STARTS NOW. WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH FOREWARN WEATHER. WINTER STORM WATCH SET TO GO INTO
EFFECT FOR TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
SOME SPOTS EXPECTED TO SEE 1 TO
2 INCHES OF SNOW FALLING PER
HOUR TO EXACT TRACK. 40 RADAR.
IT’S ALL CLEAR FOR NOW, BUT COME
TOMORROW AFTERNOON IS GOING TO
BE A VERY DIFFERENT STORY. LOOK
AT THIS. THIS IS THE DALLAS
SKYLINE STORM SYSTEM THAT IS SET
TO HIT US IS HITTING THEM RIGHT
NOW. THERE’S THINGS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS, WITH SOME REPORTS
OF BASEBALL SIZED HAIL, BASEBALL
SIZED HAIL AND WE WILL BE SEEING
, THOUGH A LOT OF SNOW IMPACT
FOR WINTER STORM HEADED OUR WAY.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US FOR
LOCAL 4 NEWS AT FIVE. I’M
DEVIN SCILLIAN GIL. WE’RE
COVERING THE STORM TONIGHT FROM
MULTIPLE ANGLES ARE
BRANDON ROUX. IS LIVE TO SHOW US
JUST HOW TRICKY THIS FORECAST
IS. AND HOW AS LITTLE AS TWO
MILES CAN VASTLY CHANGE WHAT YOU
SEE. COMING FROM THE SKY. WE’RE
GONNA GET TO HIM IN JUST A
MOMENT. BUT LET’S BEGIN WITH KIM
ADAMS AND THE TIMELINE KIM LET’S
FIRST START WITH THE WINTER
STORM WATCH AND WHY WE HAVE NOT
BEEN UPGRADED TO A WARNING,
USUALLY 24 HOURS BEFORE A STORM
WE WOULD BE WITH THESE KIND OF
TOTALS WILL BE UPGRADED TO A
WARNING. BUT THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE AND ALL
METEOROLOGISTS RIGHT NOW DON’T
HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN THIS
FORECAST, AND I HATE TO SAY THAT
WHAT WE DON’T WANT TO HEDGE OUR
BETS HERE, BUT IF THIS RAIN SNOW
LINE SETS UP JUST A LITTLE
DIFFERENT, THE TRACK OF THE LOW
GOES JUST A LITTLE BIT FURTHER
SOUTH OR FURTHER NORTH NOR THEY
COULD COMPLETELY CHANGED THE
FORECAST. SO AS OF RIGHT NOW,
THEY’RE KEEPING US UNDER A WATCH
FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST LOWER
MICHIGAN EXACT TRACK 40 RADAR.
IT’S QUIET HERE RIGHT NOW. IN
METRO DETROIT, THE HEART OF THE
SYSTEM STILL WELL DOWN TO OUR
SOUTH AND WEST, BUT WE CAN GET
SOME IDEAS ABOUT WHAT’S GOING TO
HAPPEN HERE JUST BY LOOKING AT
WHATS HAPPEN. OPENING RIGHT NOW
IN PARTS OF NORTHERN TEXAS INTO
SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA. SOME VERY
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HIGH
CLOUD TOPS A LOT OF MOISTURE AND
ALSO HAIL. WE MENTIONED THAT
BASEBALL SIZE HAIL RIGHT NOW.
