a little bit of a break in harnett. that is about it. if you're just joining us, the best place to be if you are at home is to get on the lowest floor of your home in the middle of the house. get as many walls between you and the storm as possible and crouched down in a bathroom or hall closet. the old saying, opening a window to alleviate the pressure, don't do that. it doesn't work. that is a myth folks believed a long time ago. some may still think it is true because it is out there. you need to get in the southwest corner of the basement or the room. just get in the middle of the interior room. anything in the middle of the house. get to the lowest floor to stay this is the line of storms rolling through here. this is our first alert predictor. it's pretty close. that line moving through the triangle faster in fayetteville. the idea is that by 7:00, 8:00 this is going to be moving out. we have many days of quiet weather to look forward to. steve is tracking the storm. steve: we see potential rotation, going back and forth with time.

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western harnett county into hoke county. it made a copy quarter of an inch or so in this is lighter rain along interstate 85. here is our first alert predictor. you see the rain moving on out. by 8:00 or 9:00, pretty much out of the area. surly by 9:30 or 10:00. notice temperatures stay above freezing. the camera shaking in some gusty wind. they could gust up to 25 to 30 miles per hour. that will make it chillier with the rain coming down. humidity is at 43% with a westwind at 9. -- with a west wind at 9. once it starts to rain, your temperatures get knocked down to the 40's pretty fast. it will feel pretty cold. some of that cold air gets here. today is the coldest we will see in the next 10 days as to surges as two surges of arctic air blast our way. this looks like a herculean. now it this is blessing parts of new england with blizzard conditions. had we been a few degrees colder yesterday, we would have had a major winter storm on our hands. we lucked out. there were some slick spots in the coastal plain. but it did not

harnett county vernon stuart is awaiting on information to determine if he'll be charged. >> reporter: what you have learned?. >> they refer me to the sbi. the only thing they've done is my client got an emt bill and hospital -- and a burial bill. >> court documents show that livingston grabbed the deputy's taser and tried to stun him after the two began some type of altercation on livingston's porch. the sbi continues their investigation into the incident and will submit their report to stuart in the coming weeks. >>> right now, the investigation continues into what caused a fire at a raleigh home, causing no one was home at the time of the fire. crews say the house did have smoke damage. >>> off the coast of hawaii, plain had some real trouble in mid-flight, led to emergency water landing. the whole thing was caught on camera. the pilot was experience something mechanical problems and had to ditch that in a nearby lagoon. emergency officials were able to pull the pilot from the water. he was the only person on board at the time. so, boy they got pretty lucky there. >> yeah, they did

harnett county, some sprinkles it is not coming down fast enough to cause a problem on the roadways. if you are getting ready to head out, make sure you have the heavy winter jacket. look at these temperature, 31 in rockboro. fayetteville and lillington also in the upper 30s. we also have been checking in with visibility from time to time because from time to time it has been of concern. visibility there is just a few miles. about 7 miles in smithfield, this fog is not going to hang around long. it is along the corridor and that's a busy road at this time of day, a few flurrys and sprinkles. ales continue with that threat into the afternoon, very isolated in nature, most of us as a matter of fact, are going to stay dry tonight. i expect the clouds to hang around tonight and as we head into our wednesday, we are locking at partly to mostly cloudy skies, i do think we head into our wednesday, not going to warm us up though, as a matter of fact, tomorrow and thursday are locking colder than where we will be today and yesterday, look for a high of 44 in raleigh, 44 in durham and 48 in fa

new developments in a police involved shooting that left a harnett county man dead. hippies shot john livingston three times outside his home in november. eyewitnesses say livingston told police that the couple they were looking for did not live there. the fbi continues investigating the shooting. smith is debating over a video. testimony. day. ed: the jury got to hear about 20 minutes of the video. certainly enough to make tomorrow interesting. the video was shot from an overhead camera in the interview room. trayvon jan was asked about a stolen computer for sale online, one that was connected to smith and his codefendants. two laptops have been centerstage in smith's murder trial. ed: much of the day in court was spent with the jury out while the defense rejected playing several parts of the video. his two codefendants are pointing the jerk -- the finger at him. we have only seen about a quarter of the video that the prosecutors plan to play. it is already very compelling. i recommend that people log on to abc11.com at 9:30 in the morning and watch the link to the

eastern harnett county now, tornado warning in effect. all those areas need to take cover. if you're just joining us that new warning in effect for northern wake county into franklin county, that is a tornado warning, a potential tornado near wake forest moving northeast at 50-60 miles per hour. you notice the warning includes roseville down towards interstate 540. i think they are ok because that storm is moving northward. technically you are in that warning. for a tornado moving quickly in the southern parts of franklin county. anchor: trying to do a 15 minute loop. that is how fast it is. >> the potential is there any way. that tornado warning is until 5:45. this storm is moving northeast at 60. same thing for the one to the north. these are hauling across central north carolina. we are concerned with cumberland county with the tornado warning, especially southeast of fayetteville. there you see the line of storms making its way across the region. it will be a long interstate 95. then it is gone. you see that was a severe thunderstorm. these are the little cells popping

