carol: mandy gaither has a look back. all new at 6 60. mandy: the year was 1981. $1.25 for a gallon of gas. 78,000 would buy a new house. for tiger fans, the biggest thing to come out of that year, this team. looking back seems like long ago. >> what about the play on the offensive and defensive lines? wax it seemed like you got momentum going. >> it is probably the most physical game i have ever been involved with. >> that new year's day was like yesterday. >> when i look at that, it looked like it was a few years ago. it was a few years that that took place. the excitement everybody had, it was the first time. >> the paper may look worn, but the memories are not. he was working for clemson's athletic department. >> now, he is dabo swinney's go-to guy. the 81 season sticks close to him. literally, he keeps this moment -- this memento on his desk. a ticket from the game. >> it is a reminder. >> what a difference 34 years makes. the cost of a ticket back then, $15. that is not the only thing that has changed. check out the press between the

this is the wyff news 4 6:00 it's a new virtual reality project that's being talked carol: mandy gaither has more on a project with clinton university.-- clemson university. mandy: clemson is the first university in the state to be a part of a virtual reality project called google expeditions. virtual reality is mostly talked about in terms of the future. at clemson university, that >> that one it turned out really well. mandy: with a camera sent to them by google, a team with clemson's creative services department took 12 panoramic 360-degree pictures of sites around campus. these shots then sent back to google along with information on each picture. eventually, it'll be part of an app that can be downloaded to an android phone. cardboard goggles will then hook up to it creating the virtual , reality. this will be used in classrooms where not only colleges will be featured, but museums and places like the great wall of china. at some point, it will also be available for download google place for. --google play storew. >> if you're a student in california in the sixth grade and you've ne

mandy gaither, wyff news 4. michael: thank you for that. and as john mentioned, this is to be a priest or, and to the nation where they are getting the worst yet to come. -- this is to be a nor'easter, and to the nation's capital, where the worst is yet to come. carol: aixa has this report from washington. aixa: michael, carol, washington, d.c., is a ghost town, and that is how they want it. we took a drive around the national mall, where you can their leasee the domomof the capital, crews out plowing and shoveling -- where you can hardly see the dome of the capital. snow teams are out at reagan national and dulles airport, hoping to clear the runways to stay ahead of what is to come. aixa dias, wyff news 4. michael: we are told there will be some closings tomorrow, and to downtown greenville, it is not typically what you would expect. carol: john lyon joins us live. john: as a florida boy, it seems i have stepped into a hallmark card out here. it has been snowing in downtown greenville, and the accumulation is about two inches of snow. now

somewhere in the crowd, you will find wyff news 4's mandy gaither . mandy, what the atmosphere like right now? and fan, i do not mind telling you that this atmosphere is awesome. we had the band playing, people cheering and we are beginning to see some of the players come out of the west end zone at death valley and load the buses from here and they will go to gsp and fly to arizona and land there by about 4:10. from there, they go to the hotel and they probably will not be able to get checked in until about 6:30 because they have to unload their equipment. they will have dinner, meetings and then they will be done for the day. they will start again in the morning at media day and they will have their first practice in the morning tomorrow morning. the first practice in arizona. beside me, ms. wilson, i know you are excited. we talked earlier, and her grandson plays on the team. >> yes, i had to be here. >> words cannot express how proud i am of him. he is the light of my life. randy: you are very much a light in his life as well, i'm sure. >> i hope s

wyff news 4's mandy gaither has the story. mandy: this is what's left of a home on forest drive, the homeowner so thankful her granddaughter woke up and got everyone out safely before the smoke detector had time to go off. >> this was the kitchen. mandy: the bricks and wood and most of what's inside, now chard, but what matters most survived. >> there was black smoke shooting through the floor, so i mandy: the smell of smoke woke taylor wilbanks. she helped her family to get to safehad the 16-year-old stayed asleep, >> it melted. mandy: the alarms may have saved their lives. >> you think you will have a lot of time, but you don't. >> the house was engulfed in flames in five minutes. mandy: in the past seven days in oconee county, five other fires have damaged or destroyed homes. the fire chief says none of those had a working ctor. week, we have been able to pinpoint or directly attribute to heating. both of those were portable heaters brought into the house that weren't normally used. mandy: the colder it gets, the more fires

