Welcome back, an alert day.
Snow still falling across a lot of the area.
Taking a look at the snow emergencies
as they are right now and you see
most under that level one status,
meaning roads are hazardous.
And then out in Williams County right now,
you see that Level 2 status where
the county is telling people,
hey listen, if you don't have to drive,
don't go out there tonight.
And even at a level one driving into
work today, it was slick out there.
There was some hard slush really
like packed down to the pavement.
Some of those curves.
As you get on the highway or the
side streets, really pretty tricky.
Despite hours going in by the city and
O dots welcome into WTO L 11 news at 5,
our coverage continues.
I'm Melissa Andrews.
And I'm Jeff Smith.
Like we mentioned,
snowfall coming down for a
majority of the afternoon.
So when do we start to turn
off the weather machine and
then crank it back up again?
We have team coverage
for you tonight. Chief meteorologist
Chris Vickers is tracking the
very latest on that very answer,
meteorologist Matt Willoughby keeping
an eye on road conditions right now
and meteorologist John Burchfield.
Also in studio taking a look at what's next.
Plus Jordan Strack is joining
in on the fun getting to have a
lot of a lot of fun in Florida,
Ohio with a snow day himself.
We'll check in with him in just a bit.
But first let's start with you Chris.
Yeah, it's a little bit of drizzle
that's occurring right now mixing
with some freezing drizzle or a
couple of snowflakes more so in
and around the Toledo Metro and
up into Southern Michigan where
received reports of that just how we
expected this one would turn out.
Heaviest to the stove totals were
long and north of Route 24.
We've got numerous reports.
They topped out over a half a foot of snow,
much lower totals to the South and
to the east and some areas to the
South of east escaped away with a
mere couple inches of snow and a
lot of that has been melting away
through the course of the day.
We've got defined in our site here.
We're looking at a little bit of light snow,
a little drizzle and mist.
It's also mixing in and perhaps
a little band of some snow.
This is occurring from about the Ohio,
Michigan State line around Metamora
up toward Blissfield,
and this may be mixing in with a little
bit of drizzle or freezing drizzle as well.
As far as the reports here that
they don't metro many areas.
4 to 5 inches of accumulation.
Some of these reports from earlier
today and those higher totals were
West of Toledo where we had 6 to 7
inch totals out toward Fulton County.
Live.
Look outside does indicate some
of that drizzle that is occurring
anywhere from Perrysburg through
Sylvania back down toward Waterville,
and even at the Bowling Green.
Indications of that drizzle are alert.
Day continues this evening.
Snow showers are a little bit
of drizzle and the concern will
be some poor travel tonight,
especially if we see a refreeze
dropping below freezing.
Let's continue our coverage.
Meteorologist Matt Willoughby
and Matt is out in Oregon toward
or just off of Coit Rd.
Matt, can you tell me,
are you seeing any of that patchy,
freezing drizzle or any snowflakes
at this point this evening?
Yeah, Chris, I'm currently seeing
some snowflakes out here right now.
And in fact, with the at least the
less snowfall we're seeing right now,
a lot of people are actually out here
plowing their driveways right now.
But as we kind of take it off the main roads,
well, you actually see a lot of these
roads haven't even been plowed yet.
So we're just into one of the
neighborhoods just off 1/4 road.
And you can tell a lot of people are
out at least plowing their roads as
we have this break and the snowfall.
But yeah, definitely not seeing
a lot of plowed into the inner
neighborhoods right now at least.
So definitely just still slippery
out here as you go more into the
neighborhoods than on the main roads,
Chris.
Yeah, man, if
you could give us that shot one
more time as well, because I think
that's a great example of what still
may be an issue to come tonight.
It's gonna be those neighborhood streets
and those side roads, it looks like.
And from your estimation,
there hasn't been a plow down
that street yet, has there?
Yeah, not one person is
allowed on this street yet.
So yeah, this is pretty much tire
marks you're seeing right now.
A lot of this snow hasn't even been
touched by a snowplow yet and we're
approaching Coy Road right now.
About to get right back on Corey Rd.
So yeah, a lot of these roads haven't
even been touched by a plow yet,
so make sure you stay careful as
you're exiting your neighborhoods.
Alright, Matt Willoughby,
really appreciate that live update.
As things go below freezing tonight,
that's when things could turn icy yet again.
More snow chances into our Thursday.
For what's next,
let's send it over to meteorologist.
John Birchfield and John's not quite
out of the woods with this yet.
We still may have travel issues
tonight and into tomorrow morning.
Yeah, Chris Rhodes still
gonna remain snow covered,
especially those neighborhood roads
that Matt pointed out earlier.
Give yourself a few extra minutes
as poor travel conditions remain
as you saw the entire viewing
area under at least a level one,
if not level 2 snow emergency such
as Williams County tomorrow morning.
There is the chance for a few slick spots
as temperatures drop down below freezing.
Especially watch out for
those bridges and overpasses.
