>>> 14 MINUTES PAST THE HOUR.
WEATHER IS A BIG STORY.
WELCOME CRAIG.
>> HODA, SAVANNAH, WELCOME BACK.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU AS WELL.
PARTS OF THE SOUTH UNDER THREAT
OF SEVERE STORMS TODAY,
INCLUDING A NEW ROUND OF
POSSIBLE TORNADOS.
AND WE'RE ALSO GETTING A LOOK AT
SOME SURVEILLANCE VIDEO OF THAT
POWERFUL EF3 THAT RIPPED THROUGH
JACKSBORO TEXAS LAST WEEK
DAMAGING THIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
THAT SCHOOL REOPENED THE FIRST
TIME ON TUESDAY.
LET'S HEAD OVER TO MR. ROKER FOR
MORE ON TODAY'S FORECASTS.
MORE STORMS?
>> YEAH AND SOME OF THOSE FOLKS
WHO EXPERIENCED IT LAST WEEK
WILL BE EXPERIENCING IT AGAIN.
A WIDE SWATH OF TORNADO WATCHES
AND NOW TORNADO WARNINGS
STARTING TO POP UP ALONG THE
OKLAHOMA/ARKANSAS BORDER.
THEY EXTEND DOWN INTO TEXAS,
THOSE WATCHES.
HERE IS WHAT WE'VE GOT.
WARM, HUMID, TROPICAL AIR IS
BEING PURPD UP.
THIS IS GOING TO FUEL THE
STORMS.
PLUS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL FLOW
BRINGING IT ACROSS.
AND THESE STORMS ARE GOING TO
START GETTING THAT SPIN FROM
THAT FLOW.
AND SO HERE IS WHAT WE'RE
LOOKING AT.
36 MILLION PEOPLE AT RISK FOR
WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE, STRONG
TORNADOS LIKELY.
HAIL AN INCH OR MORE.
AND STORM IMPACTS.
WIDESPREAD WINDS, LOOKING AT
EXTENSIVE POWER OUTAGES, 75
MILES PER HOUR WIND GUSTS
POSSIBLE.
INTENSE, LONG-TRACK STORMS.
NIGHTTIME TORNADOS.
TWICE AS DEADLY AS THE DAYTIME
VERSION.
AND IN FACT THE STORM REPORTS,
TORNADO REPORTS, WIND DAMAGE
REPORTS FROM LAST WEEK.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE SAME AREAS
ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THAT
AGAIN FOR TODAY.
TOMORROW, STRETCHING FROM NEW
YORK TO FLORIDA, TIGHT END22 MIL
PEOPLE AT RISK FOR WIND GUST,
TORNADOS POSSIBLE.
THIS LINE OF STORMS RACES TO THE
EAST TODAY, DAMAGING WINDS, AND
DOWN HERE TO THE SOUTH, THIS
AREA HERE, THIS IS WHERE WE LOOK
FOR SOME REALLY INTENSE TORNADOS
TO POSSIBLY START TO FIRE UP.
THOSE NIGHTTIME TORNADOS DURING
THE DAY TOMORROW.
IT MAKES ITS WAY FROM BOSTON
DOWN INTO FLORIDA WHERE THE
STRONG STORMS RUMBLING INTO THE
MID ATLANTIC.
THEN FRIDAY FINALLY MOVES OFF.
COLD AIR AND WIND AND SNOW
FLURRIES AS THE SYSTEM MOVES
THROUGH.
BUT THE RAINFALL AMOUNTS GOING
TO BE HEAVY FROM CHICAGO BUT
HEAVIEST INTO THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY.
THREE PLUS INCHES OR MORE.