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Lines. this area is served by an electric cooperative. we have seen their trucks out and around. >> we saw, scott, a truck come in here just about ten minutes ago. we know they're in the area, working to get lights on. is there any way to tell if this is straight line winds, any way to note from the damage? >> a little hard to say, it is dark, it is early into it. obviously the damage is significant. it is not just here, the subdivision behind had damage. one of the things i was talking with neighbors there, they said we think -- what was that? >> need to get to mike roberts. >> mike, go ahead...

Over here because so much is in the dark. >> nbc's janet shamlian, i see lightning behind you, take cover. stay safe out there, see you soon. thank you. >> let's go to the missouri highway patrol, they're under a tornado watch as well, already received some storm damage. thank you for being on the phone with us. tell us what your day has been like and what you're seeing now. >> pretty much started this evening around 7:00 when we got the high winds, not sure if they were straight line winds or tornadoes at this point. we have a lot of road closures there, situations where we have vehicles turn...

Moore area as the storm is moving southeast at about 25 to 30 miles per hour. not only are we dealing with the torrential downpours an tornado force winds but we also have straight line winds which the different is, you know, instead of rotating winds that come at you from the east and as it moves by from the west, these are just direct line winds at about 90 miles per hour right now. those are enough to create serious damage. we are also getting golf ball-sized hail. you can see the first warning now expired but the second one south of that, we at times have reports of softball sized hail. so...

In an area north of detroit this is morris township, that's north of flint as you can see, lots of widespread damage. there was a tornado warning issued right before this hit. we don't know if a tornado hit down. it could be straight line winds, very strong winds. can you see uprooted trees. some buildings are destroyed, officials have set up a command center in a church. when we know more about how this damage was caused and if there are injuries or if these people need help, we'll take back to southeast michigan, but, wow, be careful today. tonight. country singer blake shelton will hold a...

To the east. there's dallas and waco to the north, extreme northern along the county line where we have the fertilizer plant and i'm expecting those winds to be very gusty out of the south between 25 and 30 miles an hour. the only thing that's going to happen when those line of storms roll through is the winds are going to shift to the north but remain very gusty. not only through the day, we're probably not going to get the winds to relax until friday afternoon. but they will shift very early in the day from the south to the north and west. as that squall line moves through, heavy rain, large...