THIS REPORT OUT OF DENISON CLOUD
TOPS AT 36,000 ALMOST 37,000 FT
. THAT’S PRETTY HIGH AND YOU GET
HAIL FOR INCHES. WHAT THIS TELLS
ME IS FIRST OF ALL THIS IS A
VERY STRONG SYSTEM. BUT WHAT IT
ALSO TELLS ME IS THAT IT MOVES
UP THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY. A
LOT OF THIS MOISTURE WILL BE
ROBBED FROM THE SYSTEM, SO IT
TAKES AWAY. THERE’S ONLY SO MUCH
MOISTURE AND IT COULD TAKE AWAY
QUITE A BIT. OF IT FROM THIS
CONVECTION, SO WE’RE GOING TO
BREAK DOWN MORE THAN FORECAST
MORE. THE TIMING FOR YOU COMING
UP. THIS WOULD BE THE PERFECT
TIME FOR YOU TO DOWNLOAD THE
4WARN WEATHER APP. BECAUSE
TOMORROW YOU COULD GET RAIN AND
TWO INCHES OF SNOW OR YOU COULD
GET HEAVY SNOW UP TO EIGHT
INCHES, DEPENDING ALL ON WHERE
YOU LIVE, AND I CAN ONLY COVER
SO MUCH IN THE FORECAST. YOU’RE
GOING TO GET ALL THAT SPECIFIC
INFORMATION ON THAT 41 WEATHER
APP. OKAY KIM. NOW WE WANT TO
GET AN EVEN CLOSER. LOOK AT
WHAT’S COMING, AND WE WANT TO
GET A SENSE OF HOW EASILY THINGS
LIKE THIS CAN CHANGE. LET’S
BRING IN OUR BRANDON ROUX LIVE
AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
SITE IN WHITE LAKE BRANDON. 12
TO 18 HOURS BEFORE THIS STORM
HITS US, SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT
OF TIME TO FINE TUNE THE
FORECAST. NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE RADOM OVER MY RIGHT
SHOULDER SCANNING THE SKIES NOW,
BUT TOMORROW IT WILL BE TRACKING
RAIN, SLEET AND SNOW. BIG TIME.
SO THE METEOROLOGISTS HERE AT
THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE PLAN
ON USING THIS TIME WISELY. SNOW
COMPUTERS ALL AGREE, METRO
DETROIT IS GETTING SIGNIFICANT
SNOW FRIDAY. DIFFICULT PART
ABOUT THIS FORECAST IS WHEN IT
SNOWS. IT’S GOING TO BE SNOWING
AT 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WHERE
THE MODELS DON’T ALIGN. THERE’S
STILL UNCERTAINTY, UM, WITH
EXACTLY WHERE THE HEAVY SNOW
BAND IS ANOTHER TRICKY STORM, SO
WE WENT TO THE EXPERTS, THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
IN WHITE LAKE, AND IT TURNS OUT
THAT FORECASTING THE WEATHER IS
JUST IT CAN BE REALLY HARD.
SOMETIMES. RICH COLEMAN SAYS
IT’S ALL HANDS ON DECK UNTIL
FURTHER NOTICE AT THE WEATHER
SERVICE DUE TO THE DIFFICULTY OF
THIS STORM, THE STORM DOES HAVE
THAT RAIN SNOW LINE OVER METRO
DETROIT. AND THAT’S GONNA PLAY
HAVOC WITH OUR FORECAST FOR
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS, JUST LIKE REAL
ESTATE. IT’S ALL ABOUT LOCATION
. LOCATION LOCATION. 14 MILES
NORTH. THE BEST CHANCE OF
GETTING ALL SNOW OR THE MOST
SNOW JUST A COUPLE OF MILES
SOUTH OF HERE. HERE AT 12 MILE,
AND ALL PARTS SOUTH COULD BE
MORE FREEZING RAIN, SLEET AND
JUST PLAIN RAIN AND SOME STORMS
. THOSE RANGE OF POSSIBILITIES
ARE REALLY TIGHT. OTHER TIMES
THEY’RE A LITTLE BIT MORE
WIDESPREAD. ONE THING THAT IS
CERTAIN HEAVY SNOW OR A WINTRY
MESS. LIFE THREATENING WINTER
STORM WILL SLAM INTO METRO
DETROIT FRIDAY. WITH BAD TIMING
. IT WILL NOT BE A GOOD DRIVING
EXPERIENCE FOR MUCH OF DETROIT.
