>>> NEW REPORTS COMING IN OF AT
LEAST 20 POSSIBLE TORNADOS
TOUCHING DOWN IN THE SOUTH
TONIGHT, ON THE HEELS OF THAT
DEADLY OUTBREAK IN TEXAS, AT
LEAST 20 REPORTED TORNADOS
LEAVING AT LEAST ONE PERSON DEAD
AND 19 INJURED.
THE MOST POWERFUL HAD 150 MILE
AN HOUR WINDS THAT SLAMMED A
CITY OF JACKSBURROW NORTH WEST
OF DALLAS, MORGAN ON THE GROUND
FOR US, WHAT ARE YOU SEEING?
>> Reporter: WELL LESTER, WHAT
WE'RE SEEING IS SHOCK MIXED WITH
OVERWHELMING RELIEF BECAUSE THIS
IS ALL THAT'S LEFT OF
JACKSBURROW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WHERE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ROAD
OUT THIS STORM, SUPPOSED TO HAVE
A TORNADO DRILL LATER THIS WEEK
THAT YESTERDAY PROVED ALL TOO
REAL.
TONIGHT, DEVASTATION IN TEXAS,
FROM A SPRING OF STORMS NOW
STRIKING ACROSS THE SOUTH.
>> NOBODY NEEDS TO BE ON THE
HIGHWAY RIGHT NOW.
>> Reporter: MISSISSIPPI ON HIGH
ALERT AFTER A DEADLY 24 HOURS IN
TEXAS, THE TWISTERS SHREDDING
HOMES, TOSSING CARS, AND LEAVING
MANY SCRAMBLING TO TAKE SHELTER.
ONE TORNADO STRIKING DURING RUSH
HOUR MONDAY, CROSSING A BUSY
I-35 UNFOLDING ON LIVE TV.
ANOTHER CLOSE CALL CAPTURED THE
STORM ROLLING A RED PICK-UP
TRUCK, THEN TOSSING IT BACK ON
TO THE ROAD.
SOMEHOW, LETTING THE DRIVER
SPEED TO SAFETY.
IN JACKSBURROW TWO HOURS WEST OF
DALLAS, SUSPECTED TORNADO RIPPED
THE ROOF OFF THE HIGH SCHOOL,
BUT A DIRECT HIT ON THE
ELEMENTARY THAT NEARLY BROUGHT
POLICE CHIEF SCOTT HANES TO
TEARS.
>> I WAS ONE OF THE FIRST
RESPONDERS HERE.
>> Reporter: WITH THE SCHOOL
CAVING IN HIS BIGGEST FEAR THE
NEARLY 400 STUDENTS AND TEACHERS
CAUGHT INSIDE.
I KNOW YOU DON'T WANT TO DWELL
ON IT BUT HOW EASILY IT COULD
HAVE GONE THE OTHER WAY.
>> COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT OF
CASUALTIES JUST OUT OF THIS ONE
STRUCTURE HERE IN JACKSBURROW.
>> Reporter: THE CHIEF LEADING
US DOWN THE DEBRIS-STREWN HALL
WAY, WHERE HE CHECKED THE SAFE
ROOM.
>> TO HAVE KIDS GRABBING YOUR
LEG AND HOLDING ON TO YOU, STUFF
LIKE THAT, IT WAS A GOOD
FEELING.
>> Reporter: WHAT HE CALLS A
MIRACLE, EVERY STUDENT AND
TEACHER WALKED AWAY UNSCATHED
NOW AS THE DEADLY STORM SYSTEM
MARCHES ON.
>> TRACKING THOSE STORMS
TONIGHT, AL ROKER IS HERE.
>> RIGHT NOW, FROM LOUISIANA,
MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, TORNADO
WATCHES THERE, WARNINGS POPPING
UP AS WELL, NOW PEOPLE AT RISK
FOR SEVERE WEATHER, SIGNIFICANT
TORNADOS POSSIBLE TONIGHT AS THE
SYSTEM MOVE TO SEE THE EAST WITH
WIND GUSTS UP TO 75 MILES AN
HOUR, TOMORROW EXPAND TO SEE 27
MILLION PEOPLE FROM THE OHIO
RIVER VALLEY, AS FAR SOUTH AS
PANAMA CITY AND JACKSONVILLE,
LOOKING AT EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN
FALL RATES WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE
A MODERATE TO EXTREME RISK OF
FLOODING FOR NEW ORLEANS ALL THE
WAY TO NASHVILLE, THREE TO
4 INCHES OF RAIN BUT SOME FOLKS
COULD SEE 6 INCHES OF RAIN PLUS,
SO MAKE SURE YOU'RE PREPARED TO