Good evening. I am norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us. We come on the air with the threat of dangerous and deadly weather for tens of millions of americans tonight across the southern plains. The National Weather service is issuing a rare high risk forecast for violent thunderstorms, long track tornadoes, and giant hail, talking about hail from 24 inches in diameter, thats the size of baseballs to grapefruit. Residents from oklahoma to kansas are in the bullseye tonight and are bracing for the potential outbreak of powerful ef3 Strength Twisters or stronger. This is the first Time Oklahoma has been under a high risk weather alert in five years. We will begin tonight in Oklahoma City where Meteorologist Paul Goodloe from our partners at the Weather Channel is standing by for a busy night of storms. Good evening, paul. Reporter good evening, norah. Again, the wind has been howling all day long. 30 plus miles an hour as the Winds Of Change coming in here. You mention the high
A tornado knocked down trees and powerlines northwest of Nashville, while dime-sized hail battered Arkansas. Meteorologist Paul Goodloe with The Weather Channel has the forecast. Source