You can see a thin red line of where the heaviest precipitation is and the strongest storms are stretching from northern LA to western KY. This line is what is causing all the watches and warnings to pop up right now and isn't anything to take lightly. Here are the current watches and warnings (these change constantly so keep in mind this is for 7:36 PM CST)
 | Tornado Warning |
 | Tornado Watch |
 | Severe Thunderstorm Warning |
 | Severe Thunderstorm Watch |
 | Winter Weather Statement |
 | High Wind Advisory |
 | Flood Warning |
 | Flood Watch / Flood Statement |
 | Fire Weather Advisory |
Here are the storm reports as of 7:42 PM CST
Looking at these you can see a few red dots meaning tornado reports. These were reported in Arkansas and Missouri. The green dots represent hail reports and there are only a few of them and thats because there isn't much low-level below freezing temperatures and the updrafts are not strong enough for most storms to really produce much hail. The rest is all blue dots meaning very strong wind reports. If you compare this image with the radar you can see that most of the tornadic weather is in western TN and KY. That long squall line that was lined up with the Mississippi River is predominantly creating very windy conditions where wind reports will be high likely ahead and in the path of the squall line. That means majority of MS will likely see wind reports for this event and not hail reports and a very possibility of a tornado being reported. Western TN has already seen several tornado warnings and they haven't been varified yet, but that part of TN will likely see a few tornado touch downs.
That right there is where the southern states stand at this moment. Continuous updates will be made and if you want to follow me I do have a Twitter account that you can follow all that is going on. All images from above are from NOAA and Wunderground.
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