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They have large hail within them and they also have the capability, any of these storms, of producing tornados. we have tornado warnings in effect right along i-55 north of greenwood. if you are inside these hot pink boxes just to the northwest, get into a very small interior room in your home. this is a very dangerous situation. this is only the beginning. we could see much the same that we saw yesterday in arkansas move east ward. we're talking about mississippi, alabama, tennessee. warm moist air is in place. during the heat of the day that is when we will see the storms fire up. the modera...

As we go through the afternoon we are going to have a similar day like yesterday but these storms have all shifted to the east. we have the same weather set up with very moist humid air coming in. this is going to produce these very large powerful storms. a lot of lightning associated with these storms. these two cells just in the past 30 minutes, almost 6,000 lightning strikes. these are very dangerous. if you are in the area around i-55 just to the north of jackson, you need to be very, very careful. these storms move quickly and sometimes they can be a little unpredictable with the severity...

The saint of st. louis there. that is the other tornado warned cell and about to cross over into illinois as well. south st. louis right now, would be the area getting hit the heaviest at this point potentially with a tornado right there. >> shepard: the office of emergency management in st. louis county says the most dangerous area now are near and east of flouriscont i believe you pronounce it south of i-55 and i-270 intersection. if you know the area alton on the north, st. louis on the south. everything to the the middle and to the east in illinois that is the danger zone in the st. louis ...

Midwest. a lot of focus on flooding there. let's go to alexandra steele. >> we talked about it day in and day out and it's the inundation of the flooding. we have seen rivers crests and other rivers downstream have yet to crest. but it's a soggy go for some of you on this saturday morning. look at i-55. it's between i-70 and i-20, the balance of the heavy weather today. heavy rain, but nothing really severe. you see plenty of lightning strikes from dallas to st. louis, and north of atlanta, that's where the heaviest rain is. really through the weekend, i-20 north has the potential of between o...

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