maysville has a 6 inch potential. a winter storm warning continues through tomorrow morning at 7 am. we may see changes on the warning area because some counties have not seen as much snow. we will keep you informed loop and keep this as transparent as we can. >>> folks in northern kentucky are seeing most of snow in our area. it is accumulating in maysville and he keeps coming. that is where we find tj parker. >> reporter: a lot of businesses in downtown maysville closed early because of the snow. maysville, pretty quiet and a lot of people knew what was coming and they were prepared. >> if you aren't ready for, its wrongful. >> reporter: it's a never ending battle as they worked to clear the snow from parking lots across maysville. >> we don't plan to go home until were cleaned up and done. if that's tuesday, monday, wednesday, whatever. >> reporter: getting eggs milk and cheese. across town, kevin greene like many other people in town are stocking up for what could be a long weekend inside. >> we should be getting

``live in maysville, john london, ``wlwt news 5. ``were stuck in a massive traffic ``jam on ``interstate-75 near london, ``kentucky, prompting the governor ``to call out the national guard. ``look to get off the road. ``some of them had been stuck in ``their car since 2:00 friday ``afternoon. ``>> when we tell you to stay off ``the road, unless you need to be ``on the road, you really ought to ``listen to us, because it' s like ``i said, we can' t get to you. ``i mean, it' s just that bad. ``if you' re running into the ``ditches, then we' re probably ``going to be in the ditch trying ``to get to you. ``courtis: highway patrol officers ``say multiple wrecks and slow ``driving conditions caused the ``back up. ``that portion of the interstate ``did not reopen until this ``afternoon. ``you can always stay ahead of the ``winter weather with the wlwt ``weather app. ``it sends current conditions and ``school closings right to your ``mobile device. ``10 people forced out of their ``homes after an overnight fire. ``the red cross is now assis

kaye howard sent us this photo, taken at the maysville kroger.... where shoppers were stocking up for what could be a long weekend indoors. it's a madhouse, i've never seen it this busy...been going here for years. crazy. it's ridiculous...i think black friday was better than it is there right now city crews have also prepared... many are already out this morning salting the roads before the snow falls. with all this impending weather....comes a lot of cancellations. many schools in our area have decided to close for the day. several school officials have told us, they're not taking any chances.... our jordan vilines is live with more on how they make the call. closings, delays and dismissals are rolling in to our newsroom. a lot of places will keep the lights off in classrooms today. that's the big... not so simple choice... districts are now facing. the boone county school district is one of dozens not waiting and seeing. safety of students is paramount in these decisions. it's just as important to parents waiting for phone call. the bottom of you

maysville where the snow is still falling! it's a 9 first warning weather alert day.snow already covering parts of the tri-state. going to be very different depending on where you live.9 first warning meteorologists jennifer ketchmark, jason adams and sherry hughes are whether or not ohio sees a lot of snow -- northern kentucky is getting plenty. plenty.we sent out t.j. parker to maysville, kentucky- t.j. how's it looking out there? the snow is coming down pretty heavily, here. photographer terry helmer and i have been driving around- and the roads are very slick. we also noticed a lot of places are the snow is moving south to east... east...and that's where 9 on your side reporter jason law we are keeping a close eye on the roads in the tri-state right now. this is a live look at the cut in the hill in northern kentucky. you can see traffic is moving on the interstate. and because many schools and businesses closed early today, rush hour isn't expected to be quite as busy as your typical friday. tri-state to come home...so wh

winter blast mother nature has a bullseye on maysville and the surrounding area... if the storm materializes as expected, we're talking up to a foot of snow. are heeding the us this photo, taken at the maysville kroger.... were stocking up indoors. never seen it this for years. crazy. it's friday was better than city crews have also prepared... trucks are already loaded with salt and ready to roll out as the first snow falls. folks in north carolina preparing for what could be a crippling storm... the state is planning on being over-prepared and hoping to be under-whelmed... but with snow, sleet and ice expected, the governor says he's not taking any chances. "i've activated state emergency operations center, we have declared a state of emergency allowing me to deploy essential assets or storm response and based on lessons learned in the past, we have also issued an executive order that waives the usual hour and weight restrictions for truck drivers responding to the storm." travelers waited in long lines at the charlotte airport, long lines at the charlotte airport

you can find the perfect example of that in maysville. maysville.that is where nine on your side's t-j parker is covering this for us tonight. many businesses here in maysville closed early today, ahead of the snow. road crews, though, have been busy plowing and salting the streets. i talked to the mayor, earlier, today who says it's all hands on deck. city, county, and state plows have been out- clearing the streets. there's also independent plowers out there- shoveling snow from parking lots. mark ginn and his crew have been out since the snow started to fall, this morning. he says it's been somewhat of a challenging day, for them. 25 it's just snowing so fast that you just can't keep up. i mean you just, and a lot of traffic, if the traffic will calm down, we can get her clean mark says he and his crew will be out for as long as they much easier for them to do their job if people stay off the roads. live in maysville, t.j. parker, 9 on your side. the storm is also dumping a lot of snow east of cincinnati... especially in parts of brown

