1,600 customers in lincoln, nebraska, where monie and lee hetrick live. >> it's a moment where you go back to where people didn't have power and you have to learn how to adapt. >> reporter: elsewhere today it was unusually warm, from chicago to new orleans. nashville set a record-- 75 degrees. that warmth, combined with strong winds, will cause severe thunderstorms and a looming threat of tornadoes for nearly nine million people from the gulf coast to illinois. tonight, we are in mississippi and right now the national weather service out of jackson confirms there is a tornado on the ground in shuqualak, mississippi, and people there are being urged to take cover right now. ve >> pelley: we'll check with you tomorrow. david begnaud, thank you very much. millions of people will be in the path of a flood of super bowl ads.