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Creating miles -- the only way to recognize that this was a highway was the trail of cars, buses, and trucks that were stopped. by the way, guys, this is in kentucky. it was interstate 24, and interstate 65 that had the most amount of snow. were talking about one to two feet, creating parking lots on the roadways. the snow accumulating so quickly the plows couldnt keep up, allowing for the conditions to worsen, and people getting stranded on the roads. you can imagine what that feels like to be ...

Their guards let down. but thats not the case roth now. it -- not the case right now. it was three years ago, almost exactly, we had an incredible outbreak, the largest outbreck of tornadoes we have seen. so were right on target where you would see that. tupelo needs to be taking cover you. said it, where you get into a bathtub or something. all these people you talk to the amount of walls you can put between you ask and the outside wall, that can be the defense between life and death. if you do...

>> shes sitting here. reach interstate 24 and eventually the brookport area between 2:15 and 2:20. >> reporter: what does she do? >> she got on twitter. >> reporter: on twitter, facebook and in a chat room, the national weather service sent warnings received by thousands of people. media outlets picked up on those and blasted out warnings to thousands more. he believes they gave local residents several minutes of lead time ahead of the storms these offer clear evidence social media is saving liv...

Saying tornado warnings and what area. we few we were in that area. >> reporter: they raced back to their home in brook port, illinois, made sure their daughter and grandchildren who lived next door got into a safe area of their house and then took cover in their own. >> me and my husband ran in here in the bathroom. we got down and stayed like this. >> reporter: everyone in the family survived the tornado. how do you think that warning worked for you? >> yeah, i think it probably saved our live...

You asked about the medical history of this teen, if anything played in that. autopsy reports are pending. we asked his girl friend if he had a history of drug abuse. she said no, this is a straight edge kid, he didnt like smoking pot or drinking. he went by the name "reefer" and we asked if it was drug related and she said, no, he was from colombia. >> theyre certainly continuing to investigate this. the police saying the investigation is open and ongoing. >> happening right now, widespread flo...

lets talk about what concentrated areas are kind of in the bulls-eye, so to speak right now. florida among them. >> north florida and southern parts of georgia. its really this squall line we are looking at right here that has the most potential for producing tornadic storms. right now there are no tornado warnings that are in effect. some of those thunderstorms could produce wind damage in excess of 60 miles per hour. sometimes those real down burst winds can cause as much damage as a...

Maybe an ef3 tornado. well know when the weather service gets out and does that. were not in the business of surveying the storm, but based on the preliminary damage pictures it could be up in that territory. thats a pretty significant tornado. again, the threat of severe weather has temporarily calmed down, for most of north alabama and southern, middle tennessee. southeast tennessee, the chattanooga territory, if youre traveling 59 towards chattanooga, highway 64, interstate 24 into the chatta...

Movers across the region, the midwest and the south especially getting hard hit. flooding and flash flooding is going to be the key concern and even though were going to be taking a look at rainfall amounts, i know what youre saying, is she nuts? were talking half an inch or an inch. the isolated locations could get over three-plus inches in a very short span of time and that could lead to flash flooding in an instant. very important that you keep those noaa weather radios on today. listen for t...

Magnitude of 5.7 and hit at 1:16 a.m. eastern time. it was about 63 miles or so from the capital of san juan. a slow moving weather system coming out of the rockies will bring some showers and severe weather across the midwest and the south today but the skies are clear in new york, at least for the time being. are for the forecast im joined by the weather channels danielle banks. danielle? hi there, alex. it always counts where you personally are. were going to be talking about a few shower...