``in maysville, john london, wlwt ``news 5. ``courtis: you can always stay ``ahead of the winter weather with ``the wlwt weather app. ``it sends current conditions and ``school closings right to your ``mobile device. ``as you probably know we are ``, right in the thick of ``basketball season. ``and despite worries about the ``weather, most games went on as s elise jesse is in ``the newsroom with a look. ``elise? ``elise: it is saturday. ``that means we have a healthy ``menu of college basketball. ``xavier got a win over seton ``hall. ``i' ll show you those highlights ``in sports, but for now, we take ``you to rupp arena. ``the 23rd ranked kentucky ``wildcats were at home taking on ``vanderbilt. ``first half, tyler ulis with the ``drive. ``he' ll get this to fall off the ``glass, and he gets the foul. ``wildcats up six after the free ``throw. ``later in the half, off the ``inbounds, jamal murray with the ``steal. ``he goes coast-to-coast, finishes ``with the dunk. ``and uk rolls right passed vandy. ``76-57. ``louisville in hot-l

maysville is under a level i is no emergency. i spoke to the police chief, he knew of three accident and maysville and a few more in mason county. he says no injuries were reported in any of those he is in the live drive on route 32 in adams county. it looks like road conditions are not the worst we've seen but not as good as they were earlier. >> reporter: you are looking live at route 32 in adams county. the heavy snow continues to come down. road crews are working hard and it's all they can do to keep up down. we had to get east of once we got to the eastern part of clermont county and into brown county, and now adams county, that is where we see the heaviest snowfall. i'm dan carroll. >>> jennifer will be back in a few minutes tracking the winter storm. 9 on your side has so many resources for you and your radar and if you need to travel tonight, up-to-date road conditions all across the tristate. >>> for any future storms you need to snocat app. it is a good thing to download. it can tell you how much snow will fall at your

this could bring upwards of several inches of snowfall with a foot possible in areas near maysville and as far north as florence and the i 71 76 split we could see anywhere from 4 to 8 inches crossing over into southern clermont county. important note a slight track change of just 100 miles could bring more or less. as of now snow starts and continues evening tapering by ohio and se indiana side of the river could be anywhere to even less the farther north. we for today we are 30 degrees. tonight about 20 and a high of 31 friday. with temps dipping into the teens freezing will be a problem in some areas this morning. be especially cautious when traveling on untreated roads and in rural areas. happening now right now... winter storm watches are going right now... winter storm watches are going into effect for most of the mid atlantic and northeast. officials are warning people to prepare for heavy, "perhaps crippling" snow to hit. one of the places under the greatest threat...washingto n d-c...up to two feet of snow could fall there. the good news... we aren't expecting to see that much

this could bring upwards of several inches of snowfall with a foot possible in areas near maysville and as far north as florence and the i 71 76 split we could see anywhere from 4 to 8 inches crossing over into southern clermont county. important note a slight track change of just 100 miles could bring more or less. as of now snow starts early friday morning near 5am and continues through friday evening tapering by saturday morning. snow totals on the ohio and se indiana side of the river could be anywhere from 2 to 3 inches to even less the farther north. we will continue to watch this. for today we are dry with a high of 30 degrees. tonight we drop down to about 20 and a high of 31 friday. toss to denise for traffic into the teens overnight, re- freezing will be a problem in some areas this morning. be especially cautious when traveling on untreated roads and in rural areas. kara 2shot the fight between will smith and one of his former fresh prince of bel-air we'll tell you why smith and his wife. jessica vo and police in new high alert this about the plot behind it...ahead on fox19 n

this could bring upwards of several inches of snowfall with a foot possible in areas near maysville and as far north as florence and the i 71 76 split we could see anywhere from 4 to 8 inches crossing over into southern clermont county. important note a slight track change of just 100 miles could bring more or less. as of now snow starts early friday morning near 5am and continues through friday evening tapering by saturday morning. snow totals on the ohio and se indiana side of the river could be anywhere from 2 to 3 inches to even less the farther north. we will continue to watch this. for today we are dry with a high of 30 degrees. tonight we drop down to about 20 and a high of 31 friday. traffic animation with the play n' trace boogie board, you can numbers, pictures, and more! just place the transparent green board over what you want to trace, and start writing! the board is sturdy and stays in place easily. press the button on top to erase, then start over! it's as easy as that! the boogie board play n' trace paperless doodle pad is the first boogie board ewriter model to feature

