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Like this. by far, the worst thing i've ever witnessed. >> and so, reynolds, these are super tornadoes, make the distinction for us. what separates a super from a regular tornado? >> reporter: what separates a super tornado from your average tornado is a super tornado is what they refer to on the fujita scale, an ef-4 or 5 and they're incredibly powerful and so incredibly rare. most are on the ef-0 to ef-3. many don't last very long, they are very weak. they form very quickly and dissipate within seconds, most of them. this one was truly one of the exceptions. this is a very large tornado that...

Rotating thunderstorm and at times we didn't know how they did it. it was so difficult to keep your eye on six different tornadoes. >> these are new pictures from pleven gro plevent grove. when you look at the piblgts what is your sense of the kind of power of tornadoes that whipped through this area? >> there's a scale. it used to be a damage scale, a wind scale, and it's gone back and forth and what it really is. here's how i see it. if you're talking about an f-0 and talking in the 80 to 100-mile-per-hour range, probably les, you lose shingles and the roof. you might be able to look down in...

North carolina. they'll send out storm crews and estimate what this may be. they're saying already an ef-3 tornado report from one of these systems that raked across east, central north carolina. glasgow, virginia. that's the east coast of virginia. aerial pictures from our affiliate there, and it looks like total devastation. we'll continue to see these results anywhere from ef-0 to ef-5. just to give you some idea, back in 2003, there was a two-day total of 400 tornado reports. in three days we had 240-plus tornadoes reported from oklahoma to north carolina. i want to show you this quickly. ...

A gas leak in the area and the damage is rather extensive. we also hear there's damage at the high school there. this was possibly the same tornado or at least same parent storm that caused some damage in crowley, louisiana, just before this. that was estimated as an ef-0. we've been keeping our eye on new orleans, as well a. severe thunderstorm warning just expired so the immediate threat is over with now but you have a flood advisory. lots of standing water in the area and a tornado watch in effect across the area until 4:00 local time. here you can see the radar and that line of storms now ...

Warning of possible layoffs soon. the dispute over the state budget has sparked weeks of protests. we're told filmmaker michael moore joined today's march. more than a dozen senate democrats have fled the state to prevent a budget vote. a major storm system in the southeast has brought reports of a tornado outside of baton rouge and downpours on the mardi gras celebrations causing some of them to have to be postponed, moved. jacqui jeras is joining us from the severe weather center to tell us about all of that. was there a tornado? >> yes, the national weather service confirming a tornado bu...