about that, david. but this tweet did seem carefully crafted, white down to the punctuation and the white house press office saw the tweet before it went out. that almost never happens. jon, thanks as always. we are also following dangerous weather at this hour. multiple twisters reported today and just before we came on the atlanta area put on alert tonight. one twister alreadying barreling across crowded birmingham, alabama. this strip small mall shattered. children in baseball helmets sheltering in bathtubs. we have seen it before and tonight, 30 million people are in flood watches over 1,000 miles. abc s steve osunsami north of atlanta tonight. reporter: tornado watches are up tonight from the tropical storm pouring in from the gulf. and there are twisters in the areas of alabama. it just hit here in fairfield. it was big, guys. it was really big. reporter: just outside
reporter: north of atlanta, lightning struck several homes and set them on fire. the homeowner told me it sounded like a stick of dynamite going off. reporter: this family won t be able stay here tonight. i ve seen a lot of lightning strikes but i ve never seen them hit this close. reporter: this same storm hurled an ef-2 tornado at the kind people of goodman, missouri. winds as high as 120 miles and hour hit a fire station and tore apart the elementary school. luckily, no one was seriously hurt. stunning images of that school. steve with us live from atlanta. this isn t over yet. a brand-new tornado watch just issued for the metro area there. reporter: yes, david. it just came in, a brand-new tornado watch for the entire atlanta metro area until 9:00 p.m. tonight. and talk about a story hitting close to home, this is my neighborhood. the street is blocked. power crews are out here, trying to clear the road that leads to my house and restore power to this entire neighborh