the latest on the winter storm as we look live in maysville.. and the changes you can >>> snow emergencies declared into northern kentucky counties. the latest on the winter storm as we look live in mayfield and the changes you can expect in your weekend forecast. >>> a cincinnati man is being detained, right now in north korea. what we are learning about his so-called hostile actions, and what ohio lawmakers are doing to bring him home. with a look at the snow that those in northern kentucky are seeing tonight. >> if you are north of the river, not so much snow that you are seeing out there. meteorologist, jennifer ketchmark leads our snow t onight. >> today it is all about where is the snow? steve raleigh called it the tale of two for forecast prettier seeing just that. but the breakdown we are -- where we are seeing snow at this hour. it's a decent pocket of snow happening right now just north of downtown, as we zoom in you see it heading up to westchester across sharonville, colerain township down to green township, 275 on the west side, thi

south and east of i including dry ridge falmouth maysville and mount olivet 6 to 9 inches. hamilton county including cincinnati northern clermont and clinton counties 1 to 3 inches with everyone else north less than 1 inch. toss to denise for airports in major cities up and down the east coast....as the monstrous winter storm approaches... our sara celi joins us live now from c-v-g... and sara...you yourself are one of the people being affected by this storm.... live airlines have started to cancel flights ahead of a dangerous winter storm taking aim at online flight tracker flight- aware dot-com says more than four- thousand friday and saturday flights have already been scrapped. american airlines said it was canceling all flights friday in charlotte. the carrier said it would cancel operations in washington and baltimore saturday. american also canceled flights saturday in philadelphia. united airlines said it would suspend flights at its washington dulles hub and other mid- atlantic airports starting friday afternoon. authorities are urging people to near icy ponds... an

even the georgetown closing to west union and maysville. here we go toward noon, just south of 71, owing ton dry ridge. batavia even with some, connorsville, aura, still quiet, finally late afternoon, we begin to see that pivot toward downtown cincinnati. the snow starts, depend look at how it winds up, think that in the mind early in the storm by 8:00 it pivots back past 71. some areas north and west, we're going to get some snow in hamilton, not a great deal. 25 is the snow. lingers a little longer in the eastern counties. here is one model. west. two inches in cincinnati, but it east. it amounts to nine inches from maysville down to mount olivet. that is one model, here is another model. constantly, light amounts north and west, 3.7 in cincinnati. look at that some amounts over 10 south and east. here is the forecast as we look at all the data giving the most probable outcome, less than an inch as we head to the north and west around 1-to-2 ver ailes, 2-4 inches across the chunk of northern kentucky at central claremont, 4-6, owing ton d

everyone. here's a live look at maysville. you see snow still coming down on maysville. >> translator: >> tricia: .>> translator: matt hollander has been going through your pictures with a very ool app. seen any good once ones? 5. 2 in falmouth, piketon 4. chilicothe 3 identifiers. the biggest total 8 inches down in lewis county and that's going to be going up into the oafnt hours. won't finish up until the mid-morning hours down there. we've been going over the snow pictures as well and we've had fun ones coming. we've got the plows out inin lack waynoka and browntd. you can see them -- in browntd. of course there are a lot of folks having fun in paige and maddie geght out hitting the sleds and enjoying the day off i think sometimes we forget how much fun the snow can be. rot in robertson this from renee birdie. thank you for submitting that picture. this is my favorite. taylor in brooksville, kentucky, he's ready to go. he's got the helmet on, four wheeler. ready to have a good snow day. if you have any pictures submit them

south and east of i 71 / 75 split including dry ridge falmouth maysville and mount olivet 6 to 9 inches. hamilton county including cincinnati northern clermont and clinton counties 1 to 3 inches with everyone else north less than 1 inch carstar toss to denise for traffic traffic motorists are reminded to allow more time when planning your commute. keep a safe distance from the vehicle in front of you to allow more brake time. give road crews the room they need to do their job. park off street when possible. wondering what the roads look like in your neighborhood ... or what your commute the roads look like in your neighborhood ... or what your commute will look like? download the fox19 weather now app by texting snow to four-19-19... it's free. app by texting snow to four-19-19... it's free. and we're going to be with you from through the end.. our weather team is all over it - and will give you the latest on air, on fox19 now dot com and on our free weather now app. nearly 30-million people could see blizzard conditions in the winter blast... some places in the northeast and mid- atlan

could be a major winter storm for our southeastern counties into and could bring snowfall with a maysville and as far and the i 71 76 split anywhere from 4 to 8 inches crossing over into southern clermont county. change of just 100 now snow starts morning near 5am and continues through friday evening tapering by saturday morning. snow totals on the ohio and se indiana side of the river could be anywhere farther north. we watch this. 30 degrees. tonight about 20 and a high of 31 friday. still to come the river? what's happening today... which could help make that happen coming up plus... if the fbi recommends charges against hillary clinton because of her e- mail practices.... would the democrats have any options to consider another candidate? after the break... we'll look at the rules and the possibilities. and... denise johnson is checking some traffic issues this morning... the morning x will be right back xtra is sponsored by marine recently released from an iranian prison is returning to michigan. amir hekmati is scheduled to arrive this afternoon at flint's bishop international airpor