it is not much but a little mixed with lee county and moore and harnett counties and western harnett and hoke county. all that lifting north and east. it is weakening and we will look at in a moment. raleigh 36 right now in the capital city, dew point 33, 89% humidity, wind calm. durham temperature of 37 with northwest wind at two. we look at the latest satellite and radar composite and you see the flurries out west but notice they sit out here and die out. we have relatively dry air. most of it is being absorbed into the atmosphere. we zoom out and this system is massive. it is throwing snow up into portions of wisconsin, illinois, ohio, pennsylvania and as it rotates we will see cold air heading here. we will be chilly the next you may see a few sprinkles. first alert predictor forecast model showing mostly cloudy skies. into the afternoon you will notice one or two sprinkles, that's it. through tomorrow a few more clouds working through. north of us will see snow. could see snow around the d.c. area if you are traveling up there. call ahead. the front working through today and the

no word on what caused it. >>> new information this crash in harnett county. troopers identified the victim as 50 year old tonya benton , the crash happened on highway 210, benton southbound vehicle collided with a northbound vehicle which was in the center lane about to turn on to bill shaw road. >>> three teens are in court aus accused of tossing rocks off of an overpass and hitting rock best low. it happened at the cheryl baguette road overpass. the trio was tossing cks from the bridge. several trucks and cars had windshields damaged. >>> testimony continues in the trial of travion smith, accused of killing melissa huggins jones in her north hills apartment in 2013. the victim's daughter was a asleep during the crime. the girl who is 8 years old, found her mom and ran to ask nearby construction worker for the grandmother who lived in willmington. defense attorneys say smith was manipulated by his codefendant, ronald anthony and anthony committed the murder. anthony pleaded guilty and serving a life sentence. smith could get the death penalty. >>> a prayer i

schools are >> we also have frank lynn county schools, grandville county skills, halifax county, and harnett county schools delayed two hours, as well as haute county schools, and mecklenburg, and virginia schools are closed. >> orange county, and person county schools are closed. >> vance, and wake county public schools. two-hour delay. >> you can find all of this information scrolling along the bottom of your screen. >> roads were bone-dry when we were driving in, but we want to know when the precipitation will start falling around the triangle. >> it is right now. let's take a look at what's happening in roxboro. and in many cases they tend to see it first. we had a band that rolled it's all sticking to the roads. what has fallen is sticking very quickly because it's been very, very cold over the weekend. radar picture shows overnight. most of the precipitation has been coming overnight, so we have parts of durham, chatham, and northern wake county, seeing this band coming through, frank land county, as well, so the snow is starting to come down. it's going to make for some slick conditio

barbara: a silver alert for a 68-year-old harnett county roll. judy daniels last seen in fuquay-varina. 35'3", 180 pounds and long brown hair. she was wearing a gray t-shirt and black hood eded jacket and spreufrpbg straw hat. driving a 2011 gray chevy cruise with dkt 1664. if you have seen her or the car call authorities. john: today two men charged with cary are expected to make their first court appearances. they busted down the door of a home just around this time yesterday morning and demanded money from the three women inside. anthony wilson is at wake county detention center where they are being held with more on how police tracked them down. anthony: it is howard earl and terrell mclamb both charged with burglary, armed robbery and kidnapping awaiting the court appearance. they are two of the six accused by authorities of involvement in a cary home invasion. three women who live there say some of them forced their way inside just before 5:00 monday morning and demanded money. one woman tried to call for help. >> i picked up the phone next

if you are in harnett, cumberland, you may see this and a half. sprinkle or flurry. the amounts will be light. we will continue this pattern through the day today. some maybe a few brief breaks, sun, overcast, when the overcast rolls through, there maybe a sprinkle or a flurry. nothing that's going to cause you travel problems. roads are damp in places, not a lot of standing water. the rain has been over for a while. this is went boulevard. 36 is our temperature, we e sitting above freezing at the airport. above freezing in most places. dew point is 34. moisture in the atmosphere, chillies it's damp. 31 in south hill, 32 roanoke rapids. 34 roxboro. our freezing temperatures now are up near the virginia line. rocky mount 37, 36 in smithfield. sanford and 38 fayetteville. we are a good bit above freezing south. we are seeing the band of precipitation. probably going to be a sprinkle versus a flurry. we have a low pressure system about here, it's pushing a cold front across the area now. that's going to bring us temperatures this afternoon, 10 degrees colder than yester

there are flood advisories in effect from parts of war and county and into halifax county and into harnett county and wake county. this is part of the issue as it moves on towards the east. in the triangle now, wade county back to the west, it is along this line as a long east of i-95 and a couple of hours where this storm will continue to press east. again, it is moving out of the triangle but moving ease. the rain is heaviest but the rain will continue right behind this line. the threat of severe weather ends in the coastal plains in the next couple of hours. we have much cooler weather to talk about. joel? joel: chris, thank you. meanwhile a high school student bonds out of jail after getting arrested for hacking into a high school computer network. this is a story that we first broke in october. the 17-year-old was charged with a felony. we have more on what happens next. >> the 17-year-old single-handedly hacked into his high school's system to manipulate grades last fall. police arrested the high school senior this morning, months computer and one in the public library where he volun

