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Multiple horses going around a two-mile, 2 1/2-mile circulation moving right toward el reno. and they know that some of those vortices had winds of 295. remember, moore was only 210. this was stronger than moore. the good news is there wasnt a lot to hit. it hit this building right back here. this is ef-3 damage, not ef-5. the ef-5 out in the field with nothing to hit. >> i saw one figure that said it was 2.6 miles wide at one point. in perspective, manhattan, the island of manhattan is 2.3 mile...

Like that. where moore was 210, this was 295. damage would have been astronomical. >> reporting live from el reno, oklahoma. still ahead in "newsroom," a jury arrives at a verdict, but a family still searching for answers. details in the shocking trial of a woman called the female james bonds. uh-oguess what day it is!is?? huh...anybody? julie! hey...guess what day it is?? ah come on, i know you can hear me. mike mike mike mike mike... what day is it mike? ha ha ha ha ha ha! leslie, guess what...

About, two teams of scientists with doppler on the back of pickup trucks spinning around found wind speeds of almost 300 miles per hour. now, those woininds never hit anything. so we dont have house thats are missing because theres so much empty space here. but what we know, anderson, think about this. think about about a two-mile-wide carousel with horses going around and around. going around at 185 miles per hour. and then take those horses and spin them at 110 miles per hour. thats what this ...

Vortices had winds of 295. remember, moore was only 210. this was stronger than moore. the good news is there wasnt a lot to hit. it hit this building right back here. this is ef3 damage, not ef5. the ef5 out in the field with nothing to hit. >> i saw one figure that said it was 2.6 miles wide at one point. in perspective, manhattan, the island of manhattan is 2.3 miles wide. what could this have done in a more populated area? >> it would have taken out -- everything would have looked just like ...

In perspective, manhattan, the island of manhattan is 2.3 miles wide. what could this have done in a more populated area? >> it would have taken out -- everything would have looked just like moore except it would have been twice as wide. and even stronger damage because at 295 there was much more in there. at 210, 220, 230, 240, where moore stopped at 210, the damage would have been worse than moore and it would have been wider than moore and pretty much longer than moore. 16 or so miles long. t...

Joins us. the tornado was upgraded today from an ef3 to an ef5. that really caught me by surprise. does that mean in terms of power? i mean, why was it upgraded? >> reporter: because doppler on wheels, scientists, storm chasers that we talk so much about, two teams of scientists with doppler on the back of pickup trucks spinning around found wind speeds of almost 300 miles per hour. now, those winds never hit anything. so we dont have houses that are missing because theres so much empty space he...

So much. i know its been a tough year for you as well. thu thanks. meteorologist chad myers is in oklahoma city. we heard there were three tornadoes that touched down. is that the kind of storm damage youre seeing? >> absolutely. no doubt about t not up to the ef-4 damage and certainly nowhere near moore, what happened there, approaching the 210-mile-per-hour mark on some of those houses. we went and explored those houses yesterday. clean-up is going okay, but okay is just a relative term. wha...

Farther to the north of east. the storm yesterday traveled south of due east, which put several people in the way. another storm system developed behind that, another behind that. by the time we were done, miguel, we put 210 miles on our vehicle just trying to get away from these cells that kept coming at us and coming at us. we would have literally driven 80 miles. maybe less. maybe 40, had the storms gone in the proper direction of the northeast. one would have gone by. we would have waited. a...

>> the real problem was, lets be honest, i was up at the top every time. i wasnt getting a lot of help. >> who is that? >> heres the thing. im a big man. >> youre big. >> im about 64", 210. that is asking a lot. >> willie. >> will, you, please, catch him. who is up there not catching you? >> there were a couple tough mudder guys who eventually stepped in to help me and then yanked me up there. i think this is the one where i finally get up there. >> looks like a recipe for a -- >> there we go. t...

Jenna: well now to the fox weather alert. were tracking the threat of some severe storms and get this, in parts of the country really already damaged by tornadoes. so not a great path for some these storms. meteorologist maria molina is with us and will tell us where the storms are going. >> hi, good to see you. youre absolutely right. were talking about some areas that have already been hit hard by tornadoes not even within the past two weeks. talking about the town, moore, oklahoma, they were ...