stretch of road in that straight. mark mancuso live with this. what is going on out there, mark? reporter bill, it s a wild spring storm, that is for sure, and as we take a look at this scenario across the plains states, snow not unheard of in south dakota or nebraska. it s the second snowiest month of the year in the dakotas, in the black hills. it s a powerful system, and the stories come out of here, out of the southern plains states, this is a line of storms that we ve been following overnight and early this morning. this is the storm that s been responsible for 80-100-mile an hour winds and it s charging through the south and now we see the storms moving through mississippi where presently we have tornado watches in effect, they ve been expanded into alabama, so along the line here we will see the potential for damaging winds, knocking out power destructive travel, and tornadoes. as you know, bill, across the southeast, storms can be very frightening and during the nighttime hours