Saying this will turn into an allrain scenario on monday. No worries for valentines day. Get out and enjoy with your loved ones, not a romantic walk but quiet as you go to dinner are for example. 6 00, snow showers across the high country and overnight, the activity will move into charlotte. It looks like the latest time frame is 3 00 in the morning in center city with heavier snows across the high country and northern foothills. Look at how quickly this changes to more of a freezing rain deal. It will be quick so the amount of opportunity for a heavy or accumulating snow is the window of concern in question that were looking at with the latest computer models. Coming up, ill talk about the accumulation possibilities for not just snow but ice. Thats coming up. Thank you, john. Weekend to pretreat roads ahead of monday mornings winter storm. We just got an update from the department of transportation. Reporter liz, they expect to start treating roads in the greater charlotte area as early as 10 00 tomorrow morning and start with the interstate and then move to the high traffic areas like interstate 74. They are treating the roads and highways all over the state. Crews have used 10,000 tons from the first winter storm of the season. This morning, d. O. T. Officials employed crews in the foothills to treat the roads with brine. In charlotte, local d. O. T. Started brining as early as head out again sunday. Usually we have one big snow and everyone moves on with their life, and its just weird that we keep having snow. Present report i reached out to officials to see if we should expect School Closures or delays. I have not heard back but well keep you updated on 9 and on air throughout the night. And you can track the winter storm any time right on your phone with our wsoctv weather app, free for android and google devices. Ed it, hundreds of families are relieved to have their heat back on after crews installing google fiber cut a gas line. You know, one of the coldest nights, its not the funnest this is the second time this week that a google contractor cut a line. So we looked into why. Tina . Reporter a spokesman for piedmont gas said they didnt know what caused the line to go down exactly but some people went out service this morning. We were thinking we cant go all night long without heat. Reporter but thats just what she had to endure as a crew hit a gas main on friday night and caused 300 customers to lose service. The house got to 58 degrees last night. It was cold. Reporter a spokesperson said that the Company Called in who spent the night going doing to door to restore service. 78 people had service, but others had to wait until later in the day. I waited until the heat came on. Reporter this is the second time this week that a contractor for google fiber hit a line digging. A spokesman for pmd set that charlotte is undergoing a lot of construction. And he said its imperative for contractors to call and have the utility lines marked before digging. The largest cause of lines being hit is when they havent called. Reporter but he couldnt say if that caused tuesday or friday nights break. Yes, they have a response but in this case, i dont have information about that. Reporter it looks as if utility lines were marked in like that orange one on the ground all over the neighborhood. And in the past five minutes, i did receive a response from google fiber. A spokesperson said we want to be good neighbors, so were doing everything that we can to prevent unnecessary disruption and resolve issues quickly. To take a look at the full statement, visit our website, wsoctv. Com. Tina terry, channel 9 eyewitness news. Thank you, teen a and channel 9 is pushing for answers as to whether this contractor was the same company or a different one involving tuesdays break and asking if this particular line was marked and whats being done to prevent the breaks from happening in the future. New at 6 00, Charlotte Mecklenburg police need the publics help to catch an Armed Bank Robber who held up a south Charlotte Bank this morning. Officers say this man walked into the pnc bank on Arboretum Drive in south charlotte and ran off with the cash. Detectives say that the same man robbed this bank on pinevillematties road, a similar situation, armed and slipped the teller a note and took off. If you know who this person is, call police. New at 6 00, Lancaster Police arrested a man say they stole a womans purse and hit her in the face multiple times in a walmart parking lot. Police say this man targeted a woman loading groceries into her car on thursday when he stole her purse and knocked her to the ground. Yesterday, police served a search warrant and found the victims cell phone. He is held in jail without bond. Parents with kids in charlottemecklenburg schools shared their concerns about busing as part of the schools. The vice chair said there wont be major changes to busing. Somehow in the midst of all of this, people have started spreading rumors that this means massive changes to our busing system. Thats not really whats on the table. Some parents told channel 9 they dont understand why leaders havent clearly said that busing changes arent off the table and will vote later this month. New information on a fox attack in cleveland county. Our partners at the shelby star report a fox that attacked two people on wednesday tested positive for rabies. We told you about the attack outside the Childrens Home of cleveland county. The two people attacked will meet with the Health Department to discuss whether they need to get rabies shots. Three weeks as punishment for serving alcohol to an under aged student that led to a deadly crash that killed three people from charlotte. The headon crash last july happened when the driver crossed into oncoming traffic and slammed into another car. A woman and her 6yearold grandfather and another woman died in the crash headed back to charlotte for a memorial service. Tonights gop president ial debate will be the last before South Carolinas republican primary on february 20th. The showdown will feature the six remaining candidates and donald trump is still taking aim at senator ted cruz even threatening to sue him. As it gets closer, he will get nastier and nastier and while republicans get ready for tonight, democratic candidates, Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton are facing off in nevada. Well breakdown the leading candidates positions on the issues highlighted in tonights debate at 11 00. Temperatures hovering barely above freezing as we wait for the winter storm. Ill pinpoint when it arrives where you live. Threatens to break 100yearoldre phone ringing you cant deal with something, by ignoring it. But thats how some president ial candidates seem to be dealing with social security. Americans work hard, and pay into it. So our next president needs a real plan to keep it strong. elephant noise donkey noise your buddy ron