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We re continuing the breaking news. horrible, horrible weather conditions. severe, severe storms, tornadoes, ripping through mississippi as we speak right now. they re moving elsewhere toward alabama. they re also moving toward the midwest including in illinois. that s where we find storm chaser ben mcmillan near springfield, illinois, right now? yes, we re leaving springfield heading east out of town trying to stay ahead of this strong line of storms which is impacting the st. louis and springfield area. southern illinois. so tell us what you re seeing right now. these are live pictures you re showing our viewers. we ve had a lot of heavy rain which is causing a lot of flooding on the roadways. we ve had several motorists pulling over because the visibility is getting very poor at times. no tornadoes yet in our area of the country. however, we re monitoring the storm system very closely if that does happen. have authorities in illinois issued some formal alert, some ....
Illinois to iowa. the tornadoes have lined up basically in mississippi south of tupelo and as far west as i-55. don t go outside for today. wolf, it s important to stay inside and hunker down in your safe spot. it could be deadly. potentially millions of americans in harm s way. jennifer, we ll get back to you shortly. these devastating tornadoes touching down today in mississippi. as you just heard, alabama, tennessee, maybe illinois, iowa, they are all in line as the severe weather continues to pummel the south, the midwest. we ll go live to the disaster zones. that s coming up. [ male announcer ] at northrop grumman, we ve always been at the forefront of advanced electronics. providing technology to get more detail. detect hidden threats. see the whole picture. process critical information, and put it in the hands of our defenders. ....
Portions of alabama. already are. also into tennessee. tornado warnings in effect for clay and webster counties right now until 5:00 central time and then these are the storms a little farther to the south. very important, don t wait until you think you can see the tornado because then it s too late. get into your safe spot. a lot of times these are wrapped with rain, you can t see them coming and in a couple of hours when we lose the daylight, you ll need to have your weather radio handy, all of your tools in place, your plan in place so you can find your safe spot. tornado watch right now for a lot of mississippi, alabama into southern tennessee. these are racing off towards the east and it s being called a particularly dangerous situation, something you should take very seriously. these storms are heading into portions of eastern tennessee as we go through the late hours of tonight and a tornado watch from ....
Situation. you need to take very, very seriously. this tornado warning for limestone and madison counties, affecting athens and hazel green until 5:45 p.m. this has a history of producing very dangerous and violent storms. that s tracked from the south and west. and this has the capability of producing a very large and violent tornado. in fact, this is one of those cells we believe there s a tornado on the ground. it will affect areas just to the north of huntsville. so if you live just outside huntsville, alabama, on the north side of the city, this is a storm where you need to take seriously. take shelter immediately. this is very, very dangerous. limestone county until 5:30 central time. also elkmont, you need to be on the lookout for this. one of other things we look at when looking a the possibility of a tornado on the ground is velocity. and i m going to circle right where it looks like that tornado is. and you can see just to the northeast of athens. this is pulling this directi ....
Mississippi. we have one for monroe county, aberdeen, and amory. you can see the pink boxes that are just lined up across portions of eastern mississippi that he is what we re going to be continuing to deal with for the next several hours. clay and webster counties, tornado warning for you. mantee, you need to take cover. choctaw, the warning goes on until 4:15. this is a very dangerous situation. this tornado watch has been labeled as a particularly dangerous situation. that doesn t happen very often. only a couple times a year. yesterday we saw that in arkansas. today we re seeing that again in mississippi, alabama, this is going to be the target and we re going to have to watch out for very, very dangerous conditions. very large tornadoes are ....