CREWS.
CREWS. THE ROAD IS BLOCKED OFF. AS SOON AS WE GET MORE
INFORMATION WE'LL PASS IT ALONG
.
WELL, IT IS DAY FOUR OF A
WINTER STORM AND WE'RE NOT DONE
JUST A LIVE PICTURE FROM TACOMA
THIS AFTERNOON WHERE GIANT
PILES OF SNOW ARE NOW TURNING
INTO RIVERS OF SLUSH.
BUT AS THE PASSES THE SNOW IS
STILL FLYING THERE AS YOU CAN
SEE HERE, A LIVE PICTURE FROM
SNOQUALMIE PASS.
MUCH OF THE CASCADES ARE STILL
UNDER A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
AT THIS HOUR AND IN THE
LOWLANDS MANY SIDE STREETS ARE
STILL REALLY TOUGH TO NAVIGATE.
THERE'S ALSO SOME CONCERN ABOUT
POSSIBLE URBAN FLOODING AS ALL
OF THAT SNOW MELTS.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
I'M JESSICA JANYCE CASTRO.
GREAT COPELAND WORK OF COURSE
IS UNDER WAY RIGHT NOW TO CLEAR
DRAINAGE AND MAKE SURE THE
MELTWATER GETS OFF THE STREETS.
TAKE A LOOK HERE AT THE GREAT
MELT THAT'S UNDERWAY INCLUDING
THIS ROAD IN THE LYNNWOOD AREA
SHOVELING IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT OR
DOING THAT, IT IS A WORKOUT
BECAUSE THAT SNOW IS SO HEAVY
RIGHT NOW.
A LOT OF DIE HARDS WERE STILL
SLEDDING TODAY.
A LAST HURRAH BEFORE ALL THAT
SNOW IS GONE.
WE HAVE SEVERAL REPORTERS
COVERING OUR TOP STORY FROM
ACROSS THE NORTHWEST.
WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH
LYNELLE DONOVAN LIVE IN TACOMA
AND LYNELLE.
I KNOW CREWS ARE WRAPPING UP
EFFORTS TO CLEAR THE SNOW THERE
AND ONE COMPANY HOPES THIS
EXPERIENCE CAN PROVIDE SOME
LESSONS FOR THE FUTURE.
WHAT THE OWNER OF THAT COMPANY
TELL YOU?
WELL, SO FAR HE BASICALLY TOLD
THAT ALTHOUGH MANY OF THE CREWS
FROM THE CITY AND HIS OWN CREWS
ARE WRAPPING UP THEIR BUSINESS,
HE SAID THAT SNOW WAS NOT THE
ONLY HAZARD THAT HIS CREWS RAN
INTO ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
HIS CREWS ALONG WITH CREWS FROM
THE CITY HAVE BEEN
CRISSCROSSING TO COBIELLA
HOPING TO GET AHEAD OF THIS
HEAVY SNOWFALL.
HOWEVER, HE SAID THAT DUE TO
THE FACT THAT MANY PEOPLE DID
NOT APPRECIATE THE EXTENT
OF THE SNOW AND PREPARE FOR
THIS SNOW THAT MANY PEOPLE WERE
LEFT IN PRETTY DANGEROUS
SITUATIONS THEY WERE SAYING ONE
INCH PER HOUR AND I THINK THAT
WAS VERY ACCURATE.
IT WAS COMING DOWN FAST AND SO
YOU SAW A LOT OF CARS JUST
SPINNING OUT STLLL SEVERAL CARS
AND DITCHES.
SO THAT WAS KIND OF UNFORTUNATE
TO SEE THAT YOU'RE OUT THERE
WORKING ESPECIALLY WITH WHAT WE
DO.
WE WANT TO CLEAR LOTS AND SO
THAT WE CAN BE EFFECTIVE, GET
OUR JOB DONE.
BUT IT'S TOUGH WHEN YOU HAVE
PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT THERE FOR
WHATEVER REASONS THAT MAKES
THINGS VERY CHALLENGING NOW
ACROSS A COAL MINE THERE ARE
LARGE PILES OF SNOW THAT ARE
THAT ARE MELTING VERY, VERY
QUICKLY.
SO NOW YOU HAVE THESE LARGE
PUDDLES AT MAJOR INTERSECTIONS.
SO FOR THE MOMENT A LOT OF THIS
SNOW DOES APPEAR TO BE MELTING
AWAY.
