is lost. there are homes that were saved. you notice this green, this dark green, that s still forest. that s still forest that hasn t burned. that s still area that could burn if the winds pick up again and the firefighters can t get ahold of it. now we ll talk about the storms. they would love to see some rain out to the west. we had a lot of rain over d.c. we had rain and thunderstorms over rockville. we had a tornado that ran across leesburg, virginia, over rockville, maryland, through into laurel and off to the east. that was right through here earlier today. a couple of tornadoes around into the carolinas, as well. even some wind damage in atlanta right now that just rolled through as these thunderstorms rolled through in the past half hour or so. they are now south of the city. things are calming down tonight. we don t really have to worry about that all that derecho thing we were worried about yesterday, where these could go all night long.
there are homes that were saved. look how much here is already burned. you notice this green, this dark green, that s still forest. that s still forest that hasn t burned. that s still area that could burn if the winds pick up again and the firefighters can t get ahold of it. now we ll talk about the storms. they would love to see some rain out to the west. we had a lot of rain over d.c. we had rain and thunderstorms over rockville. we had a tornado that ran across leesburg, virginia, over rockville, maryland, through into laurel and off to the east. that was right through here earlier today. a couple of tornadoes around into the carolinas, as well. small ones at best. even some wind damage in atlanta right now that just rolled through as these thunderstorms rolled through in the past half hour or so. they are now south of the city. things are calming down tonight. we don t really have to worry about that all that derecho thing we were worried about yesterday, where these could go al
you notice this green, this dark green, that s still forest. that s still forest that hasn t burned. that s still area that could burn if the winds pick up again and the firefighters can t get ahold of it. now we ll talk about the storms. they would love to see some rain out to the west. we had a lot of rain over d.c. we had rain and thunderstorms over rockville. we had a tornado that ran across leesburg, virginia, over rockville, maryland, through into laurel and off to the east. that was right through here earlier today. a couple of tornadoes around into the carolinas, as well. even some wind damage in atlanta right now that just rolled through as these thunderstorms rolled through in the past half hour or so. they are now south of the city. things are calming down tonight. we don t really have to worry about that all that derecho thing we were worried about yesterday, where these could go all night long. things are calming down, things are cooling down and so will these thundersto
ground. let s check in now with our severe weather expert, chad meijers, chad? we have quite a few of them. we ll get to that derecho thing in a minute. that s a series of storms that line up and move quickly to the east. and it s just blasts wind. 80, 90 miles per hour. we had one last year, it did all kinds of damage. now, this is the cell right here that we re worried about. this red box. the tornado watch box. because we still have tornadoes, i believe on the ground. now that s not that far from yorkville in illinois. if you know yorkville, it s a western suburb of chicago. not a close suburb, you still have to go through romeoville and into worth and into chicago. but this is now a very large storm. rotation right here and we ve had tornadoes on the ground with this storm already. there are more tornadoes on the ground even into illinois, indiana, and also into southern wisconsin. possible for tonight. the big risk of severe weather tonight, jake, likely weather, from illinois,