Carolina Weather Group

A special, extended program dedicated to helping communities recover and visiting the hardest hit areas. Plus, a look at how real-time storm warnings are relayed from the National Weather Service to your neighborhood.

Following storm survey investigations on Monday, the National Weather Service in Columbia, South Carolina confirmed four tornadoes touched down in the Midlands Sunday. An additional tornado was observed just across the border in Georgia.

James Brierton and Jared Smith share details from the National Weather Service invesitgations.

At the conclusion of Sunday night's live severe weather coverage, James Brierton discusses the initial storm reports out of the Columbia metro area. The National Weather Service will be visiting severeal areas Monday to conduct storm surveys.

From snow, to heat, to lightning, meteorologist Mace Michaels forecasts it all for the Minnesota Twins major league baseball team. With the team in Florida for Spring training, Mace joins us from his home in the Twin Cities to talk about the atmosphere’s role in the ballgame. So the next time you’re watching your favorite team take on the Twins at Target Field and a rain delay is called, think of Mace and his watchful eyes on the sky.

Mace also talks about his career in broadcast, spanning radio, to television, and digital.

Tonight we're getting to know Brian Brettscheider, a climatologist based out of Anchorage, Alaska. Brian tells us all there is to know about Alaskan weather, plus he gives us a behind the scenes look at his map making success for social media. He might be more than 4,000 miles away but this is a show for everyone in the Carolinas!

Plus weather headlines: Including thundersnow in the North Carolina mountains, a flooding threat across the region, and a change to the way one South Carolina county will receive weather bulletins.

Ed Mansouri is the founder, architect and CEO of WeatherSTEM, a company that provides educational and information weather information to communities across the Southeast. Rooted in education, WeatherSTEM and their state-of-the-art weather systems, allow students, emergency managers and the public to watch and learn from weather in real-time. Join us as we get to know Ed and his company. Plus, the Carolina Weather Group with your latest news headlines, including: the resignation of the FEMA director, another pending government shutdown, the activation of GOES West satellite, and an bonus interview exploring the link between weather and the Takata air bag recall.

When Sidney Sperry, of the Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives, approached Steven Piltz, Meteorologist-In-Charge at the National Weather Service office in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a whole new way to judge an ice storm's intensity was born.

The Sperry-Piltz Ice Accumulation Index is an algorithm used to predict the damage potential of approaching ice storms.

Tony Rice joins the Carolina Weather Group to talk about Sunday's lunar eclipse. Plus the panel brings you the latest on the government shutdown, and its affect on the National Weather Service; and the frigid cold air forecast.

The Carolina Weather Group is tracking winter weather in the Carolina. Join us for the latest forecast and reports from around the Carolinas.

When storms hit, we can turn to "The Waffle House Index" to understand the storm's impact on the community. Waffle House's PR director with Pat Warner joins the Carolina Weather Group to explain why the federal government tracks their menu items to determine a community's level of response after a storm.