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Vilonia. and again, this storm system we know when you pad this sort of a damage that we saw on the ground with this ef3 scale sort of damage, winds upwards of, say, 200-plus miles per hour possible with such storms coming down. there it is. little rock, capital city of the state of arkansas. about 22 miles to the north is mayflower, population here 2,3 hupp people. 24 miles to the north and east is vilonia, population here 3,800 people. tornado on the ground from that point all the way to this point. and when you see the scale of the damage left behind you know when the sun comes up and more ...

Past couple hours. this went skipping across a lake, back into another town and then continued toward the area that we think was hit harder than this. from my estimations this is an f-3. the building is standing. outside of the walls are gone. the inside is still there. this is why we always tell you get on the inside of the house, put as many walls between you and the outside as possible because the outside wall may go away. the inside walls typically other than f-5 tornado will still stand and you will be safe if you are on the inside of that home, carol. >> there are more storms on the way ...

Trotting. >> amy kellogg live in rome with a recap of today's historic events. thank you, amy. parts of north carolina cleaning up this morning with more than 200 homes destroyed in the tornado that touched down there on friday. 16 people were hurt. a tornado was also confirmed in pitt county. it will be another dangerous day. we'll check in with rick on the latest on that. >> interesting the tornado in north carolina, it was the first ef-3 tornado. >> what does that mean? >> how strong they are, they are rated on an ef-0 to ef5. ef-5 is the strongest tornado. we have not had any ef-3s so fa...

Moines. also extreme pargts of western kansas. in norman, that goes until 7:00. here in little rock, we have a very high risk of tornadoes. some of these could be strong tornadoes, ef-3 or stronger, and long track. some of these will touch down likely after sundown, the most dangerous time of the day, because you can't see them coming. and people go to sleep and they don't know if there's a warning or not. a lot to be concerned with, especially later this afternoon, through tonight. this is just not a one-day event, alex. we'll have severe weather in the deep south tomorrow into the atlantic s...

Take a look at. this on the average, we would have 374 tornadoes. this year we have 119. two days ago we had the first ef-3 tornado. we have had no fatalities from tornadoes. generally we have 50 each year. so it's been very quiet, but that's changing. we have very warm air across parts of the plains with these temps today feeling very warm. it's also humid. and we have a big storm that's pulling in from the west. and that's going to change everything. already this morning, some severe weather to be had across parts of kansas in to oklahoma. two severe thunderstorm watch boxes up in effect unt...