reported throughout the central u.s. the plain states, that is ground zero. there was one tornado reported in southwestern texas. but let me take you to the oklahoma panhandle because this tornado was particularly interesting to watch. you are looking at a rope tornado. and what a shot, right, to see this from such a far distance away. there are clear skies behind the tornado, but very impressive. fortunately a lot of these have formed in rural areas not impacting too many people. but -- and no injuries or fatalities. but we do have a long stretch of severe weather for the next several days. we'll get to that in one second. get back to the graphics and talk about the setup for today. the collision of air masses, we talk about the xwreeingredients necessary, cold air from the north, warm air from the south, colliding in the central parts of our country and that is why we have at the moment even in the middle of the night a tornado threat ongoing across