south and east of i 71 / 75 split including dry ridge falmouth maysville and mount olivet 6 to 9 inches. hamilton county including cincinnati northern clermont and clinton counties 1 to 3 inches with everyone else north less than 1 inch. many schools have already cancelled to the storm. they're not taking classes today due to the storm. they're not taking any chances.... animation our jordan vilines is live with more on how officials make the call. live closings, delays and dismissals are rolling in to our newsroom. a lot of places will keep the lights off in classrooms today. that's the big... not so simple choice... districts are now facing. the boone county school district is one of dozens that made the early decision to close it's doors today. safety of students is paramount in these decisions. it's just as important to parents waiting for phone call. be sure and check the bottom of your screen or fox19 now dot com to see if your child's school is closed. if you live in kentucky... governor matt bevin has ordered that all state offices be closed today...in anticipation of the storm.

still five to seven towards maysville. and the southern part of lewis county still 7 to 10 inches possible. 2 to 4 inches from georgetown to hills burrow to west union. willowsburg. and everybody else a little less than that. so the accumulations really haven't come up to where we were expecting and again watch this. model continues a little bit of snow across the metro. evening hours, begins to break up. and then it begins to slide off to the south and east. not completely out of the woods until dawn tomorrow morning. there won't be much more accumulation. more of a tonight. clearing in the forecasts tomorrow. partly cloudy for sunday. the low 15. may even be colder than that. there might be single digit low temperatures in rural areas. 35 on sunday. 23 and 38 for monday. chance of shower or flurry activity with a high of 34. 32 degrees on wednesday. 37 and 40s for thursday and friday. of course you can always track this using the weather now app. it's a great 3-d app. it's got live radar and everything you need. it's a w

we're live in maysville now. today, talk about the conditions you are seeing out there now. >> reporter: i got here 9:30 a.m. this morning. the snow actually started falling about one hour after that. you can see we are here in downtown mezzalow. the snow is coming down pretty nicely here. just south of the river. i just talk to the mayor who says the trucks are loaded and ready to hit the streets. this can be expensive for small towns like this. he said it is about 1 dollar a -- for a town this size. he says challenge hills the mayor is asking anyone who to you see the snow plows out on but the best advice he says is to stay inside for the snow plows can clear the roads. 12:30 p.m. kroger who are also preparing >> see you in a little bit. thank you. >>> don't forget our parents come and he script has opened a new app. you can download after $2.99. >>> north korea says it has arrested a cincinnati man over what they call, a hostile act. the wyoming high school graduate was reportedly visiting the country with a c

in maysville i'm gordon graham fox19 now. weather now so now that the storm is gone... but what's next jeff? jeff in the wake of yesterday's winter weather system, built in and the overnight hours will be rather cold. with clear to partly cloudy skies by morning lows will drop into the mid teens. sunshine will help afternoon highs climb into the mid 30s. monday will start with sunshine but clouds will be on the increase during the afternoon in advance of our next weather- maker. we should see highs near 40 on monday. monday night you can expect a few light showers, with a rain/snow mix possible for tuesday. thanks jeff... and as all that snow was coming down in central snow was coming down in central kentucky... a local man found himself right in the middle of it... stuck on the highway for 15 hours! but when it was all said and done... he remembered a simple act of kindness. saturday's snow did more than put a halt to flights across the midwest. it also put a stop to drivers traveling on i-75. "once i got to the london exit, it was all backed up. you couldn't even get

katherine, we have quite the crew out here- covering the snow in maysville. we actually stayed the night, here, because the roads were too bad to drive on. still- this morning, they're snow covered. u-s 62 has about one- drivable lane. we watched road crews, streets and parking lots across the city. but authorities here are still asking people- if you don't have to be out on the roads- still very icy. also, be aware, some businesses could i've been here since 10, yesterday morning, and the snow has been non stop. but the good news- the snow should be letting up soon.we're live in maysville, t.j. parker, 9 on your side. this morning much of ohio is waking up to nearly no snow... but in kentucky... it is a far different story.one of the parts of northern kentucky that saw the most snow was grant county.that is where nine on your side's tony mirones is this morning... he joins us via phone... tony, and breaking overnight...a building goes up in flames forcing dozens out into the cold.it happened just north of horseshoe casino at 12th street and pendelton avenue.

