GOING
GOING TO
GOING TO GET STUCK THERE. WHILE WE NEVER HAVE RAIN LIKE THAT, WE'RE NOT. THEY SAY TIMING IS
EVERYTHING AND SOME HOLIDAY
TRAVELERS WERE ABLE TO BEAT
THE WEATHER AND MAKE IT TO THEIR
THANKSGIVING DESTINATIONS. GOOD
EVENING. THANKS FOR JOINING US.
I'M MARCELLA LEE. AND I'M
BARBARA LEE. EDWARDS AIR TRAVEL
SHATTERED RECORDS TODAY AS
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS MADE A MAD
DASH HOME FOR THE HOLIDAY. AND
WHILE THE AIRWAYS ARE CROWDED,
THE ROADS HAVE BEEN EVEN WORSE.
NATIONWIDE, SOME 55 MILLION
PEOPLE ARE TRAVELING THIS YEAR.
MOST OF THEM BY CAR. WE HAVE
TEAM COVERAGE TONIGHT. CHIEF
METEOROLOGIST CARLENE DAVIS IS
TRACKING THE STORM AND HAS MORE
ON WHAT TO EXPECT FOR TOMORROW.
NEWS 8 TOMATO SHOPS, HAVE A LOT
OF THE 163 IN KEARNY MESA WITH
MORE ON THE DANGEROUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS. BUT WE BEGIN WITH
RICHARD ALLEN LIVE AT SAN DIEGO
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TONIGHT
WITH HOW TODAY'S WEATHER WREAKED
HAVOC ON SOME TRAVEL PLANS.
RICHARD? WELL, BARBARA LEE AND
MARCELLA. THAT'S RIGHT. IF YOU
TRAVEL BY AIR, DO YOU ACTUALLY
HELP SET A RECORD? THE TSA
SAYING MORE THAN TWO POINT SEVEN
MILLION PEOPLE FLEW TODAY AND
THAT'S MORE THAN ANY OTHER DAY.
ON RECORD. SO FAR, THOUSANDS OF
THEM PASSING THROUGH SAN DIEGO
HERE. AND WHILE WE DID DEAL WITH
SOME SOGGY CONDITIONS, FAR MORE
SERIOUS WEATHER ACROSS
THE COUNTRY MADE GETTING HOME
FOR THE HOLIDAYS A REAL
CHALLENGE. THE WEATHER WAS
HORRIBLE. I MEAN, NEVER HAVE
RAIN LIKE THIS. FOR SAN
FRANCISCANS JEFF AND FRANCINE
WOOLLEY, ALONG WITH THEIR TRAVEL
COMPANIONS, CNN MAKING IT TO SAN
DIEGO THIS DAY BEFORE
THANKSGIVING WAS REALLY
SOMETHING TO BE THANKFUL FOR.
THE WIND WAS UNBELIEVABLE. WE
ARE REALLY WORRIED THAT WE ARE
NOT GOING TO MAKE IT OUT TODAY.
WELL, OUR FLIGHT WAS ONLY
SLIGHTLY DELAYED ACROSS
THE COUNTRY WEDNESDAY. AN
ESTIMATED 4000 FLIGHTS WERE
EITHER CANCELED OR DELAYED AS
WICKED WEATHER WREAKED HAVOC ON
FLIGHT PLANS FROM THE SO-CALLED
BOMBED CYCLONE WALLOPING
THE NORTHWEST WITH HUNDRED MILE
PER HOUR WIND GUSTS TO ANOTHER
MONSTER STORM BEARING DOWN ON
THE MIDWEST. WE SKIPPED IT ALL.