halifax, harnett, hoke, johnstoners lee, moore, ropbtsz and wilson county. we have a complete list of closings and tkhraeuls as abc11.com. there is a link on the home page. barbara: time for weather and traffic. we begin with meteorologist don schwenneker in the first alert storm center. don: good morning to you. we will talk first about the warnings that we have going on. we have winter storm warning p.m. tonight for orange county, alamance and person county. they could get one to three inches of snow. we have winter weather advisory the rest of the area in purple. that runs until 1:00 this afternoon where you will see a wintry mix, could see snow, sleet or freezing rain then all rain into the afternoon. radar? live look at first first and on the most powerful radar in the carolinas we've got some snow working through. we are seeing a boundary build on this southern edge right here. here is the boundary as it runs into it. it is lifting into it and that is where we see snowflakes in durham, northern wake to louisburg. not much in southern wake and favorite

three lee and harnett. from wake forest to north and then louisburg is the heaviest rain lifting to the north and east. temperatures in the 30's. 37 roxboro. 41 charl. 38 sanford, 41 smithfield, fayetteville. clinton. 39 goldsboro. we have spotty showers right now and 40. by lunchtime we're partly sunny and 49. through the afternoon, 55 degrees under mostly sunny skies. nice day today and better weather heading. now we check the roads with amber rupinta. amber: good wednesday morning. it is refreshing this morning not to be talking about ice or

this is the outage map and wake, durham and granville and harnett counties all involved. more than 1,000 are without power in durham. john: we will go to anthony wilson in breaking news one. you saw some streetlights out. anthony: we were out and some of them are back on near the northgate mall area. right now we are near the durham police department. earlier we were talking about no lights on broad and leon, murray avenue. those lights apparently back on but they are apparently still who still have no lights. we are heading in that direction. we have rain still falling here, potentially slippery. we had fog earlier and that may have cleared but the bottom line is that there are hazardous conditions. if you are going to be an early commuter bear in mind that anything could be in front of you so take your time and enjoy the scenery. do not rush. we will show you what may be waiting for you. hopefully no more outages. we will keep reporting to you on abc11 "eyewitness news" and the mobile app. we are live in breaking news one in the streets of durham, anthony wilson, abc 11

clinton city, halifax, harnett, hoke, johnston, lee, moore, robinson, wayne and wilson. you can find a complete list of and the ling is on the home -- the link is on the home page. barbara: we go to meteorologist don schwenneker. don: good morning to you. we are seeing the winter weather advisories and warnings extended. a look at what we have going on. winter storm warning in effect until 7:00 a.m. for person, orange and alamance counties. the pink ones then a winter weather advisory from wake north through 7:00 p.m. tonight because it will take a while for warmer air to get her. 1:00 p.m. for the southern counties. live look at first alert doppler xp and you can see the precipitation just starting to kind of work its way into the sand hills. kind of building down here and lifting north and east this boundary running through us at the moment. northern wake county up to the north is where we see the heavier pockets of snow, sleet an freeze inging -- and freezing. 21 roxboro, 25 wilson, 28 fayetteville and 27 in sanford. looking at the day ahead, the temperatures climb fr

harnett. hoke, johnston, lee, moore, robinson, wayne and wilson county schools. you can find a list on abc11.com. it is on the link on the home page. now weather and traffic together. here is meteorologist don schwenneker in the first alert storm center with the latest. don: good morning to you. we will talk advisories and warnings. we have a winter storm warning for orange, person and alamance counties through 9:00 tonight. we have a went weather advisories extended to can 7:00 tonight for most of the middle we have the winter weather advisory down south for the southern part of the viewing area until 1:00 because of the anticipating change to more rain earlier in the day down to the south. here is what we are seeing on radar. we just got the boundary of this system kind of right over us, the southern edge of it, as the moisture runs in it and we will see a little mixed precipitation through wake county and some reports of sleet and mixing with freezing rain. same down south, hit-or-miss pockets. up toward roxboro and rocky mount there's a heavier band working t

