DOWN WITH 4WARN WEATHER ALERT. WE’RE WATCHING A MAJOR SNOWSTORM MOVING INTO METRO DETROIT WITH
MORE THAN EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW
POSSIBLE. IN SOME AREAS. THERE
IS A LOOK AT WHEN THE STONE IS
GOING TO START FALLING WHERE YOU
LIVE FOR THE MAJORITY OF US.
IT’S GOING TO BE AROUND FOUR
O’CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON. RIGHT
NOW. IT IS RAIN AS WE TAKE A
LIVE LOOK AT THE LODGE AND I 94
FROM OUR END DOT CAMERAS, BUT
THAT’S GONNA CHANGE. SOME
SCHOOLS HAVE CANCELED CLASSES
AND OTHERS ARE LETTING OUT
STUDENTS EARLY LIKE SOUTHFIELD
SCHOOLS. THANKS EVERYBODY FOR
BEING WITH US HERE AT NOON. I’M
KAREN DREW JASON COLTHORPE.
LET’S GET RIGHT OVER TO ASHLEE
BARACY WHO’S KEEPING AN EYE ON
THIS. IT’S BEEN TRICKY FOR THE
LAST FEW DAYS TO LOOK AT ASHLEY
AND WITH EVERY PASSING HOUR. WE
JUST GET A LITTLE BIT MORE
INFORMATION HERE. THAT’S RIGHT.
SO WE KNEW THE CLOSER WE GOT TO
THE ANSWER OF THE PRECIPITATION
WOULD HAVE A MUCH BETTER IDEA
THAT TRACK OF THIS AND WHAT KIND
OF PRECIPITATION WE’D BE DEALING
WITH. GIVEN THE SURFACE
TEMPERATURES AND JUST THE
ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE PROFILE
SO WINTER STORM WARNINGS WILL GO
INTO EFFECT AT ONE O’CLOCK. SO
UNLESS THAN AN HOUR UNTIL FOUR
AM ON SATURDAY FOR ALL OF
SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN, ALL THESE
COUNTIES THAT YOU SEE HERE THAT
ARE SHADED IN PINK. LET’S GO
AHEAD AND TAKE YOU THROUGH YOUR
FORECAST, AS WE HAVE SOME MORE
DETAILS ON WHAT THAT WARNING
ENTAILS, SO THERE’S A GOOD CHUNK
OF THE AREA THAT WILL SEE EIGHT
INCHES OF SNOW OR WAR WITHIN A
12 HOUR PERIOD. QUITE FRANKLY,
THE MOST INTENSE PERIOD IS
SHAPING UP TO BE ABOUT FOUR P.M.
UNTIL 11 PM, BUT DEFINITELY INTO
THE EVENING HOURS WHERE WE COULD
HAVE SNOW RATES OF TWO INCHES OR
MORE AN HOUR AND THEN OTHER
AREAS THAT ARE NOT QUITE TO THE
EIGHT INCH MARK. THAT COULD BE
SIX INCHES IN A 69 HOUR PERIOD.
