we have showers going on in parts of abbeville, greenville, and laurens. you can see frequent lightning north of columbia. there are a few scattered the late morning into the afternoon and evening will have more action, but it will come to an end by early tomorrow morning. the county is highlighted in green are under a flood watch due to the potential of already saturated ground and creeks that are already full. we could of localized flooding, especially in flood-prone areas. this is the past six hours in the southeasas more moisture is coming in from alabama and georgia working its way through the upstate. or so to the south and the foothills of north carolina. 52 in asheville and 60 in greenville. it is in the upper 60's and abbeville and greenwood. a very mild overnight once again. like breezes will pick up 5-8 miles per hour in the southwest today. on friday, a high of 54 in the it will be dry from thursday afternoon through tuesday of next week. over the weekend we are talking 30's in the morning and 20's in the mountains. everybody will need a warm c

south of i-85 and georgia toward abbeville and anderson county, scattered showers, greenville, abbeville and laurens with more action expected to develop in the afternoon. with the exception of north of i-40 in the mountains of north carolina, just the foothills are unr the flood watch, but upstate south carolina and northeastern georgia are creeks are full, so it does not take much to put them out of if you live in a pled from area, watch out for those late morning into the afternoon. overnight, a good bit of action in parts of alabama, georgia and it is working its way into the carolinas this evening. should be over by early tomorrow morning. temperatures mild one more day. 61 in greenville will reach 66 in the mountains go to 64 for tomorrow on the mild side. it starts to cool down by the first. on friday, 46 to 54. cold overnights of begin saturday morning to next week. have warm coats ready for the weekend, especially for the kids on monday. low 30's in the upstate and 20's in the mountains as we head back to work and school. >> new developments in the couch. -- ethan couch. the loc

it is coming down pretty good in parts of abbeville, mccormick, and saluda. we can see some of the heavier downpours now in greenwood county. we can see just to the east of the bill, mccormick county is getting some -- just to the east of abbeville, mccormick county is getting some rain. some of those showers major into pushes through and things clear up for tomorrow. tomorrow is the first day of 4016. it will be a little bit cooler, about 10 degrees cooler. it will be much cooler as we go into the weekend. when we have rain, it seems like we have a lot of it. many places received over 2 inches of rain. asheville at 52 in greenville at 59. it will reach the mid-60's for the upstate. the temperatures will be in the mid to upper 50's for the mouncooler temperatures tonight. the next couple days will give us a chance to dry out. we will have a full report and give the rainfall totals in just a few minutes. allyson: in ohio man was arrested after posting a facebook video of himself driving. what put him behind bars. mike: why did the seal cross the [cough, cough]

anderson. 75 in abbeville. 64 in asheville. overnight, cooler than we have been dealing with lately. 63 in anderson, upper 50's for the north carolina mountains. showers possible especially the further south you go. tomorrow, more rain, unfortunately. it will be a wet day, starting in the 50's were greenville, warming into the mid 60's. in asheville, cloudy with rain. 53 to start, 64 to end the day. in anderson, cloudy with heavy rainfall. we started off in the 50's, ending in the upper 60's. in spartanburg, cloudy skies, rain, heavy at times. temperatures in the middle 60's by the end of the day. highs tomorrow will be warm. we top of -- out at 65 in greenville. 65 in greer and taylors, 64 in tigerville. day. cloud cover across pretty much the entire country. upper-level energy moving along the front will give us the rain showers. it kicks the front out and finally sends it in the cold air that has been bottled up towards the midwest. it approaches us on thursday and friday, leaving us with a cold weekend. look at the latest m

on in parts of southern greenwood, mccormick, and abbeville. most everything is to the south right now, but this could creep back up into the upstate, bringing a few isolated showers. most of the flood watches are still to the south of us from newberry county into salute a -- and to -- in to saluda. one or two isolated showers and then, dry weather will settle in. cooler temperatures are coming back. we will talk more about that in just a few minutes. mike: parts of our area will clean up today as other parts reopen. allyson: one area is already open. that is in cleveland park. that's where wyff news 4's aly aly: those are still currently shut until further notice. we cannot show you much because of where we are gated off. take a look at our video from yesterday. it was too dangerous to drive some roads around cleveland park because of flooding. barricades were put up for most of the day to keep people from driving in potentially dangerous areas. breaks in the rain though , those allowed people to venture out to the reedy river at falls park. t