. >>> we have an update on breaking news out of harnett county. we have learned one person has died in a two vehicle crash on highway 210. it happened shortly before 4:30 this one. troopers say a southbound vehicle collided head-on with the northbound vehicle in the center lane about to turn onto bill shaw road. the person in the southbound car died. troopers have not released his name. the investigation continues. >>> we are learning more about a deadly wake county crash. this is breaking news last night. it happened on wide open road near i-40. a truck driven by 79-year-old center and struck a vehicle. his truck then hit another vehicle head-on and the driver in that vehicle, 31-year-old christopher wright, of garner, died. munday had nonlife threatening injuries, charges are pending. >>> opening statements begin in the trial of a man accused of killing a north raleigh woman during a burglary. >> if convicted, travion smith could face the death sentence. wral's tara lynn is live at the wake county justice center with more. >> reporter: it took m

this is gradually going to move into harnett county. we're still dry they time being. 29 in durham ask raleigh right now. 33 in littleton. our forecast for the afternoon here in the triangle will be at 32, some snow and ice possible at noon, wintry mix continues through 3:00 and considerably dryer by the evening drive home at 6 p.m. this evening. more on the behind this snow coming up in your complete forecast. >> whether it's snow, ice or storms you can take the latest conditions with you on the go if you've downloaded or brand new news app. >>> a winter weather advisory will be in effect for much of the viewing area and the state dot is trying to stay ahead of the storm. they have spent days putting brine down on the roads. >>> right now parents rush to go area schools to pick up their kids from class. administrators decided to close campuses at 11 o'clock two hours ago ahead of the weather. >> reporter: good morning. yeah, know snow here in the town of micro just yet and that's what leaders were hoping for to beat this storm. we've s

the next half hour or so, maybe into southeastern harnett county. we'll stick with it. we'll keep track of things and let you know if anything changes. >> thanks. we are getting photos from abc 11 eyewitness news. remember, if you post something, then we can show people on tv what is happening. this chart came in from dropping out of the sky. there was a confirmed tornado touched down there. >> we're getting lots of pictures in now. we thank you for showing us what's going on. we want to head now to cumberland county, to greg barnes. what's going on? greg, can you hear me? >> yeah. we were just talking about the speed of how fast the storm is moving. >> greg, we are having a little trouble hearing you. but we're going down in the heart of fayetteville, where the rain continues falling. some parts of that area have been under a tornado warning. we continue tracking that on the radar. we're looking for reports of damage and keeping an eye on the conditions and on the sky. >> we also have a severe thunderstorm warning for durham and wake counties. we have been seeing lots

. >>> an update to break news out of harnett county. one person has died in a two vehicle crash on highway 210. it happened st before 4:30 this morning. a southbound vehicle collided head-on with the northbound vehicle which is from us entertain about -- center lane about to turn onto bill shaw road. the person in the southbound lane died. the investigation continues. >>> we are learning more about near i-40. a truck driven by 49-year-old henry munday crossed -- the driver of that vehicle, 31-year- old christopher wright, of garner, died. injuries. charges in the cross our pending. >>> opening statements begin in the trial of a man accused of during a burglary. >> if convicted, travion smith could face a death sentence. wral's tara lynn is live at the wake county justice center with more. it requires more than a month in order to find enough people to fill the jury box, enough people to consider the death penalty in this case. they will all report here to the wake county justice center for opening statements later this morning. 23-year-

that's for chatham, harnett, lee and wait. you will get the details in just a moment. we want to shift southward here, and get this list of the new warning. right now there is nothing in wake county but what have to remember is a moving at 60 to not take long, within a 30 minute. go for them to cover a great deal of real estate. 4:20, doppler radar indicated a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado 10 miles east of southern pines, moving northeast at 70. that is actually because of this storm down in here to the south of stanford moving northeast at a quick enough pace that it would actually get into wake county by 5:00, 38 minutes from now. so, that is rather remarkable in itself possesses them into that area, in fact, i will zoom into the area northeast of it so you can see where it is now, and also where it is going to be going. and, again, southern pines is done here just off the bottom of your screen. there you can see some pink and red there to the south of cameron, indicating the potential for hail. as we take a look at the actual somewhat of a coupl

there was one over harnett folks on facebook have post is the that thunder i heard? it is. it's a possibility we could have isolated thunderstorms through the early evening but don't expect that early night. should be in the 40s by that point. it'll remain rather chilly. here is a look at the sky camera. the roads are wet. there is the overcast. interesting temperature trend today. our low temperature is the current temperature, it was 50. our high happened offer eight this morning. it was 63 a slow cooling throughout the day and that will continue overnight. we should wake up to mid-30s in the morning no. freezing temperatures are expected to start the day tomorrow. 50 in raleigh. 41 asheville. 64 down east at wilmington. our front was slow in moving by. its cleared the triangle area. it is down east of the coast and still womenning ton, cape look out, hatt era s. still that mild air and behind the system women have -- we have the cooler air. we have have a strong upper level disturbance. the air is dry. it rolls in and should help half of the state. we expect that by four

even most of harnett county. i know you've had a rough go of it. pretty much able to sound the all clear for that area. not so for a lot of us. we continue to look at traffic on 440 east and on the west side of your screen. i want to take a tour, we still have several active tornado warnings. our most recent one, it is just here right around the state border. that's northwest of roanoke rapids. west of i-85. that is for this one a tornado warning that continues for 6:45. that has mainly left northampton county, and that has moved into virginia. you're going to see that box, but that's not really impacting anyone able to watch wncn at this point. our second tornado warning is still in effect for parts of franklin, and warren county, algoes until 6:30. that's for areas of franklinton, lewisberg, that also comes with a severe thunderstorm warning. in some parts of our area, is doing just as much, if not more damage. tornado warnings, they always steal the headlines, but severe thunderstorm warnings produce the more frequently, and widespread damage. w