riding out the storm. underway the mcdonald's was closed. into maysville. as you inch your way downhill, snowplows were out in full force. cars and sidewalks were being cleaned off. the mayor placed the city under a level 1 snow emergency. you were to drive with caution due to blowing and drifting snow. some drivers had the right means of transportation to get around. >> not bad when you got a vehicle like i'm driving. it's very slick out there. if you are not keeping it under control with the speed of the vehicle, if you hit your brakes, you are in trouble. >> reporter: while some were not happy with the snow, others enjoyed it. whether it meant a good snowball fight or even finding the sledding. others just made the most of it. >> i think it's safe to stay in. i'm gonna get out for a little while. we're not going very far. >> reporter: you like the >> not really. florida. >> reporter: throughout the few people walking the streets of downtown maysville. very few cars out as well. people are just staying indoors. tomorrow morning, they will be shoveling out

so fox 19 now, sarah selly joining us live from maysville. good morning to you! s already snowing out there! hey, sarah! >> reporter: it is still snowing, yes. it hasn' t stopped snowing. it' s sticking and building on top of what' s already fallen here and this area did get hardest in the surrounding city of cincinnati. folks are waking up to covered streets and covered sidewalks and covered roads and definitely a winter wonderland in the way here in mason county. you do want to be careful. we drove on the highway to get here and it was okay but there were some spots that were slick but we' re okay. if you' re headed out and need to get on that road and any others in the mason county area, you definitely want to take things with you. an emergency kit and that kind of stuff and be aware and make sure people know you' re coming to a destination. you could be involved in accidents if you' re not careful. be aware some roads are not clear and they' ll have you working through and doing that this weekend as we dig out here in mason county. but meanwhile back to you g

. >> reporter: maysville is a virtual ghost town. everything went moment early. the bosses sent them home.

``this is aberdeen, just southeast ``of maysville, came in at five ``inches. ``so this is a shot at 3:00 this ``morning. ``this is the side of the house ``where maybe it drifts a little ``bit. ``looks deeper than was estimated ``on the car. ``we had snow covered roads and ``driveway this morning. ``that's the case for the ``southeast half of the tri-state. ``totals not as high as expected, ``but measurable snowfall for the ``region. ``the last six hours of radar ``imagery, eastern counties have ``continued with light snow ``showers this morning. ``add to the totals, but from ``about 5:00 this morning to now, ``we may see an additional inch or ``so for parts of highland county ``and brown county earlier that ``got a band come through. ``we continue with more activity ``to come in from the northeast. ``you're not quite done. ``from hillsboro, peebles, snow ``showers working in from the ``northeast to southwest. ``a different orientation than ``we're accustomed to. ``some of the bands may be briefly ``moderate or heavy intensity, ``especially those coming in ``to

port william, that is the coldest spot i could find and they are at 1 below zero, maysville at 4, and peeble at 4, and hanging a 1 above zero, and thankfully there's not a lot of wind, but where there's wind it's pushing temperatures at below zero, last night we had a light breeze pushing the windchill below zero, the worst of the windchills remain to the nothing is on radar, sunshine, and clouds in iowa and those spreading late this afternoon, could see a flurry north of town, other than that quiet, 18 by noon. and tonight temperatures are going up, warmer weather to round out the week, a little rain to talk about, too. let's check on traffic, jen, we have this water main breaks out there with these bitter temperatures. >> reporter: as we started the morning with the water main break, we said this could be the situation where we start to see these around downtown, planefield road is closed between montgomery and south road this morning because of a water main break, avoid that area right now, if you can. also the other one that popped up that hasn't made it to our a lane, apparently

same thing in maysville. as we zoom out you are going to notice that a lot of the tri- state is in the clear. breathe that sigh of relief. it's a great thing to say, that the tank ser starting to drop off. that is the case here in hamilton county throughout butler county. if you see any snow left, it will be light, flurries, it will not be snow squalls. kenton counties, a little bit of snow but minor. not the intense squall. where we are still dealing with the squalls and will for 30 minutes at the max, talking county, adams county. once this is out, we're done, guys this is out of here. there's that leading edge. what i put this into, i'm going to put my hand rate out here by started, and it dropped an inch of snow on top of the i batesville, indiana, through cincinnati and all the way now out to peebles and west union. this has been moving at times up to 50 miles per hour. hour. reports. batesville at 2.5, lighter morning. i imagine some of those numbers have gone up but just take in here. but look at how m

as far as the snow is concerned, a few flurries around maysville, falmouth. those will move on now. we are going to see clearing skies. though the help temperatures fall off even more later tonight. current temperature 17 in batavia, 22 and brooksville, 12 at southeast indiana. cvg we are looking at 16 wins at 60 miles per hour giving us a temperatures are continue to fall. the temperature will not be quite as high. it will be breezy enough. our windchill will be between a minus five and -15 tomorrow morning. it will go from 5 a.m. tonight in till 1 p.m. tomorrow afternoon. we' re seeing cold air and northwesterly winds opening up the arctic for us. the one sort of highlight is high pressure moving in. monday and tuesday are going to be sunny just not warm. so tonight , temperatures cincinnati. eight degrees amazing, for in springville, 4 in maysville. between about minus five and 10 below zero. dress warmly tomorrow. frostbite can happen. take care of yourself, take care of your pets. tomorrow morning, starting up at five degrees. we will go up to 60 degrees. we' ll see some sunshi

