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. >>> HOLIDAY TRAVEL TROUBLE. +@
. >>> HOLIDAY TRAVEL TROUBLE. HEAVY RAIN, FLOODING DANGER.
A WET NIGHT ACROSS THE
CAROLINAS.
>> MY DRIVEWAY HAS WASHED AWAY
TWICE.
ROADS PACKED, REPORTS IN THOSE.
GETTING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS NO
EASY TASK.
>> LOTS OF TURBULENCE.
>> Reporter: THE FIRST WARN
STORM TEAM TRACKING RAIN MINUTE
BY MINUTE.
WHEN IT IS THE WORST AND WHEN
IT MOVES OUT.
>>> WAVES OF RAIN CONTINUE TO
ROLL ACROSS THE AREA.
HERE IS A LIVE LOOK AT FIRST
WARN DOPPLER RADAR.
RAIN STARTING THE LIGHTING UP
AROUND ROUND TWO OF HEAVY RAIN
MOVING IN OVERNIGHT.
HERE ARE LIVE IMAGES FROM THE
CHEVY STORM TRACKER.
DOZENS OF CRASHES ON THE WET
ROADS.
>> THREE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
ABOUT THIS HOLIDAY STORM.
NUMBER 1 THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE
OVERNIGHT.
FLOOD WATCH IS IN PLACE TO THE
MORNING.
SECOND AIR TRAVEL AN ISSUE.
THERE ARE STILL DOZENS OF
DELAYS AT CHARLOTTE DOUGLAS.
SNOW POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS.
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DELAYS AT CHARLOTTE DOUGLAS. SNOW POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THE
HIGH COUNTRY.
CHRIS MULCAHY TRACKING THE RAIN
HOUR BY HOUR IN THE FIRST WARN
STORM CENTER.
>> I'M HAPPY TO SAY THE RAIN
RATES HAVE EASED UP BUT STILL
SEEING UP TO A TENTH OF A AN
INCH PER HOUR IN CHARLOTTE.
ON AND OFF RAIN EXPECTED
OVERNIGHT.
HERE IS ROUND FOUR STARTING TO
INTENSIFY AND EXPAND WORKING
INTO GEORGIA, CLOSE TO ATLANTA.
THIS MAKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT INTO TOMORROW
MORNING.
DON'T PUT AWAY THE UMBRELLAS
QUITE YET.
RAIN EVERY OTHER HOUR AT 2:00
AND 4:00 P.M.
A QUARTER INCH DURING THE
HOURS.
EVER SINCE 5:00 WE'VE SEEN RAIN
RATES REDUCED TO 1-TWO
HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH PER HOUR.
NOT A LOT GOING AROUND WE WILL
PICK UP RAIN RATES AS WE HEAD
INTO TOMORROW MORNING.
STILL KEEPING A CHANCE FOR RAIN
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.
WE WILL SEE A BETTER CHANCE FOR
IT TO BE WIDESPREAD TO THE
MIDDLE OF THE MORNING AND ON
AND OFF THROUGH THE REST OF
TODAY.
A BETTER LOOK AT WHAT IS
HAPPENING.
SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS TO THE
OVERNIGHT.
WHEN YOU DO NOT HAVE LIGHT TO
MODERATE RAIN, YOU WILL STILL
HAVE THE MISTY FOGGY
ATMOSPHERE.
ALSO BREEZY AT TIMES.
GUSTS UP TO 30 MILES PER HOUR.
AS WE MENTIONED, A CHANGE OVER
THE SNOW FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE
3500 FEET. SOME AREAS COULD SEE
1 - 3 INCHES.
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3500 FEET. SOME AREAS COULD SEE 1 - 3 INCHES. WE WILL TALK MORE ABOUT WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ONE OF OUR
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WE WILL TALK MORE ABOUT WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ONE OF OUR COUNTIES IN DETAILS FOR THE
COMING WEEKEND.
