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in dallas where they just lifted a shelter-in-place order due to a tornado warning. we also have chad myers tracking the storm. ed, first to you. has the threat passed there? >> reporter: yeah, just a few moments ago, officials here at airport at dfw lifted that severe weather emergency. at alarms have been blaring here for almost an hour. everyone urged to stay away from the windows as the line of severe weather blew through this area. and the airport sits half way between fort worth and dallas. and this is a system that has spawned a number of tornados west of where we are. so the threat here was very real. and it blew through very quickly. just a few moments ago you could barely see out of the windows and see the planes out there on the tarmac. it got so dark here. but that storm system has moved through the area. officials here at the airport now saying that the severe weather emergency here at the airport location has lifted. but there are still a number of severe weather emergencies and
the flu or any one of the communicable diseases that we dealt with as a corporation, we try to take measures to protect our employees as best we can. >> we know you're looking towards a bit of a reopening date here in the fall, so good luck with that as you do. roger krone, thank you so much. >> great. thank you, brianna. multiple injuries and damage reported after a suspected tornado touched down at the naval submarine base in kings bay, georgia. it comes as tropical storm elsa works its way up the i-95 corridor. meteorologist chad myers tracking the storm's path. a lot of people in its path. >> absolutely. we have storm warnings to boston at this hour. still 40 miles per hour storm, very close to columbia, south carolina. this weather is brought to you by carvana, the new way to buy a car. so let's get it to. grand strand, you're seeing the rain fall now. some wind pushing on shore. still the potential for a small tornado or two.
bruce rouner will face billionaire j.b. pritzker in what could be the most expensive governor ooes race in history. for more things to know, head to cnn come/newday for the latest. more than 70 million people along if east coast are bracing for another nor'easter on the first full day of spring. cities like new york, philly, washington, they're going to get more snow this time than the previous three storms combined. cnn meteorologist chad myers tracking the storm. we were watching it heavy in d.c. still not much here in new york. false hope? >> it's coming. it's raining and sleeting in new york right now, even at jfk, because the air is dry but it's still warm. this air will cool down as the low exits the u.s. into tif ocean. already ten inches across central pennsylvania into
also review your refund information before heading out today. >> 24 hours, that's the window of urgency we're going to focus on. we have chad myers tracking the storm. chad, what's the latest? >> the latest is you can see the eye on radar now. close enough to miami that the radar can pick it up. that doesn't happen unless it's less than 250 miles away. 7:30 tonight we start to see hurricane-force winds. 74 miles per hour. now from west palm down to boca. watch this red area. this is the category 3 or higher wind. this is 110 miles per hour. at west palm and jupiter coming up tonight at 10:00. 110 miles per hour. a sleepless night as things go bump in the night with winds blowing around. now, ft. pierce, jupiter. you're in the zone. 110 miles per hour or greater. crews in a very dangerous situation and i hope everyone is safe down there. ft. pierce, melbourne about to
proportions. anxious southerners, heeding the warning as well. you see empty shelves, at grocery stores, stocking up on food and ice. let me repeat this. no one wants a repeat of last month and this woallop is aroun the corner. we're tracking this storm. but ed lavandera, you're tracking this storm. you saw the total kerr full two weeks ago. is it still raining? how cold is it? >> reporter: it's not that bad, just a light drizzle but the knockout punch that mother nature delivered a couple weeks ago. still left many in the atlanta area dazed and confused. walking around staggering making sure that does not happen again. on the roadways, you can see things moving slowly, a light drizzle. roads are doing fine for now.
>> the question comes hours ahead when the ice storm and winter storm is headed this way. many people gearing up for that. making runs to the grocery store. you heard reports of bread and all of the basics basically out at many grocery stores across the area. all of this for a storm, what we've predicted could bring about an inch of ice. that's the way life is in the south. just an inch of ice could cause all sorts of drama, headaches and allot of attention. brooke? >> ed, thank you. an inch of ice? when does this officially hit? >> this is a different storm. it officially gets here 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. that's when it gets really bad. that will stop so many people from going to school, going to work. >> yeah. they're already cold. they're not going to school. >> that's different than the storm we just had where everybody was at work and it happened at 2:00 p.m. this is an ice storm that knocks
12. when he took that 9 millimeter out of his glove compartment and as we know killed the 17-year-old. we'll keep an eye on this. ashleigh banfield. jane velez-mitchell. thank you both. now to the brunt of what could be a cripples winter storm is on the way. the south, north georgia, is in the path of an ice storm of epic proportions. not my words. keep in mind, context, who could forget two weeks ago, two inches of snow, absolutely paralyzed atlanta georgia. we'll check with chad myers tracking the storm for us in a moment. ed lavandera, i like to begin with you and the visuals, you were standing out, as i mentioned 14 or so days ago, the cars were not moving. school kids were stranded on buses on those highways. now, looking good so far.
storm. so, power outages is what we're also taking a much closer look at this time around. this ice forms on the trees, they fall over and knock over power lines. that leaves a lot of people in the cold as well. we'll monitor that over the next 48 hours as well. brooke. >> chad meyer, you raced outside to move your car because of the fear of the story here, ice. you're on the top deck. you have to protect your cars. that's the story. an inch of ice coming? >> easily could be an inch of ice. i finally get out of here friday morning to get a change of clothes, my car will be an igloo. i put it under to get it out of the way. do some of those things with your pets. make sure there's some place they can go. don't think of it tomorrow, think about it now before it's iced over. >> this is a different storm than the one that paralyzed atlanta two weeks ago. this storm starts as ice and ends with ice.
or reading a headline about it. >> couldn't have said it better myself. we'll stay in contact with you. the defense officially rested in the michael dunn trial. 15-minute break. we'll watch closely to see when this picks up. don't go too far. come up i want to move along and talk about a storm of historic proportions. that's the exact phrase we're getting from the national weather service. look at this map, bracing for a, quote, catastrophic winter storm. but is atlanta ready this time? we'll take you outside to the ground along those interstates that were a mess not too long ago. plus, boiler alert. let me wave my arm, spoiler alert, if you're watching the olympic, hit mute. just in, american snowboarder is not medaled in sochi, hear what went wrong. you're watching cnn. hey kevin...still eating chalk for heartburn?
it started as snow two weeks ago and then turned to ice. this is different. there's another storm coming from texas right now. already saw ice around dallas. moved through schreveport. mississippi and alabama. ha happens for arrival in atlanta. then augusta, columbia, charlotte. wilmington, raleigh durham and finally as a snowstorm into did c. and new york city. but it's the ice that i believe will be the big problem. everywhere you see white, that's eastern atlanta suburbs, all of the way up into piedmont, north carolina, that's about an inch of ice. all you can hope it's froesen before it hits you, that little piece of sleet, because it bounces off. if it's liquid when it hits your house, your power line or trees, it will ice and all of these trees will fall down. i honestly believe there will be millions of people without power. many without power for weeks on end because you can't put all