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Incredible damage in parts of illinois in and around the peoria area, in and around washington, illinois where we have seven confirmed tornadoes. these are all tornado warnings that have happened within the last hour or so and damage that looks like it could be an ef-4 that moved through around the washington, illinois area. the damage is incredible. i just hope that folks took shelter when the warnings went out. and then moving up towards the north and east, several tornado warnings in and around manhattan and wilmington and braceville as well. so it's going to be a particularly dangerous sto...

Into northwestern, kentucky and into parts of tennessee. some may be the same tornado touching down multiple times. i want to point out, we have a number of watches out, tornado watches. please listen to the weather radio. and if a warning is issued, take cover immediately. especially if you are in a mobile home. i want to point out what we have heard out of washington county, illinois. not the city of washington. where we just heard mr. monken speak. but there is about an hour outside of st. louis in washington county. an ef-4 tornado. that is the assessment of the damage that occurred there ...

It's not going to get worse for you. everybody else, they're still trying to pick up pieces through here. about -- i'll say 20, it could be 20 to 30. a 30-mile wide f-4 tornado sat over your house for 30 minutes as the eye rolled from one side to the other. that's what these people dealt with. even in america, an f-4 tornado goes by and hits your house for eight seconds and it's gone. this was a lumbering storm over these areas not just for ten seconds but more tens of minutes. once you lose a board and a shingle and another and another. and there will be little standing in this damage path. >...

Goes at the indianapolis 500. and you get hit by winds or waves or boards or shingles coming off the roofs. there's a lot more damage but we can't show you because we don't have the pictures yet. >> category 5, that's the highest. but this is probably a lot higher than that? >> it's like saying my car can't go more than 120 because that's where my speedometer says. catsgoer 5 starts at 1 56 and goes up. we're 40 miles per hour over what a category 5. we're talking about ef-4 tornado that was ten or 20 miles wide, that ripped a swath right across the country. and then around that ef-1, 2 damage...

More from abc's ginger zee. violent, large tornado. >> reporter: we know that colossal tornado in nebraska was ef-4. winds 170 miles an hour. ripping across the earth for 19 miles. >> oh, god! >> reporter: it crushed the airport, destroyed ten homes and sent a dozen people to the hospital. >> the tornado was right in front of her house. >> reporter: the same cold front that kicked up the tornado did this to louisville. more than a half foot of water falling in just hours. basements full of floating furniture. >> we had 17 inches in our living room. >> reporter: this man's said the flooding f...