>>> ALL THAT RAIN MAKING
HOLIDAY TRAVEL A PAIN.
ON THE ROADS AND IN THE AIR,
PROBLEMS ALL OVER THE AREA.
>> LOOK AT THE FLIGHT MISSOURI
MAP.
DELAYS AND CANCELLATIONS ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
OVER 80 DELAYS AT CHARLOTTE
DOUGLAS AND HARTSFIELD JACKSON.
HOW ARE THE ROADS LOOKING WHERE
YOU ARE RIGHT NOW?
>> THE GOOD NEWS RAIN HAS
LIGHTENED UP THE REAL PROBLEM
ALL THIS WATER WE HAVE HAD THIS
AFTERNOON HAS SETTLED ON THE
ROADS.
WE ARE SEEING PUDDLES IN SOME
SPOTS.
IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO's GO OUT
OF TOWN ALLOW PLENTY OF TIME.
CHRISTMAS IS CLOSE BUT THE RAIN
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OF TOWN ALLOW PLENTY OF TIME. CHRISTMAS IS CLOSE BUT THE RAIN HAS ALREADY ARRIVED.
+@>> IT'S A MESS OUT THERE.
>> REALLY IS YOU JEFF LYNNE TO
TAKE IT SLOW AS YOU HEAD OUT
THIS AFTERNOON IF YOU ARE
HEADING TO YOUR HOLIDAY
DESTINATION EXPECT HEAVY
TRAFFIC.
>> Reporter: THIS COMMUTE
CAUSING COLLISIONS AND NEAR
MISSES ALL OVER TOWN.
CAUGHT ON CAMERA A CAR
HYDROPLANING ALMOST CRASHING
INTO ANOTHER CAR ON 45 IT
WILKINSON BOULEVARD.
THESE DRIVERS ARE VERY LUCKY.
WHILE OTHER RECEIVE THE KIND OF
SEASONS GREETINGS NOBODY WANTS.
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WHILE OTHER RECEIVE THE KIND OF SEASONS GREETINGS NOBODY WANTS. >> WHERE I LIVE SO MUCH RAIN I
HAVE TWO PONDS CONSTANTLY
OVERFLOWING.
MY DRIVEWAY HAS WASHED AWAY
TWICE.
>> Reporter: THE RAIN AFFECTED
MORE THAN ROADS.
FLIGHTS TO AND FROM CHARLOTTE
DOUGLAS GOT A TASTE OF WEATHER
FOR HIS THE GROUND.
>> VERY ROUGH.
LOTS OF TURBULENCE.
+@NOBODY GOT ANYTHING TO DRINK.
THAT'S OKAY, A LITTLE NAUSEATING
BUT WE ARRIVED ALIVE.
>> Reporter: EVEN WITH THE
WEATHER THROWING EVERYONE OFF,
PEOPLE HAD NO PROBLEM PATIENTLY
WAITING TO REUNITE THIS FAMILY.
HE WAITED MORE THAN TWO HOURS
FOR HIS GRANDMOTHER'S FLIGHT.
>> SHE IS FLYING FROM
GUADALAJARA.
MY FIRST TIME MEETING HER.
I'M REALLY EXCITED.
>> Reporter: FIRST TIME MEETING
GRANDMA.
WHAT IS THIS LIKE FOR YOU?
>> AWESOME.
I HAVEN'T SEEN HER AND I WANT
TO MEET HER.
>> Reporter: THAT IS WHAT
HOLIDAY TRAVEL IS ALL ABOUT.
GETTING TO YOUR FAMILY SAFELY.
MAKE SURE TO ALLOW YOURSELF
PLENTY OF TIME TO GET TO YOUR
DESTINATION WHETHER YOUR
DRIVING A FEW MILES TO THE
AIRPORT OR MAKING AN HOUR LONG
TRIP TO SEE RELATIVES SOMEWHERE
ELSE IN THE AREA.
>>> WHEN YOU ARE AWAY FROM YOUR