abbeville, back towards elberton, you are still under that flash flood warning unto later on this evening, when things will start to call him down. you can see in greenville, we have light showers, the same thing for spartanburg, but heavier as you get down towards abbeville or elberton rather. you can still see some of those heavier shin the mountains, some drizzle, and we will begin to dry things back out. look at the rainfall totals. picking up 4/10 of an inch, with a heavier rain being upstate. things are drying out. it is, for this time of day. west/southwest wind at 10 miles per hour. eventually, it were shipped to the northwest, and there will be colder air. 64 in clemson. it will be a mild night. temperatures again falling, 56 in anderson, a few showers possible in the mountains, where you wi fall into the middle 40's. oh little bit cooler up there. we will be rain free tomorrow, but the clouds will linger arouou.as far as high temperatures tomorrow, expect warmer conditions the further south you head. cold air spilling into the mountains. it will take a while to get up and over t

greenville county, abbeville county, other counties, and as we continue through the evening, you will need to watch these, because some of the streams and creek are high, but the worst is over. doppler is showing we still have some more towards abbeville and lawrence county, but it is moving quickly. this is nowhere near as much as the upstate. we are starting to dry out, and in case you were wondering for the year, how much we had above normal, we were in a drought for the summertime, and we are over eight inches above normal for asheville. we certainly do not need more rain for quite a while. carol: chris, thank you. county today and joins us live in mauldin tonight. patrick, tell us what is going on. patrick: carol, i am here, and it is really dark out here, so i am going to ask you to use your imagination. it is a really small creek that would go unnoticed any other day, and just behind me, a small picnic table. now, imagine that creek overtaking the field, all of the way up to the picnic table. that is the kind of volume of rain the upstate has seen. this morning off of east butl

we have scattered showers from parts of anderson, abbeville, greenville, and lauerens. more of this action will spread across the area today. we continue under a flood watch. the ground is already saturated and the creeks and rivers are full. more heavy downpours will lead to flooding in at the areas that are prone to it. you can see there is more action georgia, spreading into the carolinas tonight. it should be over by early tomorrow morning. let's look at the future plus forecast. the heavier rain south of the i-85 right now. we have more action across the upstate and piedmont. the foothills will see some action, but most of the action will continue in the early morning hours tomorrow in piedmont. i will say the upstate, the south of the i-85 especially, will see more action today than the northern mountains of north carolina. 52 in asheville. 61 in greenville. those temperatures today will reach the mid-60's once again. tomorrow will be a couple degrees cooler, especially in the mountains. by new year's day, we are talking temperatures of 46 as a high in the mountai

we have 67 in greenville, 61 and asheville and low 70's and abbeville. temperatures today will reach from 60's across the region, 63 in landrum -- 63 lineman and they will climb up to 69 to 71 across the area. the mountains will reach into the upper 60's. unusually warm temperatures thi time of the a because of wind out of the southwest. kohler weather arrives thursday afternoon, night, especially friday. it will feel like winter again with low 50's in the upstate and 40's in the mountain. enjoy this warm day today and count on the rain tomorrow. by thursday, it is starting to cool. by friday, feels like this time of the year and saturday and sunday, chilly mornings with cold days ahead. in the charlotte area, the national weather service will a confirmed tornado. mike: this picture was taken in union county, north carolina. crews will determine the size and strength of that tornado today. aly: people across the nation are cleaning up after this same system swept through areas like this in texas. at least 11 people were killed and dozens more injured in

farther northwest, mostly dry and a couple of bursts across abbeville, greenwood, southern laurens and union counties, and all of this is gradually moving to the east. this is still a lot of runoff from the rain that fell and flood warnings that remain in effect especially in the southern upstate. and water could still rise from some of the rain we have received. much of the area is under a flood watch. stay away from rising water, and there were issues with water over roadways this afternoon. so do not drive through high water or flooded roadways and never go around a barricade to do see. we will have the forecast coming up. >>> and all the vein flooding roads and yards. >> urthomas has been watching the conditions all day in spartanburg, and laura, it looks like it haslet up there. >> reporter: yes, it has let up significantly from pine street in spartanburg. it's hard to see because it's getting dark but the creek here is rushing from the rain and water that fell earlier today. meanwhile, people nearby the area are just trying to keep the water from getting anywhere near their home.

