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>> reporter: this two-headed monster that left two dead and brought heartache to families in this small nebraska town was likely an ef-4. wind speeds up to 200 miles an hour. >> 75% of the town in my opinion is damaged or destroyed beyond repairs. >> reporter: larry nelson, a rye tire retiree, lost everything. >> that was all the house right there. >> reporter: he survived taking cover in a neighbor's basement. it was just like that, huh? >> i don't even -- i looked out. the big tornado was over there. and a little one there. >> reporter: it was so unfair, twin twisters destroying 40 homes, a ...

Tornado to move backwards in a storm system that's moving east. so we were in a safe position and, yes, it was very close but, again, we've been trained how to do this so it wasn't that close for us. >> the governor of nebraska has issued a state of emergency for the entire state right now. have you seen the devastation? have you seen up close the destruction? >> we're on our way and we'll be there shortly and assist with any kind of search-and-rescue we can. just assessing the damage and we'll go from there. >> let me bring chad into this conversation. chad, two tornadoes side by side. you've...

Spin back up into the clouds could come back down at any time. wolf, the storm you're seeing on the screen is now becoming the main tornado. it is still many miles from pender. it is still many miles from thurston. a lot of wide open countryside here. this is the ef-4, possible ef-5 damage. we have debris signatures in the air which means the radar itself is picking up debris in the air. go ahead, ben. >> and left side we have a large tornado, a new tornado that has formed left side of the screen. again -- multiple tornadoes on the ground here. >> how many are you talking about, ben in. >> two...

Stanton. that went away. these chasers were to the east of that tornado, thinking they were in very good shape. all of a sudden, we saw the new tornado signature on the radar. the storm regenerated a tornado about four miles east of that first one. separated from the first one and moved there. this one you're looking at right now is a very large max i tornado. we're looking at ef-3, ef-4 damage that moved through that town. we saw debris in the sky from that town. it is now north of u.s. 275. and the one that you're looking at, you just can't see it to the right if they pan to the right a litt...

But for me to look at that and live on tv, that was live on wolf blitzer show. and it went through pilger, nebraska. at least 175 miles per hour as it went through the town. there are still more watches and warnings tonight. still people watching baseball at the college world series in omaha. and there could be storms even approaching omaha, nebraska. right now, though, the only tornado we know on the ground is heading toward burr well. burrwell nebraska. just north of sergeant, nebraska. in the middle of nebraska, not near omaha but that storm there rotating. widely scattered, but these have ...