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Tornado covering the path of about 250 miles and that will be the longest single track tornado and what's also unusual is we don't get tornadoes in the month of december however, ef-4 tornadoes have only occurred 19 times in the us in the month of december going back to 1950 ef-5 tornadoes only twice the most recent 1957 we still have to get confirmation whether these storms were that strong, but looking at some of the damage we've seen down there, certainly a possibility. there is a threat of severe weather tonight. tornadoes will likely be as strong along the southeast and northeast, however...

Church. what i have shown you so far this morning is so far one block. i can tell you this goes on throughout the entire town. we're in kind of the downtown area of mayfield and i have not seen a single building at least in downtown mayfield that survives this, probably i don't know repair. if you go a mile from here, there are some areas, residential areas that look completely untouched. if you go in the other direction we haven't been able to get to just yet, those houses are wiped off down to just the slab. that is likely indicative of a ef-3, excuse me, ef 4 or ef-5 tornado. we haven't had...

Contrast of temperatures, 80 in memphis, 30 in minneapolis, that's where you see this very volatile weather pattern. let's show you a rewind of the radar last night. in all my years doing this, i've never seen a tornado outbreak quite as destructive as this. we saw about 150 tornado warnings right across this area. you can see the map painted in red, and those are all the tornado reports. 38 tornado reports. one tornado in particular could have been on the ground, possibly, we're going to get an assessment on that, 240 miles, which would break the record for the tornado on the ground for the l...

Disasters. the national weather service will go out and individually investigate each tornado that touched down to determine how strong it actually was. some of the preliminary reports showing winds in excess of 250 kilometers per hour. that makes it what is called an ef-3 tornado. that is an enhanced fujita scale. that is a scale that we use to show the destruction of the wind associated with tornados. but believe me, it actually goes higher than ef-3. you can see ef-4 to ef-5, which obviously corresponds to devastating to catastrophic damage with winds in excess of 322 kilometers per hour. a...

Confirmed at a higher level, maybe an ef-4, ef-5. going into edwardsville and defiance in illinois, we also have ef-3 damage possible here as well. when i say more than ef-3, we're talking ef-4, ef-5, which is devastating to incredible damage and winds in excess of 200 miles possibly. 200 miles per hour. >> wow. yeah, that is very powerful. tyler malden, thank you so much. after the break, we will get an update from kentucky emergency manager michaels doss with the latest on the recovery efforts. umpirere: ball! good eye! good eye! eyes are good for lots of thingsgs. like reading! be the bes...