. >>> an autopsy shows that a man killed by a harnett county deputy had cocaine and alcohol in his system. a deputy shot 33-year-old john livingston three times back in november. they were responding to an assault call. family members say the people they were looking for did not you live at not live livingston's home. >>> an update about that deadly car crash yesterday morning. the victim was nelson corea. he was heading west on highway road, hit a guardrail and overturned. he was not wearing a seatbelt and was thrown from the vehicle. he died at the scene. >>> we've been following breaking news out of germany this morning where at least nine people died in a train crash. the two trains crashed head on, causing several of the cars to turn over. more than 150 people were hurt and 50 have serious injuries. all of the survivors now have been rescued. that rail line is used by commuters heading to work. school children also use the train, but today was a holiday. >>> people in new hampshire have already started casting their votes in the first of the nation primary contest. in one tiny town w

. >>> we are following breaking news in harnett county this morning. a big fire at an apartment home in dunn. flames were shoot out the there. the home has 6 apartment units, all residents got out safely. we are gathering information about this, and mikaya thurmond will be following up on this, on our fox 50 news. >>> new overnight, fire tears through a home in north raleigh before 1:00 a.m. at a house on winget drive firefighters tell us the home was vacant, they say the house is a total loss. no word yet on a cause. >>> new information this morning on a deadly head-on crash in harnett county, this was breaking news yesterday morning. troopers identified the victim as 50 year old tonya benton of spring lake. it happened on 210. benton's southbound vehicle collided with a northbound vehicle, in the center lane about to turn on to bill shaw road. 3 teens in court accused of tossing rocks from an overpass and hitting cars below. it happened on i-95, at the cheryl baguette road overpass the trio was tossing rocks from it will bridge. several trucks and ca

in harnett county we are seeing wilmington and barbecue. not seeing any accumulation and it won't be widespread. 33 roxboro, 37 chapel hill and sanford. 36 southern pines. 39 fayetteville. 42 clinton. 40 goldsboro and 36 roanoke rapids. first alert seven-day forecast powered by accuweather, as we go through the next 12 hours we will see temperatures climbing. by lunch partly sunny and 44 degrees. through the afternoon mostly sunny and near 50. the skies clear out as the day works along. we have colder temperatures with the seven-day forecast. we will be around 50 tomorrow to sunday. into next week we will colder temperatures and another chance of precipitation. we will talk about that in the sun-day forecast in a bit. now we have weather and traffic with amber rupinta. amber: there we go. that issue i have been telling you about with the power outage glenwood avenue, it was just restored. the traffic lights there not affected. we are seeing some precipitation as don was saying. this is the white the wintry mix so don't be surprised as you h

take a look at the road weather index and show you where you normally southwest of the triangle from harnett county on into plea, chatting and parts of moore county. not widespread but in some areas keep it in mind as you head up this morning. take you to live coming up, starting to see some delays on 540 westbound especially between fallsof neuse. also slowdowns on 40 eastbound between the 54 interchange afterward 751. leaving chapel hill heading into south durham, a little bit of slowdown. as soon as you get the him 751, the dried out to 55 in the durham freeway looking pretty good. in holly springs, a report of an accident on the fed five bypass on holly springs road. sing a slowdown on the westbound side of 55 although it looks like it ends around new hill road. does not go as far up as holly springs but is something you will want to think about if you're heading out of fuquay holly rings. leaving raleigh through the park, six minutes and 40 westbound. there is at eight minute drive with slowdowns and 40 eastbound from 54 to 751. seven minutes om downtown durham. >>> apple continues the

. >>> a harnett county bank was damaged when a driver accidentally drove into a building. the 65-year-old behind the wheel is okay. two walls and a front door were damaged. >>> stocks began the new month mixed. the dow dropped 17 today, the nasdaq ending up 6, the s&p 500 down less than a point at the time of the closing bell. >>> the world health organization has declared the it is rapidly spreading. 23 countries have confirmed cases linked to birth defects. the u.s. health officials have warned pregnant women traveling to effected areas and coming up at 5:30 we'll let you know what is being done. >>> the e. coli out break linked to chipotle restaurants appears to be over. the most recent was december 1. 60 people became ill but the source is still unknown. following the out break they revamped food preparation at all locations. next monday all restaurants will close briefly for meetings with employees. >>> shoppers have concerned about security after a weekend shooting outside a durham mall. wral ariel clay asked the owners what's being done to keep shoppers safe. she jo

