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Before the day is out. megyn: how unusual is it for a tornado or tornadoes to hit such a metropolitan area. >> reporter: if you are going to see one in dallas-fort worth it will probably be april. so that happened before. and unfortunately they are happening again. megyn: i don't know if you can see our screen. it looks like a parking lot, truck yard right off the interstate. but the water damage and flooding appears to be significant. >> reporter: these storms had a significant amount of rainfall before the tornado came through. that's usually the case. this tornado looked like it crossed i20...

Cleburne area. i suspect the tornado warnings are going on now. megyn: what's the story behind these storms? >> reporter: it's a slow-moving system, an upper-level low ejected from the rock why is. the same scenario we have seen the last couple weeks. they issued a tornado watch. we have abundant moisture and the temperatures in this area have been very, very unseasonable. in regard to temperatures, 70s, 80s, close to 90 degrees. the type of storm system you would see in the late springtime. this is tornado alley. this is something we would typically see this time of year. but we have seen inc...

Set with me about his experience living in this region and how plate is and how the ground saturate so quickly. so you do see a fair amount of flooding, hydroplaning. and it's another danger on the ground. >> the area he's talking about goes up through garland along i75, plan oh, -- plano, texas. i have driven through one of these accidentally in a convertible. it can come up on you. you have to be careful. and the truckers, a lot of them that are listeners to my show. they worry, do they stay still or try to get somewhere. a large surface area, you can have a fatal situation. megyn: as someon...

Tornado. it's located near lancaster moving towards dallas. what leads to that characterization? >> reporter: usually what result in that characterization is a visual characterization that you have a tornado meeting those characteristics. i think that's what they were seeing, the video from the helicopter there covering this tornado moving into the area. in order for them to characterize it that way i think you have to have visual you characterization. megyn: it's not a term we often hear when we are reporting the storms in progress. it seems like a serious warning. we are look at a large and ...

Tornado. megyn: have you seen that before when you have been watching tornado video? >> reporter: i have not seen something like that. unfortunately when you go inside the funnel sometimes you can see the debris being lifted up and that would be an indicator that we are seeing a tornado doing damage. so maybe we can actually talk about the cleburne area. could you ask where that is in relation to dallas-fort worth. >> it's south of dl has 45 minutes, i believe. it's been spread out. they travel up to dallas. so a lot of new development in that area. down in that area there are a lot of above-g...