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This is today in Saint Louis focused on you
this morning. We are waking up in a weather alert.
Our area will be in an enhanced risk for severe storms tonight.
But as you can see from our storm tracker on 55 North. All is quiet
so far this morning.
Good morning. It is Monday, April the first. I'm really not and I'm Michelle Lee.
We just wanna say thanks so much for joining us.
Of course, we are keeping our eyes on the weather.
This will be something that is gonna be top of mind throughout the six o'clock hour,
but uh really for the rest of the day.
So Anthony Slaughter is joining us to give us a rundown of what we can expect today.
So somewhere around dinner time,
bedtime is when I think the worst of the weather will start to move into our area.
And then once we head to bed overnight,
that's when the worst of it will move on through.
So that's the time frame when most of rest of sleeping and well,
not paying attention.
So that's why we are here this morning to give you
that early heads up as you make plans through the day.
Just remember by the evening hours,
that's when you really wanna make sure you're dialed in.
Check the radar, of course, check the local news.
We'll be here keeping you posted the morning.
This,
you can see a lot of cloud cover stretching
from the Gulf States up into the Great Lakes,
but you turn off the clouds and you show the rain.
We don't have any of that here in Saint Louis just yet.
So I think most of the day will be dry, warm and breezy too.
We're starting off near 70 at Lambert. Lots of city
on the map this morning. So no need for that heavy winter. Co
Yeah,
it's feeling like spring and those spring temperatures will be fuel for
thunderstorms later up near 80 today storms by the evening and overnight,
we will take a deep dive into that storm threat for the
overnight hours and how you can receive weather warnings that's coming up.
Let's get over to Paul Cook now and get an update on our 6 a.m. morning traffic.
Good morning, Paul. Good morning, Anthony Monday has come quickly and so has April.
But you do have a little little moment here of
traffic that we need to take note of conditions though.
The roadway moving very, very well, so important note there right now,
we're looking at 70
Z in Saint Charles, lots of construction that could bog you down,
especially as we expect severe weather later.
Definitely important to take note when you're in that area,
driving home tonight or uh even overnight, lights out 55 here at 141.
We want to keep a close eye on those type of situations, but you can see a lot of green,
no April fools there.
You aren't moving another take of traffic coming soon.
This morning,
we are focused on your safety as we begin the
month of April with an enhanced risk for severe weather.
And our Mercedes mckay is continuing our weather alert team coverage
in the storm tracker this morning with how you can get ready
before those storms roll in Mercedes.
Good morning, Michelle and Rennie. You know, preparedness.
That's the most important thing in these situations, hail tornadoes,
strong winds, those are the three main things.
Many of us in our area could see later tonight.
As you guys mentioned, we've been on the storm tracker all morning long.
I'm going to flip it over to the roads now. Conditions are great right now.
We are actually in Illinois on 255 heading north right
now and we're moving good as Paul mentioned before.
This could be a completely different scenario tomorrow morning.
So make sure you are staying with us,
but we want you to be prepared for whatever
comes your way with tornadoes being a possible threat.
Tonight,
here's some key signs to look out for as
they can strike quickly without time for a warning.
If you start to see rotating funnel shaped cloud,
dark or green colored skies or even large hail,
those are key indicators to get inside
and take cover. So when you do take cover, it's important to
inside a story building like a hallway or stairwell.
Other things we have for you, I've laid out on your screen right now to keep in mind,
you should also identify a safe place in your home now.
So you're not scrambling if we do get severe weather later tonight.
Second, stay away from windows, electrical tools and bodies of water.
Now, if you are caught outside in the midst of the storm,
take shelter in an enclosed building or a hard top vehicle.
And if you're inside your car, this is really important, don't try to
run in that tornado,
seek shelter or go into a ditch and never seek shelter under an overpass.
You guys all at home may be listening. You know what Mercedes we know this.
We live in Missouri. We've heard this time and time again.
We just want to really make sure that you're being safe.
And the main reason also is because according to the CDC R
Michelle, when these storms happen, deaths and injuries,
a lot of times occur because of fallen debris.
So knowing that safe place, knowing where to go when these storms hit is really
coming up in our next half hour,
I'll let you know the resources that you should keep in your
back pocket in case your home is damaged from severe weather.
Live in the storm tracker, Mercedes mckay five on your side.
There is a reason why we remind everyone.
All right, stay up to date on the weather first forecast.
You can text the word weather to 314425 5355. And we will send you a link this morning.
All lanes of interstate 70 are back open
following a motorcycle accident that happened overnight.
The crash
happened around one o'clock in the morning near
the grant exit and involved just one vehicle.
This is video of the incident around one near that exit.
It took about an hour before Cruz reopened interstate 70.
No word as of yet on any injuries today.
A hearing could decide whether a Hazelwood East student accused in
the attack of the classmate should be charged as an adult.
Megan Kernan is joining us live outside the
district offices with more on this ongoing investigation.
Good morning, Megan.
Good morning Michelle.
We've been following this story since the brutal March 8th fight.
And after today, we could have more answers. If 15 year old more
the clue will be charged as an adult.
Now, last week, we learned that her family identified
the clue as the suspect saying she's been bullied for months before the fight.
Now, right now she has been,
she's been in currently in juvenile custody
on assault charges for attacking 16 year old
Klein. It happened off
and after school viral video of the fight shows
a girl slamming gains head into the pavement,
she was critically injured and was in a coma for two weeks.
Now, Kaylee is walking with medical assistance.
The clue's family tells five on your side.
Moni is an honor roll student and
Gaines parents say they want to see the clue charged as an adult.
And coming up in our next half hour,
we hear statements from both families addressing the fight live in Floris Megan Kan
five on your side.
All right,
let's get to our weather first weather alert this morning and it's
all about preparing you for the risk of severe storms this evening.
So at the bus stop this morning, the kiddos are all right. It should be dry, warm too.
Numbers in the sixties as you head out this morning,
we'll have a breezy warm day up in your 80 degrees as those storms develop.
All right, I know you have your cell phone in your hand or you're probably close by.
I want you to take a minute here to turn
on your notifications because of the risk for severe storm.
We're tracking this evening.
These will come straight to your phone if
your county is highlighted by a weather warning
immediately and it is free of charge. Of course, if you have your cell phone working,
so here you go, you go to notifications under your settings,
hit the notifications tab.
Once you do that, you scroll way to the bottom past all of your apps,
this area will pop up which you wanna make sure is turned on or your emergency alerts
in the event of any kind of warning,
those will come straight to your cell phone even while you're sleeping.
And so just make sure this phone is charged
and if we do have weather warnings overnight,
just keep in mind you go to your safe place immediately.
Here is what we're watching for today.
A level three and it is enhanced risk for hail, wind and tornadoes.
I've got the future cast ready to go and we'll show you this coming up after the break.
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