The Weather Channel - Morning rush - December 26, 2012 - Part 5

ARE STILL GOING TO BE PICKING UP, STILL THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME GUSTS OVER 30 MILES HOUR. IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON TRAVELING BACK, YOU CAN EXPECT SOME DELAYS. AS WE TAKE A LIVE LOOK AT RADAR RIGHT NOW, YOU'LL SEE WHERE SOME OF THE MOST ACTIVE WEATHER IS ACROSS SO MUCH OF THE COUNTRY. AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE ALL THAT MOISTURE JUST KEEPS ON BARRELING ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY AND THEN OF COURSE, STEMMING INTO THE NORTHEAST. WE'RE GOING TO GET BACK FOR MORE ANALYSIS ON THIS IN A MINUTE. HERE'S NICK. >> CHECK OUT THIS iWITNESS VIDEO. YOU CAN SEE AN APPARENT TORNADO FORMING HERE IN FLOWWOOD, MISSISSIPPI ONE OF NINE PRELIMINARY TORNADO REPORTS ON CHRISTMAS DAY. TORNADOS DAMAGED SEVERAL HOMES IN MISSISSIPPI. THEY OVERTURNED MOBILE HOMES AND INJURED AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE. >>> ALL RIGHT. HERE'S THE LATEST ON OUR POST-CHRISTMAS STORM. THERE WERE SOME RARE TORNADOES AS WE HAVE MENTIONED IN THE DEEP SOUTH ON CHRISTMAS DAY. 19 REPORTED TWISTERS FROM TEXAS INTO LOUISIANA ACROSS MISSISSIPPI AND INTO ALABAMA. THE STORMS LEFT TWO PEOPLE DEAD. WINTER STORM EUCLID ALSO LED TO BLIZZARD WARNINGS SPANNING AT LEAST SIX STATES FROM ARKANSAS TO PENNSYLVANIA. ABOUT A 700-MILE STRETCH STILL UNDER THOSE BLIZZARD WARNINGS. AND ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXTREMELY HAZARD DUS ALONG PARTS OF INTERSTATE 70 IT, 40 WILL. PLEASE BE CAREFUL TODAY. THE CAROLINAS RIGHT NOW AND OTHER PARTS OF THE SOUTHEAST ON INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC WITH SOME HEAVY AND POSSIBLY FLOODING RAIN. DANIELLE? >> OF COURSE, NOT SOMETHING YOU SEE MUCH OF THIS TIME OF YEAR. LAST NIGHT, SEVERAL RARE TWISTERS SLAMMING INTO MOBILE, DAMAGING A NUMBER OF HOMES AS WELL AS BUSINESSES. THAT'S WHERE WE FIND JIM CANTORE STANDING THERE RIGHT NOW. >> CHURCHES, HOSPITALS, MURPHY HIGH SCHOOL, THE ROOF'S DAMAGE THERE HAD. THERE'S A 300-YEAR-OLD TREE THAT'S BEEN TOPPLED. THINK ABOUT THAT, YOU'VE GONE THROUGH FREDERICK, CAMILLE, JUST A PAGE WORTH OF NAMES AND YOU'RE STILL HANGING AROUND. WELL, TODAY, NEW TECHNOLOGY IS REALLY STARTING TO SHOW ITS FACE FOR US. I MEAN, THESE APPS THAT ARE OUT, RADARS VERY, VERY HIGHLY TECHNOLOGICAL. HEATHER HAR LOW IS A RESIDENT OF MARIETTA, GEORGIA AND DOWN HERE VISITING FRIENDS FOR THE HOLIDAY. DARLING, YOU DOWNLOADED THE RED CROSS HURRICANE APP THAT WE'RE DOING WITH THAT. TELL US WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY WHEN THAT WILL THING WENT OFF. >> IT SOUNDED LIKE THAT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMERGENCY BEEP THAT COMES ON THE TELEVISION. IT WAS VERY, VERY LOUD, LOUDER THAN MY NOTIFICATION WAS SET ON MY PHONE. AND WE WERE WATCHING CHRISTMAS MOVIES. WE HAD NO IDEA. WE WENT OVER TO THE PHONE AND IT'S LIKE WOW, A TORNADO. EVERY 15 MINUTES IT WENT OFF TELLING US THE TORNADO WAS COMING. IT WAS A WARNING AND TO TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. WE GOT IN OUR INNER HALL AND IT HIT LESS THAN HALF A MILE FROM US. >> A DIFFERENT KIND OF SOUND ON YOUR SEEN IN YES. >> THAT MADE YOU COME CHECK IT. >> EXACTLY. WE HAD IT IN ANOTHER ROOM AND WE HEARD IT BECAUSE IT WAS SO LOUD. IT CAME THROUGH. SO WE WERE ABLE TO CHECK IT. >> GOOD STUFF. THE HURRICANE APP FROM THE AMERICAN RED CROSS IN COORDINATION WITH THE WEATHER CHANNEL. YOU KNOW, GUYS, A LOT OF SMARTPHONES HAVE THESE TECHNOLOGIES TO THEM THAT CAN HELP YOU WHEN YOU'RE DOING THINGS WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY AS MANY ARE ON CHRISTMAS DAY. EITHER WAY AGAIN HERE IN MOBILE, YESTERDAY ABOUT 29,000 PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER, GUYS.