the protest. let s get a check on weather now. nbc meteorologist bill karns, are we out of the woods yet. a lot of people complaining. don t get a spring. it s like cool and miserable and will summer comes in like that. this week, you re right. it s getting holt in a hurry. eventually make way towards sourks city, minneapolis and water loo. this area. 6 million at risk of severe storms. gusty winds. i don t think the tornado threat is high today. one or two: the southeast has been warm. florida showed you the picture of the fires over the past couple of days. we get up to 81 in d.c.
the threat expected to worsen this weekend. joining me now with more is the forecast nbc meteorologist bill karns. this is bad. i was scared for oklahoma city there was a period 5:00 to 7:00 they held the student miss the school. they didn t want them on buses. all parents were trying to get home. highways were congested. a huge super cell thunderstorm with a violent tornado. this is the damage from the tornado. it mostly stayed outskirts away from norman moore oklahoma and south of oklahoma city. by the time it got to the highly populated areas, it began to dissipate. it didn t fast enough. the tornados didn t kill anyone. the fatality was someone that drowned in their storm shelter. i ve never heard of that before. hopefully we ll find out more information. our best to her family. sorry for your loss.
it has been a relentless three days for severe weather and mother nature does not seem to be ready to take a break just yet. this time, the target south dakota, people in wessington springs will be surveying the damage from several businesses and homes. that tornado injured one person we ll told. bill karns is here. bill, give us a big impact on this week and what you think we minute seeing today as well. it s been a tough week. it s been our most active three-day period that we ve seen this year. usually may is the peak for our severe weather season. this year it looks like it shifted into june. of course we started with the very memorable and historic twin tornados in pilger, nebraska. day two we went to coal ridge. it wasn t two but one big nasty looking storm. that barely hits the outskirts of one town. we shoulder you the pictures of
economic reality tweak with miles nadal and todd purrdum s new piece questioning whether or not we need a business leaders in the white house and the top stories in the political playbook but first bill karns with a check on the forecast. first day of august and we put jug in the record books as one of the hot nest this country i. doesn t look like much changes this start this month either. worst weather in the country this morning, eastern north carolina. numerous thunderstorms affecting the outer banks a. cluster of wilmington to fayetteville. to the north, an area of showers between maryland and you look dry in d.c. a shower up around new york city, too. this is trying to kick from northern portions of manhattan up through yongers and west cher chester. temperatures in the 80s. most of the wet weather will be late this afternoon. and how hot is it in the middle of the country? continues to roast.
weather, we turn to bill karns. it was professionally shot. high definition. fish eye lens. going for the oscar. i m going to blame you when i eat donuts. you blame me for everything. it s if pancakes, donuts, all the same thing. that s true. don t worry about it. jelly filled. thanks. good morning, everyone. we have an incredibly warm, this is the day for you. people are texting me, twittering me, whatever you call that stuff, lynn, all the way from across the country. flowers are out in new england. it s been an incredibly warm winter. this morning we re at 45 in new york. temperatures in the 40s as far north of montana. there s not many chilly areas. what s going on? why are we going to see an incredibly warm april like weather pattern. we have a warm spot over lake superior.