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Oil worker's camp and injured nine people. in parts of texas, tornadic activity produced funnel clouds, damaged property and downed power lines. check out this time lapse. can you see the circulation over sterling city, texas, violent winds and also hail. in colorado, late season snow fell across portions of the rockies in full force. in just a few moments a look at the latest weather with nbc philadelphia meteorologist brittany shipp. firefighters in alaska are hoping for rain to gain a ham on the wildfire there. that blaze spread to 250 square miles larger than the city of chicago. about...

Tornado touched down there. overall, the storm prediction center is actually reporting that 48 tornado reports have 98 damaging wind reports. six reports of winds in hurricane force in many of these locations. some of the greatest damage we're seeing in illinois. so a great swath of the country being hit by tornadoic activity as well as just simply severe weather activity. hail has been brought to some places, damaging winds, of course. an ominous, dark clouds. you're seeing some of the images from storm chasers on the ground. many of them in illinois. >> so joining us right now out of indiana...

Alexandra steele, very busy in the cnn severe weather center. so some states hit by the tornadic activity, and then we're also talking about snow in others. >> yes. you know, fred, it's really the weather trifecta playing around the country. of course the snow we've been talking about. another 15 to 20 inches potentially. of course the tornados that we saw. again 18 potentially. six thus far have been confirmed in three states. and also a fire threat that's pretty dramatic in southern california. so let's walk you through it, show you some images, and let's start off with the snow. incredible ...

Tornadic activity. keep in mind, talking about tornadoes a lot. especially in oklahoma. these tornadoes are not nearly as strong. but definitely tornadoes associated with the bands, another big band right now here in the tampa area, and it will stay like this for some time. for the next selseveral hours. a lot of rain, localized flooding. but a lot of rain today. >> okay. hope it continues to be nothing major. we know the folks down there know how to handle it. thank you so much. stay safe to you and your crew there. you heard about michael jackson's only daughter, recovering this morning af...

Over like boxes. you know, again, as you mentioned, very, you know, precisely, when we get light of day, we'll see what happened out here. but tonight, the situation is this. you have a storm system that came over, parked itself over oklahoma city early on and caused a lot of tornadic activity. and now, it's a rain event. this area really under a flood warning. we pulled off the road near el reno. and we saw many of the roads that are under water right now. the standing water is a problem for people on the road. and you also have to keep in mind, if you drive into these different neighborhoods...