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Getting it looks like a rainstorm. what are these cars and trucks driving into? we heard reports that a tornado had been spotted and we are hearing the tornado warning affects several major roads down in the dallas-fort worth area. >> reporter: i'm getting reports we are hearing widespread damage around the dallas-fort worth area. widespread damage and destruction. this is from the associated press. we don't have any confirmation. we are just hearing reports. if any indications on the doppler radar we are seeing warnings on top of each other in and around the dallas-fort worth area. the tornad...

So. megyn: you can see that truck on its side. this our affiliate driving closer to the storm as the picture breaks up understandably. we'll check in with them as well as we talk to gregg for another minute. i want to ask you, one of our affiliate is reporting 18-wheelers were being seen thrown into the air by this tornado. would that be -- does that say anything about the strength or power of the twisters? >> reporter: as we saw this tornado move the last 10-15 minute we could see numerous power flashes with power lines being broken. wind speeds 100-plus miles per hour. it's not surprising yo...

Tornado. it's located near lancaster moving towards dallas. what leads to that characterization? >> reporter: usually what result in that characterization is a visual characterization that you have a tornado meeting those characteristics. i think that's what they were seeing, the video from the helicopter there covering this tornado moving into the area. in order for them to characterize it that way i think you have to have visual you characterization. megyn: it's not a term we often hear when we are reporting the storms in progress. it seems like a serious warning. we are look at a large and ...

Tornado. megyn: have you seen that before when you have been watching tornado video? >> reporter: i have not seen something like that. unfortunately when you go inside the funnel sometimes you can see the debris being lifted up and that would be an indicator that we are seeing a tornado doing damage. so maybe we can actually talk about the cleburne area. could you ask where that is in relation to dallas-fort worth. >> it's south of dl has 45 minutes, i believe. it's been spread out. they travel up to dallas. so a lot of new development in that area. down in that area there are a lot of above-g...

Tornado in and around the dallas-fort worth area. i saw pictures indicating a wall cloud and funnel dropping from that wall cloud. not only are we seeing strong rotation, we are seeing video. i believe we have some video earlier on from minutes ago. you can really see that. you see that funnel? you see that dark cloud? so this is johnson county. they are currently under a tornado warning for the next 8 minutes. this is around the dallas-fort worth area. this is not just a cornfield. this is a metropolitan area. this is one of the things we fear the most when we talk about storms is these torna...