9am Wednesday, Mega Storm Overview

Reminder of the colors:

• Yellow is a tornado watch.
• Deep magenta are flash flood warnings.
• Orange is blizzard warnings, which include part of central Nebraska that are covered by the flood warnings.
• Light greens are flood warnings.
• Dark greens are flood watches.
• Gray are dense fog advisories
• Blue are avalanche warnings
• Purple are winter weather advisories

What a storm! It is literally one for the record books. Here excepts of CNN's online coverage:

Home in Denver covered in snapped trees and downed power lines.

Yes: they are rescuing rescuers. So far, only one fatality, a state trooper doing a rescue, has been reported.

ADDITION: In re: the tornado watch above, two tornado warnings in effect as of 9:34am in western Kentucky and far southern Illinois. Blue dot is tornado location as of 9:24am.

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