mandy gaither, wyff news 4. nigel: thank you. greenwood, and greenville facilities say they need help. they need electric heaters, blankets. gabrielle: just a reminder, although they have sure, your pets are not immune to thisaofficials say dogs and cats can suffer from frostbite and hypothermia just like we can, and it is best to bring them inside on nights like th. plus, the cold can affect your pet'sood. animals who don't get enough exercise when it's cold may become irritable and inches. veterinarians suggest opening up the blinds and turning on indoor winter blues. news. schools and offices will be closed on friday, january 22 because of the winter weather coming. greenville county schools just announced they will be closed tomorrow. gabrielle: let's bring you to spartanburg and a look at how nigel: that is where mike mccormick is live and local. what can you tell us?mike: if you take a look behihi me, you can see a crew replenishing the city's supply of brine. that's the noise. we want to bring in an official with the city

wyff news 4's mandy gaither has more. it's all new at 6:00. mandy: surrounded by cheers and the tiger rag, the 1981 clemson football team celebrated something no other had in the university's history, a national championship with danny ford at the helm. mandy: he was 33 years old, the youngest coach to win the title. >> thank you for coming out. mandy: he is in his 60's and the reporters are back. >> i am happy for them. happy for the school and the fans. mandy: ford, fielding questions again about a national championship. this time, this team, one win away from doing what was done 34 years earlier. >> i thought we should have scored then. mandy: you can still remember? >> oh, yeah. mandy: he had never seen this video from that night, the news conference are the players and coaches with tears on their eyes walking off the field. >> i remember, just giving me a ride on his shoulders. mandy: what was going through your mind? >> unbelievable. it was an unbelievable dream mandy:ou went to alabama and won the championship at clemson. which team are

carol: mandy gaither is live an local in clemson with more. mandy: after a very rainy football season, it was only fitting that it started misting as the team aborting those buses. -- team boarded those buses. it did not stop the fans from cheering on those tigers. from the buses to the airport, fans making sure the clemson football team isn't alone on their road to the title. on boarding the plane, a proper sendoff for death valley. [cheering] that's from the young fans. and just as spirited. >> alabama is not playing 11 at a time. they have the whole comes a nation coming down upon them. -- the whole clemson nation coming down upon them. mandy: amid the cheers for the number one ranked tigers, they are on the front row -- clemson's number 84. a hug and kiss before her grandson headed out. >> mom and dad were not able to come today because they have to catch a flight out. i wanted him to look around and see someone that loved him. and many loves him. mandy: so many memories in the making here. >> i'm going to taken today. mandy: i that he will

mandy gaither, wyff news 4. michael: a beautiful view courtesy of the woodruff roa of larry's in the mountains. carol: john joins us now with the forecast. john: things are chilly outside. 39 in boone, but dry across the area. stuck with clouds backed up against the mountains in theupsystem, but the bulk of the precipitation remains to td east. watch what happens this evening. 7:00 p.m. tonight, clouds further northwest. clouds start to finally exit at 11:00 this evening, to the midlands and the coast line is the storm system heads out to sea. we start to cool down, but a fast-moving cold front comes in late tonight and early tomorrow morning. it could squeeze out flurries and maybe a few brief snow showers especially when the northern mountains of north asheville maisie flurries late tonight and early tomorrow morning. the windk up. we will talk whether more later on. michael: the boys are working hard. the panthers, gearing up for the supecarol: brad fralick is live and local in charlotte witbrad: michael, car

wyff news 4's mandy gaither has more. mandy: this home on forest drive burned early saturday morning. but five other families who've had fires here in oconee county >> see where it melted, and fell off the wall? mandy: sheila lemon can still see the remains of her smoke detector. before it could even go off, her 16-year-old granddaughter woke up, smelled smoke, and got everyone out of the house safely. thankfully, no one was hurt in this fire. its cause, still under investigation. but most of the other five fires in oconee county the past week were started because someone was trying to heat a home. oconee county fire chief charlie king says, those fires have one thing in common. >> the disturbing thing about each one of those was, we found none of them had a working smoke detector. the small, inexpensive devices are proven life-savers, and we want to make sure every resident in oconee has one of those, where they go to bed, and where they work at. mandy: firefighters bought extra smoke detectors today, as several people ha

michael: today, wyff news 4's mandy gaither sat down with clemson great jeff davis. it's all new at 6:00. >> there it is. mandy: as a team, they struck fear in those they played. number 45 helped keep those fierce fires burning. mandy: this game shaped jeff davis. 22-years-old, a national champion for the first time in clemson history. yeah, this is it. there you are. >> that's it, that's it. we number one, baby. we just shocked the world. mandy: what do you think about this, looking back? i mean, 34 years. >> i tell you, what being around young people, it keeps you young, ha. matter of fact, i don't oftentimes know it until a young person will say something to me, like, do the math. haha, then i have to think about it for a second. i say, wowwww. haha. mandy: looking back at wyff news 4 locker room footage from the night they won it all, our interview then, with william devane. >> boy, he look good. he look so young. he look slim, too, haha. mandy: are you saying that's not the case now? >> i'm saying all positive things, because i wouldn't be who i am if he didn't d

