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>>> IT'S NOW 30 PAST THE HOUR.
ALL DAY LONG, WE ARE BRINGING
YOU COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE OF
THE SPRAWLING, MULTIFACETED
STORM NAMED EUCLID.
OUR MIKE SEIDEL IS LIVE IN ICY
OKLAHOMA CITY AND TOM NIZIOL IS
AT THE EXPERT DECK, TRACKING THE
STORM THAT WILL EVENTUALLY SWEEP
INTO THE NORTHEAST.
WELCOME BACK INTO "MORNING
RUSH," I'M STEPHANIE ABRAMS
ALONGSIDE ERIC FISHER.
WE WILL START WITH THE SEVERE
SIDE OF THIS STORM AND HAD A
TORNADO WATCH ISSUED UNTIL 8:00
CENTRAL, FISH.
-- POPPING UP ON
THE GRAPHIC.
I WILL LET YOU TELL PEOPLE ABOUT
THAT.
>>> IT INCLUDES NEW ORLEANS AND
BATON ROUGE.
THEN WEST OF THERE ALL SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH BOX, IN
EFFECT UNTIL 9:00 LOCAL TIME.
A LOT OF LIGHTNING ON THE MAP
FROM DALLAS TO WACO, REACH
NOTHING LOUISIANA AND
MISSISSIPPI.
A TORNADO WARNING, HERE WEST OF
LAFAYETTE, ACADIA PARISH, SECOND
TIME THIS MORNING, A TORNADO
WARNING HERE, INCLUDES RAYNE AND
CROWLEY, IN FECT UNTIL 7:45
LOCAL TIME I DOPPLER INDICATED
WITH THIS CELL HERE.
IN THE PATH OF THAT STORM, YOU
WANT TO GET TO SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY, MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST ABOUT 45 MILES PER
HOUR THAT PUTS IT INTO THE
LAFAYETTE AREA 7:57, NEW ROADS
ARE, 9:01, ZACHARY, 9:16.
WE EXPECT MORE OF THESE WARNINGS
TO PICK UP WE HEAD TOWARD
LUNCHTIME AND INTO THE
AFTERNOON.
THEN WE HAVE JUST GENERALLY
HEAVY RAIN, STORMY WEATHER,
JACKSON, McCOMB, NORTHERN
LOUISIANA, SOUTHERN ARKANSAS,
THEN IN TEXAS, POURING BUCKETS
FROM BROWN WOOD TO DALLAS, FORT
WORTH AND WACO, NO WARNINGS IN
HERE, A LIVE LOOK FROM DALLAS,
JUST POURING RAIN.
OUT THERE ON THE STREETS, NOT A
LOT OF TRAFFIC IT IS CHRISTMAS
MORNING, IF YOU HAVE TO GET ON
THE ROADS, KEEP IN MIND IT IS
GOING TO BE A NASTY SLOG OUT ON
THE STREETS AND TAKE A LONG TIME
TO GET WHERE YOU NEED TO BE.
GO BACK, TALK ABOUT THE SETUP
HERE, WE HEAD TO THE AFTERNOON,
DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE, UPPER
LEVEL ENERGY PACK TOWARD TEXAS,
FUELING THE THUNDERSTORMS, THEN
SUBTROPICAL JET HERE ALONG THE
GULF COAST, IN BETWEEN THE AIR
IS DIVERGE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST.
WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT?
BASICALLY, THE WINDS ARE
SPREADING APART AND EXITING THE
AREA THAT ALLOWS MORE AIR TO
COME IN AT THE SURFACE, MORE
RISING MOTION, MORE STORMS.
THAT IS ONE OF THE INGREDIENT
WES LOOK FOR FOR A STORMY SETUP.
HOUSTON, SHREVEPORT, BATON
ROUGE, NEW ORLEANS, EASTWARD
INTO BIRMINGHAM, TORNADOES
LOOKING QUITE POSSIBLE, STRAIGHT
LINE WIND DAMAGE, ANOTHER THING
DANGEROUS AS WE HEAD THROUGHOUT
CHRISTMAS DAY.
TONIGHT, THE ENERGY ACTUALLY
INCREASES IN TERMS OF WIND
ENERGY, ALABAMA, FLORIDA
PANHANDLE INTO GEORGIA,
INCLUDING ATLANTA AND
TALLAHASSEE COULD SEE STRONG
WINDS, TORNADOES, VERY HEAVY
RAIN AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT.
MAYBE CHRISTMAS PLANS TODAY,
DRIVING BACK SOMEWHERE, MAKE
SURE YOU CHECK THE RADAR FIRST.