``on the southern parts of the ``you cross the ohio river over in ``the maysville and the ``brooksville community, this is ``where the big snow will continue ``through the evening and ``overnight hours. ``these are the locations that ``will see the most substantial ``accumulations. ``the snow beginning to fill in ``and you can see every now and ``again, we will see the snow ``returns drop off. ``as a result, it has traded a ``situation where what we have ``done is cut the snowfall totals ``across the border and across ``greater cincinnati this evening. ``basically heavy snowfall six to ``10. ``seven parts of brown county is ``where the heaviest snow will ``fall throughout the evening ``hours. ``then we have a strike of four to ``six. s a broad area of one ``to three baconschi is most of ``northern kentucky and it takes ``significant measurable snow out ``of the cincinnati metro area. `` maybe upwards of an isolated ``itch. `` you will have to go south of the ``ohio river this evening. ``you want have to go very far ``south and east and travel will ``become quite difficult. ``even down p

northwest, less snow neighbor an inch or two. we are going to get the snow. 2-4. dry ridge 4-6. maysville probably better that is six. travel east is going to be i problem. it will start in and around cincinnati tomorrow afternoon 2:00 or 3:00. >> winds are light they will be picking up on the strong side tomorrow. down to 20 degrees by 7:00 in the morning we will discuss more of the those travel problems south. right now back to the news desk. >> cammy: tim, thank you. a lot of northern kentucky is all state offices will be closed tomorrow. >>> it might be best in people in the nation's capitol stay home too. washington d.c. was thrown into a tizy because of about an inch of snow. the coming storm is going to be much worse in d. c. one to twee freet of snow. >> i got wine, i got beer, we are ready to have the neighbor over. >> the storm has cancelled thousands of flights. >> travel agents were working around the clock to get people home before the storm. been working hard day the phones have been nonstop. they try to get thousands of travellers back to cincinnati but thoroughs other east

``if you head to maysville, you ``are looking at six to 10. ``these numbers could go way up or ``way down. ``these are not finalized numbers. ``the closer you are to date, ``ohio, the less of an impact the ``system will have. ``one to four inches of most of ``our area. ``a sharp upgrade in our extreme ``southern communities where 62 to ``10 inches of snow may be a ``possibility. ``looks like lexington gets ``slammed. ``mark: all: milk! milk! milk! milk! milk! okay! fun's over. vv aw.zz aw. vv rr thirsty? they saidtt it would make me cool. they don't sound coolrr to me. xx guess not. you got to stick uprrfor yourself, rr like with``the name your price tool. people tell us their budget,``not the other way around. rr aren't you`` lactose intolerant? vv this isn't lactose.xx it's milk.

montd, highland county in western ohio, and winter storm warnings have been issues for mount olivet, maysville, and mason county, this is more tomorrow into tomorrow night ending early saturday, significant snow fall a possibility, especially south and east of cincinnati. we're going to breakdown who has the best chance of seeing several inches of snow and giving you a time line of that snow coming up in just a little bit. let's get a check on the morning drive, here is jen dalton. >> reporter: we do have a couple of problems, actually just one, because we cleared the accident scene that had been on 74, ramps are what we're going to need to watch this morning, 275 eastbound the ramp to 75 southbound, we now have an accident scene there. the good news here is that you canny traffic is can see traffic is able to get by and this is on the ohio side of things. they have the right ramp blocked, and overnight we had report of ice causing slide off from the ramp from 275 to montgomery road. ice is still a potential. and the ramps is where we're going to use caution, and bridges and overpasses, that t

right now south of maysville, moving down south. for most of us, this is not a huge issue. if you' re headed out the door right now, this is what you need to know. a light makes early this one, right now and by the time 6:30, it is gone. into the 50' s all weekend long week with storms rolling in late on tuesday, which is groundhog day. we will take a look at the complete forecast in a few minutes. mark: this weekend you can cheer on the cyclones or even participate in a run, all while supporting breast cancer awareness. lisa: wlwt news 5' s kyla woods is here with a preview. kyla: when the cyclones hit the ice tomorrow night, expect it to look at little different at u.s. bank arena. you' ll see a lot of pink for the team' s breast cancer awareness game. the "pink the rink" event includes pink ice, pink jerseys, and even a post game party with coaches and players at santo graal at the banks. but before the game, the 2nd annual frozen 5k run and walk takes place. the 3.1 mile course starts at 9:00 and goes along the ohio river through cincinnati' s transit center underneath

