we begin with the deadly string of storms battering the midsouth. kentucky, crews using inflatable rafts to pull students from a school bus. one woman died after her car was swept off the road. rob's forecast coming up a little bit later. >>> tiger woods says he's ready for augusta and will return to play in the masters tournament ending a two-month absence. he has not won a major since the 2008 u.s. open. and this woman sarah thomas who reportedly is the nfl's first referee, the mother of three could be making the calls on the field this upcoming nfl season. >> good for her. >> finally instead of chasing a criminal police in round rock texas, were chasing a buffalo. the bison named big boy escaped by jumping a hot wire and barbed wire fence narrowly missing an oncoming car. big boy's enother says the bison is a gentle giant and since it's springtime he was getting a little frisky looking for some new grass and other stuff. >> just the new grass. >> racing after him with lights and horns, i'd run too. >> that's a good point. >> if you were a buffalo

we begin with the deadly string of storms battering the midsouth.cky, crews using inflatable rafts to pull students and their driver from a submerged school bus. one woman died after her car was swept off the road. rob's forecast will be coming up a little bit later. >>> and tiger woods says he's ready for augusta. woods announcing that he will return to golf to play in the masters tournament ending a two-month absence from competition. tiger woods has not won a major since the 2008 u.s. open. >>> and this woman, sarah thomas, who reportedly will become the nfl's first referee, the mother of three could be making the calls on the field this upcoming nfl season. >> good for her. >> good for her. >> finally instead of chasing a criminal, police in round rock, texas, were chasing a buffalo. apparently the bison, whose name is big boy escaped by jumping a hot wire and barbed wire fence at one point narrowly missing an oncoming car. it would have done a lot of damage to the car and the buffalo probably. big boy's owner says the bison is a gentle giant an

midsouth, little rock, arkansas, 80's. even some of the severe thunderstorm activity could provide a second round of rain for some. the wider view from the belfort furniture weather center pockets of sleet. coming in from bristow. there is sleet today. several people said i cannot believe it, but it is this round of thunderstorms that could come in and bring rain as soon as tomorrow morning. that could roll through and go mainly to the south of the washington metro, providing a glancing blow. the next two days, the rain pushes out in the morning. hope is midday, afternoon sunshine will allow the temperatures to go back. we will have some clouds back in there this week. a look at the rain overnight even futurecast has confirmed most of the rain to the south we will have a cold start, mid to upper 30's north and west 40's downtown. the 10 mile or mount vernon told town, you could be running into a headwind and the temperatures 40 to 48. the temps could go into the 60's if the sun breaks outcome is still under the atmosphere.

the bigger picture, we have this warm front towards little rock and the midsouth. the system is still too far to the west. now the rain has hit saturday protecting some rain to be about early as midday. now some of the latest information confirmed that the rain will lead up sunday. the last of the upper-level system as well. the futurecast, at this time, pockets of moderate showers. the futurecast forecast, we wrap up the rain in the morning. if we do that early, we could breaking the clouds. could be 44 in washington. the gw 10 miler will be chilly. towards tomorrow, partly cloudy skies, the temps up as the sun pops 66. fortunately, monday, more cloud cover comes back it will be 15 would gusts could be higher. tomorrow will feel warmer compared with today. the seven day, the next likely rain after tonight and tomorrow, wednesday, thursday. by next weekend, we could be over the average for this time of year, the gw 10 miler. if you have plans to run back, the hope is we will be wrapping up the rain. about that time, as the race begins at 8:00 in the morning really