HERE IS THE FUTURE RADAR WHAT WE
THINK IS GOING TO BE HAPPENING
THROUGHOUT THE DAY, A BIG MESS
THOUGHT RIGHT NOW, THE AFTERNOON
THAT JET ENERGY STARTS TO POINT
RIGHT ACROSS THE REGION.
THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOP ACROSS LOUISIANA INTO
MISSISSIPPI AND THAT'S GOING TO
HAVE A LOT OF STRONG WINDS IN
IT, FOLKSILY SOME SUPERCELL
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING.
THOSE CAN CREATE THE BIGGER
TORNADOES.
WE HEAD TOWARD 7 THIS EVENING,
ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI BORDER
INTO ALABAMA.
10:00, STARTING TO REACH INTO
BIRMINGHAM, ATLANTA, OVERNIGHT,
NASTY SQUALL LINE OF STORMS
RIGHT IN HERE.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE WILL DEAL
WITH ALL DAY HERE, STEPH.
>> LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT THE
WINTER SIDE OF THIS STORM.
EUCLID WHAT IT DID IN WASHINGTON
STATE.
HEAVY SNOW CAUSED TREES TO FALL,
LEAVING MORE THAN 3500 WITHOUT
POWER.
THANK TO THE SNOW, A STRETCH OF
U.S. 2 CLOSED FROM STEPHENS
PASS.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE COST OF A
WHITE CHRISTMAS IN OKLAHOMA CITY
THE ICE SHIFTING TO SNOW, WHERE
WE FIND MIKE SEIDEL.
HE HAS BEEN THERE ALL MORNING
LONG.
MIKE, IT DOESN'T SEEM THAT YOU
ARE GETTING ANY TYPE OF
PRECIPITATION RIGHT NOW, GRASS
COVERED WITH ICE OR SNOW?
>> YOU'RE RIGHT YOU STEPHANIE
WHAT EVER HAS FALLEN HAS ENDED,
HAD SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.
THE GRASS, SLEET DOWN THERE, A
TOUCH OF WHITE, BUT REALLY HAVE
LITTLE IF ANYTHING BUT ENOUGH TO
CAUSE ACCIDENTS.
AT LEAST FOUR INJURY ACCIDENT HE
IS REPORTED AROUND METRO
OKLAHOMA CITY SO FAR THIS
MORNING, INCLUDING A HUGE PILEUP
JUST AFTER 2 A.M. ON I-40
WESTBOUND, 21 CARS AND THREE
TRACTOR TRAILERS.
LAST CHECK THERE WAS STILL TWO
TRACTOR TRAILERS AND SIX CARS AT
THE LOCATION.
THIS WAS ON AN ELEVATED SURFACE,
A BRIDGE OR OVERPASS.
THESE WERE TREATED YESTERDAY.
AGAIN THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT
THEY ARE NECESSARILY SAFE FOR
DRIVING ARE THE SPEED LIMIT.
AROUND THE AREA, LOOK AT THE
RADAR NOW, WE HAVE RAIN DOWN
TOWARDS THE RED RIVER.
ERIC MENTIONED THE RAIN POURING
DOWN IN DALLAS, FORT WORTH,
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA, THEN YOU GET
UP HERE AND YOU HAVE GOT A MIXED
BAG OF LIGHT PRECIP, IT IS
USUALLY FREEZING RAIN OR LIGHT
FREEZING RAIN, WEST HERE
CLINTON, ENID, LIGHT SNOW
EXTEMPERATURES IN CLINTON
DROPPED DOWN INTO THE TEENS, WE
ARE 27 NOW IN OKLAHOMA CITY.
THE WIND CHILLS WILL STAY IN THE
TEENS ALL DAY.
TEMPERATURES SLOWLY FALL.
THE TIMELINE AGAIN, THREE TO
FIVE NOTCHES SNOW IN THE
FORECAST, ANOTHER INCH THIS
EVENING, WINDS RUNNING NORTH, 20
TO 25 MILES AN HOUR, A COLD,
DAMP DAY CHRISTMAS DAY HERE IN
OKLAHOMA CITY.
ANY SNOW WILL WRAP UP THIS
EVENING, WINDY AND COLD
OVERNIGHT AND TOMORROW, THE SUN
IS BACK OUT, BUT A VERY COLD DAY
BY OKLAHOMA CITY STANDARDS.
TEMPERATURES DON'T GET TO
FREEZING.
AVERAGE HIGH THIS TIME OF THE
YEAR IS 49 HERE IN OKLAHOMA
CITY.
WELL, THE STORM IS HEADING INTO
THE NORTHEAST TOMORROW AND
THURSDAY.
ONCE AGAIN, TOM, LOOKS LIKE THE
BIG I DID KEEP THEIR PLOWS IN
SAFE HAVEN BECAUSE IT IS GOING
TO BE AN INTERIOR STORM ONCE
AGAIN.
