continues to head east. it s expected to bring more rain, snow, potential of tornadoes. joining me is nbc meteorologist bill karins. bill, good morning. what s the latest on the storm s track? this storm is going to throw everything at us and the kitchen sink. there s not much the storm will not do. we re going to get flooding, river flooding, ice jam flooding, tornadoes this afternoon and this evening. an ice and snowstorm on the back end of the storm. the little flashing white icons, those are lightning strikes. almost a spring-like storm through memphis, little rock, nashville. the blue shows where it s snowing, snowing hard between wichita and kansas city. this is heading for chicago and areas south of chicago this afternoon. you ll watch the snow increasing this afternoon. how about all the numbers of people included, 42 million under winter weather alerts. 42 million under flood alerts.
The National Weather Service in Binghamton says the precipitation combined with continued melting of snow and ice has a potential for causing some water issues.