AND
AND WHAT
AND WHAT THE WEATHER MEANS FOR YOUR DRIVE.
YOUR DRIVE. THE NEWS STARTS NOW.
>>> THANKS FOR JOINING US.
THE STRONG WINDS KNOCKED ON THE
TROOPER ALONG I- 90 IN JACKSON
COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN
MINNESOTA.
MINNESOTA. HE IS OKAY.
THE WIND IS FIERCE.
IN AN HOUR, THIS HAPPENED,
MNDOT TWEETED SHOWING POWER
POLES ON THE GROUND LINING
HIGHWAY 59.
HIGHWAY 59. IT WAS A SIMILAR SITUATION IN
FREEBORN COUNTY WHICH INCLUDES
THE ALBERT LEE AREA.
THEY CALLED A STATE OF
EMERGENCY BECAUSE OF THE
HUNDREDS OF POWER POLES AND
ALINA DOWN THERE KNOCKING OUT
POWERS OF THOUSANDS MANY OF
WHOM WHO COULD BE IN THE DARK
AND THE COLD UNTIL MONDAY.
STRUCK A GIANT TREE CRASHED ON
A CAR IN THE STREET A
MINNEAPOLIS.
MINNEAPOLIS. IT COMPLETELY LOCKED ROADWAY
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. IN
THERE. IN SOME AREAS WINDS REACH 60
MILES AN HOUR WHICH IS JUST
UNDER HURRICANE FORCE.
THAT MIXED WITH RAIN, SLEET,
SNOW IS TO BLAME FOR AIRPORT
DELAYS AND SPIN OUTS AND
CRASHES.
CRASHES.
CRASHES. WE HAVE COVERAGE ACROSS THE
STATE.
STATE.
STATE. JENNIFER AUSTIN IS IN THE
BLIZZARD IN MARSHALL, EVERLY
CARLOS IS IN THE HEAVY WIND AND
STATE, ST. CLOUD.
WE BEGIN WITH MELINDA IN THE
BACKYARD TO TELL US WHAT WE CAN
EXPECT TONIGHT.
EXPECT TONIGHT. STRUCK AT THE SYSTEM WILL NOT
BE COMPLETELY GONE UNTIL
TOMORROW.
TOMORROW.
TOMORROW. THIS LARGE SYSTEM ENCOMPASSES
THE ENTIRE UPPER MIDWEST.
WE TAKE A LOOK OF IT RIGHT HERE
WHENEVER THINGS GOING ON AS WE
HAVE THE OTHER DAY.
WE HAVE RAIN TO THE SOUTH AND
EAST WE HAVE SLEET ACROSS THE
DC METRO AND WESTIN WISCONSIN.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAD
THUNDER SNOW GOING TO OUR
NORTH.
NORTH.
NORTH. WHEN IT IS ENTERING AND
SNOWING, IT TYPICALLY IS COMING
DOWN AT TWO INCHES PER HOUR
WHICH IS BLINDING.
THE MIDDLE OF THE LOW PRESSURE
CENTER IS HERE.
THIS HAS TO GET THROUGH AND
MOVE AWAY FOR THE WINDS TO DIE
DOWN AND FOR THE SYSTEM TO MOVE
AWAY.
AWAY.
AWAY. THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN
UNTIL WE GET TO TOMORROW NIGHT.
WE COME INTO THE CITY AT THIS
HOUR YOU CAN SEE SLEET TO THE
EAST, SNOW IN LINDSTROM, AND
RAINDROPS TO THE SOUTH.
THIS IS BEEN THE CASE
THROUGHOUT THE DAY, MILE TO
MILE, BLOCK A BLOCK, THINGS
HAVE BEEN QUITE DIFFERENT WHEN
IT COMES TO PRECIPITATION.
THE ONE THING THAT HAS BEEN
SIMILAR FOR ALL OF US IS THE
WINDS.
WINDS.
WINDS. AS
WINDS. AS YOU MENTIONED, TO 60 MILES
PER HOUR AND PLACES.
34 DEGREES HERE AT 6 PM.
YOU CAN SEE THE COLDER AIR TO
THE NORTH OR THE SNOW HAS BEEN
FALLING VERY STEADILY.
WATCH WHAT HAPPENED BY 10 PM.
IT WARMS TO 35 DEGREES HERE IN
THE METRO LOTS OF METRO,
MILTON, LOTS OF TITLES, LOTS OF
RAIN COMING IN.
THAT WILL BRING UP THINGS AND
ALLOW THE ROADS TO PROBLEM,
PROBABLY GET A LITTLE BETTER AS
WE GET TO THE EVENING HOURS.
THIS IS WHEN THE SYSTEMS MOVED
BY IN THE WINDS DIED DOWN.
THINGS START TO IMPROVE SLOWLY
BUT SURELY TOMORROW.
WE WILL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN
THE WEEKEND IN A FEW MINUTES.
>>> AS WE SAID EARLIER THERE
WERE HUNDREDS OF CRASHES AND
SPIN OUT ALL DAY.
