he talked to news4's doreen gentzler as he shared his story for the first time. >> i just thought it's one of those mornings where you had a lot to do, you don't eat. i thought i need to eat, or it's just one of those days that was stressful. >> reporter: every day can be stressful when you're the chief judge at d.c. superior court. for judge lee satterfield, headaches are nothing new. but on november 28th, 2011, what he thought was his body's reaction to a difficult day turned out to be something much more serious. >> the only symptom i had at the time was a severe headache. at least that's what i thought, but i was having the other ones that people recognized. >> he had weakness on the left side of his body, he had inability to see on the left side, his speech was slurred. >> reporter: all those symptoms, hallmark signs of a stroke. but the 54-year-old father of two say he was in denial that day. he didn't believe he was in any danger. >> and that's what i said. i'm just going to go in there and lie down on the sofa and check with me in a little bit. >> reporter: his courthouse colle

still three out of four oklahomans here along with doreen gentzler. this is colleen carter. she's got a little connection to oklahoma as well. tell us about your oklahoma connection. >> well, i spent three years there when i was younger and i've still got good friends back there that we occasionally get a chance to see. >> and everybody you know is okay? >> yes, they are. they were a little further east. >> tell us a little bit about all the great work that you do for the red cross. >> as a tiffany's society -- tiffany circle society member, we help raise money for the red cross and we reach out also the wounded warriors and their families at walter reed and try to get events to help them get a break from their stresses there. but the red cross, it's a 24/7 operation. there's always a need somewhere, so we're -- >> thank you very much for your volunteer efforts, colleen. if you want to help, you can always call us at 202-885-4949. we'll be here through the rest of the 4, 5 and 6 and update our total now, just short of $20,000. we'll talk more about the money raised and where

i'm doreen gentzler. >> and i'm jim vance. weather leads our broadcast tonight.tening weather already, and it could get even worse tonight. doug, i understand there's been a tornado warning but it's expired, right? >> yeah, that tornado warning expired as of 5:30, a little earlier, jim. the good news is that one is out of here. you can still see a lot of cloud cover around the district. take a look at what's happening back just to the north and west,