The dangerous outbreak begins today and will sweep through the Midwest, South and East through the weekend.

A dangerous setup for tornadoes is expected to come together beginning late Friday afternoon and continuing into early Sunday morning. Several strong tornadoes are possible Friday afternoon into early Saturday from Iowa and Illinois into Missouri, western Kentucky, Arkansas, western Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama. Saturday into early Sunday the threat focuses in the South where a tornado outbreak is possible. Numerous significant and possibly long-track tornadoes may develop across Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, the Florida Panhandle, Georgia and Tennessee. Find the latest details here.

Extreme winds flipped trucks and kicked up blinding dust, shutting down highways in Texas and causing issues across New Mexico and Oklahoma. With visibility near zero and conditions worsening, officials feared more pile-ups would begin to choke roadways.

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Here's what we're seeing so far from this massive storm system.