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not a bunch but you may see sprinkles in harnett, cumberland alamance. that is about it. a couple of flurries southeastern wake county the raleigh we are 36 right now, dew point 33, 89% humidity, west fayetteville checks in under a relatively clear sky, 40, winds calm. flurries arson the region n d nothing heavy. just a few. you won't see any accumulation. the biggest factor is cold air and it is just the start of it. huge area of low pressure up to the north grabbing the cold air and shoving it south. we will see it continue to pump in today, tomorrow and through the weekend we stay very cold. a couple offrof sprinkles. by lunch a couple pockets of green and maybe an isolated sprinkle, nothing major. shouldn't affect the evening commute. tomorrow a few clouds. we see the front washing out across us. behind it is where the really cold air is and it is with us tomorrow and we will warm up a little bit by thursday into friday then another push of cold are air in time for the weekend. temperatures topping out in the 30's. 33 lunchtime. 43 in raleigh under partly sunny sunny.

willie were uttered hit the harnett central road. both drivers went to the hospital with non-life- threatening injuries. buttered faces multiple charges -- woodard faces multiple charges. >>> renovations at more square station may help public transportation. lands include renaming the station as the go raleigh station. there is an open tent even from noon until 5:00 at the station on south blunt. >>> governor mccrory says attendance at state parks set an all-time record last year. the governor says within 17.3 million people visited the state's 39 parks. that's up from 15.5 million people the last year. jordan lake state recreation area in chatham county had the highest attendance at 1.6 million. and was among six state park units logging more than 1 million. the others were william b mayhem -- fort mahon. >>> the dow is down 65 points right now. both the nasdaq and smp contest -- contain -- continue to reflect. >>> the justice department is investigating how hackers were able to publish contact information for 20,000 fbi employees.

reporter: charlie is five months old rescue from the harnett county shopper. a couple of coworkers left charlie in the car when they went to grab a quick bite. when they came back after eating the door was open and the dog gone. taylor is pleading with whoever stole the puppy to return her to the carolina ranch animal hospital. anchor: we are learning more about the tragic workplace shooting rampage near wichita. the gunman killed three people and wounded 13 others. 38-year-old cedric ford opened fire on employees 90 minutes order to>> tonight a south carolina sheriff's deputy recovering from surgery after being shot by a suspect. three people were asleep in the house. the suspect died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. the deputy is in serious but stable condition. anchor: we have major developments in the residential presidential race. chris christie is endorsing donald trump for president. he says there's no one better to lead the country in the race. chris christie says he is he is sending off fire for -- fireworks in the latest debate. marco rubio and ted

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on nc to 10 and harnett road. you can see part of the roof collapsed and brooks and cinder -- breaks and cinderblocks strewn everywhere and a sedan with a front and thrown off. >>> a sinkhole in jordan county in jordan lake. it around an area that was closed ever since. repairs would the extensive. >>> the candidates are hitting the trail hard in new hampshire today. this is ahead of the -- of tomorrow's primaries. from want senator bernie sanders lead hillary clinton in this democratic side. >>> donald trump rallied this morning in salem new hampshire, the beginning of a very busy day. >> new hampshire has been special place. >>> he pulls a large lead in the polls. he leads a large -- jeb bush fired back with a tweet. >> ohio governor john kasich in texas senators ted cruz also with the campaign trail early. they are in a tight race for and marco rubio who is trying to recover from a rocky debate performance over the weekend to the -- you the florida senator insisted he did great despite criticism for being repet

this was near the cumberland-harnett county line the bricks tossed from the baggett county overpass. one shattered a truck window. no one was hurt. the sunroof of a car was cracked. two are being questioned. john: near charlotte the body of a 4-year-old boy was pulled from a pond. his body was found just before 11:00 last night in iredell county. authorities were called to the area earlier in the day when he went missing. a door-to-door search was conducted and search of a pond. at this point authorities have not released details surrounding the disappearance or identity. we turn now to vote 2016 and iowa caucuses. no winner in the democratic race. hillary clinton deadlocked, but republican race.ally more to come. john: new details released by the highway practical about a fayetteville accident on white oak road in garner last night. they say it appears it involved three vehicles and 79-year-old henry monday crossed the center line and sideswiped a vehicle and struck a second one head on. the driver of that vehicle died. he is christopher wright garner. wakemed with non-life-threaten

the heaviest rain now in parts of harnett and lee county. could gust of 25 to 30 miles per hour. just light rain around the triad. some rain around fayetteville, lighter rain off to the north. with these heavier bands, not impossible that there is a little bit of small hail, even though temperatures are nowhere near what you expect for that type of activity. we are in the low 40's in roxboro. 51 at rdu as of 5:00. 46 degrees right now. in fayetteville, a 10th of an inch of rain with 46 degrees. and the weight chilly weather across the sand hills -- the wet chilly weather across the sand hills. not much out to the west, but the showers are coming in harder as they move into the triangle. this will be east of interstate 95 the next couple of hours. look at the snow showers. there are storm warnings in the mountains where they could pick up three to four inches of snow. tomorrow should be drive. this system will move out the next couple of hours. a dry ride into work and school tomorrow. partly to mostly cloudy skies, not a bad day. but it will be colder with upper 40's near a villa

