Snow, Rain, Tornadoes.. DRACO is leaving a legacy

This is a classic Tornado signature that screams severe weather in the south as snow and cold rain plaque Chicago and Milwaukee.

Compare the current, but changing loop above with the image below of the storm as it was headed towards Alabama bringing Twisters their way.

Here's a local news channel doing coverage that you can watch online:

http://www.fox10tv.com/generic/video/LiveStream_FOX10

Up in Iowa there's snow...  seems the place to go if you want to see snow today.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/20/us/midwest-blizzard/

Down below the Mason Dixie Line are severe, violent storms.

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Damage reports in Mobile concentrated on West and Northwest sides of city between I-65 and I-165 - @weatherchannel http://bit.ly/VToYvF 

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Early, predawn tornadoes are the worst kind as there is little early warning without an alarm sounding in town or on a weather radio. They go under the radar while we sleep..

Pictures will come in all day long as the sun comes up... 

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/12/20/storm-tornado-mobile-alabama/1781677/

As this moves east into Alabama and the panhandle of Florida there are multiple weather threats.

Tornado Watch

TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 689
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
425 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012

TORNADO WATCH 689 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1200 PM CST FOR THE
 FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

FLC033-091-113-201800-
/O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0689.121220T1025Z-121220T1800Z/

FL
.    FLORIDA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ESCAMBIA             OKALOOSA            SANTA ROSA
$$

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Fire Weather Watch

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
632 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO A
PERIOD OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH 20 FOOT WIND
SPEEDS...

.MUCH DRIER AND COOLER AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE REGION THROUGH
FRIDAY IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. HUMIDITY VALUES WILL
DROP INTO THE MID 20 PERCENT RANGE ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH 20 FOOT WINDS SPEEDS NEARING
15 MPH.

These storms are moving fast... forward speed wise .... if you know anyone in their path give them a text and make sure they are aware as people are busy getting ready for vacations and watching other news stories. Not everyone is watching "Draco"

Up in the north.. there are already travel delays at O'Hare....

Stay tuned and hope all your relatives are flying west to east with non-stop flights...

Besos Bobbi