welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. happy friday, everybody. i m christine romans. we begin at the far north end of the texas panhandle. tornado on the ground. national weather service confirming a tornado strike in perr perryton texas. the fire chief confirming at least three deaths and damage to at least 200 homes. there were collapsed lungs, head injuries and broken bones. cleanup is already under way. congressman ronny jackson is asking people in the area to help any way they can. want to bring in derek van dam in the cnn weather center. this was just one of seven tornados reported thursday along with nearly 200 storms. are we looking at anything like this for today? up fortunately we have another active day ahead of us. the tornados in texas absolutely devastating to see. let s focus on the more immediate threat, what is happening now. we have severe thunderstorm watches stretching from texas through louisiana and the gulf coast. there
that produced rainfall over the same location for several hours. some of the rainfall occurring within a three hour time span. this is a radar estimated rainfall total the past few days. the southeast is locked in this very unsettled weather pattern. but focusing this on pensacola, look at this, unconfirmed reports of 10 to 15 inches of rain where you see the pink and white, that is a life threatening amount of precipitation in such a short period of time. national weather service picking up on that. social media showing some of the flash flooding that is ongoing. and flash flood warning particular i dangerous situation, that is valid through 5:45 this morning. this is part of a broader picture here. you can see the flash flood watches in place across the south. and going back to perryton, texas, just seeing some of the aerial footage of the devastation there, your heart
up fortunately we have another active day ahead of us. the tornados in texas absolutely devastating to see. let s focus on the more immediate threat, what is happening now. we have severe thunderstorm watches stretching from texas through louisiana and the gulf coast. there is a tornado warning in the florida panhandle. this is near the big bend of florida. there is tallahassee. here is jacksonville for that geographical perspective. this is valid through the next 15 minutes or so. this is part of a larger severe weather setup that we have, a slight risk, a level two of five from the gulf coast stretching all the way to little rock. notice too the other areas across kansas, eastern colorado under the threat of severe weather today. the other weather story we re covering is the massive amounts of rain that have fallen. over a foot of rain just outside of the pensacola region, a storm
welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. happy friday, everybody. i m christine romans. we begin at the far north end of the texas panhandle. tornado on the ground. national weather service confirming a tornado strike in perr perryton texas. the fire chief confirming at least three deaths and damage to at least 200 homes. there were collapsed lungs, head injuries and broken bones. cleanup is already under way. congressman ronny jackson is asking people in the area to help any way they can. want to bring in derek van dam in the cnn weather center. this was just one of seven tornados reported thursday along with nearly 200 storms. are we looking at anything like this for today?