for hundreds of miles, hitting numerous cities and some very major cities. you are going to have bad things happen and that is what is happening. so what spawned them? first of all, we had record warmth and record heat across the southern plains in oklahoma and texas and in mississippi and arkansas and alabama and tennessee and missouri today. the temperatures were in the low to mid 80s and south winds at about 30—40, which 70 degree...point. this is an unprecedented air mass for december 11th — 10th, 11th, you know, timeframe. to have this much moisture and heatand humidity... we have a very strong, powerful jet stream overhead and an upper wave came out of oklahoma and this powerful surface low developed back in south—east colorado,