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Critical angle of attack the margin for safe flight is about 3 knots, between cruise speed and safe flight. the aircraft in severe turbulence could have hit aerodynamic stall. it could have stalled. and then recovered. >> is that because of what the pilots may have decided? >> well the pilots decided to get close to a squall line that potentially produce up to level five thunderstorms. these monsters can go to 55,000 feet. >> 60,000. >> yeah, and modern aircraft cannot sustain flight in those kinds of storms. >> yeah they only can get up to 40,000 feet. >> that's correct. >> right generally sa...

Roman. let's start with that question everyone was first asking when they heard of this story. the differences, the similarities between flight 8501 and missing malaysian flight 370. >> really, joy, the only thing similar between the two incidents is that they both went down. that's about it. the weather during mh-370 was clear and benign for the entire route. the weather for asia airlines was as bad as it can possibly get. you know mh-370 made an intentional 180-degree turn. made another right turn another left turn and then proceeded six hours en route. where they were going, nobody knows. a...

All of that in the wake of the system. cnn's ivan cabrera joins us with the storm system. it's going to be awfully wet and messy today. >> it sure is. that storm system went from nuisance to deadly and did very quickly. i think we're going to transition back to nuisance here. still a watch in effect for parts of southern georgia and northern florida bit i think that will be gone as far as the midday hours and just heavy rain here. the worst has passed to atlanta. and down towards tallahassee getting another squall line moving through. they picked up 7 inches plus of record rainfall. they have ...

Tornado rather posted until 2:00 this afternoon. we are expecting from this squall line that goes through the panhandle to georgia. just the southern edge of south carolina. that's where the main threat will be. we have already had a few watches and warnings start to pop up. it's this squall with line. out through chicago and out to the west. a brand new storm system is making it wet for the pacific northwest. looking at rain from seattle to oregon and even san francisco. then the rockies are dealing with heavy snow. winter watches and warnings out there for utah. mainly there some good skiing...

Century. back to you. >> so tough the day before christmasment jacob rascon live in column yarks mississippi. thank you very much. now for a check on the weather across the country. here is dominica davis. how are things looking. >> the severe weather threat has shifted to the east. we have a tornado watch until 2:00 this afternoon for the florida panhandle. just the southeastern part of georgia and just the southern tip of south carolina. that's until 2:00. we have seen thunderstorm warnings and actually one tornado warning, radar indicated. that's where the worst weather will be. the squal...