Tornado warnings, watches issued from Ohio to the Gulf

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Well -- dangerous storm system is sleeping through the US at this hour tornado warnings and watches are now in effect from Ohio to the gulf states the National Weather Service is getting hundreds of reports of hail strong winds and even some twisters.

Those storms have knocked out power to thousands of folks damaging homes and there's been at least one report.

Of someone who was injured by lightning and employment is joining us now from our New York City newsroom with -- all this and -- what's the latest.

Well -- -- -- -- strong winds are expected here in the northeast a little later today conditions are changing quickly and severe weather threats are shifting east.

After a major storm system has already torn through the nation's midsection and much -- the south.

Fox News meteorologist Maria Molina telling me today's biggest tornado threat is from Alabama to West Virginia but severe weather is possible anywhere from the Florida Panhandle to Pennsylvania in New Jersey.

Widespread flooding in Tennessee saturating the ground and causing trees and power lines to topple at least one death confirmed by police there.

One man say high winds ripped the roof right off is building -- three people huddled inside under -- -- It's demolished -- booted out of poured concrete.

Brought forward solid blue rebar in it and it toward all the faces.

Can't imagine what it needed to be over.

Approach into -- miles an -- No -- the national Oceanic and atmosphere administration reporting tornado damage in Arkansas Missouri Mississippi in Indiana.

According to reports one person in Arkansas was struck by lightning in 2 people injured in central Kentucky.

When a mobile home blew right off its foundation and who led this is all happening as cold and warm weather systems are really colliding with one another.

Yeah -- you know what a difference from the Arctic blast much of the nation experience last week.

-- -- tornado warnings are more typical April may and June and it just last week's snow and black ice plaguing much of the midwest and northeast.

Sub zero temperatures and bone chilling wind chills and residents bundling up and then yesterday.

Unseasonably mild -- skyrocketing to the sixties allowing folks appeal -- but up because some even breaking -- the flip flops.

Weather prediction technology has become more sophisticated in recent years and they're really enabling more of a warning period for severe weather.

The US is experiencing its longest run since records began between deaths caused by tornadoes -- out 200 in 21 day this we're on a wild roller -- and a no doubt about that.

Thank you --

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