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First responders could come. but there's insulation as kaylee said where she is in the trees. this is the metal roof of this mobile home thrown against trees here. a lot of damage here. we know from the national weather service that they say that there is enough damage based on what they've seen so far that they expect that this was an ef-3, at least one of the tornadoes, meaning the winds at 136 miles per hour. they will be trying to see if the winds are even stronger. we're waiting just minutes from an update from officials in lee county. >> victor blackwell on the ground in lee county. join...

What i saw yesterday was that there were ten separate cells all at one time all producing tornado warnings from different storms. you don't see that a lot. you see that in oklahoma and kansas in an outbreak or in ohio in 1974. you don't see ten tornadoes on the ground all at one time. dixie alley getting that reputation because of humidity from the gulf coast and cold air that is making snow in boston. they got together to make 36 tornadoes, maybe less because probably one or two of those tornadoes was like the same one just looked at from a different direction. let's get to this ef-3, ef-4 no...

More insulation, parts of a home. now i say a home because there's no way to know which home in this neighborhood any of this came from. of course we assume that came from this mobile home because it's particular window pain that's on home we're seeing. but we know from the national weather service that the winds were expected here to have been of an ef-3, at least they say at this point, that means 136 miles per hour could be stronger. we're seeing a lot of this as well, uprooted trees across this area. i can see at least about a half dudsen from where i dozen from where i'm standing. we'll s...

Let me take you there. this is the tin roof that's been thrown across 100, wrapped around the trees here. and the winds here so strong that just from looking at the pictures preliminarily, the national weather service says this appears to be an ef-3 meaning winds at 136 miles per hour. maybe up to 165. we'll tell you what we're not seeing, debris in the road. that's because crews worked all evening, as late as they could without power here, to clear the roads. we've seen dozers being brought in. the power trucks will be here. the search and rescue efforts continue as well. let me take you to t...

>> reporter: we're looking at five tracks, but the most significant was across the macon county, lee county line. we're looking at possibly an ef-3 tornado, perhaps stronger. we're going to find out when we get down and do an onsite storm survey tomorrow. >> and i know there are teams heading that direction. if you think it's at least an ef-3, what kind of damage are you expecting? >> reporter: unfortunately, there were homes that were completely destroyed, trees that were snapped off. we have seen some indication of debarking of trees, which is really a signal of a violent tornado. one of the...