once said he could install your ceiling fan. He couldnt. And that one time ron said another chili dog was a good idea. Yeah, it wasnt. So when ron said youd never now ron does too. The e series. Legendary john deere quality. Unexpected low price. E series compact tractors come with an industrybest, sixyear,nocost powertrain warranty. Ost powertra were staying on top of breaking news. In just within the last 40 minutes, we learned that the u. S. Supreme court, Antonin Scalia passed away from natural causes. He was appointed by president Ronald Reagan in 1986 and in the last five minutes, North Carolina senator tillis released this statement and reads in part, regardless of one political views, there is no doubt that Justice Scalia will be remembered as 1 of the most thoughtful and consequencial Supreme Court justices in contemporary american history. Were expecting a statement from the president laterred it. Right now, polar air is sweepings the mid west heading east and impacting 100 million people. In this hour, temperatures will drop to dangerous lows and the deep freeze could break 100 yearold records. Reporter here in buffalo, new york, weve been seeing lakeeffect snow, and thats erie is not frozen over yet. Hard to tell you about its only 9 frozen. We have had a mild start to the winter, and thats a quick changed it with the arctic air coming in. 30 below zero with a wind chill and the arctic air mass is only continuing to push farther in. Places like new york city, they saw temperatures in the 20s and they are waking up with feel like temperatures of 30 below. Your eyes, they water and your face, it starts to burn. And you will feel the threat of frostbite and longer exposure, you could lose your cognizant abilities. This is a threat, hypothermia, that 100 million americans are bracing for this weekend. All of this is expected to last for a short period of time, and by the start of the work week, the temperatures will start to rebounded. Snow caused a major pileup on the pennsylvania interstate. Police say at least 50 vehicles were involved and at least 40 people were taken to the hospital. The cold will set us up for a major winter storm in charlotte next week. John . This is all early on monday, and tomorrow for valentines day, we could enjoy it with your sweetheart and everything, it will be just fine, just a few extra clouds and while sleeping into the early hour of monday, we start out with snow, and it doesnt look like the window for snow will be that big. It quickly changes to freezing rain. We just tweeted this out. Ice will be the bigger threat for monday especially in the morning time. Lets get you caught up on whats happening right now. Plans tonight . The temperature, 35 in charlotte and middle 30s in albemarle, skies are clear at 32. Shoals ferry into cleveland, statesville, 30. Hickory and lincolnton, 34. Very cold across the high country. Live Early Warning doppler 9, mostly clear skies and an extremely cold air mass in place over charlotte leads to a major chill tonight and tomorrow morning. Got tickets for the checkers game . 26 heading back home. The Early Morning church service, very cold, not record territory, but 15 tomorrow morning and 13 in statesville and 14 in lancaster. Chester, pretty warm at 18 and sunshine to start out tomorrow but as we go forward through the rest of valentines day, the clouds from the storm were talking about will move in. Well only get up to 35 as a result and mostly cloudy by 8 00 tomorrow night and then on futurecast f you live in the high country, jefferson, the snow will be early for you and quick rounds of it through midnight. So quiet in charlotte and cloudy by the midnight hour of monday. You get to 3 00 and that snow gets going. But watch how short it is. Staying in the high country but watch how quickly it changes to freezing rain at 7 00 in the morning. This is an ice deal, snow but ice on top of it. Steady snowfall if you live across lenoir and boone and taylorsville. But its freezing rain between 7 00 and 1 00 in the afternoon. Its a coating of ice that will be very dangerous. It wont last too much in the afternoon before it changes to all rain. But clearly, the biggest threat we have will be ice, accumulations possible, maybe. 2. You can see where the temperatures go. Well be dealing with snow for atmosphere warms up, falls back down to the ground and freezes. Thats the deal there, and all rain by monday might and tuesday. This is the latest accumulation that you can follow with the weather app. The biggest snows, north of charlotte. We could pick up half an inch in the city and in davidson, this is the biggest concern. Well continue to give you updates as the storm evolves. One thing first of all, valentines day is fine and after we talk about snow and ice, liz, look at what happens later in the week. We go up into the 60s. Its a crazy week. For sure and be careful on the roads on monday. Absolutely, monday morning in the early afternoon. Thank you so much. Ga talk about a big game to get up for if youre a gamecocks fan. South carolina welcomes number 22 kentucky. Both teams find themselves in a 3way tie with lsu for first in sec play. Fireworks off the bat at just the 17empty mark. No call as mikey carrera barrels over a kentucky player. Coach cal is heated over the call you about finds himself heading to the exit for an early shower. Safe to say the ref wont be receiving any valentines day chocolate from coach cal. Under 5 to play in the 1st, the wildcats with the alleyoop and led by 15 at the half and second half, kentucky running dish off the glass. Kentucky rolls South Carolina and columbia, 8962. Nc state wolfpack hosting wake forest, 14 minutes to play in the 1st, and thats farber fighting in the lane for two of his career high 38. Later in the 1st, nc state builds on their lead. The wolf pack led at the half, 4644 and wake forest battled one. Its the senior Cody Miller Mcintire giving the demon deacons with the lead, and the pack win 9988 and demon deacons see their losing streak hit 21 straight. The Clemson Tigers are in good shape to finish acc in high spirits. George george tech, their to the second, under 4 to play. Check out the block. A 10point lead for clemson and tigerss next possession, a nifty move by avery holmes, and tigers improve to 85 with a 66 52 win and right now, the duke blue devils are hosting virginia. Theyre tied at 5858 with four minutes to play. Its a 4 00 p. M. Tip for charlotte. They won 10379 over texas excuse me, north texas. All right. Thank you. The latest time frame on the winter storm early monday at 3 00 and thats when the snow will start and change quickly to freezing rain. And thats the bigger, ice thank you for joining in the battle of the burgers,jack made a declaration of he took a stand for handleafedlettuce and freshsliced tomatoes. He formed a perfect unionbetween 100 beef, cheese,. 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