SO I'M GLAD BARBARA MARY IS
SPENDING THIS HOLIDAY WITH HER
SON FLYING INTO SAN DIEGO FROM
KANSAS CITY, WHICH IS EXPECTED
TO SUFFER FROM THE CRUSHING
SNOWSTORM THAT POUNDED DENVER
EARLIER THIS WEEK. SHE'S
GRATEFUL NOT TO HAVE TO DEAL
WITH IT MEAN JUST EVEN LANDING
THE MOISTURE ON THE ON
THE RUNWAY. IF IT WAS WASN'T
KENT CITY, IT WAS COLD. LIKE
COULD FLY. HOLIDAY TRAVELER
KATIE RED DIESEL FROM MISSOURI
IS JUST AS GLAD TO BE HERE. WE
HAVE SNOW COMING OUR WAY IN
KANSAS. SO WE'VE TALKED IT OUT
FOR SOME RAIN AND HOPEFULLY, YOU
KNOW, FAMILY TIME MAKES UP FOR
IT. WELL, THIS MOTHER AND
DAUGHTER LANDING IN SAN DIEGO
ESCAPED FIERCE WINDS IN THEIR
HOMETOWN OF LAS VEGAS. REALLY
BAD. BUT LUCKILY, WE DIDN'T HAVE
A LOT OF TURBULENCE. IN
THE MEANTIME, RAMONA RESIDENT
LUCY SHANNON IS FLYING TO WALLA
WALLA, WASHINGTON FOR
THANKSGIVING, HEADING INTO
THE POWERFUL STORM. AND I'M OK
WITH THAT. IT'S ONLY TEMPORARY
RIGHT. AND JUST COME BACK TO
THE SUNSHINE HERE IN SAN DIEGO.
AND WHILE TODAY'S AIR TRAVEL DID
SET A RECORD, THAT RECORD IS
ONLY TEMPORARY. FOUR DAYS FROM
NOW, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1ST IS
EXPECTED TO BE THE BUSIEST
TRAVEL DAY EVER WITH SOME THREE
POINT ONE MILLION PEOPLE FLYING
HOME FROM THEIR THANKSGIVING
HOLIDAY. A NATIONWIDE TRIPLE A
ESTIMATES MORE THAN 55 MILLION
AMERICANS ARE TRAVELING IN SOME
WAY, SHAPE OR FORM THIS SEASON.
NINETY PERCENT OF THEM BY CAR.
NOW FOR LOOK A LOOK AT OUR LOCAL
ROADWAYS. WE GO LIVE TO OUR
AMANDA'S SHOT SKI. SHE'S IN
KEARNY, MESA TONIGHT. HOW'S IT
LOOKING OUT, AMANDA? WELL,
RICHARD, RIGHT NOW IT'S LOOKING
PRETTY CLEAR. BUT TODAY WAS
PREDICTED TO BE ONE OF THE WORST
TRAVEL DAYS JUST BECAUSE OF
THE SHEER AMOUNT OF PEOPLE
EXPECTED TO HIT THE ROAD. NOW
ADD RAIN TO THAT. AND TOMORROW
IS EXPECTED TO BE DIFFICULT AS
WELL WITH THE SECOND WAVE OF
THIS WINTER STORM MOVING THROUGH
ON THE ROAD IN THE RAIN THE DAY
BEFORE THANKSGIVING. AND THOSE
UP IN CAN ONLY EQUAL GRIDLOCK.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF
TRAFFIC. AND THE FACT THAT IT'S
RAINING, IT'S GOING TO BE A
WHOLE LOT SLOWER. THE FIRST WAVE
OF A MAJOR WINTER STORM MOVED
THROUGH THE COUNTY WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON JUST AS MORE THAN 4
MILLION SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
DRIVERS WERE EXPECTED TO HIT
THE ROAD PLAN AHEAD. LEAVE IT A
LITTLE EXTRA TIME AND TAKE IT
EASY. AN HOUR DRIVE FROM KEARNY
MAKES IT A CARLSBAD A 25 MILE
TRIP TOOK WELL OVER AN HOUR.