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troopers investigating a deadly crash in harnett county. it happened shortly before 4:30 on highway 210 at bill shaw road. one person died in head-on collision, that individual's name has not been released. >>> let's go over to mike moss to see how our day is shaping up. >> thanks a lot. this groundhog day looking for cloudy skies in most areas this morning, a few places within the sponsor breaks in the clouds. temperatures running from mid- 40s in the north to low to mid 50s in the south. 46 in roxboro, 49 road. goldsboro at 52, fayetteville currently at 55 degrees. radar sprinkles in the north last night. this morning a lot of clouds across the area, they are shallow and fairly thin. there is at least a possibility the break in some places from time to time. mostly cloudy overall in the triangle. 52 around lunchtime, slight chance of drizzle in the morning. 56 this afternoon for the high the region low 50s north to low 60s south, we fall off a little by 8:00 p.m. y, mol " 8te zonblg mpevetear ra wiid rex mpo ve,d mrnno duisto eneyor sik i

harnett, wilson and chatham county schools now closed. then delayed earlier, all closed. while some of you are waiting on the snow it is on the ground in roxboro. barbara: person county one of two under a winter storm warning. breaking news one on the roads in roxboro for us where nearly two inches of snow fell before tapering off around midnight. this is live this morning and they expect more wintry weather in the area. that is where person county schools are closed today. john: let's go back to the triangle and the largest county, wake county. barbara: wake county public schools closed meaning no school buses out which is good because gloria rodriguez is live in breaking news one. what are you seeing? gloria: organicgood morning. we are hearing of multiple accidents and we have seen some of them. you want to be careful. live look on the dash cam this is 495 near south of new hope road. this portion is closed. 495 and south new hope road. look at our roof camera and this is 495 heading westbound backup because of the closure. if you are driving on 495 near south new hope

. >> and harnett, and hoke county schools are delayed. >> and mecklenburg, virginia, and north hampton county schools, orange county schools are closed. person county school's closed, vance, wake county schools, warren county schools closed, and wayne county and wilson county delayed. >> you can find it scrolling on the bottom of screen or on wral.com. >>> we've been seeing a mixture of precipitation across the triangle. the concern, freezing rain in raleigh so far. >> that's the worst sort of precipitation. elizabeth? >> it feels like wind chill. the rain is freezing on surfaces. that's just here in raleigh. we're seeing differing conditions. i had a viewer north of where we are here with some sleet and wake county seeing some snow falling. theel perpetrator purple is where we're likely we'll be interested to -- purple is where we are likely see some snow, and in durham if that's changing over, and if it isn't, it will be shortly. and it should be snow along the virginia line, but 7:00 or 8:00 we'll probably see that into sleet and freezing rain, as well. we have warmer air surging fr

as you get from sanford to march county and southeastern moore and northern hoke county, western harnett county you may see a couple of flurries. nothing major. numbers from across the region live look into downtown raleigh 36 right now, dew point 33, 89% humidity. weekends calm. 37, 70% haopltumidity. we have a few sprinkles lumberton and bladen and robinson county light showers. zoom out and this is massive spinning off to the north and west and it tense to rotate the cold air down in. it is shoving it to the south and lots of snowflakes up and down the east coast. we look at our day ahead. you see the model detects the sprepbls -- sprinkles and snowflakes. watch this area to the north. that little bit of cloud cover you could see a stray shower. there may be a sprinkle. by this afternoon we will be warm enough that it would be rain. through tomorrow it clears and we have the front washing out giving us the chance of flurries or rain drops. we have a high to the north and west and that will continue to will give us partly sunny skies and cooler temperatures midweek. the respect of toda

. >>> the shooting death of a harnett county dad by a sheriffs deputy has been classified a examiner. the 33-year old was shot three times in the upper body back on november 15th. his cocaine and excessive alcohol consumption according to the autopsy. it's now up to the da to determine whether or not to file any charges against the deputy. >>> a fort bragg soldier is facing murder charges tonight accused of killing his wife. they found her early sunday morning at the couple's home. >> deputies say 911 was called asking for help. when deputies arrived they found him in a neighbor's driveway. he took deputies to his home where they saw they found his wife unresponsive on the floor. deputies say she had several into custody a short time later. neighbors call the news devastating. >> there's just no telling what went on. it's heart breaking are for the community to be sitting often the outside wondering what we could have done to reach out to them more. >> neighbors say they lived in the area for about a year and were often seen walking their dogs. today in court a judge set the bond at $