SO THIS IS AN IMMINENT WINTER
STORM THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH,
AND THAT’S WHY WARNINGS HAVE
BEEN ISSUED. EXACT TRACK 40
RADAR SHOWING SOME SNOW SHOWERS
STARTING TO PUSH INTO ADRIAN SO
A COOLER SECTOR CROSSING THE
STATE LINE DOWN TO OUR SOUTHWEST
, BUT THERE IS SOME RAIN
CROSSING INTO MONROE COUNTY FROM
TOLEDO SO WE COULD SEE SOME
WIDESPREAD RAIN BEFORE THIS
CHANGES OVER TO SNOW. AND LET’S
SHOW YOU THAT TIMING ONCE AGAIN
, SO YOU MIGHT GET A LITTLE WET
PRECIPITATION BEFORE THESE TIME
PERIODS. THIS IS THE ANSWER OF
SNOWFALL ARRIVAL, MIXING IN SO
FAR SOUTHERN COUNTIES LED AWAY
MONROE CLOSER TO 34 O’CLOCK
AROUND THE HEART OF METRO
DETROIT AND THEN FIVE O’CLOCK AS
YOU GET UP INTO THE THUMB RIGHT
NOW, CLOUDY SKIES OVER THE
DOWNTOWN AREA. WE DO SIT IN THE
MID THIRTIES FOR THE MOST PART
ACROSS ALL FOUR ZONES. BUT WHEN
YOU FACTOR IN SUSTAINED WINDS
BETWEEN ABOUT 10 TO 15 MPH, OUR
WIND CHILL READINGS ARE IN THE
TWENTIES SO WE COULD HOLD ON TO
SOME FROZEN PRECIPITATION. WE’LL
BE IN THE THIRTIES, THE NEXT
SEVERAL HOURS AND SO LET’S TAKE
YOU INTO THE FORECAST FOR THE
REST OF THE DAY FOR THE KIDDOS
WANTING TO GO OUT AND PLAY IN
THIS STUFF. WHILE LATE AFTERNOON
WE START TO SEE SOME OF THAT
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATING BY LATER
THIS EVENING, WE’LL HAVE SOME
GOOD SNOWBALL MAKING SNOW
STICKING AROUND. HOW LONG WILL
IT STICK AROUND GOING IN THE
WEEKEND? WE’LL HAVE MORE ON
THAT. YOUR FULL FORECAST. BUT AS
YOU’RE HEADING OUT THE DOOR THIS
EVENING, DON’T FORGET IF YOU
HAVEN’T DOWNLOADED THE 4WARN
WEATHER APP DO IT. SO TODAY
THESE CONDITIONS WILL BE
CHANGING BY THE MINUTE. YOU’LL
WANT THAT RADAR IN THE PALM OF
YOUR HAND. PECKED CONDITIONS TO
DETERIORATE QUICKLY THIS
EVENING. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
ASHLEIGH TIME AGO, DTE, ISSUING
A WARNING ABOUT EVEN MORE POWER
OUTAGES BECAUSE OF THE SNOW
UTILITY IS WARNING THE SNOW MAY
BRING DOWN TREES AND BRANCHES
THAT ARE ALREADY WEAK FROM LAST
WEEK’S ICE STORM. DTE SAYS IT
COULD CAUSE MORE DAMAGE TO THE
ELECTRIC SYSTEM. DTE SAYS IT HAS
CREWS READY TO GO AND IS
REMINDING EVERYONE TO STAY 25 FT
AWAY FROM ANY DOWN LINES NOW THE
OTHER BIG CONCERN AT THIS HOUR
THE ROADS FOR THIS EVENING FOR
PEOPLE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK OR
REALLY, ANYBODY WHO’S GOT SOME
PLANS. FREEMAN CHECKING IN WITH
COUNTY ROAD COMMISSIONS TO SEE
HOW THE CREWS ARE PREPARING
SHE’S LIVE THIS AFTERNOON IN
WAYNE COUNTY HIGH PRIYA. HEY
JASON AND KAREN. THIS IS SORT OF
THE PROVERBIAL CALM BEFORE THE
STORM. WE’RE INSIDE OF A SALT
DOME HERE WANTED TO GIVE YOU A
SENSE OF JUST A MOUNTAIN OF SALT
