But its about to get a lot more active and a lot more dangerous. Meteorologist robin reed begins with radar views and flood watches. Youwe got both and if you look at the rate alright i think you should not all that impressive in fact theres not much rain here at all and youd be absolutely correct but underneath the radar beams are zipped on a drizzle theres a fair amount of fog as well in the light showers do continue through the hill city right now for martinsville south boston as well so why the light stuff at the moment i think he could pretty well see why it is so much cooler and are part of the world right now than outlying areas like charleston the 50 bristol at 50 roanoke onforti to lynchburg and forty were staying in this cold air wedge which is actually good news for us but we will have a heavy rains by tomorrow afternoon that has instituted a flood watch for our entire viewing area its because of the kind of rain weve had it been here for a while and get all that melting sno
Todays heavy rain has First Responders preparing for possible flooding. Wdbj7s Khiree Stewart spoke with crews on how they plan to keep you and your family safe. They always make you nervous. Theres not a single time you go out in a flooding event that youre completely comfortable with it. Were being put in situations that the average person is not normally put in. Bobby haynes knows that first hand. Hes one of 26 members of salems Swift Water Rescue Team. Weve had people with some close call situations enough that those people have come back and taught us the lessons that theyve learned and try to keep us safe. He says they have flood gauges throughout the area to keep track of the rising water. And train monthly on different swift water rescue techniques. Swift water is one of the more Dangerous Things we do as a Fire Department. The scary thing on our business is that it doesnt take a lot of rain to separate the car from the road. Salem fire chief John Prillaman says it only takes a
Storm recovery. This is our community and these are our people. How organizations and Community Members are teaming up to get parts of our area back to normal after a massive tornado ripped through. Tonight we have Live Team Coverage. Andgodzilla gone wild. Its sort of a middle of the road, tough to call forecast. Virginia has seen some crazy weather lately but what does all this mean for spring . We take a closer look at el nino. Thenpreparing for the show. People have a real misconception about horses. Theres a big horse show in our area and horse owners are getting prepared. What they want you to know about the animals in tonights ag life report. The National Weather service confirming a tornado hit appomattox county this as both the governor and the county declare a state of tornado recorded in appomattox county since 1950. Now tonight people are starting to clean up. Governor mcauliffe went to appomattox county today to tour the damage. This afternoon he visited white pine drive w
Lows in the low to mid 30s. Sunday mostly sunny and warm with temperatures in the mid 60s. Well keep the warmth rolling into tuesday as mild air is reinforced from s storm system that will likely track into the ohio river valley. When the cold front of this storm crosses late tuesday night and into wednesday expect the possibility of rain and thunderstorms. Temperatures crash once again as we close out the work week. With the colder temperatures in place we are watching the track of area of low pressure closely for late thursday and into friday. Depending upon the morning with the ongoing of an officer involved shooting in Roanoke County. It happened near the walgreens at brambelton avenue and electric road. Details remain limited, but one witness spoke with wsls ten about the incident. Thomas gill witness i was coming out of kroger. Ambulance, fire trucks and everything else. Investigation. Of an officer involved shooting in Roanoke County. It happened near the walgreens at brambelton
Roanoke really join standards and 30 right now in danville. All the moisture lies off the coast of South Carolina, travel to the north east hogging the east coast strong really tomorrow and tomorrow afternoon. Some places might see some snow showers in such North Carolina for us. We actually will see a blend of simon house temperatures will be very warm tomorrow with a high near 50 and minutes this clipper system and associated cold front that we keep an eye out on for the start of the week it could usher rent some snow. A mix of rain as well for monday afternoon into Tuesday Morning and could hamper your commute for more wonderful force or theres nothing that can stand between them and skiing. They gathered at wintergreen resort as part of the wintergreen Adaptive Sports 12 th Wounded Warrior weekend. They taught beginners and those whove never skied before how to use adaptive techniques to ski. About 25 wounded veterans from the midatlantic showed up for the weekend with family. Dave