mandy gaither, wyff news 4, live in anderson county. nigel: mandy, thank you. commitment 2016 coverage. i have said that enough. out. form candidate and texas governor for president. perry explained his endorsement from his home state, in an interview with politico. he says cruz is, quote, "by far the most consistent >> 2016 is a critical election, and i'm here to stress to you how important it is for conservatives to rally together, and support a consistent conservative candidate who can take on washington and defeat the democratic nominee. that's why i support ted cruz for president. nigel: he says the primary race appears to be down to two people. perry dropped his 2016 presidential bid last september. coming up, airline travel is working on getting back to normal after last weekend's winter storm cancelled thousands of flights. gabrielle: plus, lots of melting snow here, but many parts of the east coast are still trying to dig out of the snow. more on what they are doing around the country. the monster winter storm that walloped the east coast is nigel: the

wyff news 4's mandy gaither has the story. >> clemson marching band, under the direction of bruce cook. mandy: 34 years separates them, but these two tiger bands, from different decades, are about to do something the same. >> here's my trumpet. mandy: if it looks a little older, that's because it is. played at the '82 orange bowl, when he was 20 years old. now, at 54, memories of that night still play in his head. >> they dismiss us, and someone is handing out these big orange foam number 1 fingers that you can wear on your hand to the band members. or at least, to some of them. i get one of those, and we run out onto the field, jumping up and down, celebrating. we turned to the stands, and there are still a lot of tiger faithful in the stands, as you can imagine, and they're just going crazy. mandy: now, the excitement is for the next national championship, with new memories in the making. >> i've been at some other major universities that have won national championships, just not when i've been there. mandy: mark spede, director of the current tiger band, says 332 band students, 22 s

mandy gaither has more in pickens county. mandy: some parents putting up a fight against a proposal to close the elementary school. at hagood elementary, round 300 students fill the hallways and classrooms, the district officials say the school is less than half full, operating at 48% capacity. newman says that small school feel is exactly why she likes it. >> i have a little boy used to cry going to school, and when we moved there, my children jump out of the car to go to school. mandy: there are other schools also under capacity. newman and other members of the pto are also concerned about john eby says that will not happen. he says it will stay the same. >> essentially, the students -- the teachers would follow the students. we are not looking at any reduction in the number of teachers. you are just looking at what physical building the kids would be educated in. mandy: eby says the decision will solely be up to the board of trustees. >> the school board just spent $2.5 million to renovate that school. we added more classro

now, let's go to pickens county, where mandy gaither is live, bringing us an update on the conditions there. mandy: it is wet and slushy, and it is only going to get worse as the temperatures continue to do it. it started around noon in pickens county and oconee county , and we have seen the roadways covered in/, a dangerous situation, and we saw many drivers going slow, others not, road. there was one person out before the wintry mix started coming >> it was pretty slushy. there were about 10 cars that were pulled up or slid off the road. mandy: as you heard, it caused some major issues in pickens county around easily high school. my friend sent me a video of the aftermath of a tree coming down on the power live there, and they tell me there were sparks coming from that area when the tree hit the power line. power was out for him and many of his neighbors for a little more than an hour, but he says it is now back on. live in clemson. gabrielle: mandy, thank you. power outages are being reported. nigel: there are outages in 12,000, spartanburg 250, pickens county 1800, anderson county

mandy gaither, wyff news 4, live in clemson. nigel: this was shot by a ulocal user, and also in western carolina, we find myra ruiz. myra: this is just off brevard traffic appears to be moving slowly all along the interstate. however, things are different story. we saw quite a few rear tires spinning along with some slipping taking place and some sliding along the roadways. quite a few people opted to walk. the wobbler house was the closest place for many to get a meal. we did meet several people were on their way to several ski resorts, but the conditions kept them here in asheville, and the conditions had some wishing for around. chevy cavalier, two wheel drive. i got to the top and 360ed back down. >> if you are not used to it, i do not recommend that you do it. myra: and some people said they just wanted to try to enjoy the they had no intention of paying outside once the sun goes down, and the was a tricky situation at the exit ramp behind me, and we will show you that coming up. nigel: thank you. taking another live look o