THAT’S IN HERE AND JUST HOW MUCH
HAS ALREADY BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO
VARIOUS SALT TRUCKS. WE’RE
TALKING ABOUT 80 TO 100 SALT
TRUCKS THAT ARE GOING TO BE
DEPLOYED STARTING AROUND THREE
O’CLOCK RIGHT NOW. A LOT OF
THOSE CREWS ARE OUT DOING RUN OF
THE MILL, EVERYDAY MAINTENANCE
ROADWORK ISSUES. OFFICIALS TELL
ME THAT IS GOING TO START TO
SWITCH OVER AROUND THREE O’CLOCK
BECAUSE WE START TO SEE THOSE
BANDS MOVING IN WITH THAT RAIN
SWITCHING OVER TO SNOW. THIS IS
A TRICKY STORM TO PREDICT, SO
CREWS ARE ON STANDBY. TAKE A
LISTEN TO WHAT AN OFFICIAL WITH
THE ROAD COMMISSION FOR OAKLAND
COUNTY HAD TO SAY. THIS IS A
THIS IS A CHALLENGING ONE
BECAUSE THE FORECASTS ARE ALL
OVER THE PLACE AND WE COULD GET
ANYTHING FROM A LOT OF FREEZING
RAIN TO A FOOT OF SNOW AND
ANYTHING IN BETWEEN. SO UM, THE
PLAN IS TO BE OUT. WE DON’T YET
KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TIME WILL BE
OUT. IT DEPENDS ON WHEN THE
PRECIPITATION STARTS. UH AND
WE’LL BE EITHER SALTING OR
PLOWING OR BOTH, DEPENDING ON
WHAT IT DOES. YES, SO THIS IS A
VERY FLUID SITUATION, CRAIG
BRYSON, SAYING THEY’LL HAVE
BETWEEN ABOUT 80 TO 100 SALT
TRUCKS ON THE ROAD AND THERE
COULD BE MORE DEPENDING ON THE
INTENSITY OF THE STORM. AND OF
COURSE, EVERYBODY IS WONDERING
ABOUT WHAT THE DRIVE IS GOING TO
LOOK LIKE HERE IN OAKLAND
COUNTY. WE’RE RIGHT BY 6 96 YEAR
THROUGH SAILING RIGHT NOW, A LOT
OF OVERCAST CONDITIONS HERE, BUT
THINGS ARE GOING TO DETERIORATE
THINGS. WE’RE GOING TO CHANGE
THIS AREA. THIS SALT YARD HERE
IN OAKLAND COUNTY, OF COURSE,
GOING TO BE A LOT BUSIER IN THE
COMING HOURS CREWS RIGHT NOW.
PREPPING FOR THE WORK THAT’S
GOING TO BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON,
AND, OF COURSE, INTENSIFY
THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS AND
INTO THE OVERNIGHT REPORTING
LIVE HERE IN OAKLAND COUNTY. I’M
FREEMAN LOCAL 4. ALRIGHT, PRIYA.
NOW, KEEP IT HERE FOR LIVE.
UPDATES ALL DAY, BOTH ON LOCAL 4
PLUS AND ONLINE AND
CLICKONDETROIT’S DOT COM THEN
LATER, OUR CREWS ARE GOING TO BE
ALL OVER THE PLACE, CHECKING OUT
THE SNOW AND THE CONDITIONS AND
WILL HIT THAT STARTING FIRST AT
FOUR. WE’RE ALSO FOLLOWING
BREAKING NEWS HERE AT NOON,
DISGRACED SOUTH CAROLINA
ATTORNEY ALEX MURDOCH HAS BEEN
SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON.
LAST NIGHT, A JURY FOUND HIM
GUILTY OF MURDERING HIS WIFE,
MAGGIE, AND 22 YEAR OLD SON,
PAUL IN JUNE OF 2021.
PROSECUTORS SAY THEY ASKED FOR
THE MAXIMUM SENTENCE, SPARING
MURDOCH OF THE DEATH PENALTY
WHEN GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO
SPEAK BY THE JUDGE. MURDOCH
REPEATEDLY SAID HE WAS INNOCENT.
