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Crews respond to Oxford for reports of wires down on West Sycamore Street

Crews respond to Oxford for reports of wires down on West Sycamore Street

Crews respond to Oxford for reports of wires down on West Sycamore Street

Crews respond to Oxford for reports of wires down on West Sycamore Street

RANDI: I’M TRACKING WHERE THEY HEAVY SNOW BANDS ARE HEADED AND WHEN RAIN TAKES OVER FOR EVERYONE. KELLY: A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING HITTING OUR REGION. WE HAVE A LIVE LOOK AT THE CURRENT ROAD CONDITIONS IMPACTING YOUR MORNING COMMUTE. LACEY: I AM LIVE WITH ODOT CREW AS THEY TACKLED THE WINTER STORM. >> THIS IS WLWT NEWS 5 TODAY, LEADING THE WAY. >> SOME OF YOU ARE SEEING RAIN, SNOW A MIX. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE. >> WE ARE STARTING YOUR DAY WITH YOU AS WE TRACK THE SYSTEM THAT IS MOVING THROUGH. WELL LET YOU KNOW WHAT YOU COULD ENCOUNTER IF YOU HAVE TO HEAD OUT EARLY. WHO IS SEEING SNOW, WHO WAS SEEING RAIN? HOW LONG IS IT HANGING AROUND? RANDI: IT HAS BEEN WHILE THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS. THE REST OF IT WAS 1:00 A.M. THIS MORNING WHEN MANY OF OUR HIGHWAYS, ESPECIALLY NORTH WHERE COMPLETELY LOCKED IN WITH SNOW. AS WE SEE THE TRANSITION TO RAIN, THE ROAD IS EASY TO CLEAR AND IF YOU TAKE A LOOK RIGHT NOW, IT DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU ARE VERSUS WHERE YOU ARE TRAVELING TO. CVG REPORTED RAIN AND THE LAST UPDATE GOING BACK TO SNOW. THINGS ARE VARIABLE ACROSS THE AREA. YOU KNOW CINCINNATI AT A WINTER STORM, WE SIT ON THE RAIN SNOW LINE AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE RAIN SNOW LINE HEDGED FURTHER NORTH THAN ANTICIPATED. IT’S A LITTLE FURTHER WAS WHICH MEANS FURTHER NORTH WITH A LINE OF WHERE THE HEAVY SNOW IS. WITH YOU SEE AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE RADAR, IT IS ALONG I 70 WHERE THEY ARE SEEING HEAVIER SNOW BAND AND BACK AND THREW CENTRAL PORTIONS OF INDIANA. IN THE 275 LOOP, A MIXED BAG. HEAVY SNOW TO THE NORTH AND RAIN HEADED SOUTH. THE LIGHT SNOW OVER TOP OF CVG 10 MINUTES AGO DRIFTING UP INTO THE WEST SIDE. 275 AT COLERAIN AVENUE HAD TOTALLY COVERED WITH SNOW 3:00 A.M. AND I LOOKS LIKE YOU CAN SEE THE PAVEMENT THEY ARE NOW. TO THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF 275, NEAR LOVELAND WE HAVE FRESH SNOW ON THE GROUND BUT TRANSITIONING TO RAIN AND FURTHER TO THE EAST, SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS PORTIONS OF KENTON COUNTY. A BIT MORE OF A MIX INTO BROWN COUNTY. FURTHER TO THE OHIO RIVER, IT IS PLAIN RAIN AND HAS BEEN RAIN. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SLOWLY BUILDING COUNTIES OUT OF THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY BECAUSE A LOT OF THE ADVISORY COUNTIES MISS OUT ON THE SO COMPLETELY AND LOOKING AT THE RAIN, IT IS MOVING IN. FRIENDS, FURTHER NORTH -- FOR US, THE FARTHER NORTH YOU ARE, THE CELL. LOOK FOR SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA, AREAS ALONG 74, I GOT A REPORT OF 3 INCHES OF SNOW OUTSIDE OF OUR AREA AND THEY HAD THUNDER SNOW THIS MORNING. IT HAS BEEN A WILD, WINTRY MIX. OUR TEMPERATURE IS NEAR FREEZING SO BE AWARE AS YOU HEAD OUT. THERE COULD BE SLICK SPOTS EVEN ON PLACES TRANSITION TO THE RAIN. FROM NOW UNTIL 7 A.M. WE GO FROM AREAS OF SNOW OR A MIX TERRAIN AND IF THEY WET AFTERNOON. EXPECT WINDY CONDITIONS INTO THE AFTERNOON. WE HAVE BEEN TRACKING THE CAMERAS BECAUSE WE HAVE SEEN DIFFERENT CONDITIONS. KATIE: 74 MONTANA, OR WORSE AREA FOR DRIVING. SLUSHY WITH A FEW CARS OUT AND MOST ARE MOVING SLIGHTLY SLOWER THAN USUAL, ESPECIALLY AS YOU START HEADING WEST. WHETHER WINTRY MIX THROUGH HAMILTON COUNTY. TRAVEL SPEEDS HAVE IMPROVED DUE TO 75 OUT LOOP. WE HAVE BEEN TALKING THIS MORNING BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THE ROAD DOES NOT ME TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE GREAT. BE AWARE, PATCHY SLICK SPOTS. YOUR GOING TO FIND THE SLOW TRAVEL SPEEDS. UNDER 40 MILES PER HOUR 50’S TO BE THE CASE FOR 74.
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Crews respond to Oxford for reports of wires down on West Sycamore Street

Crews respond to Oxford for reports of wires down on West Sycamore Street

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Crews respond to Oxford for reports of wires down on West Sycamore Street

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