THE AREA GOT ABOUT A HALF OF AN
INCH OF RAIN. ONE OF THE HIGHEST
LEVELS IN THE COUNTY. DESPITE
YOUR PLAN, THE CHP IS URGING
EVERYONE TO SLOW DOWN ON
THE ROAD. BUT TO BE HONEST WITH
THE TRAFFIC, THE WAY THAT IT IS
,WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A CHOICE
.SHOWER'S MADE THE ROADWAYS
SLICK, BUT WE'RE NOT ENOUGH TO
CAUSE FLOODING IN THE USUAL
SPOTS. RIGHT. NOW WE'RE ON
COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE AND HARMONY
GROVE WHERE YOU CAN SEE
THE CANDIDO CREEK HAS RISEN
QUITE A BIT. THE WATER IS
ABSOLUTELY MOVING OVER
THE ROADWAY HERE, BUT IT'S
CERTAINLY NOT AS BAD AS WHAT
WE'VE SEEN IN STORMS PAST
THURSDAY. MOTHER NATURE IS
EXPECTED TO KICK IT UP A NOTCH
WITH THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE PREDICTING HEAVY RAIN AT
THE COAST AND INLAND. AND
SNOWFALL IN THE MOUNTAINS AS LOW
AS 3000 FEET. A FLASHFLOOD WATCH
IS IN EFFECT FOR SAN DIEGO
COUNTY, PROMPTING CALIFORNIA
HIGHWAY PATROL TO ISSUE THIS
WARNING FOR THOSE PLANNING TO
DRIVE TO THEIR TURKEY DINNER.
SLOW DOWN. BE PATIENT AND DRIVE
CAUTIOUSLY. AND AS WE SAID
EARLIER, THE 163 HERE IN KEARNY
,MESA LOOKING PRETTY CLEAR
RIGHT NOW. THAT IS SOME GOOD
NEWS FOR PEOPLE WHO MAY BE
GETTING ON THE ROAD TONIGHT. NOW
WE KNOW THAT THAT INCLUDES OUR
CHIEF METEOROLOGIST KARLENE
OFFICE AND A GOOD IDEA TO GET ON
THE ROAD TONIGHT TO GET AHEAD OF
THE BRUNT OF THE STORM THAT'S
MOVING IN TOMORROW. KARLENE.
THAT'S RIGHT, AMANDA. THAT'S
EXACTLY WHAT I'M GOING TO DO AS
SOON AS OUR NEWSCASTS ARE OVER.
I AM IN MY CAR. I AM ON
THE EIGHT AND I AM HEADING TO
ARIZONA. SO FOR OUR FORECAST FOR
TONIGHT, IF YOU'RE LIKE ME,
YOU'RE GOING TO BE HEADING OUT
TONIGHT. WE'RE LOOKING PRETTY
GOOD. WE DO. SO BE CAUTIOUS
BECAUSE OF THE SLICK ROADS OUT
THERE AS FAR AS SCATTERED
SHOWERS, HEAVY RAINFALL. WE'RE
NOT SEEING THAT AS WE GO INTO
TONIGHT. MAYBE A FEW ISOLATED
SHOWERS. EARLIER TODAY, WE HAD
LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL FOR
THE COUNTY AND AS AMANDA
MENTIONED, WE HAD HALF AN INCH
IN CARLSBAD. ALSO SAW A LITTLE
BIT MORE THAN HALF AN INCH FOR
PALOMAR MOUNTAIN. BUT WE'RE
MAINLY AROUND A QUARTER OF AN
INCH AND TALKING ABOUT HUNDREDS
OF AN INCH TO HUNDREDS OF AN
INCH FOR SANTEE. SO TAKE A LOOK
AT OUR RADAR RIGHT NOW. WE DO
HAVE A FEW SHOWERS THAT ARE
STARTING TO MOVE ONSHORE. IT'S
REALLY ISOLATED IN NATURE.
NOTHING LIKE WHAT WE HAD EARLIER
WHEN IT STARTED TO MOVE INTO
NORTH COUNTY AND THEN SPREAD ALL
ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTY. FOR
TOMORROW, IT'S A DIFFERENT STORY
.THE BRUNT OF THE STORM SYSTEM
WILL START TO ARRIVE MORNING
HOURS, NORTH COUNTY RIGHT ALONG
THE FIVE. WE'LL START TO SEE
SOME SHOWER ACTIVITY THEN
EVERYTHING WIDESPREAD AS WE HIT
NOON. THAT WILL BE WITH
THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY
THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL. AND SLICK
ROADS AND STREET FLOODING. SO WE
STILL HAVE THAT FLASH FLOOD
ADVISORY IN WATCH.