that s going to create some flooding, that will put more weight on the houses that are already buried. and 100 miles an hou are possible. meantime, at the same time, the storm ahead of it is coming into the midwest. minnesota, wisconsin, measurable snow there, getting into chicago. down i-90, getting into the new york metro area friday night, just in time for the evening rush. likely some wet snow accumulating along i-95. david? rob namarcimarciano, thank y we re learning more tonight, tragic new details of the kidnapping in mexico. o one of the survivoring telling her mother she witnessed two of her friends die. abc s matt rivers in mexico city tonight. reporter: tonight, new details emerging about that horrific kidnapping of four americans that left two of them dead after they drove to a mexican border town for cosmetic surgery. the mother of survivor latavia tay mcgee telling cnn that the white minivan carrying mcgee and friends eric james williams, zindell brown, and
tonight, 26 states, more than 100 million americans on alert. this is from texas all the way up to the northeast. new york city and boston feeling this tomorrow. the images already tonight. large and potentially damaging hail. this is in sherman, texas. and, of course, all of this on the move tonight. let s get right to senior meteorologist rob marciano, in arkansas tonight, where they are bracing for this. hey, rob. reporter: hi, david. another rough night ahead for much of the mid south and much of texas. two waves coming to a lot of these areas. tornado watch includes waco, includes dallas and probably be expanded off to the east. the storms look angry. tornado potential tonight from dallas all the way through little rock into memphis during the overnight. big hail, too. and across the mississippi, we re talking about big winds tomorrow, but more population since density. some of these storms will have flooding rain potential. and the northern side of this during the day tomorrow
senior meteorologist rob marciano leading us off tonight, timing it out for us. hi, rob. reporter: hi, david. as you saw on i-70, the cold side of this system is having its biggest impacts today. dro kro s steamboat springs getting a foot of snow today. but the most dangerous storms right now are in the south. a tornado threat for louisiana and mississippi. that watch is up until 8:00 tonight. so far, just wind damage. but the winter storm warnings are pref leapt from colorado all the way to the uchd p. of michigan. and now winter storm watches posted for much of the northeast. the low is over kansas, strengthening mode. 6 to 12 inches of snow across the upper midwest. through ohio, in the morning, a messy commute for pittsburgh. snow flying in there upstate new york throughout the day and heavier rain moving into manhattan by the evening rush. and cross i-95, as well. the snows will be on the ground and continue to fall across new england during the day on friday before this hits th
you can see is clear that it will be a widespread issue and we see some significant rain, 20 a0 millimetres, and in some areas, the ground is saturated. that could lead to some localised flooding. potentially some nasty winds on wednesday, disruptive, severe gales are focused on the irish sea coast, and inland we will see some gales, so pretty miserable on the first half of the day on wednesday, in a northern and western areas, but a chilly start further east but the rain will eventually arrive but windy for all as you can say. those winds are potentially disruptive, especially when you add on the rain. it is a mild winter direction, south westerly, it just mild winter direction, south westerly, itjust freshens up a little in the north later on. theirs is the showers come in. by the evening, the rain reaches a southern and eastern areas, some nasty weather is here for the evening rush, xiao is pushing on behind as well, not such a chilly night, but the temperatures will fall away in th
day, evening rush. the radar was really lit up over d.c., 2 to 3 inches in just two hours yesterday, things have calmed down significantly right now but there is rain across parts of new jersey and parts of central new york. we will take those showers, it has been very dry there. this weather brought to you by safe light, your vehicle glass and recalibration experts. a cold front is coming, finally, the first one maybe it will feel a little bit like fall, morning lows will be in the 60s behind this cold front t will kick off a sue scattered showers across the deep south today but nothing all that flash flooding. take a look at this, temperatures in the 80s and morning lows 60s. take that even in d.c., new york, philadelphia. all about the same. brianna? chad, thank you. this morning almost two thirds of the european union and britain are under drought conditions, that s about the size of india, bigger than alaska, texas and california combined. about 46% of this land is under a dro