michael: and mandy gaither is live tonight. get dark here, but you may be able to see around me that the ground is covered in ice. the roads are very slushy. it is a very dangerous situation for drivers. this is in oconee county. i want to show you what happened earlier today on carson road. dakota shirley told me the ice caused his ford explorer to slide off the road. >> i could not stop. it was bad. reporter: i can only imagine how scary that was. >> i am a little shaken up. mandy: lisa other accidents in the area, as well. folks were trying to drive up a hill on carson road and were stranded, their tires not able to get traction areas they are mike: mandy, thank you, and the south carolina department of transportation is working hard around the clock to try to keep the roads as safe as possible. carol: stephanie trotter is right at the line. stephanie: we are here at i-85, and just within the past hour, we have started to see some light cars having trouble. their tires are spinning and are having trouble moving forward. by a

michael: mandy gaither has more from pickens county. magic: it is offering -- operating at 48 percent capacity, and if the proposal goes through, the 300 students would go to other pickens area elementary schools which are also under capacity, but rebecca newman says her two children >> than being dispersed to area schools is only going to increase classroom sizes and make them larger, m.d. students are not going to get the help from the teachers that they are getting right now. >> we hire on a teacher to student ratio of 22.5 to one. mandy: they want to voice their concerns at the meeting. >> it will work out great. i just have to remember to take my time. michael: going home after a gunshot to the head put him in the hospital. john: precipitation moving quickly off to the east, with some light snow in raleigh, carol: a greenville county deputy is back at them after a gunshot to the head set tim to the hospital. michael: this is all new at 6:00. my were: -- myra: their brother in blue joked in the. >> the food was not all that bad, fol

tonight, they're at the anderson county museum, and that's where we find wyff news 4's mandy gaither. she joins us now live and local, with more on why these former mascots are all to mandy: you may not have known this, but i found out the number one rule of being the clemson tiger mascot is you can't talk. that' not done, is it? but we were able to do a mike check. we determined our microphone is pretty good. despite the fact that he can't talk, there is a lot they would like to talk about. right now, there is a book called "clemson: through the eye of the tiger" that is being signed at this museum. the people signing are the author and the former tigers themselves. chris here is class of 2014. you are no longer the tiger. you can talk. >> i can freely talk. mandy: you have a record a clemson. >> yes. i did the most push-ups in the first quarter against duke in 2012. mandy: in order for you to did -- do push-ups, the team has to score points. >> i think the record is safe for a while. i hope it is. i want to keep it as long as i can.mandy: we have another former tiger here, you are c

michael: mandy gaither is live and local in anderson county with whaha keepmandy: much of the interstate beside me has been pretreated, except in anderson county. crews are expecting rain at the beginning of the storm, and they say anything they would put down on the roadways would be washed away. the salt brine trucks are on standby, ready to go around anderson, abbeville, greensville, and more. the interstate and major roadways have already been treated in many counties, crews ready to operate the salt-spreading trucks tonight >> if it dumps the snow, we are happy. if it goes to ice, it's going to be an ugly event. stay home if you don't need to be out. mandy: if the storm brings ice, there is a to fall problem. ice can bring down trees that can block roadways, and no matter what, crews have to keep the interstate, primary, and secondary routes open. they could be sanding, deicing, and cutting trees all at the same time. crews say this particular storm has been hard to track, so they are preparing for the worst and hoping for the best. newsr. that an ice storm can cause power to go out

our mandy gaither sat down with clemson great jeff davis and showed him our footage from the night clemson won it all. davis says he remembers feeling relief after the game because of all the critics who didn't believe clemson could win. now, he is ready to pass along the torch to this generation. >> as i would say it, we sowed a seed 30 something years ago. it is time to have babies. allyson: davis says his coach danny ford and current coach dabo swinney have something in common. both are great leaders. geoff: we are also talking about basketball this morning. they beat auburn on the road. dale: clemson won in overtime over syracuse. it was a good night for local sports. geoff: we will have highlights a little bit later on this morning. our news continues. announcer: live, local, breaking news. this is wyff news 4 today in hd. allyson: surrounded by families and of from mass shootings, the president announces executive actions to curb gun violence what steps he is calling for. geoff: for the first time, a south carolinian set to give the gop response to the state of the union address in j