THIS MORNING A CAR WENT OFF THE
RAMP AT 494 AND 169 NEAR THE
BLOOMINGTON ANDY DINA PORTER.
ONE PERSON HAD TO BE RESCUED.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MNDOT
MAP THE ROADS AND MENTOR WENT.
ACROSS THE STATE ARE SNOW-
COVERED ROADS, THE ROADS AND
PEEING.
PEEING.
PEEING. IN SEVERAL EARLY , AREAS
TROUBLE TODAY IS NOT ADVISED.
MIN.SAYS SOME ELEMENTS OF THE
STORM SURPRISED THEM BRING
SURPRISES ESPECIALLY FOR THE
MORNING COMMUTE.
MORNING COMMUTE. WE ARE LIVE AND MOBILE 11 TO
SHOW YOU HOW CREWS WERE ABLE TO
GET BACK ON TRACK TODAY.
OUT AS A LOOKOUT THERE, ALEX ?
>>>
>>>
>>> >>
>>> >> Reporter: WE ARE ON 394
ABOUT TO GET ON 94 E. HEADING
DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS.
DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS. GOING TO GIVE YOU GUYS A LOOK
AT THE ROADS RIGHT NOW.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY ARE MUCH
BETTER.
BETTER.
BETTER. A
BETTER. A WHOLE LOT BETTER THAN THEY
WERE THIS MORNING DURING THE
MORNING COMMUTE AS YOU SAID.
MNDOT LEADERS WERE ANTICIPATING
A LOT MORE RAIN TO BEGIN WITH
THEN SNOW.
THEN SNOW. THAT BROUGHT ON A LOT OF
CHALLENGES FOR THE MORNING
COMMUTE.
COMMUTE.
COMMUTE. THE CREWS WERE ABLE TO ADJUST
AND CATCH UP FOR YOUR EVENING
COMMUTE.
COMMUTE.
COMMUTE. IN THE AFTERMATH OF ANY
SNOWSTORM, HE WILL LIKELY FIND
DAN VANCE IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD
ALONG LAUREL AVENUE IN ST. PAUL
CLEARING SIDEWALKS IN THE ROADS
.
.
. >>
>>
>> >>
>> >> Reporter: TODAY WITH HIS
GRANDSON FARRELL, NO SCHOOL
TODAY.
TODAY.
TODAY. >>
TODAY. >> I'M NOT BUMMED ABOUT IT
TODAY PRETTY TIRED.
>> Reporter: TIRED, YES BUT
HAPPY TO BE AVOIDING THE ROADS
.
.
. >>
. >> I
. >> I DON'T WANT TO BE OUT THERE
DRIVING AROUND ON ME TOO.
>> Reporter: ESPECIALLY THIS
MORNING WHEN MNDOT WAS CAUGHT
OFF GUARD . KEVIN GUTKNECHT AT
MNDOT SAYS EVEN MORE THAN 180
TRUCKS ON THE METRO AREA, HEAVY
SNOW FROM 1:30 PM UNTIL 4:30 PM
BROUGHT A ROUGH MORNING RUSH
HOUR .
HOUR .
HOUR . >>
HOUR . >> WE HAD A RUSH-HOUR THAT WAS
ROUGH THIS MORNING.
>> Reporter: THE REPORTED 150
CRASHES FROM 5 AM UNTIL 830 IN
THE MORNING.
THE MORNING. THE CREWS ARE ABLE TO CATCH UP
IN THE METRO AREA WITH MORE
SNOW HOLDING OFF.
ALSO .
ALSO .
ALSO . >>
ALSO . >> THERE IS A SILVER LINING IN
THIS NOTE CRAWLED, CLOUD THAT
THE TEMPERATURES ARE WARM TO
THE POINT TO WHERE SALT WILL
WORK WELL.
WORK WELL. >> Reporter: ROADS THROUGHOUT
THE METRO AREA ARE NOW ONLY
PARTIALLY BLOCKED.
PARTIALLY BLOCKED. GOOD NEWS RENAN.
AND OF COURSE FARRELL.
>> YOU GET USED TO IT THOUGH. ?
? OUT HERE ON THE ROADS, WE ARE
ON 94 E. A LOT OF PROGRESS IS
BEING MADE.
BEING MADE. WE ARE TOLD MORE THAN 200 OUT
HERE HEADING INTO THE NIGHT.
THE ROADS ARE MUCH BETTER BUT
MNDOT IS ADVISING FOLKS TO SLOW
DOWN AND TAKE YOUR TIME.
>>> A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO
STAY HOME THERE'S NOT A LOT OF
TRAFFIC FOR THAT PART OF THE
METRO FOR 5 PM AT NIGHT.
>>> WE ARE GETTING VIDEOS OF
WHAT THE STORM LOOKS LIKE A
CROSS MINNESOTA.
CROSS MINNESOTA. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND HEAVY
SNOW IN WESTERN MINNESOTA.
