Take us through the tornado threat, where it stands tonight, and where this all goes next. reporter: we had a half a dozen tornado washings, including the one that came through new orleans. that s still the same tonight, right now, a half a dozen tornado warnings. and that tornado watch extending for the next couple of hours, likely to be extended eastward, past mobile, where now we have some tornado warnings across the p panhandle. i think the tornado threat will be less tomorrow, but there will be flash flooding and damaging storms. that s the southern part. as you know, there s been a northern part to this, and blizzard warnings continue in the upper midwest, but tomorrow, the northeast gets the rain, the wind, the snow. winter storm warnings are posted for interior sections. it does clear out saturday morning, but not before dumping significant amounts of snow there and ice. an ice storm warning up for the blue ridge mountains, and away from i-95, interior sections from pennsylva
Torrential downpours and most specifically the damaging wind gusts. we can see straight line wind gust up to around 60 miles per hour with some of the storms. so when the severe thunderstorm warnings get issued, that s when we have potential of strong wind gusts. we don t see a whole lot of rotation. we won t see widespread tornado washings but we will see a widespread round of thunderstorm warnings with 60 mile per hour wind gust. it is still active. still the same storm system that was in the plains earlier this week and that what we will be keeping an eye on through out the rest of the afternoon. wow. dylan, thanks so much. up next, why tornado alley. why there and why do people still flock there? the untold story of america s first tornado chasers p. that s straight ahead. our own coach blake shelton was born and raised in oklahoma. and tonight with a special performance, dedicated to his home state, here is blake shelton with his wife, miranda lambert, with over you.