they have large hail within them and they also have the capability, any of these storms, of producing tornados. we have tornado warnings in effect right along i-55 north of greenwood. if you are inside these hot pink boxes just to the northwest, get into a very small interior room in your home. this is a very dangerous situation. this is only the beginning. we could see much the same that we saw yesterday in arkansas move east ward. we re talking about mississippi, alabama, tennessee. warm moist air is in place. during the heat of the day that is when we will see the storms fire up. the moderate risk area for today does include jackson, huntsville. the bright red, that s going to be the bull s eye anywhere in the yellow. we do have the capability of producing strong storms so that is what we will be looking for
as we go through the afternoon we are going to have a similar day like yesterday but these storms have all shifted to the east. we have the same weather set up with very moist humid air coming in. this is going to produce these very large powerful storms. a lot of lightning associated with these storms. these two cells just in the past 30 minutes, almost 6,000 lightning strikes. these are very dangerous. if you are in the area around i-55 just to the north of jackson, you need to be very, very careful. these storms move quickly and sometimes they can be a little unpredictable with the severity of them, they can have large hail, golf ball sized and sometimes bigger. the lightning, the hail and gusty winds, and of course the possibility of tornados, not a day you want to be outside. speaking of that, some people
but arkansas took the brunt of the storms. former president bill clinton weighed in on the destruction saying my thoughts and prayers are with the families and communities in arkansas oklahoma and iowa. the clean up is expected to be lengthy. for more information, just go to cnn.com/impact. right now, let me bring in cnn meteorologist jennifer gray. she has been covering the severe weather. more tornado watches right now. is that correct? yeah. more watches and these are huge. this one in particular right here from southern tennessee through portions of alabama and through mississippi including jackson, this is considered a particularly dangerous situation. they don t issue those very