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>> hey, there, jon, plenty of folks still trying to squeeze out a little bit of summer. there are spots where temperatures are warmer. a gorgeous day in mid-atlantic, 73 degrees in new york city currently. you do see spots in the center of the country where it is still very warm, 91 degrees currently in kansas city. mid 80s in the midwest, chicago region. this warm air is going to hover throughout the course of the weekend, but notice this cool line. colder air behind it. that's a cold front. when you get a cold front like that, that's where you start to see some thunderstorms. the biggest sto...

And the same with north carolina. spotty showers. it's that time of year with spotty showers. we'll look at the weather maps, here's what's going on. here's your temps waking up this morning. warming up for everyone. all across the eastern part of the country we'll warm up, but there's kind of a stationary front to cut right across parts of the carolinas and up to the ohio valley, parts of indiana where we'll see spotty thunderstorms in the afternoon. same thing happens across the northeast, but better than the last two days. and this area across the southern plains, a big rain. i tell you wha...

Been left abandoned in the middle of the street had water up to its wheels. we have seen the water recede significantly in the area right next to the convention center. the car is abandoned. a safety hazard. we have been seeing a lot of cars trying to figure out which way to pass the car some going on the inside and some on the outside. unbelievable how many people are on the road out here. looks like normal friday afternoon traffic. are cars everywhere and people walking around and it is possible they he believe because the rain has slowed down a bit it feels like a lull out here but still a ...

Bad. it loks really bad and we won't know how bad until tomorrow morning. from what you can see right now compared to may 20 what do you think? >> you know, i think compare to may 20 this was just a crazy storm because i think i heard jeff say this earlier where this wasvu a typical storm track that yo could follow. we heard about this thing whenever it was going down in el reno and tried to go around. of course, with everybody out on the roads the roads were just insanely congested. it was at a standstill. we knew we didn't want to be sitting on the interstate and couldn't get far enough so...

Authorities there were no injuries at that particular holiday inn. but we do know that there was some damage there. so damage is sporadic. 64,000 customers in metro oklahoma city without power. and a number of power outages here in the st. louis area as well. of course, east st. louis, illinois is on the other side of the river there just to the south of east st. louis and beyond they are still receiving damage and you can see on the right-hand side of the screen the watches around warnings are significant as we have now passed 9:30 central daylight time. our station there is ktvi for st. loui...