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Storms i have three children as well, so i mean, i want to be around as long as possible, so you know, i take precautions when i'm entering into these types of situations. i see them on radar. i notice them on radar. i got a little better idea of where they're at, but then i try and pinpoint them, yes, within the lightning. a lot of times these storms are rain wrapped, and if you look at one of the videos you can see that it was completely rain wrapped in the beginning. i don't know what video it was, but there is video there that you can see as it crosses i-55, you see a lot of rain around th...

Until about 8:00 a.m. eastern time, which is 7:00 a.m. their local time. want to bring in now michael gordon who's been following this story on the ground from missouri specifically i believe caruthersville is how we pronounce it. you can correct me if i'm wrong. that's the southern part of the state. we're going to show you some video you took of one of the storms and kind of tell us what you saw. >> well, i watched the storm for a while on the radar and moved back trying to stay out of the rain, and started to see it started moving more easterly and not northeasterly. as it was going north f...

It, the tornado from arkansas to mayfield and on. and i believe that it traveled at a very fast speed as well. when i intercepted the tornado on i-55, it was moving at a very fast pace. it was very violent. it it had a lot of power. and to see what it did up here, i don't even think here in mayfield, i don't even think it was at that level when i intercepted it. so it grew on its way north, this, the damage here is unbelievable.

When it crossed i-55, i believe. near haiti and carruthersville. and i got to this area, it was flashing lights in every direction. trees down. roads impassible. it looked like a war zone. what you're seeing behind me is nothing from what goes on for the next four or five miles. it looks like what's behind me, all the way through town. >> that is very difficult to hear, michael. just a devastating scene, as you noted, outside of this candle factory in mayfield, kentucky, that looks like a junkyard. and as michael noted, search and rescue teams are doing

Three crashes Monday