HOWEVER, BUSINESES SAYS THAT
HIS CREWS ARE
OUT
OUT THERE
OUT THERE BUT HE SAYS THAT IT IS CRITICAL FOR THE NEXT TIME WHEN
SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS IN
ORDER TO HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE
SO THAT YOU ARE PREPARED FOR
NOW WE'RE LIVE IN TACOMA
LYNELLE DONOVAN KING5 NEWS BY
NEDDLE.
THANK YOU.
LET'S TAKE A LIVE LOOK HERE AT
ROAD CONDITIONS IN SNOHOMISH
COUNTY.
THIS IS IN LYNNWOOD WHERE
STORMKING IS DRIVING THROUGH A
SIDE STREETS.
YOU CAN SEE SOME ROADS ARE MORE
CLEAR THAN WHAT WE SAW THIS
WEEKEND BUT CERTAINLY A LOT
OF SLUSH STILL ON THE GROUND
AND THAT'S THE BIG CONCERN.
SEBASTIAN ROBERTSON IS LIVE FOR
US IN MONROE RIGHT NOW.
AND SEBASTIAN, THERE'S A LOT
OF FLOOD CONCERNS AS WE SEE
THAT SNOW START TO MELT RIGHT.
AND IT IS A RACE AGAINST THE
CLOCK AS CREWS TRY TO PREPARE.
THEY'RE BOTH PREDICTING FOR AND
PREPARING FOR THE POTENTIAL
OF URBAN FLOODING RIGHT NOW
THOSE ARTERIAL STREETS FOR THE
MOST PART ARE CLEAR.
SO FOR THESE 27 SOME PLOWS ON
THE ROAD, THE FOCUS IS NOW ON
THE SIDE STREETS.
THEY'RE ASKING RESIDENTS TO HIT
THOSE SIDEWALK AS THE FOCUS FOR
THESE CREWS IS STARTING TO
CHANGE WITH THE WEATHER.
ACROSS MOST OF WESTERN
WASHINGTON THE THOUGHT IS ON IN
SNOHMISH CCOUNTY MORE THAN A
FOOT OF SNOW QUICKLY MELTING
AWAY.
STREET CREWS SHIFTING THE FOCUS
FROM MAIN ARTERIALS TO THOSE
SECONDARY STREETS.
CLOSE TO 30 PLOWS ARE STILL ON
THE ROADWAY.
THE GOAL NOW CLEAR STORM DRAINS
IS A VERY REAL POSSIBILITY
OF URBAN FLOODING LOOMS AHEAD
ALTHOUGH WE'D LIKE TO THINK
THAT THE WATER IS GOING TO TAKE
CARE OF EVERYTHING FOR.
WE CAN'T MAKE THAT ASSUMPTION.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE GET
THOSE ROADS CLEAR IT MIGHT
FREEZE AGAIN OVERNIGHT.
WE DON'T KNOW.
SO WE HAVE TO STOP WE NEED TO
KEEP WORKING ON AND DON'T LET
IT DECEIVE YOU.
JUST BECAUSE THIS SNOW IS
MELTING DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE
IN THE CLEAR JUST YET.
CREWS SAY THEY'RE GOING TO BE
WATCHING THE WEATHER CLOSELY TO
SEE WHAT THAT TEMPERATURE DOES
OVERNIGHT AND THEY'RE ASKING
YOU TO PREPARE FOR SLICK, COLD,
WET ROAD CONDITIONS FOR AT
LEAST THE NEXT DAY OR SO IN
MONROE.
SEBASTIAN ROBERTSON, KING5
NEWS.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND SPEAKING OF THE FORECAST,
BETWEEEN CHECKIGN WITH ADAM
HERE SHORTLY.
BUT FIRST GUESS WHO'S A FAN
OF THE SNOWWW CHARLISSE THE DOG
OUT TO CHECK HIM OUT IS ROLING
AROUND THERE AND REALLY
ENJOYING IT?
MAYBE HE THINKS IT'S A POLAR
BEAR.
WE DON'T KNOW BUT HE'S LOVING
IT.
THIS WAS AN EVERTT THIS MORNING
AND NOW LET'S TAKE A LIVE LOOK
FROM EVERTT THE TOWERCAM THERE
AND HEAR GREG CHUCKLING AT
CHARLIE.
WELL YOU KNOW STLLL SOME SNOWWW
DOWN IN EVERTT.
SO THE BIG QUESTION IS ADAM,
WILL CHARLIE BE HAPPY TODAY?
YOU KNOW, CHARLIE LOOKED LIKE
HE WAS IN HIS ELEMENT FOR SURE.
