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Kicking up. we also have a solid stationary front in the area. and along the warm sector, there's a lot of humid air out there so we have storms kicking up in the last several hours. these are the tornado watches in effect, stretching from the dakotas all the way down through texas, and even in new england we're seeing a lot of severe weather, reports of damage in the new england area as well. taking you into some of the warnings, notice we're starting to see very severe weather developing, especially in through oklahoma city. unfortunately, very heavy rain kicking through the area. something ...

The moderate risk area is in oklahoma, kansas and down through texas. that involves over two million of you this evening. the problem, some of these tornadoes are rain wrapped. they're very difficult to see. it's really not the only concern. here's the typical setup that we continue to watch. it's that warm, moist air. it is really dry air. it merges. so along the dry line, we see the storms fuel up there. you add the jet stream with the low. currently we're looking at the watch boxes here. look at this huge swath. we're talking big section of the country dealing with the tornado watches until...

Tornado where it had touched down? and how did you know that this was something that was extraordinarily different than what you seen and experienced before? >> well, initially, we were about 200 to 300 yards from the initial rotation, southeast of the actual touchdown. how i knew it was a little different from the ones we've seen in the past, eastbound yesterday when we saw three tornadoes, this one went from just a small tornado to a fairly large ef-2. and probably a two-mile stretch. then it just continued to widen as it went further. you know, at about ten minutes past, it actually touchin...

We needed to turn around and escape immediately we knew we'd be able to do so. >> you have to watch out for debris, and sometimes that debris can be farm animals. it can be anything. it can be roofs, trees. and as we're looking at the video, the video you shut just a moment ago. we saw rain. was that hail? tell us what you see when it's that close. what's jetting by you, speeding by you? >> that's definitely all the rain. with the storms today, they were kind of getting wrapped up into the supercell so there was a lot of rain. a lot of time the tornado was getting rain-wrapped. that's a lot of...

We'll ride the side of the fun he will. panning back down. >> so once again, this is a very strong stove pipe tornado. visibility was clear in this instance. it was not strongly rain wrapped. but that may not be the case today as we once again start to see the severe weather develop through the afternoon. keep in mind you may not see it, may not be an open field. in fact it could be in the tree line and rain wrapped. so please pay attention to your noaa weather radio and your surroundings out there today. >> after seeing that i'm sure people will heed the warnings. indra petersons, thanks. t...