Waking up to Tornado Watches and Warnings

UPDATE: Four tornadoes were reported today, mostly in Missouri. Raw video footage of damaged buildings in Kansas City will be available shortly, at right.

Hard to believe considering it's almost New Years, but our friends in parts of the Southern Plains are covered by Tornado Watches (dark red) and even some Tornado Warnings (bright red), as they wake up this morning.

An impressive line of storms has already setup from central Missouri through northeast Texas. Here's a shot at 8:30 Central Time from our high-resolution Enhanced Radar which is now available on AccuWeather.com:

The SPC [JessePedia] has put up a Slight Risk for severe thunderstorms in a wide area surrounding the Arklatex region (where ARKansas, LA and Texas meet), saying"AT LEAST [FOR] THE FIRST HALF OF THE PERIOD... SEVERE WEATHER WILL REMAIN LIKELY... INCLUDING THE THREAT FOR STRONG/DAMAGING WINDS AND A COUPLE OF TORNADOES."