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>> this morning, at least 12 states under flood watch expecting more waist deep water across the midsouth. so again, those flood watches but the rainfall is what i want to warn everybody about. in the pockets of red where you see here in eastern kentucky over into west virginia that's the 2 to 3 inches. you'll have some from mississippi to alabama and a little bit back in northwest louisiana. so that's rainfall but, remember this moves into the northeast so it's going to become rainy 1 to 2 inches. still going to kick your weekend off on a stormy note. more than 140 severe storm reports overnight, nine reported tornadoes and today another area in that elevated risk area that we have to watch for severe storms so george we have a lot of busy weather had morning. >> we sure do. >> next up i talk snow. >> we'll turn to that terror scare in new york city. two women arrested. pierre thomas tracking the case and, pierre officials believe this is one of those homegrown threats inspired by isis. >> reporter: good morning, george. yes, they do and the charges portray the female suspects as mad sci

it moves into the midsouth. look at tennessee, atlanta, on up. throughout the day. highs going to stay down, rain cooled in the 70s. here's some cooling, look at this. behind that storm i was talking about, salt lake goes from 74 today. down to 45 on wednesday for a high, las vegas will be in the low 90s today and go into the upper 60s and low 70s by midweek. >> good morning i am meteorologist mike nicco. sunny and breezy this afternoon. ten degrees cooler from 58 at the coast and 76ants antioch. cooler tomorrow and look at the 70s and 80s on thursday and friday. >> so we did it. we made it to peak of the cherry blossoms in washington, d.c. and this was just about the prettiest scene that we could see. isn't it gorgeous? all that weather by the way brought to you by target. >> oh, that is so nice. >> matches my dress too so i was happy. >> right there. always thinking there, ginger. thank you. >>> have you heard about this, e-cigarette explosions caught on camera. "gma investigates" how the device could put you and people around you in danger. >>

you're about to have a nice day in the northeast but right there in the midwest and parts of the midsouth of rain in the next few days so flood watch back to the south and west. heaviest bull's-eye will fall that yellow 3 to 5 inches so we are looking for that along with remember hail and damaging wind which we will be highlights and not only today but tomorrow's risk which we'll have coming up. where are you from? >> kentucky. >> looks a little cold. don't wo eileen: it is a ttle bitool this morning, but it will be nice today. 70 is the high today. it will be on the eezy side. the wind is out ofof the sth assusuriring the of thisarmer air mass. warm tomorrow. 72 d degrees, but showers and storms possible. showers wrap up early saturday. 50 nine. 63 degrees for easter sunday. for the nats home opener >>> santa cruz california madeline has something to say. >> thank you. i love you. >> ah. that was for grandpa and grandpa and for everyone inside. >> all right, thank you very much ginger. >>> first up on our "gma heat index," new details about reality star teresa guidice's life behind bars

you're about to have a nice day in the northeast but right there in the midwest and parts of the midsouth south and west. you can see where that heaviest bull's-eye will fall, that yellow 3 to 5 inches so we are looking for that along with, remember, hail and damaging wind which we will be highlights and not only today but tomorrow's risk which we'll have coming up. where are you from? >> kentucky. >> kentucky. >> good morning, i am meteorologist mike nicco with the bay area forecast. grab the sunglasses. it will be sunny. calmer. warmer. today and tomorrow. cooling sea breeze is back this weekend. a chance of scattered showers sunday morning. a better chance on tuesday. a lost low-to-mid 70s but san francisco and the cost mid-to-upper 60. tonight we fall into the 40s. the seven-day forecast shows tomorrow is the warmest only 50s and 60 >> santa cruz, california, madeline has something to say. >> thank you. i love you. >> ah, that was for grandma and grandpa and for everyone inside. >> all right, thank you very much, ginger. >>> and first up on our "gma heat index," new details about real

extreme weather happening in the midsouth. maria molina has maps to show us. hey. >> good morning. video to show you. there was a lot of large hail that came down across parts of arkansas and also across parts of oklahoma. take a look at the video. you can see how big the hail was. there are reports some of that was bigger than ping-pong size hail. we're looking at large hail that was there in places across those states. the risk for more sweater is in place yet again today. it's going to include portions of the plains and even all the way up to parts of southern minnesota. a very widespread area that will be looking at the risk for more hail, strong wind gusts and a risk for an isolated tornado or two. that risk continues as we head into tomorrow across portions of the mississippi valley and in to the midwest. temperature wise you're warm across the center of the nation. we have an elevated fire danger in place from new hampshire all the way to north dakota. >> i got an inch of snow at my house yesterday. >> really? >> that was offensive. >> did you have your kids come over and sh