that poor girl is scared. today s tornado threat isn t the greatest in the southwestern part of kansas. a surprise tropical storm is slowly headed towards the east coast. tropical storm anna is expected to deliver two to four inches of rain to the coasts of north and south carolina over the weekend. the atlantic hurricane season doesn t start until june 1. joining me now nbc meteorologist. we are looking at severe weather threats here for today. this originally was supposed to be a big blockbuster day in terms of big and large tornadoes. kind of scaling down on that now with some of the latest thinking here. still 16 million people in the thread zone here for severe thunderstorms. the primary threats being damaging wind and large hail storm. the tornado threat is going down a bit for today. the severe weather has been out there for this morning. a lot of hail storms in northern texas. we are expecting a few tornadoes later on this afternoon especially in areas like southw