A tornado outbreak is underway today, bringing severe weather impacts to millions of people across the United States. Several tornadoes have already been confirmed, including one in Owasso, Oklahoma that ripped roofs off of homes and tore trees from the ground.

The system is expected to trigger multiple strong tornadoes followed by several days of excessive rain that could trigger widespread flooding from Texas to Ohio.

Forecasters issued some of their rarest and most extreme alerts on Wednesday as they warned a powerful storm system would stall over the central part of the country.

Residents of eastern Arkansas, western Tennessee, and western Kentucky prepare for a rare high-risk tornado outbreak as severe storms are forecasted this Wednesday.

The National Weather Service has placed Johnson County under a moderate risk of severe weather for Wednesday. A moderate risk is the second-highest level on the weather service’s severe thunderstorm risk categories, and indicates there will likely be widespread severe storms that could be “long-lived” or intense.

Up to 72 million from Texas to Michigan are under severe storm risk as heavy rain, flash flooding and strong tornadoes are forecast to hit the Lower Ohio Valley and Mid-South.

A tornado outbreak is expected Wednesday and Wednesday night from parts of the lower Mississippi Valley into the mid-South and lower Ohio Valley, including the threat of multiple long-track EF-3 or stronger tornadoes.

Amidst the wreckage of their tornado-leveled home, a Missouri couple is clinging to a bittersweet discovery carried miles and miles away by the fury of nature.

The Mississippi Delta town of Rolling Fork was devastated by an EF-4 tornado in 2023. The town was hit by another small tornado Sunday night.

A tornado watch is already in effect for much of Oklahoma as another round of severe storms moves through the state Wednesday morning.