THREE TELL YOU AGAIN. I RESPECT
THIS COURT. BUT I’M INNOCENT. I
WOULD NEVER. UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES HURT MY WIFE,
MAGGIE. AND I WOULD NEVER UNDER
ANY CIRCUMSTANCES HURT MY SON
HAVE BEEN YOU. IT MIGHT HAVE
BEEN. THE MONSTER YOU BECOME
WHEN YOU. TAKE 15 2030 40 50 60
OPIOID PILLS. MAYBE YOU BECOME
ANOTHER PERSON, ALEXANDER
MURDOCK. MURDOCK NOW DOES DOES
NOT FACE THE POSSIBILITY OF
PAROLE ABOUT AN HOUR OF FORMER
MICHIGAN STATE BASKETBALL STAR
BEING SENTENCED FOR MURDER
RAPPELLING, PLEADING GUILTY TO
SECOND DEGREE MURDER LAST MONTH
, APPLING ADMITTED TO KILLING A
FAMILY MEMBER BACK IN 2021. HIS
PLEA CARRIES A SENTENCING OF
BETWEEN 18 AND 40 YEARS IN
PRISON. WE WILL HAVE A CREW IN
THE COURTROOM AND LET YOU KNOW
WHAT HAPPENED. WE’RE WORKING TO
LEARN MORE ABOUT A BAD CRASH
OVER IN THE SOUTHFIELD FREEWAY
THIS MORNING. YOU CAN SEE
SEVERAL CARS WERE INVOLVED IN
THAT CRASH NEAR SCHOOLCRAFT.
STATE. POLICE SAY SOMEONE WAS
EJECTED FROM A CAR. THE FREEWAY
WAS CLOSED DURING THE
INVESTIGATION. IT HAS SINCE
REOPENED. MIKE DUGGAN PRESENTS
HIS PROPOSED BUDGET FOR NEXT
YEAR TO DETROIT CITY COUNCIL.
DUGGAN SAYS THE 2024 GENERAL
FUND BUDGET IS $1.3 BILLION. HE
SAYS THE CITY MAKES ITS FIRST
LEGACY PENSION PAYMENT OF $149
MILLION FOR RETIREES. $25
MILLION WILL GO TOWARD POLICE
RAISES AND $15 MILLION WILL GO
TO DOT WORKERS RAISES TO FILL
MORE JOB POSITIONS. THE MAYOR
ALSO SAYING REVENUES ARE UP $107
MILLION OVER LAST YEAR’S BUDGET
BECAUSE OF THE STRENGTH OF THE
INCOME TAX. AND HE SAYS THIS
YEAR’S BUDGET IS AN IMPORTANT
ONE. THIS YEAR’S BUDGET IS
HISTORIC. THIS IS THE YEAR THAT
WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FINANCIAL
DOOMSDAY THAT THE FINANCIAL
ANALYSTS SAID WOULD BE THE YEAR
OF THE FISCAL CLIFF WHERE THE
CITY OF DETROIT WAS GOING TO BE
BACK IN FINANCIAL CRISIS. THE
MAYOR SAYS OVER HALF OF THE
BUDGET WILL BE USED FOR PUBLIC
HEALTH, SAFETY, RECREATION AND
TRANSIT. HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE
TO GET TO ON A FRIDAY EDITION OF
THE NOON HEY, WHY DON’T WE BRING
IN HANK WINCHESTER? THAT’S A
GOOD IDEA. FUN TIME. HE’S OVER
IN CLARKSTON. HEY, HANK! HANK
HEY, EVERYBODY! HANK WINCHESTER.
HELP ME, HANK. WE ARE LIVE HERE
IN CLARKSON AT MEL’S GRILL A
GREAT LUNCH HERE FOR YOU TO
ENJOY. BUT WE ARE HERE BECAUSE
WE WANT TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR
CONSUMER RELATED ISSUES. AND IF
YOU COULDN’T MAKE IT TODAY,
RIGHT AFTER THE BREAK, WHAT YOU
CAN DO TO GET IN TOUCH WITH HELP
ME HANG ALRIGHT, HANK, AND WE DO
CONTINUE TO BE IN THE MIDDLE OF
A 4WARN WEATHER ALERT WITH AREAS
OF WASHINGTON COUNTY EXPECTING
TO SEE SOME OF THE MOST SNOW AS