Professional experience:

I began my career in local news in 2014 and have told stories for WRAL.com and WRAL-TV since 2016. After focusing on communication and marketing after college, I fell in love with the fast-paced world of news.

Bachelor of Arts in Communication, UNC Wilmington

Be compassionate and curious. Ask the questions people want to know.

Right here in Raleigh. I love writing about my home of 30+ years while learning something new each day.

My family, friends and coworkers, writing, yoga, cooking, reading, oldies music, coffee, painting, hiking, nature and traveling.

I have a husband, daughter and two rescue dogs.

Likes best about NC:

There are so many parks, beautiful landscapes and trails for camping and hiking (my personal favorite is Hanging Rock State Park).

Most memorable assignments:

Traveling to New York City and San Francisco for a Facebook video conference, covering Hurricane Florence, writing about the euthanasia crisis in N.C. animal shelters and making my television debut on WRAL-TV's "Pet of the Day."

Jessica Patrick

Nancy Guthrie, the mother of TODAY co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, is missing in Arizona, NBC News reports.


1A in Rockefeller Plaza. And a very good morning to you. Welcome to today on this Monday morning. Thank you so much for starting your week with us. Chanel is here, uh, and we want to get right to what is a deeply personal story for us, Nancy Guthrie. Savannah's beloved mother has been reported missing in Arizona. Nancy, who is 84, was last seen Saturday night and reported missing on Sunday by family members. Savannah saying in a statement on behalf of our family, I want to thank everyone for the thoughts, prayers, and messages of support. Right now our focus remains on the safe return of our dear mom. We thank law enforcement for their hard work on this case and encourage anyone, anyone with information to contact the Pima County Sheriff's Department at 520-351-4900. In a news conference late last night, the Pima County sheriff said multiple teams responded to the scene. This is um very concerning to us. Uh, we don't typically, you don't typically get the sheriff out at a scene like this, uh, but it's very concerning what we're learning from the house. The sheriff adding that Nancy Guthrie has no signs of cognitive issues. She's very, uh, has no cognitive issues at all. She's very alert, very, very, um, uh, of good sound mind. She's some physical 84 years old. NBC's Tom Winter covers crime and security. Tom joins us now with the latest. Uh, Tom, good morning. The sheriff said that what they found especially concerning was the scene at the house. What's the significance of that? That's right, Craig, and obviously our thoughts and prayers are out uh with our colleagues Savannah this morning. You know, people go missing all the time in this country, and it can be a frustrating process for families as they ask law enforcement to look and intervene. One of the things that police do first is they go to somebody's house in a case like this, and according to what the sheriff said last night in Pima County, uh, what they uncovered was a scene that was quote very concerning to them, but later used the phrase grave concern at the press conference. Last night, so it was the evidence that they found at Nancy Guthrie's house. She's 84 years old, uh, that they found there that led them to this point where they thought that this is something that required their urgent attention. Uh, they were able to get out helicopters last night, to use infrared cameras, they've got drones up, uh, they've enlisted the help of the Customs and Border Protection, obviously not too, too far from the, from the border there in Mexico. They have some uh special resources. The FBI. is also aware of this case as well, just given the nature of what they found at the scene, that's what's got them so concerned. We're withholding some details as we would do with any investigation to make sure that the investigation can go forward without us interfering in it. And Tom, we think it's important to note once again the sheriff also mentioned that she has no cognitive issues. I mean she has some physical ailments that impact her movement, but what that, what might that tell investigators? Well, that's exactly right, and I think any time. We talk about somebody who's in their 80s or older, you know, we think about those cognitive issues, people can get confused, there can be mental health ailments as, uh, people get older. All of us have dealt with that in our lives, with family members, and so, you think about that, whether somebody got lost, whether they left their house, and, and didn't quite know where they were going. That's not the case here, using the phrase, a very alert, very sound mind, uh, in the course of that press conference last night. And so this is somebody who they don't have those concerns. There are some physical health concerns here as well, and I think that's another reason why investigators are focused on this. This is not somebody who would have perhaps the physical means to go very far from their house. They have not found this person in the course of the search and rescue, and at this point they don't think that Savannah's mom had any sort of mental issues that would have led to her leaving her home. Tom, what, what kind of questions and avenues will investigators explore moving forward now? Yeah, I think it's going to be a two-pronged approach today. First is the search and rescue. I mean, we certainly hope and, and obviously their hope is that they find uh Nancy OK, uh, that she's gonna be all right, and they're able to uh take care of her. And so that's the first thing is the search and rescue component of it. Because of the foothills and the nature of Tucson, it's one of the things the sheriff talked about last night. They have a lot of experience doing these search and rescue missions. They have a volunteer search and rescue operation. That's engaged with this as well. So that's the first concern. Can we find Nancy and find out where she is? Uh, the second concern is going to be what they found at the house, and the evidence that they found there, and that's something that they're hoping can help give them some clues as to what might actually have happened, uh, which of course could eventually lead them to Nancy. So that's gonna be, uh, the second component of this investigation. I think that's why they're asking for the public's help. You know, we've seen in every major case, every time I've been on. Talking with you this year about some sort of a, uh uh uh whether authorities were trying to look for somebody, looking for clues, uh, they rely on people to reach out with the videos that they have at their homes. Certainly I'm sure they're looking for that video, uh, but they want people to, in the Tucson area to call in those tips, or, or if they have any video of anything suspicious, uh, in the area where Savannah's mom is located, that's something they're gonna look for as well. Video's gonna be critical. A car, are there individuals, anybody suspicious, anything out of the ordinary that they can use to start to track uh if, if there was anybody leaving that area, anybody leaving the scene, or where she may have gone, uh, that would be hugely helpful as well. I mean, do they see her walking down the street, walking in somebody's backyard? All that would be so helpful. All right, uh, Tom, thank you. And again, to Tom's point, anyone, anyone with Information is asked to call the Pima County Sheriff's Department 520-351-4900. You can also use the website 88crime.org or you can call that number as well. That number is on your screen 520-882-7463. And of course we will be keeping you updated throughout the morning, sending our love, my friend. All right.

