Days on end of a severe weather outbreak walloping the south-central United States will on May 2 stretch up through Tennessee and Kentucky with "intense clusters of thunderstorms," forecasters said.

SOME OF THOSE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE. AND IN FACT, YESTERDAY EVENING’S UPDATE, THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER UPGRADED OUR SEVERE STORM RISK LEVEL TO A LEVEL ...

But the deputy was then caught in a current and "became trapped in a life ... "Thunderstorms will also spread into the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys on Thursday. Some storms could be severe." ...