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While the Kansas City metro area missed out on severe weather on Friday night, areas north and south saw confirmed tornadoes.

Tornado watch likely Wednesday

And tracked for 250 miles. i mean, typically when you have a tornado, a big, strong tornado, it will go a quarter mile, maybe a half mile. maybe five miles in some spots, but not 250 miles. also, the survey -- the damage survey, did it lift up? did it drop back down or stay on the ground the entire time? that's going to be super unusual and probably will land us in the longest tracking tornado. let's start in arkansas because that's where we saw the first warning, and that was around 5:20 yesterday, and then backing up even further, the storm prediction center sent out these alerts two days be...

Complex behind me. residents telling me they only had a matter of minutes to prepare for this system. the force of this ef-4 tornado so powerful, it muffled the sound of the warning system. the mayor pro tem telling me it's a miracle there weren't even more deaths. >> i just got a lightning strike. >> reporter: blinding rain, lightning and strong winds in marshall. downed trees and power lines, possibly the work of yet another tornado, touching down in the lone star state. last night, patrons inside a chili's restaurant huddling inside a freezer as tornado sirens sound off. a tornado watch sti...

It's a big tornado. big, big, strong tornado. >> reporter: residents in texas are picking up the pieces after a terrifying night of deadly storms. >> i was looking at it. >> reporter: describe it for me. >> it was just a dark funnel, and it was just a big roar. it was really scary. it scared me. i don't scare that easy, but i was scared. >> we have our lives, and i thank god for that. >> reporter: sirens warn residents to take cover as an estimated half dozen twisters kill at least 11 and leave hundreds more homeless. >> my daughter's car is in the kitchen. her car is in the kitchen right now....