Nancy Guthrie, 84, missing: Foul play can't be ruled out, sheriff says

Saturday's snow was a lot lighter and more powdery than your typical North Carolina snow.

DRIER THINGS LIKE THAT. 5 ON YOUR SIDE. KEELY ARTHUR. >> KELLY, THANK YOU. IT IS TOUGH TO GET ALL SNOW IN NORTH CAROLINA. THIS SNOW WAS DIFFERENT. METEOROLOGIST CHRIS MICHAELS SHOWS US WHY THE SNOW IS MORE SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU WOULD GET IN STATES LIKE WYOMING, MONTANA AND IDAHO. SO, CHRIS, GREAT FOR SLEDDING. BUT TOUGH TO MAKE A SNOWMAN. YEAH, AT FIRST ONCE THIS STARTS TO COMPACTED MELT A LITTLE GETS A LITTLE BIT BETTER. BUT YEAH, IT WAS A VERY LIGHT, FLUFFY POWDERY SNOW. AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE SNOW AND NEEDLES. THANKS TO JENNY LYNN ARCHER IS A GREAT PHOTOGRAPHER AND I HOPE MILLS, BY THE WAY, SHE GOT UP CLOSE ON THESE DIFFERENT FLAKES. >> NOW IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE SNOWFLAKES THAT YOU KIND OF CUT OUT WHEN YOU'RE AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THOSE ARE CALLED DENDRITES. AND THOSE ARE ACTUALLY REALLY GOOD FOR ACCUMULATING. IF YOU THINK OF IT LIKE A GAME OF TETRIS WHEN THEY HAVE THESE AIR POCKETS IN BETWEEN THEM, THEY TEND TO STACK AND ACCUMULATE A LITTLE BETTER WHEN THEY'RE THESE DENDRITES IN THESE NEEDLES AND THEY FORM WHEN THE AIR IS REALLY COLD. SO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAID THERE WAS 2.9 INCHES OF SNOW AT RDU WHICH IF YOU WERE TO MELT IT DOWN WOULD ONLY BE 0.1, 8 INCHES OF LIQUID WATER WHICH WORKS OUT TO BE 16 TO ONE RATIO, MEANING THAT FOR EVERY ONE INCH OF LIQUID WATER, IT WOULD EQUAL 16 INCHES OF SNOW. THAT'S YOUR FLUFFY KIND OF POWDERY SNOW. WHERE IS ON AVERAGE? IT'S USUALLY A 10 TO ONE RATIO. IT'S A LITTLE BIT WETTER. METEOROLOGIST AIMEE WILMOTH IS A GENIUS. A LOOK AT WHAT SHE DID YESTERDAY WITH THE LEAF BLOWER GETTING IT OFF THE CAR.

