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There getting into north central georgia, running part to the south, all of these yellow polygones, those are severe thunderstorm warnings. this is running all the way to savannah along the eastern coast there, that's an area where you could still see a tornado spin up within the next hour or so. the back side of this system, that's where you're clearing off. farther to the north, we actually have a football game happening right here, taking you up into metro atlanta. on the back side of this i'm not looking at concern for tornado activity, but we've seen some pop-up severe thunderstorms. this...

Across the south. we saw deaths in mississippi, in arkansas, louisiana and texas. some strong winds and funnel clouds spotted there. in fact, january is already above average for tornado activity, richard. as we all know, there is still a week to go. back to you. >> as a former georgia yan, we do not expect to see that in a january month. of course, so much will be happening in the next day or two. nbc will be touching base with you. thank you so much for the latest on that. now we will move back to our pulse questions of the day and politics. our first question for you, log on and there you c...

Near capacity, but we have services available, should they need them. >> let's talk about how people -- you said people had a good sized warning here. we know people survived by hiding in bathtubs, closets. what are some of the stories your residents are telling you about where they hunkered down? >> first and foremost, we were fortunate. we actually had tornado sirens. we set them off three different times, to make sure people had fair warning. additionally, we also have texts and e-mail, as well as phone call information that we send out to all the residents, notifying them of this. most of ...

Scenario where the temperatures are exceptionally warm this time of year. as you heard for the last week or so running 10-20 degrees of where it should be this time of year. also, the flooding. as this is a super highway of moisture that's not going to be moving very much over the next 24-36 hours. in this orange shaded area is where you have the chance of tornado activity. now, this is put out as we look through time and we go towards sunday and it looks as if the storm prediction center is only shifting that threat a little bit towards the east as we go into sunday. pretty much the area from...

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 ...