clinton and cumberland cotyun and southern harnett county and all of that pushing north-northwest. stronger storms toward the triad as well. later today we have a wind advisory that kicks off at 9:00 a.m. and runs until midnight tonight. whether you are in a storm or not you could see gusts up to 45 miles an hour. if you get a thunderstorm moving at 30 miles an hour and factor in a 45-mile-per-hour gust you are seeing weekends in the 70 m.v.p. rang. -- 70-mile-per-hour rank. 46 and scattered showers right now. by lunchtime rain and wind and maybe a thunderstorm and notice the big jump in temperatures by lunchtime, big push of warmer air. later this afternoon we'll see thunderstorms and 70 depress. could be a significant severe weather day in spots. we will talk about that and we have a nice seven-day forecast after today. that is coming up in a bit. weather threat several school districts are sending kids home early. sampson county dismisses 11:30. edgecombe four hours early. check the full list of closings an early rerecents on abc11.com and the abc11 mobil app. barbara: with thos

siler city and pittsboro may see snowflakes on u.s. 64 then lillington and portions of moore and harnett counties and you may see a little snowflake activity. temperatures across the region in the 30's. dropped to 33 in roxboro. 36 chapel hill. 39 wilson, 36 sanford, 43 fayetteville and clinton and 36 roanoke rapids. 37 now with mixed precipitation. by lunchtime we have partly sunny skies and clearing across the area. 44 depress. latino day -- 44 agrees. colder temperatures on the way and a lot colder next week. we will have that in a bit. but now we talk traffic. amber: happy friday to you. could be an interesting commute as we have that little bit of a mix coming down. we are seeing it on the radar. here is a live camera and you can see this area is moving fine. no problems here. i believe this is 40 around gorman. there's a report of an accident 40 eastbound -- excuse me this is 40 and u.s. 70. on the mapping system we're seeing precip and to the west the radar shows some white. that would be some of the wintry mix. but it is light flurries. you this morning. around raleigh a little b

you'll notice it includes raleigh portion of harnett county and virginia and then off to the 95 corridor. if you're around the sand hills i think this is going to be a wintry mix event for you, some sleet, snow, even some cold rain and then look towards the outer banks, 1 to 2 inches of snow possible if you're around durham chapel hill maybe just a few flurries, but again, the winter weather advisory goes into effect at 7 a.m. this morning. we've been talking about this all day long continues in the county necessary blue. generally 35 our high today, 34 in durham, fast forward to tonight clearing skies, still cold, a low of 23 degrees. and as we head into the coming days, yeah, the sunshine is here for oat weekend, 34 on saturday and then temperatures for some of you could stay below freezing on sunday. make sure you're bringing your pets inside doors make sure you're checking on your elderly neighbors, friends of sunday morning we could start off right around 14 degrees. now, i mentioned another system, that comes through monday and could start as a wintry mix and could be here for the

. >>> we begin with breaking news, state troopers are investigating a bad crash in harnett county. it happened before 4:30 at bill shaw road and highway 210, troopers say it was a head-on collision and responders rushed one person to the hospital with >>> the presidential race turns to new hampshire, just a day after the iowa caucuses. >> while the republicans have a clear winner, the democratic race is still very close. democratic contest in iowa remains unresolved with hilary clinton and bernie sanders locked in a draw. both address supporters last night as the numbers were still being counted. >> i will keep standing up for you and fighting for you. >> we are going to create an economy that works for working families not just the billionaire class. >> reporter: the tie means both candidates will likely leave with roughly the same number of delegates. the results don't bode well for sanders. >> a tie is probably not going to cut it. he didn't turnout the quote unquote obama coalition as you would have hoped for. >> reporter: turnout in iowa handed victory to ted cruz over donald

back down to the south even lighter for fayetteville, clinton, up towards goldsboro, johnson county, harnett county, haven't heard reports of a lot of problems because the precipitation has been so light. we have more waves coming in so that could change. once we get past another hour or two and this starts to lift a little farther north we're looking the some waves coming in through the day today. a lot of this is going to be light. you're looking at heavier precipitation, but it will be warm enough it will all be rain. let's take a look at of course continuing to watch some of that precipitation out there starting to lighten up a little bit in the southern part of wake county, but all of this is frozen. look out your window, and you may see it's just rain where i am, well, the temperature is down into the mid-20s, so this is not rain, it's freezing rain. and here's a look at the radar picture from about 3 a.m., some of this precipitation that was up to our north, it dipped down around the triangle area, and i really thought we might end up seeing a little bit of snow in changed to freezing

three lee and harnett. from wake forest to north and then louisburg is the heaviest rain lifting to the north and east. temperatures in the 30's. 37 roxboro. 41 charl. 38 sanford, 41 smithfield, fayetteville. clinton. 39 goldsboro. we have spotty showers right now and 40. by lunchtime we're partly sunny and 49. through the afternoon, 55 degrees under mostly sunny skies. nice day today and better weather heading. now we check the roads with amber rupinta. amber: good wednesday morning. it is refreshing this morning not to be talking about ice or we are seeing sprinkles as don said. we can issue you them with the -- show uyou d.o.t. cameras. that is 85 and 70. the good news is that it is early and volume is light and we are just dealing with a shower or two. nothing major to slow down. we are picking up with the road weather index. the green is the scattered showers showers. we are accident free and durham freeway and alston off to a good start. a few. barbara: hundreds of you watched travion smith become a c