THAT'S WHERE JENNIFER AUSTIN
JOINS US LIVE FROM MARSHALL.
HELLO JENNIFER.
HELLO JENNIFER. >> Reporter: HELLO, JULIE.
COMES AND GOES HERE VERY
QUICKLY.
QUICKLY.
QUICKLY. I TURNED OVER TO SNOW AGAIN
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. MAYBE A FEW MINUTES AGO.
WE NOTICED IT WAS STARTING TO
GET BAD JUST BEFORE 6 AM WHEN
THE WINDS GOT REALLY
AGGRESSIVE.
AGGRESSIVE. THE SLEEP DURING THAT TIME WAS
BRITTLE.
BRITTLE.
BRITTLE. AND THEN WE HAD A LOW AND
BETWEEN 11 AM AND NOON, THE
WINDS PICKED UP AND THAT'S WHEN
WE SAW THE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS
AS THE WIND TOOK THAT SNOW AND
BLEW IT.
BLEW IT.
BLEW IT. AS WE SAID, THERE HAVE BEEN
WELLS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
DURING ONE OF THOSE TIME
PERIODS, WE FOUND A GUY OUT
BIKING.
BIKING.
BIKING. >> I ROAD FROM THE DELUXE MOTEL
ONLY THREE MILES.
IT WAS NOT VERY NICE.
>> Reporter: ONLY THREE MILES
IN A BLIZZARD.
NOW MNDOT SAID THEY DO NOT WANT
PEOPLE DRIVING IN THIS TODAY
AND SPENDING THE DAY OUT HERE.
YOU CAN SO WHY, BECAUSE WITHIN
MINUTES IT WENT FROM SEEMINGLY
FIND CONDITIONS TO A BLIZZARD
VERY QUICKLY.
VERY QUICKLY. >>> A GOOD THING TO IMAGINE.
THANK YOU JENNIFER.
ICE AND WIND HAS BEEN PELTING
ST. CLOUD ALL DAY CAUSING A
HANDFUL OF POWER OUTAGES.
ARLENE McARDLE IS LIVE IN ST.
CLOUD TONIGHT.
CLOUD TONIGHT. >> Reporter: WE WERE RELEASING
THE PROGRESSION OF THE STORM
THROUGHOUT THE DAY STARTING IN
THE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING.
STARTING WITH SOME SNOW AND
SOME WIND AND QUICKLY TURNING
INTO INTENSE WIND AND ICE.
THERE ARE SO MANY TIMES DID
THROUGHOUT THE DAY WILL WE GET
OUT OF THE CAR GOT PELTED IN
THE FACE WITH ICE.
IT DOWNRIGHT HURT OUT HERE AT
TIMES.
TIMES.
TIMES. THIS IS THE COMMENTS WE HAVE
SEEN OUT HERE AND HOURS.
I WANT TO SHOW THE VIDEO FROM
EARLIER TODAY AND I ST. CLOUD.
THE CONDITIONS WERE SO INTENSE
YOU COULD BARELY SEE IN FRONT
OF YOU AT TIMES.
THE ROADS ARE NOT GREAT IN THE
CITY OR ON I- 94.
PLOWS ARE OUT TRYING TO CLEAR
WHAT THEY CAN.
DESPITE THE HARSH WEATHER, WE
SAW PEOPLE SNOW BLOWING THEIR
DRIVEWAYS AND SOME OF THEM SAID
THEY NEEDED SOMETHING TO DO
TODAY ON THEIR UNEXPECTED DAY
OFF.
OFF.
OFF. WHEN
OFF. WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR ATTITUDE
ABOUT THE STORM, IT DOESN'T GET
MORE MINNESOTANS IN THIS .
>> I LOVE THE FOUR SEASONS.
IF I LET IT GET ME DOWN, IT
WILL BE A LONG DRAG THE WINTER.
YOU HAVE TO PREPARE FOR IT AND
BE READY.
BE READY.
BE READY. YOU KNOW THAT WARMER WEATHER IS
NOT TOO FAR AWAY .
>> I DON'T MIND IT.
UNKNOWN SOURCE TO BE AT WORK,
BUT IT HAS TO BE EXPECTED.
>> Reporter: THE PEOPLE WE TALK
TO, THEY REALLY WEREN'T THAT
UPSET ABOUT THE STORM BECAUSE
THEY KNOW THAT THE SNOW IS NOT
GOING TO STICK AROUND FOR VERY
LONG.
LONG.
LONG. SOMETHING INTERESTING WE SIGN
HER THROUGHOUT THE DAY OVER ON
I- 94 BEHIND ME, WE WERE
DRIVING DOWN AND SAW THE SKY
TURN HIS DARK YELLOW COLOR.
ALL OF A SUDDEN WE SAW A GIANT
BOLT OF LIGHTNING STREAK ACROSS
THE SKY WE HEARD THE THUNDER
THAT CAME AFTER.
A LOT OF PEOPLE IN ST. CLOUD
WERE TALKING ABOUT THE THUNDER
AND LIGHTNING THAT IS