Ask the Met: Why was this snow so powdery? 

Snow Dog - Aspen

For much of Saturday, Central North Carolina sat in envy as folks west and east of here got piles of snow.


KEELY ARTHUR, 5 ON YOUR SIDE. WE CAN ALL DO OUR PARTS. THANK YOU. KEELY PATIENTS GROWTH IN OVER OUR PART OF NORTH CAROLINA SATURDAY. WHILE OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE GOT POUNDED WITH SNOW. >> METEOROLOGIST CHRIS MICHAELS SHOWS US WHAT CAUSED THE RALLY. SNOW HOLE A TERM. WE WILL NEVER FORGET WE WILL NEVER FORGET, BUT I'D LIKE TO FORGET. YEAH, DEFINITELY. IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WAS PAINFUL TO WATCH. >> THROUGHOUT PARTS OF THE DAY SATURDAY AND YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THE ROLE THAT IT HAD. WE WOUND UP WITH ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW FROM THE SAND HILLS TO THE TRIANGLE. BUT MUCH OF THE REST OF THE STATES. I AT LEAST 6 TO 12 NOW INITIALLY IN THE MORNING WE THOUGHT WE WERE SEEING WHAT'S CALLED A DRY SLOT, BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY SOMETHING ELSE THAT WAS HAPPENING. YEAH. THIS UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM TO THE WEST AND A SURFACE SYSTEM OFF THE COAST. BOTH OF THOSE SYSTEMS, AREAS OF LOW PRESSURE CAUSE RISING AIR. SO ONCE THAT HAPPENS, PRECIPITATION GETS GOING. SO THE MOUNTAINS, THE FOOTHILLS, THEY WERE GETTING CLOBBERED WITH SNOW. THE COAST WAS SEEING SNOW AND YET WE WERE JUST SITTING HERE WATCHING THE TIME TICKED BY BECAUSE IN BETWEEN THOSE SYSTEMS, THE ERROR WAS SINKING AND WHERE THE AIR SINKS. IT TURNS DRIER. SO IT TOOK A PAINSTAKINGLY LONG TIME FOR THE SNOW TO MATERIALIZE AND THAT SNOW HOLE TO FINALLY SHOT OVER ARE PART OF NORTH CAROLINA. WE'RE SHOWING YOU HOW COMMON ARE, HOW RARE THAT IS RIGHT NOW ON ASK THE METEOROLOGIST ON WRAL DOT COM. BUT ELIZABETH, ONE OF THE PLACES THAT WAS NOT IN A

Ask the Met: What caused the Saturday 'snow hole' over the Triangle?

6 foot snowman in Holly Springs!