greenberg, spartanburg, laurens, greenwood, abbeville, portions of northeast georgia. just avoid flooded areas. obviously flooding has already occurred. some of these roads have been washed out a little bit near the creeks and streams. avoid those areas if you live in a low lying spot, the water may continue to rise. a lot of the mountains are chipped away from this. asheville north, not expecting any additional flooding. the flood watches are there until 7 o'clock tomorrow morning. the i-85 corridor south ward is rain resides. still a potential for some ooding in these areas. we'll watch it closely. less than half an inch in asheville. look at the difference in the upstate. 1, 2, even closer to 3 inches now. wow. 57 degrees here in asheville. the rain is over for most part. we'll talk about the bigger changes for your new year's eve plans. stick around for that. >> hope: when another round of rain came today, one mountain school was still reeling from the last storm we had. >> frank: mud and flooding caused major damage monday night at artspace charter. news 13's john

we have franklin, heart, abbeville, greenwood, lawrence, greenville. spartanburg and union counties, these are out until 5:15 this evening. this is going to be an active afternoon. flood warnings, really around the rivers in polk county and rutherford. be careful if you live in those zones. in our foothills and encompassing the upstate. this goes until tomorrow morning. coming up, i'll talk out what we can expect for the rest of the afternoon, the flooding extended forecast. >> emergency management officials are not taking any risk. zach green joins us live from the henderson county rescue. crews have been ready for quite some time. >> we are standing in the trailer for the moment. behind this truck, there are boats that are on a trailer and there is dry equipment. they are gearing up for any of the flooding, the landslides and any severe weather concern. roughly two inches of rain has fast ball in a 48 hour period. the rescue team is ready with dry suits and scuba gear in case anyone is stuck in any flooding event. officials say this is the time crews

moderate rain in abbeville and newberry county. we haveat rofin places where there is still rain. so still ienthe evening and overnight. if you're in the upstate, you probably saw 2" in spartanburg, greenville, anders greenwood, 3", and some places could see 4 or 5. asheville,.50". thmtsa this one. all flooding in the upstate, and the flooding continuing tonight in the areas where the levels are high overnight. and as we get closer to the new year, we'll dry out and turn cooler and get air in here that is more close to what it should be feeling like this time of year. sunny but it is going to be cool. the main axis of moisture is shifting southeast and into eastern north carolina and points to the east. we're on the backside, finally, a few light rain showers and certainly clouds will be left behind for a while this evening. as we go through tonight, the temperatures only slowly falling into the 60s and upper 50s first thing in the morning. a lot of clouds around, and we will get out of the constant rain. we can't rule out a stray shower tomorrow morning. it will take a while for

it includes abbeville, charity, and greenville. roads will be inspected once the water recedes. michael: you may remember back in october, 19 people died in south carolina, 20 one people killed in both carolinas. they drowned or died in >> caused by the weather. authorities say all of the depths happened in or near vehicles. heavy rains and massive flooding began october 2. carroll: and don't forget you can download the wyff app, available in the apple and android stores. michael: one state in a state of emergency, and the governor has called in the national guard, right now, some sections have yet to crest. entire neighborhoods in missouri are underwater. people are stuck. the streets are submerged. carroll: and on the left, video from the 1993 historic midwest flood, one of the most difficult and damaging natural disasters ever to hit the country, and the national weather service says the mississippi river at st. louis is expected to crest tomorrow. michael: ok, by this time tomorrow, we will know if the clemson tigers are one step closer to the carol: as we told you yesterday

you can see we still have some flash flood warnings, and this is greenville and abbeville, and this lasts through this evening, and then we will see the water cut down. doppler 4 hd, this is still

near record warm, 72 in abbeville, elberton, 79 today. you have fallen to 74. 61 in asheville. temperatures. not too bad, the upstate in the northern part. in the mountains, around 57. showers further south, cloudy skies in the mountains. heavy at times. 15 nine in greenville, warming into the middle 60's. scattered showers and should be heavy. mid 60's for temperatures. 59 in anderson, 67 by 2:00. in asheville, 54 degrees in the morning, 64 to end the day with a clap or two of thunder possible. depending on where you live. upper 60's to around 70 further south, and in the greenville-spartanburg area, mid 60's. nationally, calm her then yesterday with a -- calm her then yesterday. the pesky front is hanging around and will provide more rain later on. the cold air will eventually move our way by this weekend. all indications are, the cold pattern will last through january is all the models are showing a pattern flip heading our way. the latest future plus model shows clouds will be on the increase overnight. up with moisture. heavy rainfall moving into the area. now, the timing

