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Of a tornadic super cell that carved a path more than 200 miles long. one of at least 34 tornadoes reported across eight states. a very rare december outbreak. at least 90 lives feared lost. but they're not giving up hope here tonight that they will find some of those people who are still missing. crews are still combing the wreckage for survivors in what is the deadliest tornado outbreak in this nation in more than a decade. here in mayfield, the county courthouse hollowed out, the clock tower also gone. the largest loss of life at the candle factory here, now flattened. workers on the late s...

Homes in the neighborhood are even standing. and the message sitting among the debris. stay home, stay safe. this is where his family huddled to survive. >> wasn't nothing even really touched in there. so we was pretty lucky. >> there is so much need here. it's overwhelming. we meet the young people bringing food. so you guys were all okay, and then you got out and started driving around and you just saw it. >> yeah, like i mentioned before, we missed it by a half a mile. it could have destroyed everything we got so we feel like it's our duty to come out here and help the people that were affe...

That comes from the storm prediction center. so that was alerted on friday. and that's where we really took note of some strong storms that are going to come through, and what happens with these storms is, we know we have the ingredients, we know they're going to move through, we just don't know where it's going to hit. so, this is what happened here. this is a tornado outbreak. you can see they really blossomed. 36 tornado reports. that doesn't really mean 36 tornados, it means 36 tornado reports, meaning the tornados, as they go through towns and cities, you get the reports of these tornados...

That is the first tornado warning was issued. then we tracked that storm. that one individual super cell for four hours. i paused it here when it hit mayfield, kentucky. that was right around 9:30 p.m. the tornado issue just 20 minutes before that. everything was going off. they knew they were under a tornado emergency. it was extremely rare. you get a tornado emergency. everyone was getting families to the sturdy shelter. factories, in this portion of the country, they should have a safe room in the candle factory. we hope that was the case. everyone was rushing to where they were going. it w...

Warnings for people on the ground? >> sometimes we'll have cases that it was like wow, we didn't know this was coming. the tornado came out of the blue. we had no warning. we've all seen interviews like that. this was on the ground for almost three hours before it hit mayfield. i've been working on an image here. weather 6, i'll actually show you. the first tornado warning for this storm was right around 5:40, if you want to throw weather 6 maps up. you see where jonesboro, arkansas, is located up there. right around searcy is the beginning of this storm. that's around 5:40 p.m. central time. ...