temperatures all associated with this this front moving east ward bringing heavy rain across texas and oklahoma and up to my miss. we re talking flash flooding ongoing this morning with five or seven inches reported across some of those states. big concern out here. we have warnings in effect. that storm system is a very slow mover. over the past two days seeing that rain moving through the plains leading to flooding out there. we have a number of watches stretching for a widespread area of the nation from parts of texas through portions of west virginia and even new england. you have had flash flood watches issued in anticipation of heavy rain forecast for today out there. we have risk of severe storms high plains, texas panhandle, oklahoma happen handle. also midwest, the threat is in place. slight risk of tornados. heads up. have a way to get warnings today. temperatures ahead of it warm in the southeast. behind the storm system, bright,
areas of heavy rain that unfortunately produced flash flooding. heavy rain forecast over the next couple of days as well. head onstage. over to you. thank you very much, maria. no rain today kicking offer the summer concert series. ladies and gentlemen, give a round of applause for our first act this year jerrod niemann. good to be here g. to have a kansas point. you are from liberal kansas which if you are not familiar with pancake day, liberal kansas is the epicenter of where people run through the streets with a pancake the day before ash wednesday. absolutely. did you do that? it s usually the girl doss it, and what they do is they race a small town in england. you ulny england. call each other. who was faster? sometimes we win, sometimes we lose. you were born there. in 2000 go to nashville. writing songs since you were 8 years old. when did you feel you were breaking out? i had the great opportunity of meeting the man, mr. garth
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the drought but it will bring most needed rainfall and snow across higher elevations. we are talking about potentially a foot of snow in some of the higher elevations. great news with that storm system moving through. we do have heavy rain forecast across the eastern united states. that will bring risk for isolated flash flooding, especially across parts of kentucky tonight and in to tomorrow. we had to deal with a lot of flooding there last week. slight chance for severe storms across the plains. we have warm temperatures across parts of the south. thank you very much. al. so good to have better weather to report. 22 minutes before the top of the hour h. time to look at the lighter side of celebrity news. we start with thousands of teen age girls firing back at bill mohr. here is michael. good morning, he s in the cross hairs. he s making enemies with lots of
hurricanes. you never know which way it s going to turn nepwinds are calm right now. temperatures in the 70s or so. more heavy rain forecast. we ll have to see how hard it hits. but, yeah, everybody is just trying to watch the weather, hopefully have a pleasant day, and the best news is that tomorrow and sunday, the forecast is exquisite weather. yes, it s a sunny outlook. but in the meantime, still that cone of uncertainty that we re all watching very closely. ron, thank you. and just ahead, whether you are in arthur s path, a flood zone, tornado alley or even earthquake territory, do you have what it takes to be prepared. see what folks in the thick of the storm are saying. richard lui shows us their reaction on social media next. you know that dream. on my count. .the one where you step up and save the day? make it happen.