``south west of maysville, five ``inches. ``highland kd. ``if you get out this morning and ``take totals #wlwt to fill in the ``map. ``in general, totals not a high as ``expected. ``morning. ``this is the side of the house ``where it was collecting a little ``bit more from the strong winds ``during the night. ``an inch and a half of snow, it ``was on some of the roadways ``early this morning. ``if you're traveling south and ``east of cincinnati, you still ``need to use caution from snow ``being blown back across the ``roads. ``here's the wlwt radar. ``the 275 loop is quiet. ``coming in from the northeast ``through brown county toward mt. ``orab into georgetown, some snow ``showers out there, a half inch ``or covering possible. ``i don't think we'll see much ``more in the way of accumulation. ``but we do still have some ``lingering snow showers. ``this afternoon, temperatures ``will struggle some, even with ``sunshine returning. ``the forecast, a high today ``around 32. ``we'll talk about heading above ``freezing and melting heading our ``wa

, 19 in versailles, east peebles is at 18, you jump down to brooksville, kentucky, 30 there, but maysville at 20. you can see the huge range of readings we have, there's the view downtown, clear skies right now, and we range from 17 in hamilton to around 27 at the airport, 26 at wilmington and batavia and lufkin only at 20. there's the radar, nothing falling in the area, we don't expect anything today, but the clouds will arrive later. you can see the cloud cover to will start in the 20s, and the temperatures 40 at noon, and a warm day by standards, we will head into the upper 40s later this afternoon, 4 degrees warmer today than yesterday, 50s on the way but rain to track, too. if you're going to the bengals game on saturday night, it's looking wet. we will get to the forecast coming up. let get to jen with a look at >> reporter: good morning, we're looking at the roads, we're accident-free, we cleared the overnight construction that was going on in a couple of spots. volume of traffic picking up a little bit but nothing to worry about 471 starting to see more traffic between 275 and the

enhancement in west union, augusta in maysville. we continue to see the snow, even toward owenton, light snow indiana. you get the picture, more snow. we can look at things over the next two hours, i start now and take you through two hours of through 8:22. you will notice the light snow continuing to push through the area. we won't see it come to an end until late morning. visibility reduced in some of the heavier snow as well. 1 1/2 mile visibility at lufkin airport, and 1 1/2 mile at the airport, and visibility really has come down in the wilmington as the light snow has started to pick up through parts of clinton county, here is a live look, and less of a view with the snow getting slightly heavier downtown. this is going to be a quick shot of snow. morning, it's going to move out 1-2 inches for most. we will see slick travel throughout the morning, quiet weather coming tomorrow, temperatures in the low 30s with a snow, and more snow is possible on friday with the next system which looks to clip the area. the latest guidance con

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that you'll receive two to four, perhaps best chanc for six or more inches of snow, basically near maysville, west union and into the far southeastern part of adams county and mason county. just to the north of the winter storm warning, ripley, hamilton, warren and clinton county are under a winter advisory from 4:00 p.m. today through 7:00 a.m. on saturday. snowfall totals here will center between an inch and two inches. so less snow is expected in the advisory area. more snow is expected in the warning area. the coverage and intensity of snow is increasing. not all of this snow is reaching the ground. there's a lot of dry air near the ground. with time, more snow will reach the ground. with the coming hours more on doppler 12 will be reaching as opposed to floating around the in the atmosphere. west union, down into brack p, robertson, mason county. we've had reports of reaching the snow in brown county. southern clermont county. the visibility is being reduced due to snow. near thalman, this is also snow reaching the ground. in grant county, carol county, gallatin county and owen county.

into the 40s. 42 at the airport. 41 in lunken. we do have 30s across the eastern part of our area. maysville 39. we have snow cover. but even there. we're really melting the snow pretty fast. now precision doppler 12 hd, we don't have anything on the map right now. we will have some green moving in and some blues moving in from the west at around 6:00. until then, we'll be nice and dry, thickening the clouds up by 5:00. they will become completely overcast, 45 degrees there and then as we go into the evening, that's when the rain gets going. it is on and off hit and miss rain. it is not going to be raining steady all even long. we have been waiting for it to develop. we'll see the first chance develop to the east of kansas city, there's snow up here as well. we have the winter weather advisory which shows the track of the snow nicely. wisconsin staying out of our area. that's some good news, we're just dealing with the rainfall overnight tonight, we're pulling in this warmer air to the south and west. memphis is right around 53. it feels pretty nice this time of year. we're not going to get