WE'RE GOING TO START TO LOSE A
LITTLE MORE THAN SNOWWW AS WE
WERE MENTIONING.
WE'RE NOW BEGINNING TO SEE THE
MELT TEMERATURES RISING RAIN AT
TIMES COMING DOWN TO HELPING TO
REALLY ADVANCE SOME OF THE
MELTING PROCESS THAT WE'RE
NOTICING HERE.
AND THEN YES, WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR
POSSIBLY SOME URBAN FLOODING.
BUT JUST CHECK OUT THIS TIME
LAPSE VIDEO.
THIS IS FROM BELLVUE ARE OPEN
WINDOW SCHOOL SITE AND YOU CAN
SEE ON TOP OF THE BUILDING
THERE HOW THE SNOW JUST
CONTINUES TO KIND OF SHRINK
AWAY JUST EVER SO SLIGHTLY.
SO YEAH, WE ARE NOTICING THE
MELT ALREADY BEGINNING TO OCCUR
FOR US IN WELL WITH WARMER AIR
STILL YET AHEAD FOR US AS WE
HEAD ON INTO THE NEXT COUPLE
OF DAYS WE'RE REALLY GOING TO
ADVANCE THAT STILL SOME RAIN
SHOWERS TO UP ACROSS PARTS
OF NORTHERN SOUND AND HEADING
ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHERN
INTERIOR.
WE HAVE LIGHT RAIN FALLING
ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH DOWN
AS WELL AND THEN YOU CAN SEE
SOME OF THOSE DARKER GREENS
STARTING TO HEAD UP INTO PARTS
THE CASCADES AND THAT'S WHERE
WE'RE GOING TO REALLY START TO
SET OUR ATTENTION TO AS FAR AS
SNOWFALL BECAUSE AS YOU GO UP
TO AROUND MAYBE 2000 TO 2500
FEET NOW AS WE GO ON INTO THE
NIGHT, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE
EXPECTING SOME PRETTY HEAVY
SNOWFALL.
NOW A WINTER STORM WARNING IS
OUT BECAUSE THAT UNTIL 6:00
P.M. TOMORROW FIFTEEN TO TWENTY
FIVE INCHES OF FRESH SNOW COULD
BE EXPECTED IN SOME OF THOSE
LOCATIONS.
MANY OF YEAR FOR THE LOWLANDS
ARE STARTING TO WARM ABOVE
FREEZING BACK UP NEAR THE 40
DEGREE AS A MATTER OF FACT.
FORTY FOUR AND RENSIN AT THIRTY
NINE AND EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW
AT FORTY TWO AND TACOMA
TEMPERATURES DON'T LOOK TO FALL
ALL THAT MUCH THROUGHOUT THE
NIGHT SO WE STILL CONTINUE SOME
OF THE MELTING.
OF COURSE IT'S GOING TO BE
SLOWED BECAUSE OF THE SUN
SETTING AS WE GO ON INTO THE
NIGHT BUT WE'LL KEEP IT GOING
ON TO TOMORROW MORNING WE'LL
KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THOSE AREAS
OF SLUSH.
THOSE SHOULD BE STILL BE AROUND
.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO
WATCH OUT WHILE WALKING AND
ALSO WHILE DRIVING TO YOU.
BUT I THINK AS WE GO INTO THE
MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK WE'LL
DEFINITELY NOTICE MOST OF THIS
GONE AND AWAY.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT HOW MUCH MORE
RAIN THOUGH IS STILL YET AHEAD
FOR US AND MORE ABOUT THOSE
SNOWWW CHANCES IN THE CASCADES
COMING UP LATER.
OK, ADAM, THANKS.
NOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT LATE FOR
THE ALOOK BUT THAT DID NOT STOP
THE GARROOD FAMILY OF MICHAEL
PEOLE FROM ENGAGING IN A LITTLE
FROZEN FAMILY FEUD HERE.
CHECK THAT OUR DAUGHTER MAY SEE
A COUGS AT HOME FOR DISTANCE
LEARNING BROTHER TREVOR IS A
HUSKY SO THEY HAD AN EPIC
SNOWBALL FIGHT SET UP COMPLETE
WITH PURPLE AND CRIMSON
SNOWBALLS LOGOED SNOWWW FORT'S
THEY WERE OUT OF FOOD COLORING
SO THEY USE KOOL-AID INSTEAD
LOVE WITH THE HARD FOUGHT
BATTLE WE'RE TOLD ENDED IN A
TIE AFTER THEY TOASTED WITH HOT
APPLE CIDER.
LOVE TO SEE THE PHOTOS NICELY