TOMORROW AFTERNOON FOR THE
EVENING COMMUTE. TIME IS OUR
GREATEST WEAPON HERE MOVING
FORWARD WITH THE SNOW STORM
HITTING TOMORROW SO AH, JUST
TRUST THAT. WE WILL USE THAT
TIME WISELY AND TALKING TO THE
WEATHER SERVICE HERE. THEY PLAN
TO YOU CAN EXPECT MORE SHIFTS IN
THAT FORECAST STILL POSSIBLE AND
TRUST YOUR METEOROLOGISTS. WE’VE
BEEN HIT HARD IN SOCIAL MEDIA
JUST KNOW THAT WE ARE DOING
EVERYTHING WE CAN EVERY HOUR OF
EVERY DAY TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW,
THE LATEST KEEPING OUR VIEWERS
SAFE. WE’RE LIVE HERE AT THE
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN WHITE
LAKE BRANDON ROUX BACK TO YOU.
SO RIGHT, BRANDON, AND YOU’VE
GOT ME WANTING TO HANG OUT ON 13
MILE TOMORROW, RIGHT IN THAT
LITTLE FAULT LINES THAT GOES,
YEAH. ALL RIGHT. YOU HEARD KIM
SAY OFF THE TOP. TOMORROW IS A
FOREWARN WEATHER ALERT DAY ALL
DAY TOMORROW WE’VE GOT SPECIAL
COVERAGE AS THE STORM APPROACHES
WILL SEE IT RIGHT THROUGH TO THE
END, SO BE SURE TO TUNE IN
TOMORROW TO LOCAL 4 LOCAL 4 PLUS
AND OF COURSE, CLICKONDETROIT’S
DOT COM OUR OTHER TOP STORY HERE
AT 52 PEOPLE WORKING FOR THE
WAYNE COUNTY MORGUE ARE FACING
CHARGES FOR BREAKING INTO A HOME
WHERE THEY RECENTLY RECOVERED A
BODY CARNELL, FRANKLIN SMITH AND
BENJAMIN PIERCE OR AT THE HOME
THE DAY BEFORE TO TAKE A MAN WHO
DIED. TO THE MORGUE. VICTOR
WILLIAMS IS LIVE ON THIS STORY
FOR US TONIGHT, VICTOR. SO HOW
DID THEY END UP CATCHING THESE
GUYS? WELL, I JUST TOOK A TIP
AND REALLY, THAT IS IT. THIS IS
THE HOME IN WHICH ALL OF THIS
TOOK PLACE. IT’S ACTUALLY A
MOBILE HOME, AND WE’RE TOLD THAT
IT WAS A 67 YEAR OLD MAN THAT
LIVED THERE THAT PASSED AWAY AND
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT IS DOWNRIGHT
DISRESPECTFUL. IT IS JUST FLAT
OUT SICKENING THAT PEOPLE COULD
DO THIS TO THE DEAD FATHER WAS
ALREADY HARD FOR DERRICK DAVIS.
BUT IMAGINE THE INSULT ON TOP OF
THE INJURY OF HEARTACHE, FINDING
OUT THAT ONE OF THE SAME PEOPLE
WHO REMOVED THE BODY OF YOUR
LOVED ONE FROM THEIR HOME IS
ALLEGEDLY ONE OF THE SAME PEOPLE
WHO CAME BACK TO STEAL AS
HEARTLESS, SICKENING, DESPICABLE
HUMAN BEINGS, AND THERE’S PRETTY
MUCH A SPECIAL PLACE IN HELL FOR
HIM HERE ON TOWNSHIP POLICE
CHIEF EVERETTE ROBIN SAYS.
THAT’S EXACTLY WHY 34 YEAR OLD
CARNELL FRANKLIN SMITH, AND 29
YEAR OLD BENJAMIN PIERCE OUT OF
DETROIT WERE ARRESTED COMING
BACK JUST ONE DAY AFTER SMITH
WAS THERE DURING A TIME OF NEED
. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT HE
WORKED FOR A SUBCONTRACTOR WHO
WAS HIRED BY THE WAYNE COUNTY
MORGUE, AND THAT’S NOT UNCOMMON
. A NEIGHBOR SAW THE MEN’S
SHOULDERING THEIR WAY INTO THE
HOME ON CASTEL DRIVE, CALLING
911 OFFICERS WERE IN THE AREA AT
THE RIGHT TIME AND WERE ABLE TO
LOCATE THEIR VEHICLES SHORTLY
AFTER THEY TOOK OFF.