>> YEAH, IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
THAT I-95 CORRIDOR IN PARTICULAR
ALONG THE EAST COAST, I THINK
THAT IS GOING TO STAY WARM
ENOUGH IT WILL BE AN ALL-RAIN
SITUATION.
BACK ACROSS YOUR PART OF THE
COUNTRY NOW, MIKE, IN THROUGH
OKLAHOMA, TAKE A LOOK AT THE
RADAR HERE, IT LOOKS LIKE SOME
OF THAT JET ENERGY REALLY
FUELING THIS TREMENDOUS OUTBREAK
OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE GULF
COAST IS ROBBING THE
PRECIPITATION FROM BACK IN THE
COLD AIR HERE AND WE SEE IT KIND
OF WEAKENING AS WE GO THROUGH
THE MORNING HERE.
OKLAHOMA CITY, THAT MOVED NORTH
OF YOU NOW.
SEE IT BREAKING APART A LITTLE
BIT.
BACK HERE, WHERE THE UPPER LOW
IS THE ENERGY HELP TO
REINANYTHING RATE SNOWFALL LATER
IN THE DAY.
AMARILLO'S, HALF MILE OF SNOW
AND WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MILES AN
HOUR.
THE SYSTEM MOVES IN THAT
DIRECTION AND I BELIEVE LATER IN
THE DAY INTO TONIGHT, WE WILL
SEE SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA INTO
ARKANSAS BEGIN TO PICK UP THE
SNOWFALL.
THE TRACK OF THE SYSTEM, AS WE
GO IN LATER IN THE AFTERNOON
HERE, THIS TREMENDOUS PLUME OF
MOISTURE WORKING ITS WAY FROM
THE GULF COAST.
AGAIN, SOME OF THAT BEING ROBBED
BY THE CONVECTION DOWN NOW.
I EXPECT THAT TO REINVIGORATE.
SNOW BACK TOWARD OKLAHOMA CITY
BACK TOWARD LITTLE ROCK,
PROBABLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
AS WE GET INTO WEDNESDAY, THE
WEDNESDAY TIMEFRAME, THAT ENTIRE
AREA OF SNOWFALL IS GOING TO
WORK ITS WAY FROM INDIANAPOLIS
ALL THE WAY UP TO PLACES LIKE
TOLEDO, OHIO, IN BETWEEN THE
SNOW AND THE RAIN, A DANGEROUS
MIX OF ICING IN THIS AREA RIGHT
HERE, CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
GOING TO NEED TO STAY TUNED AS
WE GO FURTHER INTO THE WEEK HERE
FOR THAT ICING, ESPECIALLY
ACROSS PARTS OF WEST VIRGINIA
INTO SOUTHERN P.A.
STEPH, ON THAT NOTE, WE SEND IT
BACK TO YOU.
>> GIVE YOU A LITTLE TIME
HEARING FOR DIFFERENT CITIES AND
SHOW YOU WHERE THE STORM IS
GOING TO END UP.
START YOU IN LITTLE ROCK, A
TOR:CON OF 6, 6/10.
EXCUSE ME, OUR STORM CONN, SO
USED TO USING STORM:CON.
CHRISTMAS DAY TODAY, WINDS, 20
TO 30 MILES PER HOUR, RAIN
CHANGING OVER TO SNOW.
AND I THINK THE WIND IS GOING TO
BE A TREMENDOUS FACT TORT NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS, FOUR TO SIX INCHES
OF SNOW OVERNIGHT, WINDS
INCREASING.
YOU COULD SEE HEAVY SNOW AT
TIMES.
WEDNESDAY TOMORROW, THE THINNEDS
CALM DOWN IN THE LITTLE ROCK
AREA.
INDIANAPOLIS WHAT IS YOUR
STORM:CON?
A 6 AS WELL.
YOU WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE
STORM.
HEAD THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY,
MOSTLY CLOUDY, HEAD TOMORROW
TONIGHT AND TOMORROW, FISH, THAT
IS WHEN IT WILL GET NASTY HERE.
>> STEPH WITH ALL OF THAT
WEATHER HAVING A BIG IMPACT ON
THE HOLIDAY WEEK TRAVEL.
NEXT ON "MORNING RUSH" WE WILL
PREVIEW TRAVEL TROUBLES ON THE
ROAD FROM TODAY THROUGH THE END
OF EUCLID.
PLUS ANOTHER STORM OFF THE
NORTHWEST COAST RIGHT NOW THIS
WILL CROSS THE COUNTRY.
COULD AFFECT SOME OF THE MAJOR
CITIES IN THE NORTHEAST.
DETAILS COMING UP.