. >> we should probably just stay here overnight to be ready for the snow in the morning. >> we'll be driving in, it is going home. >> what a mess. >> little pj party. well, if you love cheetos, you may want to look at them closely the next time you open a bag

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