Even the main roadways like 475
if you drive over an overpass,
give yourself a few extra seconds
and take those turns easy as well.
By tomorrow evening conditions
begin to improve,
but we will see a few snow showers
heading into your Thursday.
Roads are still going to remain snow covered,
but within the next few hours
by 7:00 to 8:00 PM,
the snow is going to lighten
up and into your Thursday.
Those roadways gradually becoming
more passable hour by hour.
Forecast low pressure is going
to move out of the region.
However we will see a few
snow showers and a cooler.
Northwesterly Breeze,
a chilly breeze on tap for tomorrow
could see another light dusting to
perhaps one inch tops crystal time out.
That plus another storm system
coming in Friday and another Sunday
in its full 10 day forecast.
Melissa,
alright, thanks so much guys.
The snowstorm got a late start today
so County Road crews got a good
jump on the salting and plowing.
County crews pretreated the
roads with brine and salts.
Those white stripes you may have seen on
the roads before the snow started to fly.
12 trucks have been on the roads in six.
Districts. Over the last 10 hours
the storm has tailed off here,
but the work for those crews
doesn't stop yet.
This is a very heavy, wet type of snow.
Even though it might be cleared,
there'll be areas where it
will remain on the pavement.
It really won't blow around as
much because it is pretty heavy.
But what we are going to do is continue
to to salt the roads and to keep them,
to prevent them from refreezing
throughout the night and to keep
and basically clean up the roads and
get them in top shape for tomorrow.
The county says the plows
did the main highways first,
but we're told they'll work past
midnight to hit the rural roads and
get those cleared by tomorrow. And
as it snows during the course
of the next few weeks,
remember to check that furnace exhaust
pipe on the side of your house.
If you notice a mound of snow
blocking that furnace vent,
clear it using your hands.
A shovel or a snow blower
could damage the pipe.
According to the Woodinville
Volunteer Fire Department,
letting snow build up and cover
this pipe can cause serious issues.
Inside your home without proper ventilation,
carbon monoxide can build up in the house.
It can knock your heat offline and
it can cause some problems that
couldn't lead to illness and or death.
So do take care.
Keep in mind the snow that's
falling today is heavy and that
poses a risk of heart attacks,
particularly when you're shoveling.
Doctors warn if you have a pre-existing
heart condition and plan to shovel,
make sure you let someone
know so they can check on you.
Just be careful, people are treated
for injuries from slips and falls.
While shoveling every winter, well,
the winter storm cancelled a lot
of sporting events for tonight,
so we sent sports director
Jordan struck out to help with
our alert Day team coverage
and he joins us now live from a place
where he I don't think he expected
to be dealing with so much snow.
Yeah, you guys sent me down to Florida.
All you said was, hey, go down to Florida.
So then we go down 24.
We get past Napoleon,
we get near defiance,
and this is what we get.
It's a tiny little town, let me tell you.
Here's the stoplight.
I mean, the stoplight in Florida, Ohio,
it's about 200 people that live here.
And there's only a couple of businesses,
actually.
There is a clubhouse pizza right here.
There's a Volunteer Fire Department
just down the road a little bit.
And then also back here in the distance,
I got a little history.
Lesson down here in Florida today,
we figured we'd make the most of it
while we were spending our day here.
Alright, I'm here with Jerry
from Jax Barnwood furniture.
My boss has told me they were sending me
to Florida and then I ended up in this.
What is going on down here?
Just a little bit of snow.
What do you got,
what do you guys do here?
Well we make furniture,
a lot of custom
furniture out of Barnwood,
old architectural salvage,
rough sawn and things like that.
How much history is there in this place?
Because I'm looking at some of
the pictures and you're how much
history is in this building.
This building was built when
the Miami are canal was dug.
So it's somewhere in the neighbor
140 hundred, 50 years old it's been.
It started out as a Tavern.
So canal boat folks, get off the boat,
come over here and have a beer.
It's been. As far back as I can go,
I mean it's been an antique store,
it's been a bar several times.
It was a Chinese American
restaurant at one time.
So when I bought it,
it was vacant.
So it's this is kind of what
we've turned it into,
trying to make it look like it
might have 100 years ago in here.
Such a cool place.
Who knew that I was getting a
history lesson today when I was
coming down to Florida? Now listen,
I said there's only a couple things.
There's a Volunteer Fire Department,
there's a pizza place,
there's that place we were just in,
and then there's a library.
But guess where I'm going next, guys?
Yeah, you knew I wasn't coming
down here without getting a
little bit of clubhouse pizza.
The only place in town we're going in to eat.
I'm throwing my order in right now.
When we come back here at 6:00 o'clock,
I would be sitting down and we are going
to be trying all this fantastic food.
Make sure you join us back
here in just a little bit.
He
always talks about these trips.
He gets to go on to these warm places.
I don't know where the miscommunication
is. So many bowl games in the
last few weeks with palm trees,
sunshine, sand, surf went wrong.
Yeah, Florida, it just,
we just needed to get him out
on on the town, that's all.