SURPRISINGLY THE ONE HIRED TO
REMOVE THE BODY ALREADY HAD AN
ALIBI WITH A PHONY BUSINESS
CARD. INITIALLY WHEN WE TALKED
TO HIM HIS STORY WAS THAT HE
OWNED A BUSINESS CALLED NO
EVIDENCE. IRONICALLY, AND THAT
HE WAS USING THAT BUSINESS TO
COME UP THE DAY FOLLOWING WHEN
PEOPLE WOULD PASS AWAY AND HE
WOULD DO CLEAN UP AT THE HOUSE.
HE PORTRAYED IT AS IF HE HAD
SOME AGREEMENT WITH THE FAMILY
THAT EVEN HURT WORSE, BECAUSE
WHY WOULD I GIVE YOU PERMISSION
TO STEAL FROM MY FATHER WANTS TO
MAKE SURE BOTH MEN ARE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT THERE SHOULD BE EXTRA
JAIL TIME. FIRST THINGS LIKE
THIS. NOW BOTH MEN HAVE BEEN
CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE HOME
INVASION. BUT FRANKLIN SMITH IS
ALSO FACING A CHARGE OF FELONY
FIREARM. WE KNOW THAT BOTH WERE
RELEASED ON $10,000 BOND, BUT
POLICE ARE LOOKING AT ANY INTO
ANY OTHER POTENTIAL VICTIMS AS
WELL. VICTOR WILLIAMS LOCAL OKAY
, VICTOR. THANKS A DETROIT
POLICE OFFICER IS IN SERIOUS
CONDITION AFTER A TRAFFIC STOP
ON THE CITY’S WEST SIDE,
OFFICERS STOPPED A SUSPECT AT
FINKEL AND SCHAEFER LAST NIGHT
FOR HAVING IMPROPER REGISTRATION
. THEY SAY THE DRIVER THEN TOOK
OFF RUNNING INTO THE MIDDLE OF
THE STREET OFFICERS DEPLOYED A
TASER AND TOOK THE SUSPECT INTO
CUSTODY. BUT AS THAT WAS
HAPPENING ON OFFICER WAS HIT BY
A TOW TRUCK. THE OFFICER WAS
RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL WITH A
COLLAPSED LUNG, BROKEN RIBS AND
A BROKEN HAND. THE DRIVER OF THE
TOW TRUCK WAS ALSO ARRESTED FOR
DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED LICENSE.
OKAY NOW TO A SOMBER DAY AT
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY,
VOLUNTEERS BEGAN CLEANING AWAY
THE FLOWERS AND TRIBUTES TO THE
VICTIMS OF THE CAMPUS SHOOTING
AHEAD OF THE SNOW TOMORROW, BUT
THERE ARE PLANS TO MAKE SURE
THOSE TRIBUTES LIVE ON SHAWN LEY
LIVE IN EAST LANSING FOR US
TONIGHT, SEAN THOSE MAKESHIFT
MEMORIALS WE SAW JUST GROWING
AND GROWING. HUNDREDS IF NOT
THOUSANDS OF FLOWERS, PUT DOWN
HUNDREDS OF SIGNS AS WELL,
REALLY EMOTIONAL DAY HERE FROM
EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN. WE
WATCHED IT ALL GO DOWN
EVERYTHING WE SAW THERE AT THE
ROCK. AND AT THE STATUE, THE
SPARTAN STATUE THAT’S ALL GONE
TO THE MEMORIALS ARE GONE, BUT
THERE’S A REASON WHY THEY’RE
GONE, NOT FORGOTTEN. WE’RE
LOOKING AT A CLEAN UP OF ALL OF
THE DIFFERENT, UM, FLOWERS AND
BULBS AND MEMENTOS HERE AT THE
ROCK, BUT WE’RE NOT NECESSARILY
CLEANING UP FOR SAY, WE’RE
PLANNING ON RECYCLING THE
FLOWERS THAT YOU SEE HERE AND
PUTTING THEM TO USE AS MUCH FROM
MEMORIAL TREE SHOOTING AT MSU.