it was only the fourth time in 54 years they've been carol: wyff news 4's mandy gaither shows us the problems all that water was causing. she has more from anderson county. mandy: before the flood gates opened, the water came up to here at portman marina, covering the docks and walkways. in fact, crews are still using rock to fill in the parts that were washed away. this is what one dock looked like before the hartwell flood and this is what it looks like now. the water here, dropping around 3 to five feet the past few days. it had been at 662 feet, two feet over what's considered full pool during the summer months, which left only three feet of storage for any more rainfall. with this past weekend's forecast, the u.s. army corps of engineers decided to go ahead and open the floodgates to be safe. >> we were pushing about 35,000 cubic feet per second downstream, just trying to get more storage up on hartwell itself. mandy: the floodgates have only been opened four times in the past 54 years, in 1964 and 1994, then in 2013, and then, on friday through this morning. the water passed dow

wyff news 4's mandy gaither is live and local in clemson. the snow is really coming down right now, mandy. mandy: the snow here is falling in clemson. it is coming down all around us are at it started about 20 minutes ago, and all day, the temperature has held that he at about -- held steady at about 30 degrees. while this is beautiful, it is also dangerous. earlier, it was starting to melt some, but as you can see now, the roadways are now covered in this white stuff. cars between pickens and oconee county earlier today were going off the roadway. crews at two different accident scenes told me the drivers hit an icy patch and slid off the roadway. they are continuing to urge anyone who does not have to be out in this to stay home. many employers today canceled work. go to greenville to work today, but my boss just told me to stay in clemson and just have fun, have the day off. mandy: you could feel the slush around parts of pickens and oconee counties today. these temperatures and all of that coming down, creating concern for the roads mostl

mandy gaither, wyff news 4 live in anderson county. gabrielle: the superintendent in anderson county of schooldistrict three has resigned and accepted a job with greenville county schmason gary will be deputy superintendent of greenvillecounty school districts. he will start his new job on july 1. he has 27 years of experience in south carolina pc schools. nigel: deputies say a car chase led to a crash in anderson county this morning. they say it happened on wham road. according to deputies, the suspect was trying to avoid stop sticks on the road. backing his car into one of the deputies' cars. deputies say no one was injured. charges are pending against the driver. in hendersonville, a firefighter had to respond to a fire at his own home last night. dwight hill has served as a firefighter with valley hill fire and rescue for more than 30 years. hill and his father and three brothers all have served at that station. he said he was shocked to work a fire at his own home. hill says the home on stanwood lane is a total loss. gabrielle: in

our own mandy gaither is head to toe tiger. she could barely contain her excitement. brad: a bit of news to pass along, multiple reports that mckinsey alexander, the corner back, has a hamstring issue. they do not know if he can go or not. that could be a huge loss. marc: alexander hasn't given up a touchdown in over 20 games. cover calvin ridley. a huge loss for the tigers, a bigger loss than shaq lawson. there is nobody to take alexander cost place, at least somebody who can cover as well as a guy who may be a first-round nfl draft pick. brad: we have been told shaq lawson is expected to play. how effective he will be is yet to be determined. this is the beginning of live coverage. stick with us, we are in arizona. now back to you. michael: an upstate story the , game will be on the big screen at the bon secours wellness arena in greenville. gabrielle: and that's where we find wyff news 4's mike mccormick, who is live and local there with the latest. mike? mike: if you are looking for the ultimate watch party, it will be here at the bon secours wellness arena. it is

mandy gaither, wyff news 4, live in clemson. nigel: the clemson football team is in the air on their way to arizona. gabrielle: and arizona is where we find wyff news 4's brad fralick, who is live i i phoenix where the national championship will be taking place. nigel: look at that shot! gabrielle: hey there brad. brad: nigel, thanks so much. we are live in phoenix, waiting on the clemson tigers to arrive. still about 2 hours before they land in the desert head of the the crimson tide. you saw as the tigers rolled out of town, they are in the air as we speak. i love this. literally across the country. with little green lines behind them as clemson has trekked across the country. the tigers are scheduled to land -- at first it was going to be 6:10 eastern. now they are scheduled for 6:26 an exciting day for the clemson ahead of the national championship game. we caught up with an arizona cardinal not played for the clemson tigers. you will hear from him a little bit later on. live in phoenix, brad fralick, wyff news 4. gabrielle:

