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Where there are tornadoes that pop-up annually. the main thing to note is this area does see tornadic activity pretty much around the same time of year into the early summer. and we also tend to see a lot less tornadoes in canada generally speaking. only an average of eight a year, compared to the u.s. where you have over 1,200 on average a year. let's talk about severe weather. we're seeing it pop-up across upstate new york. it's only going to get worse. we are watching an area of severe weather firing up for this afternoon right where all the hot temperatures are. all the way across northern...

Meaning, we have a greater than 15, possibly 30% chance of tornadoes within a 25-mile square radius. that is high. right now, we have severe weather hitting memphis, nashville, louisville. wet weather at churchill downs. tornado watches continuing right now. 9:00 a.m. central time. this one expires in kentucky and tennessee. we have alabama clipped in this one and mostly tennessee and mississippi. remember the tornadoes in yazoo city, last weekend? same places under the gun for more tornadic activity for today. and that does stretch backwards towards arkansas so arkansas's a place watching clo...

Tornado warning. at least for the next 15 to 20 minutes. part of a widespread area of severe weather that's breaking out. this is one the first reports that we have of a confirmed tornado on the ground by national weather service officials. remember, mississippi is part of an area that we are tracking today for severe weather throughout the day and into the evening as it tennessee and alabama. and even into parts of georgia seeing severe weather right now. mississippi in particular is part of a region, again, the area we're tracking for severe weather right now with tornadic activity. a partic...

Where tornadic activity is a problem. how concerning is that as the storm pushes in? >> well, the thing is hurricane florence has traveled across the entire atlantic ocean. so think about all the energy that its had and gained over that long stretch. it is pushed up the wall of water along the atlantic ocean because of the strong winds that it had and still has. remember, it was only two days ago, three days ago when this was a category 4 hurricane, so all that momentum, all that buildup is coming towards the shoreline. that's why the storm surge potential continues to be talked about, continu...

Some of the florida keys with wind gusts in the 60s and 70s. this is all once we get that turn you will expect to see these winds begin to climb through the overnight hours. a tornado threat has also been in place. we have seen several tornado warning cells. especially on the east side of florida it's all that front fright quadrant where you see the tornadic activity. landfall early tomorrow and you are looking at a cat cat 4 when that happens. we continue to track this system as it moves up, slowly weakening as you get to the tampa area. but moving across the state of