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>> it is free and clear of the rotation, of the tornado potential, but not free and clear of the wind damage nor the hail. when youre north of the storm, thats what the hail is. south and southwest of the storm is where the rotation potential, the tornado is in a super cell thunderstorm. moore, especially norman, that hail is falling out of the storm. we do know this is going to have some hail damage in the norman area likely for the rest of the night at least for the next half hour to 30 minute...

Those particular cities being in oklahoma city. >> well i think to say it would be a stretch. youre 70, 80 miles even at 30, 40 miles per hour. this is hours away. typically storms dont last that long, they will cycle, kill themselves. come around so hard theyll cut off their own circulation and it will die. in other storm, further south, kln charlie as we call it the next storm to the southwest will develop, and somewhere after dark, these storm will all line up. they will all connect to reach ...

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Florida peninsula weve been getting heavy rains associated with this long band that goes up the eastern part of the peninsula tornado warnings earlier north of us. that isolated tornado potential will continue and spread northward tonight. a big tropical storm that were forecasting to strengthen into hurricane and big storms can produce a lot of rain, can last a longtime, and produce a lot of storm surge, were forecasting this to slow down unfortunately as it moves ashore the next couple of days...

Before the day is out. megyn: how unusual is it for a tornado or tornadoes to hit such a metropolitan area. >> reporter: if you are going to see one in dallas-fort worth it will probably be april. so that happened before. and unfortunately they are happening again. megyn: i dont know if you can see our screen. it looks like a parking lot, truck yard right off the interstate. but the water damage and flooding appears to be significant. >> reporter: these storms had a significant amount of rainfal...

worst fire season in history gets worse by the hour. this is the worst of the worst. southeast of austin, 30,000 acres consumed, hundreds of homes destroyed, zero containment. this fire started sunday, barely 48 hours ago, and already governor rick perry calls it as mean a fire as he has ever seen and hes seen a whole lot of wildfires this year. the texas forest service counts 294 consecutive days of wildfires somewhere in the state. you see the numbers here behind me. not coincidental...

Profiling. supporters say it is needed because the federal government failed to secure the border. four states on the gulf of mexico are under a state of emergency as a massive oil slick closes in on the shoreline in louisiana, mississippi, alabama and florida. traces of the slick are already showing up on coastal louisiana. president obama is traveling to the region tomorrow. another weekend and another tornado outbreak. twisters swept across arkansas last night killing at least one person ...

Thats where the main focus is today for the who up ten shl for severe weather. the area shaded in white, a high risk for severe weather. we are looking especially for tornado potential across much of mississippi into alabama. you can see much of a south and midwest dealing with the severe weather into the afternoon. heres whats going on right now on storm track. you can see the red boxes. those are the tornado watches. right now we have memphis, jackson and new orleans under a tornado watch unti...