GOAL OF SNOW SUIT WHEN FLYING TO VEHICLES BEHIND YOU. >> GOOD MORNING. I'M KEELEY ARTHUR IN THE LIVE CENTER. SO SOME SAD AND DISTURBING NEWS TO TELL YOU ABOUT. SAVANNAH GUTHRIE, THE ANCHOR OF THE TODAY SHOW RIGHT HERE. HER MOTHER, NANCY, IS MISSING A MINUTE SLIDE DOWN. SO YOU CAN SEE NANCY. SO NANCY IS 84 YEARS OLD. IT APPEARS THAT SHE WAS STILL LIVING AT HOME AND WENT MISSING AROUND 09:30PM, SATURDAY NIGHT. FAMILY MEMBERS CALLED POLICE AROUND SUNDAY AFTERNOON. AND THIS IS WHAT THE SHERIFF IN TUCSON SAID. SO THE MOM IS IN ARIZONA MISSING SOMEWHERE. THE SHERIFF SAYS INVESTIGATORS FOUND DISTURBING CIRCUMSTANCES AT THE HOME PROMPTING HOMICIDE DETECTIVES TO ASSIST THROUGH THE THOUGH THE CASE IS STILL BEING HANDLED AS A SEARCH AND RESCUE. SO THAT IS ODD. NORMALLY A HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION IS NOT BEING CONDUCTED WHILE A SEARCH AND RESCUE IS BEING DONE AND THAT'S AT LEAST WHAT THAT TUCSON SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS SAYING RIGHT NOW. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY

Nancy Guthrie, TODAY host Savannah Guthrie's mom, is missing

The last time everyone in North Carolina saw at least an inch of snow was in March of 1980. It was called "The Storm of the Century."


ANNOUNCED BY THE MAYOR AT 11:00AM ON FACEBOOK. SATURDAY'S SNOWSTORM WAS HISTORY IN PARTS WAS HISTORIC IN PARTS OF NORTH CAROLINA. METEOROLOGIST CHRIS MICHAELS SHOWS US HOW LONG IT'S BEEN SINCE EVERY PART OF THE STATE SAW AT LEAST AN INCH OF SNOW, CHRIS? YEAH, IT WAS BACK IN 1980, WHEN JIMMY CARTER WAS PRESIDENT. >> AND GAS COST ABOUT A $1.22. A GALLON. THAT WAS THE LAST TIME THAT THE ENTIRE STATE HAD AT LEAST AN INCH OF SNOW. THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE HERE FROM AMY BURKE IN LENOIR COUNTY. SHE SENT ME THIS PICTURE ON FACEBOOK AND WE ACTUALLY FOUND SOME ARCHIVE VIDEO FROM THAT STORM. IT WAS KNOWN AS THE STORM OF THE CENTURY MARCH FIRST MARCH 2ND OF 1980, AND THERE YOU SEE THAT IS JUST SOME WILD STUFF. THE FOOTPRINT OF THAT STORM WAS REALLY IMPRESSIVE. YOU CAN SEE JUST HOW MANY PLACES SO AT LEAST A FOOT OF SNOW ON THAT AND THAT DARKER BLUE. IT WAS A WIDESPREAD 6 TO 12 INCHES. WE DIDN'T HAVE THE RALLY SNOW HOLD HER THING. THAT STORM WILL EXPLAIN WHAT CAUSED THAT, THOUGH. COMING UP IN A LITTLE BIT. THERE WERE SOME REALLY EERIE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THAT STORM AND WHAT WE SAW THIS PAST WEEKEND. THE POLAR VORTEX TO THE NORTH UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER TENNESSEE AND GEORGIA. THERE'S HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE TO THE WEST KEEPING US COASTAL SYSTEM THAT DUMPED SNOW. IT WAS VERY, VERY SIMILAR. NOW, ELIZABETH BOJANGLES WAS ONLY 2 AND A HALF YEARS OLD AT

Ask the Met: When was the last time all of NC saw this much snow in one storm?

Ask the Meteorologist: When was the last time all of NC saw this much snow in one storm?

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Jessica Patrick

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Watch · 1:02Nancy Guthrie, TODAY host Savannah Guthrie's mom, is missing

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