that.today -- they tested out their tele-nephrology program -- with meadowview regional medical center in maysville. hospital is the main focus.it allows kidney specialists to speak with patients at sites near their home. a plan to lower prescription drugs costs in ohio -- is now caught up in a legal battle. battle.the group behind it is suing the secretary of state -- over a challenge on signature petitions.the proposal is aimed at keeping the state from paying high drug cost and passing it onto consumers.ohio officials received a complaint about the signatures -- so they're halting progress to investgate. 150 *truckloads* of dirt! that's a lot of soil -- right? right?all that earth is being dumped in the u-s bank arena right now -- for arenacross racing this weekend.and the three-thousand pounds of dirt will be molded and shaped to create various obstacles for riders.and not all dirt is created equal. "the dirt's going to be different from every region, the dirt is specific to ohio and this area" area"and that dirt draws a lot than a hundred folks ran qualifiers to get in the nighttime racing eve

road conditions are one of the biggest concerns. tonight on local 12 news at 6:00. communities like maysville could potentially see as much snow. the very latest on the changes on the weather conditions. scott will be working with erica collura. local12.com is also your home for closings and delays around the tri-state. >> a different picture on wall street. stocks have been sharply higher. energy stocks recovered some ground. we have a look at the latest numbers on local 12 news live at noon. the number of people seeking unemployment benefits rose last week to the highest levels since july. volatile after the holidays when many retail employees are laid off. the heads of the child poverty coalition are expected to meet today. cincinnati mayor john cranley gave that. the six cochairs could possibly discuss pushing the deadline back to september. right now they are looking to hire a consultant who could recommend ideas and then the coalition could decide to pass it moving forward. business leaders are discussing whether it makes sense to expand the street car into northern kentucky. the busine

bond for felonious assault on the officer and prior charges of fleeing from aberdeen, ohio, and maysville, kentucky police. "something is not right with my head. there's no way this is reality right now. what is going on right now? this is not real." real." only nine on your side was there thursday as kyle moore was arraigned in brown county court -- accused of assaulting ripley police officer john amole.moore appeared confused and at times head in his hands. hands. "i don't know what happened here. this is not right. what happened? your honor, i would never knowingly hurt an officer of the law." judge joseph worley wasn't buying moore's story. story. "i'm going to find that you're a flight risk -- two that you're a danger to the community -- bond will be set at two million dollars, cash surety or property." property."this began wednesday night near the pcp/champion plant on second street in ripley when officer amole responded to a radio run. run. "we had had a prior call from a female filing a complaint that this male had made threats and had taken belongings of hers." hers."ripley offic

meteorologist brandon orr has a report from maysville. 3

to the west of interstate 75. there will be flurries and snow showers from clinton county down to maysville for the next hour or so. the winter weather advisory continue to see get trimmed back as snow moves out of the tri-state. we're done with accumulating snow. there will be lingering flurries around this afternoon. all of the flurries that we have in the tri-state are in highland, adams and brown county. i expect snow to come to a complete end by late this afternoon. we're likely see partial clearing. we're up into the low and mid 20s by late this afternoon. weather authority app has been updated. something that will be of great use even if snow is coming to an end, another round of snow forecast on friday. a lot of uncertainty in the track and the amounts. the forecast will be updated later today. tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow night, a lot of you have been focused on snow today and friday. we will provide updates on air, on line, and from our meteorologists on the go in the coming hours, especially with friday's event. right now, we have a temperature of 20 degrees atop the radisson on

``that's just south of maysville. ``west union at five inches. ``these are the latest snowfall ``totals, but the potential to add ``to them when people get up this ``morning. ``satellite and radar showing snow ``overnight heavy for maryland, ``west virginia and virginia, that ``have already seen a foot of ``snow. ``they'll continue with that snow ``wrapping in. ``we're on the back side as it ``lifts off the new england coast. ``we'll see snow showers come to ``an end this morning. ``the last six hours showing the ``snow lingering for the southeast ``counties. ``there are flurries flying out ``there, but not much to add to ``accumulations. ``so light snow showers, highland ``and adams county. ``a little different direction ``than we're accustomed to, moving ``in from the northeast, pushing ``to the south and southwest. ``cincinnati is quiet, to the ``northeast especially. ``we have situations where the ``roads have to be cleared across ``northern kentucky but plenty of ``time during the night to do ``that. ``so looking well if you're ``traveling l

30s.sunday, partly to mostly sunny skies will push afternoon highs into the hardest hit area tonight is maysville... road crews there have their work cut out for them tonight. many businesses had to shut down today. nine on your side's t-j parker has been there all day covering the impact of the storm. precis: the snow has been many businesses closed early so employees could go home. road crews have been busy plowing and spreading salt. some shelves on the iga were nearly bare after people stocked up on supplies for the weekend. many people are planning to stay indoors tomorrow. shoppers reported accidents and seeing cars slipping and sliding. the mason county judge executive has declared a level two snow emergency, meaning people should avoid driving unless another area that took a big hit from the snow was grant county. all the schools were closed and people were urged to stay off the roads if at all possible. we checked with the kentucky state patrol a short time ago.. and they tell us conditions are still bad. and pendleton county now has a level two travel advisory. people are being urged to