FEBRUARY 13TH TOOK THE LIVES OF
AERIAL ANDERSON, ALEXANDRIA,
VERNER AND BRIAN FRAZIER ALSO
VICTIMIZING THE ENTIRE MSU
COMMUNITY LIFE HERE. STUDENTS
TELL US WILL NEVER BE THE SAME.
HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS, IN
THIS COMMUNITY SHARED THEIR
GRIEF BY PLACING FLOWERS AT THE
ROCK ON CAMPUS AND AT THE SPARTY
STATUTE. THE FLOWERS AND SIGNS
HAVE BEEN HERE 17 DAYS. SNOW IS
EXPECTED TOMORROW. MSU STUDENT
LIFE AND ENGAGEMENT, SAYING
TODAY WAS THE DAY TO PICK UP
THESE MEMORIALS. MULTI THOSE
FLOWERS TO BE USED TO FEED A
MEMORIAL TREAT. STUDENT
PRESIDENT JOKO BOX TELLS ME
THERE WAS EMOTION WITH EVERY
BOUQUET THAT HAS PICKED UP, BUT
THIS DOESN’T MEAN ANYONE IS
READY TO MOVE ON. I SAY IT’S
VERY HEAVY. I KNOW SOMETHING I
WAS REALLY NERVOUS ABOUT IS I
DON’T WANT STUDENTS TO JUST WALK
BY AND SEE IT AND NOT KNOW
WHAT’S HAPPENING. AND YOU KNOW
IT’S SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF US
HAVE GOTTEN VERY VERY USED TO.
IT’S A VERY COMFORTING PLACE TO
COME. UM SO WE MADE SURE WE HAD
SNACKS AND STUFF SO THAT PEOPLE
COULD COME AND ASK WHAT’S
HAPPENING AND THEY CAN JUST GRAB
SOME SNACKS BECAUSE YOU DON’T
WANT PEOPLE TO WALK BY THE
OTHER, TAKING IT DOWN, RIGHT AND
THAT’S AWESOME FOREVER. AND
THAT’S ALSO WHY WE TRIED TO DO
IT BEFORE SPRING BREAK. SO LIKE
WE’RE NOT DOING IT OVER SPRING
BREAK, AND THEN PEOPLE COME BACK
AND IT’S LIKE, OH, WE’RE GOING
TO TRY TO RETURN TO NORMAL LIKE
NOTHING’S EVER GOING TO BE
NORMAL AFTER THIS. NOTHING IS
EVER GOING TO BE NORMAL AFTER
THIS THAT MATERIAL, THE FLOWERS
AND SIGNS STARTED TO BREAK DOWN
IN THE WEATHER, THEY SAID. WITH
THE SNOW TOMORROW, IT’S JUST A
GOOD TIME NOW TO PICK IT UP. AND
IT’S INTERESTING GUYS BECAUSE
THERE’S SO MANY SIGNS THAT WERE
MADE SPARTANS STRONG AND
TRIBUTES TO THE VICTIMS HERE.
THEY’RE GOING TO BE PRESERVED
FOR THE MSU ARCHIVES ARE NOT
GOING TO BE DUMPED IN THE TRASH.
REALLY COOL IDEA ALSO DE’VEON
MULCHING UP ALL THOSE FLOWERS,
AND THERE’S PILES OF THEM AMOUNT
OF FLOWERS AT TWO DIFFERENT
SCENES TO FEED THAT MEMORIAL
TREE. WE LEARNED TONIGHT THAT
IT’S GOING TO BE PLANTED AT
BERKELEY ALL BACK TO YOU. SO
ENORMOUS. ALRIGHT, SEAN. FRIED
WINGS PULL OFF A HUGE TRADE
AHEAD OF THE DEADLINE WAS HEADED
OUT THAT HAD THE TEAM’S CAPTAIN,
WIPING AWAY TEARS. ALSO ALL
CLEAR RIGHT NOW ON EXACT TRACK
40 RADAR THAT’S GOING TO BE A
VERY DIFFERENT STORY TOMORROW.
KIM’S BACK AFTER THE BREAK WITH
AN UPDATE FORECAST. AND DETROIT
APARTMENT BUILDING GOING ON A
MONTH WITHOUT HEAT. TENANTS HAVE