if you've watched our reporter mandy gaither through the years, you know she is a huge clemson fan and was so confident in this years team, she and her husband october. connection in philadelphia. in her row, an alabama fan to her left and a clemson fan to her right. then, as fate would have it, when mandy was in downtown phoenix yesterday, she ran into both men within minutes. they're still talking about that flight to phoenix. >> so i board the plane heading to phoenix, and only alabama fan on the plane happened to be sitting at that point to my left. >> you poor guy. >> eric brown from birmingham, alabama. geoff: a lot of orange. how did you handle yourself? you tried to teach them the lyrics of the fight song. >> it would not happen. i was trying to play the tiger rag and then i might as i had a constant van. two tigers. >> scotty brothers. -- scottie cruthers. i tell you what, absolutely amazing experience. i tell you, can we transcend all the barriers here? friends for life. allyson: they called it an amazing experience. as clemson battles for the national football title, it's a

mandy gaither, wyff news 4 4n clemson. gabrielle: an nfl star returned hendersonville today. sam gaston won a super bowl with the baltimore ravens. today he returned to hendersonville high school to present the school with a golden football. this is happening all around the country as part of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the super bowl. >> i wanted to show that football is important to the community. it definitely helps people. the nfl has brought a light to the importance of it in the communitgabrielle: more than 2,000 high schools and roughly 3,000 players and coaches will be recognized this season. nigel: coming up, the obama administration confirms for the first time that major classified information was contained in emails on hillary clinton's private home server. nigel: live shot down clemson boulevard in anderson. light sunshine and winds and the son of a polish immigrant who grew up in a brooklyn tenement. he went to public schools, then college, where the work ofofis life began -- fighting injustice and inequality, speaking truth to power. he moved to v

carol: our mandy gaither sat down with clemson great jeff davis, and showed him our footage from the night clemson won it all. davis says he remembers feeling relief after the game, because of all the critics who didn't believe clemson could win. now, he's ready to pass along the torch to this generation. >> as i would say it, we sowed a seed 30-something years ago. it's time to have babies, hahahahaha. carol: davis's reaction to seeing a young coach danny ford was memorable, as well. he says ford was intense, and you could always tell when he wasn't happy, but says ford and current coach dabo swinney have something in common. both are great leaders. in order to get you ready for the national championship, we've started up our live wire again. you can find it on wyff4.com, on our mobile app, in the "right now" bar at the top of the app, as you see in this video. the live wire is a collection of tweets about the tigers, and championship game. it features everything from throwback videos from the 1981 players. >> now, your live super doppler 4 hd weather forecast. john: very cold high

mandy gaither through the years, you know she is a huge clemson fan. so confident in this year's team that she booked her plane tickets to phoenix in october, and it all came together. when she got on her connection in philadelphia on saturday, this is what she saw. she will be sitting between a clemson fan and an alabama fan. as fate would have it, yesterday in downtown phoenix, she met up with both men within minutes. it was not planned. here is their story. >> so i board the plane heading to phoenix, and they only alabama fan on the plane happened to be sitting at that geoff: you poor guy. alabama. yourself? >> you go with the flow. i tried to teach them the lyrics i was trying to play the tiger song and we had a clemson fan on the other side of me. >> scotti brothers. geoff: what was that like? >> by tell you what, an absolutely amazing experience. can we transcend all the barriers here? friends for life. geoff: apparently, they will be. mandy and her husband saved a lot of money booking those plane tickets in october. much more coming up a little

mandy gaither, wyff news 4, live in clemson. announcer: now, your super john: it is wet and sticks to everything. plus, it is great for making snowbatop honors, on top of mount mitchell, 16 inches of snow. there was some sleet mixed in from time to time, even a trace too maybe a 10th of an inch of ice, but mainly it was snow. airprpt, over 10 inches. at the airport, that 10.6 -- yes, that is a record, the most snow, the record set back in 1987. by the way, the winter of 1987 and 1988 were brutal across the area, some of the heaviest snowfalls we have had. hendndsonville, seven inches, a little bit over half a foot of snow in rutherfordton. inman, 4.5 inches. around three inches in travelers rest. inches in spartanburg, where patrick is. i would show you on live super doppler 4 hd in just a second. top honors with dillard, over seven inches. 3.5 inches in mountain city. clayton, 2.5. hartwell, one inch. livonia, you have a trace of snow and sleet. so now, with the cold air all of the way through the atmosphere, this over -- this

it was only the fourth time in 54 years they've been carol: wyff news 4's mandy gaither shows us the problems all that water was causing. she has more from anderson county. mandy: before the flood gates opened, the water came up to

mandy gaither, wyff news 4 in clemson. >> now your live super doppler 4 hd weather forecast. john: heading into the weekend, clear skies. high pressure continues to dominate. clouds earlier. they squeezed out some flurries this morning. the clouds dissipated, as excited, this afternoon. plenty of sunshine.