center. what is the latest we know about the tornados first of all? still on the ground. iowa on the ground, cherokee, iowa take cover right now. a large violent confirmed tornado on the ground headed to your town. this started in nebraska. here in wayne, nebraska a couple tornados and not too far from jefferson and iowa and then this storm fizzled out around hin ton. another big storm through sloan iowa, at least missed it by a mile of two and then up here toward cherokee and that s the storm we re worried about now with the confirmed tornado still on the ground. we think of severe weather season as spring because warm air pushes cold air. now, fall is cold air pushing away warm air. it s still the clash, the warm and cold. it s snowing in the black hills. it s snowing feet of snow in the black hills, wyoming 24, 46 inches of snow and wind blowing at 40 miles per hour with this storm. so yes, it s a big weather
about. we think of severe weather system as spring. that s because warm air is pushing away cold air. now fall is cold air pushing away the warm air. it s still the clash the warm and the cold. it s snowing in the black hills. it s snowing feet of snow in the black hills. wyoming 24, 46 inches of snow and wind blowing at 40 miles per hour with this storm. so yes, it s a big weather setup. there s warm air on this side. severe weather here. and tornadoes right along the front. lots of snow. south dakota, parts of nebraska. it even snowed in boulder, colorado. that had the flooding just a couple of weeks ago. crazy. what about the tropical storm karen? where is it right now? reporter: it is stationary. and i don t like it when storms get stationary. they can die, but that also means they can spend more time in the water. so it s stopped for now. it s going to turn to the north and eventually on up toward the northeast, probably toward florida. but here s the rub. that s what happens
these tornadoes first of all? reporter: still on the ground. iowa still on the ground. cherokee, iowa, i need you to take cover right now. a large, violent, confirmed tornado on the ground headed to your town. this started in nebraska. here in wayne, nebraska a couple of tornadoes and then not too far from jefferson and iowa. this storm kind of fizzled out around hinton. another big storm through sloan, iowa. missed it by a mile or two. on up here toward cherokee. that s the storm we re worried about. we think of severe weather system as spring. that s because warm air is pushing away cold air. now fall is cold air pushing away the warm air. it s still the clash the warm and the cold. it s snowing in the black hills. it s snowing feet of snow in the black hills. wyoming 24, 46 inches of snow and wind blowing at 40 miles per hour with this storm. so yes, it s a big weather setup. there s warm air on this side.
about. we think of severe weather system as spring. that s because warm air is pushing away cold air. now fall is cold air pushing away the warm air. it s still the clash the warm and the cold. it s snowing in the black hills. it s snowing feet of snow in the black hills. wyoming 24, 46 inches of snow and wind blowing at 40 miles per hour with this storm. so yes, it s a big weather setup. there s warm air on this side. severe weather here. and tornadoes right along the front. lots of snow. south dakota, parts of nebraska. it even snowed in boulder, colorado. that had the flooding just a couple of weeks ago. crazy. what about the tropical storm karen? where is it right now? reporter: it is stationary. and i don t like it when storms get stationary. they can die, but that also means they can spend more time in the water. so it s stopped for now. it s going to turn to the north and eventually on up toward the northeast, probably toward florida. but here s the rub. that s what happens
stretch of road in that straight. mark mancuso live with this. what is going on out there, mark? reporter bill, it s a wild spring storm, that is for sure, and as we take a look at this scenario across the plains states, snow not unheard of in south dakota or nebraska. it s the second snowiest month of the year in the dakotas, in the black hills. it s a powerful system, and the stories come out of here, out of the southern plains states, this is a line of storms that we ve been following overnight and early this morning. this is the storm that s been responsible for 80-100-mile an hour winds and it s charging through the south and now we see the storms moving through mississippi where presently we have tornado watches in effect, they ve been expanded into alabama, so along the line here we will see the potential for damaging winds, knocking out power destructive travel, and tornadoes. as you know, bill, across the southeast, storms can be very frightening and during the nighttime hours