really heavy rains. we have 100,000 people without power with gusty winds as well. you can see on radar where the heavy rain is falling, the brighter colors, reds, oranges, yellows, those are torrential tropical downpours. wind gusts, 59 miles per hour in orlando. 64 in sanford. it s going to continue to cross the peninsula. it will make a second landfall along the panhandle of florida. heavy rain to the northern parts of florida, georgia, south carolina, it makes a right-hand turn and look at all the rain tomorrow, a nasty day in the mid atlantic, the ohio valley, the appalachians as we re going to see heavy rainfalling and gusty winds. we ll be right back. d gusty winds. we ll be right back. before we begin, i d like to thank our sponsor, liberty mutual. they customize your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. and by switching, you could even save $652.
speeds and also really heavy rainfall. here s a track for you, category four storm and we expect it to become 155 miles per hour as it gets closer to the coast here. it will remain strong as it makes landfall, even through the next, six, seven, eight hours, we re looking at strong winds. we re not just talking about the coast of florida. we re looking at inland portions as well. we re going to see flash flooding, flooding rains and even towards the weekend we re going to see it pop into the atlantic and make a northwest turn. let s show you what it looks like on radar right now. where you see the brighter areas, that s where we re seeing the heaviest rain falling. heavy rain is falling right now. it s going to fall over the next 48 hours. lots of lightning around this eye. it will move inland with all of the lightning. we also have the threat for
that s your watch. flooding is happening right now. we ll see that popping in and out throughout the day. this is what it looks like in terms of radar. you can see where the heavy rain is falling in portions of southern texas and seeing that lightning, hearing that thunder. widespread to scattered storms throughout the day in louisiana, arkansas, mississippi into alabama. it s louisiana and mississippi where we re looking at the bullseye for the potential for some flash flooding as we go throughout the day. it s all due to this area of low pressure, this frontal boundary moving so slowly, bringing this heavy rain. we re going to see this today, not only today but also thursday and friday because it s moving so, so slowly. in terms of your rainfall forecast, where you see these darker colors the reds, the oranges, the yellows, we ll see one to three inches of rain but could see five inches in some spots if not a little more. we ll watch that closely as we go throughout this wednesday. s
mcconnell brought the kentucky derby spirit to the capitol hill with his turn to senate the luncheon. mcconnell hosted it each year on derby week. and he gives colleagues a bottle of bourbon. this year mcconnell gave members bottles of an old crow, a nod by a nickname given to him by former president donald trump. the take home gift, a bot of whiskey, and an altered label with the image of the gop leader. we will go now to michelle grossman for the forecast. thank you there, so good to see you on this friday. and speaking of the kentucky derby, it looks like a wet track. we are looking at heavy rains today. also some showers tomorrow. by race time it looks likely dry with mostly cloudy skies. and rain and flooding threats. severe thunderstorm warnings today, right now, at this hour. i ll show you radar, showing you where that heavy rain is falling. that s where you see the
for the forecast. how s it looking out there? good morning. we are active once again. we are on the fourth straight week of severe weather. seeing severe storms at this hour already, and that s what we re going to watch today, tomorrow and also wednesday. so taking a look at radar, we have been watching severe weather this morning and we have a severe thunderstorm warning in the state of missouri but you can see a lot of lightning out there, fairly active so early this morning and as we zoom in closer here, you can see the darker colors, that s the reds, the oranges indicating where the heavy rain is falling, also seeing that lightning. and so for today, 13 million at risk, once again we re looking at the risk for damaging hail, over two inches, and winds gusting over 60 miles an hour. and also the chance of tornadoes, likely where you see the orange, little rock, into portsmouth. tomorrow 39 million at risk with the hail and damaging winds and tornadoes. notice how that expands. wed