already low 70's from anderson to laurens to abbeville. we are looking for an afternoon for a high. reached the expected high of 64. winds have picked up a little bit. nine to 14 of the southeast in the mountains and seven at 10 in the upstate. average is 52 for a high. the record is 75. we are expecting 69 for greenville, spartanburg, and we have already seen low 70's in the piedmont. average in the mountains is 47 for a high. today, we are a good bit about that 64 already -- that with 64 already. cooler temperatures begin on friday and continue through the weekend. like winter by then. here is the future plus computer model. some heavy rain after 5:00 or through the upstate and hours. keep that in mind if you are headed out to we will see that out -- out. we will see that tonight. we had a good bit of thought earlier. clouds will hang around. here is a quick look ahead. cooler temperatures this weekend. look at saturday and sunday morning. 20's in the mountains and 30's of the upstate with highs just in the 40's this weekend. it will be drive a much cooler patrick: turning to mone

lightning bolts associated with thunderstorms factor newberry county and i io greenwood and parts of abbeville county and into georgia. this will continue through the afternoon. with thunderstorms, it has been torrential downpours of rain right after another. several places have gotten two inches, plus three inches leading to localized flooding. we have all these flash flood warnings out for counties across the upstate. more actioioback in georgia and slowly making its way eastward and will impact some same counties. until 3:00 or later, counties highlighted in red, including anderson, southern greenville county, spartanburg county and all the way through greenwood, newberry, fairfield and hart county and elberton county, all under a flash flood warning situation until 3:00 or later. are rising quickly with more heavy downpours of rain. it could cause problems, so you may need to take quick action to protect property and lives of animals. obviously, we say it time and time again. if you live in an area where creek can overflow, that rushing water can take you and your car into the creek, so ne

good weather coming in for the end of the weekend weekend. 68 in anderson and greenville, 70 in abbeville, greenwood at 69, let's check on a few other communities the mountains. 59 in waynesville. 58 in fletcher, mars hill at 57. these are mild temperatures for this time of the year when we typically have cold nights and cool days. unusual weather for another day. southwest wind at 10-20 today. tomorrow, a couple of degrees cooler. right behind the system we have colder temperatures which will reach out this weekend and drop down into the 20's and 30's overnight. daytime highs this weekend just 40's for the mountains, 50 or so for the upstate. there is the first wave of action, some isolate is showers through late morning. we get a break this afternoon. tomorrow morning, 5:00, 6:00, we see more it rain develop and run through the region through the day tomorrow. keep the ember rain jacket handy for wednesday. by thursday, looking better. friday, saturday, sunday, clearing up nicely. 70-71 for the upstate high today, 69 for the mountains. crazy for the end of december as we look ahead with

this is an estimate of the rainfall since last night, heavy rain through abbeville, greenwood into newberry, easily 3 to 4 inches of rainr-a;er^ia had fallen. we haven't seen that much in columbia but we're getting good right now. areal flood warning for the county. that is until 6:15 pm, replacing the flash flood warning in effect. we also have a flash flood warning in effect for northern fairfield county until 5:45 pm. you can see the red areas, river flood warnings. we can assume all the rivers are in flood mode at this point , some more than others, significant flooding of the rivers through the weekend. a flood watch for the northwestern half of the state. currently it is raining and we of thunderstorms, thunder or moment ago, 71 degrees and calm but for humid. are forecast for tonight will continue to see showers and thunderstorms, a low 64, rain during the day but it will taper off in the afteteoon with a high of 69. right now slight chance of rain tomorrow but it will be cloudy in turn cooler with a low let's look at the traffic, the rain is causing slowdowns, this is -- let's start

-sheree from abbeville-aubree from pickens is 6 today. today.if you'd like us to mention a birthday on the air, send the name, date, and hometown to *birthdays at fox carolina dot com.*and let us know if you'd like to see it in either the 7 or 8 o'clock hour. 3 we'll be right back.but first... a look at yesterday's winning lottery numbers. numbers. 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 news you need to know... angelita wright is expected to face a judge later today after being charged in a deadly hit and run that killed a man she claims is her husband."brent tessnear" was found badly injured at the hardee's in cowpens on sunday.he later died. 3 the greenville county coroner has identified a pedestrian along white horse road.ronnie follett of easley died this morning. troopers are searching for teh driver of a red or maroon suv in connection. 3 head coach dabo swinney says....three players are back in the upstate and won't play tomorrow in the orange bowl. swinney says ammon lakip, deon cain and j-j mccullough violated team rules.multiple reports...

