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Fortunately, we are grateful for that. but there is more severe weather on the way most likely in oklahoma, texas, arkansas. our meteorologist derrick van damme is tracking all of that for us. good morning. >> good morning. amazing no injuries or fatalities coming out of that situation. >> especially when it happens overnight. >> the tornadoes are dark, you can't see it. a lot of times in the severe storms they are rain-wrapped and often hidden behind a shaft of rain that often disguises the tornado as well. the footage you saw a moment ago was called a wedge tornado and thons tornadoes are cl...

Conditions were prevailing in the we were part of the state. unbelievable. mother's day and what we are seeing across the u.s. this however, after a couple fatalities this week is good to see rescues. now, we have had numerous water rescues in parts of oklahoma into texas. again, massive rain amounts with this tornado activity but it's going to continue for a while, the threat's going to easily go into the evening period until we lose the heating of the day. >> and tom, as we monitor these pictures we are trying to get someone on the line obviously from denton county emergency management down ...

This is heading to the northeast at about 25 miles per hour. and so norman the area that we are watching right now. looks like it's to the south of moore. it's going to pass just to the south of there. get into your safe spot. this is a fluid situation. you can see the ominous-looking pictures on your screen. and the scary part about this is a lot of these storms are what you call rain wrapped. the tornado can be wrapped in rain. you look out your window you don't see anything but there well could be a tornado inside there. take cover if you are in that tornado-warned area. >> that's terrifyin...

>> southwest of oklahoma city between new castle. >> that's significant. we see the pictures coming in from kfo. paul timmons of the oklahoma highway patrol. jennifer what else are you picking up there at the cnn weather center? >> we have an update. the northern hot pink box we were watching that tornado emergency has been dropped. they are now focusing on the tornado warning to the south side. it is right over new castle right now and heading to the northeast. folks in the area of norman need to be on the lookout for that as well as on the south side of moore. that again, is a very dangerous...

It is headed for downtown new orleans. people are urged to seek shelter in the lowest part of your home and then the potential for heavy rain. so the tornados could be rain wrapped and people can't see them coming. have your noah weather radar on. for the city of new orleans the potential for tornado activity for the next several hours. as we go through the afternoon and overnight we are concerned with the potential for severe weather including tornados and large hail in texas and louisiana and mississippi. this has been ongoing all weekend. and unfortunately the city of new orleans is under a...