searching for survivors, starting to get a better picture of the full scope of the damage. let s go straight to chief meteorologist rick reichmuth. rick: hey, guys, we ve been trying to get our reporter out there, but the cell tower in rolling fork is gone, so they can t get any cell service. sunrise time there, local time, 7:01, so exactly right now. we ll start to get some of these images in daylight. this tornado happening in the dark can last night, we ve not had any daytime, so search and rescue efforts will continue. this is that storm right now, a weakening storming which is good news. today the severe weather threat key minishingses diminishes quite a bit. the tornado first dropped in rolling fork and then cut right here across rt parts of north-central mississippi. at one point it looks like this tornado was on the ground probably for around almost 100 miles. this, obviously, national weather service folks go out and do some investigation, make sure, see if sometim
downing trees. pete: first responders are actively searching for survivors, and they re just getting started. they re starting to get a better picture of the full scope of the damage now that the sun is up. rick reichmuth is tracking the storm. rick: hey, we have a new tornado warning that is in effect here just to the southwest of alabama. right there. radar-indicated tornado. today i don t think we re going to be talking about as big of tornadoes, as big and destructive tornadoes as yesterday, but some openeds across parts of the southeast concern tornadoes across parts of the southeast we re going to be watching. this is the overall storm the, the north side also will have a severe weather component later on today, maybe a threat for a tornado the around areas of lake erie just to the south of it. but this storm eventually pulls off towards the east. things calm down just a little bit odd. tomorrow a bigger severe weather threat again across parts of the southeast, and a
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Tornado too, sustaining major damage, closing down a stretch of i-95 as well. you can actually see the driver of this car appearing to back up to get away from the tornado as it approached. also, a state of emergency tonight in kentucky after nearly a foot of rain flooding neighborhoods and swamping cars. and tonight amid all of this and this dangerous heat we have learned in las vegas about a delta passenger plane filled with passengers waiting on the tarmac for more than an hour. the temperatures outside the plane above 110 degrees. medical teams had to be rushed in because of what played out on that plane. witnesses describing a frightening scene. but we do begin tonight with this ef-3 tornado and senior meteorologist rob marciano leading us off. reporter: tonight, extreme heat now fueling powerful storms. this monster twister touching down outside raleigh, north carolina. an ef-3 with winds up to 150 miles per hour striking during the launch hour. nash county officials saying a