to get justice for their injured officer. 3 police say the couple recently moved to anderson from abbeville...they were arrested once before accused of stealing artifacts from a national monument...police say both gary and hendricks are not cooperating with the investigation...and ask anyone with information on this brutal attack...to call 888 crime sc. live in anderson county andrew reeser the four o clock news. 3 and happening now! 3 a major fire... at a 64-story hotel in dubai! dubai!this is the five-star few hours ago... a fire started on the 20th floor.it quickly spread from there.the flames started just as people gathered to watch new year's fireworks, which went on as planned only a few blocks away. people inside the hotel and restaurants in the building said they heard explosions... and thought at first that it was fireworks.the building was evacuated.so far... there is word that 14 people have been hurt. 3 thinking about selling your home?it may be time to get it on the market! market!why some experts say winter, not the spring or summer...is the season for big sales! sales!and do

powdersville---county officials are keeping a close eye on creeks, streams and rivers-- 3 we aslo know abbeville county alone had 12 roads closed at one point.remember if you see 3 in greer- most of the roads that were closed earlier today are back open tonight- so be careful out there--police say this driver was going too fast along brushy creek roadwhen he lost control and ran down an embankement- all four people inside are okay-but again, these wet roads can be dangerous- 3 whether it's flooding, snow or severe storms- make sure you have our fox carolina weather app handy-it's easy to download just text carolina weather to 23765you'll get watches and warnings sent straight to your device- 3 only on fox at ten- 3 we are hearing from a mother looking for answers about what happened to her son--and why. he was shot christmas weekend along a greenville county road--tonight, police are looking for the shooter and a motive. 3 that mother says her son is lucky he didn't die.one of the spine.fox carolina's derek dellinger is live tonight in our newsroom with the story you will see only on fox--and de

and drier weather settles in and this weekend will feel like we have had springlike weather. 67 in abbeville will climb to low 70's. mid 60 range in the mountains. a little cooler at caesar's hand at 55. landrum the same, low 60's and foununin inn. we will reach 66 for the upstate and the mountains will reach 64. the four day plus forecast tries out for new yeye's day and colder temperatures arrive for saturday morning. 26 in the mountains, 23 in the upstate and daytime highs that to normal. though 50's for the upstate and mid to upper 40's for the mountains for the weekend and into the start of next week. nikole: another candidate leaves the presidential race. i am nikole killion with it was dropping out and why. from miami gardens, florida. the wrong way crash has killed five people and injured two on i -95. officials are briefing the media. we will keep you updated on the mike: commitment 2016, this morning, the republican field is decision to end his bid. aly: this comes as his gop rivals take aim at each other, and nikole killion joins us live from our exclusive washington newsroom. nik

it is working its way into abbeville county, so not over quite yet but by 3:00 or 4:00, most of the shower activity will be south of columbia and cooler and sunnier weather comes in for the weekend. temperatures today reach into the mid-60's or the upstate, upper 50's for the mountains and about 10 degrees cooler for new year's day with highs of 46 to 55 across the region. this weekend, cold mornings, cool days and sunshine through wednesday. our prayers finally answered with a break. mike: thank you. this morning on "today," though cosby facing criminal charges for the first time since more than 50 women accused him of sexual misconduct. he's now released on bail, but could he get serious jail time? the "today" show's live with cosby's lawyer, next. allyson: check out the greenville news. clemson against their playoff at 4:00 today. dale: i have been nervous nelly for all the games, but they have done pretty good. allyson: a careful on the roads.

in 1944, in abbeville, alabama, a black woman named recy taylor walked home from a church revival. a car load of white men kidnapped her off the street, drove her to the woods, and brutally gang raped her. when they finished, they dropped her in the middle of town and threatened to kill her if she told anyone what happened. but that night she told her father, her husband, and the local sheriff the details of the brutal assault. a few days later, the montgomery naacp said they were sending their very best investigator. her name was rosa parks. it was 11 years before the montgomery bus boycott. and 11 years later, this group of homegrown activists would become better known as the montgomery improvement association, vaunting its president, dr. martin luther king jr., to international prominence and launching a movement that would ultimately change the world. rosa parks carried recy taylor's story back to montgomery, where she and the most militant activists organized a national and international protest for equal justice for mrs. recy taylor. the chicago defender called it the stronge