this is a home in afton, oklahoma. just a pile of rubble really where that home once stood. >>> also in afton, powerful winds toppled two tractor trailers. it will linger throughout the day. accuweather's justin povick has the details. good morning, justin. >> t.j. and bazi, thanks and good morning. a very active afternoon once again today in terms of severe weather. today's threat will be further south. a little further east over the western tennessee valley sevening from lexington, kentucky all the way south into northern louisiana, birmingham included. damaging wind, hail and isolated tornadoes possible. then dramatically cooler over the plains. high pressure builds in. there will be some sunshine but you will need the coats in the twin cities. t.j. and bazi back to you. >> justin thank you, as always. >>> we turn to the groundbreaking deal with iran. agreeing to significantly scale back its much feared nuclear program. >> it's a major step in keeping tehran from making atomic weapons. abc's susan saulny has brand-n

. >> reporter: roofs ripped off near afton. and residents in burlington, arkansas, terrified, emerging from the darkness. thankfully, no injuries here. >> it literally went right over us. i heard glass breaking. it destroyed everything outside our house. >> reporter: back here louisville you can see the flood waters still about halfway up the wheel wells of some cars in this parking lot. it's officially the rainiest april day ever here in louisville. david? >> let's get right to rob marciano. >> well eastern kentucky and eastern tennessee, lexington, nashville, severe weather. and strong winds, large hail possibly a few more tornadoes. and the bad news for northern new england, cold and more snow for the folks up north this weekend. >>> and as if the extreme weather louisville wasn't enough, they're dealing with a massive fire at a general electric complex. a seven-alarm fire. families warned to stay in their homes for hours. david wright reports tonight. >> reporter: this seven-alarm fire battled by 200 firefight firefighters

. >> reporter: roofs ripped off near afton. and residents in burlington, arkansas, terrified, emerging from the darkness. thankfully, no injuries here. >> it literally went right over us. i heard glass breaking. it destroyed everything outside our house. >> reporter: back here in louisville, you can see the flood waters about halfway up the wheel wells of some cars in this parking lot. it's officially the rainiest april day ever here in louisville. david? >> alex, leading us off. the tornado watches are up. let's get right to rob marciano. >> is e-heaviest flooding has moved east. tornado watches are up for eastern kentucky and eastern tennessee, lexington, nashville, extending through mississippi, alabama. strong winds, large hail a tornado possible overnight. quickly moving offshore tomorrow. and the bad news for northern new england, cold, and more snow on this spring holiday weekend for the folks up north. >> rob, thank you. >>> and as if the extreme weather in louisville wasn't enough, they're dealing with a massive fire a

this is the destruction in the town of afton, oklahoma. harrison, arkansas, was hit by what people believe was also a tornado. >> so i jumped into the bath tub, heard an awful noise and thought roof went because i heard water coming in. >> reporter: despite the damage, it's been a relatively quiet tornado season with only 40-50 touching down since the beginning of the year. the average is 150. the same large and persistent jet stream that has caused a historic drought in california and a record-breaking winter in the northeast has suppressed severe weather activity in the nation's midsection, but not for long, says greg carbin with the storm prediction center. >> parts of the southern united states will remain at risk through the rest of the month of april and then tornado activity will likely increase even more as we move into may across parts of the central united states. >> reporter: forecasters are looking at the potential for more storms and possible tornadoes next week. and, charlie, while the threat of severe weather appears to have

a possible tornado in afton, oklahoma. heavily damaging homes there.that extreme weather ahead. >> accu-weather's justin povick is joining us with details. good morning, justin. >>> t.j. and bazi, thanks and good morning. an active afternoon once again today in terms of severe weather. today's threat will be further south and east over the western tennessee valley stretching from tennessee valley stretching from lexington, kentucky to birmingham late afternoon. damaging winds, large hail and ice late tornados possible. dramatically cooler over the plains. high pressure builds in. there will be sunshine but need the coats in the twin cities. t.j. and bazi back to you. >> justin, thank you so much, as always. >>> we turn to disturbing new signs the co-pilot of the germanwing's plane deliberately planned a murder-suicide mission. investigators uncovered alarming information from his computer. alexander marquardt reports for us from germany. >> reporter: disturbing new evidence that andreas lubitz may have been planning his deadly flight for days. german i

as do a lot of families of afton american men -- african-american men in poor communities and feel likehave had an even treatment from the police. you're right. he also have to be incredibly respectful of our police forces around the country. many policemen were injured in the baltimore situation and our hearts go out to them as well. as the president said the other day, it is a really tough job. being a police officer is a really, really tough job in this country, particularly in some of these communities which have been broken the cycles of poverty and other failures in our criminal justice system. these communities have a lot of violent and a lot of crime. they are very high risk for police officers. i think you're right. there has got to be a mutual respect or trust or none of this is going to work. host: within a few more phone calls -- let's get a few more phone calls. this is al. caller: i two questions for you. it sounds like from your synopsis that you have just given about proposed changes you're making that you are going to be politicizing the process. in that vein, i will li