there. one in particular is a town called powderly, that s in lamar county. that s a town of 1,000 people. they re saying that the town was essentially entirely damaged. some homes and businesses were destroyed. we ll have to see that national weather service in these local areas will go out and evaluate what they think the intensity of these tornadoes were. and we will know that by tomorrow. but we can see just how devastating it is. there you go. that looks like a rope tornado. and even though that doesn t sound menacing at all, these rope tornadoes can be quite impactful. they can grow in intensity. and be kind of more of a classic cone-shaped tornado. but this was very common across that northeastern quadrant of texas and in oklahoma. and if you re not used to the idea of tornadoes occurring this time of year, it is the second peak season of tornadoes. the first being in the
ahead. i have no doubt that everyone will pull together. it will take a lot of time and a lot of effort. reporter: alex, as you can see this is one of the toys someone got for christmas tossed here among the rubble. texas is getting it this weekend. we have a blizzard out to the west. 16 inches of snow expected with 60 mile-per-hour wind. tornadoes in north texas, a tornado watch in east texas, and we could get snow mixed with this rain later tonight. alex, back to you. you know what, charles, i know you have lived in the neighborhood there in that community for a long time. have you ever seen anything like this with tornadoes? reporter: we see a lot of rope tornadoes, skinny tornadoes that come and dip and tear up a neighborhood. but we haven t seen one a wedge tornado like this in a long time. especially one around the christmas time, hard time to have your house blown apart like
as big. that is coming down. imagine that . gregg: it the head it could kill you. heather: as you say you have to be very, very careful. gregg: i lived in kansas and i went through self not only tornadoes but hailstorms and i tell you, the property damage and the injuries at the hospitals were unbelievable and we will talk about how to handle a situation like this from an emergency medical standpoint. look at that hail. again, it is no overstatement that something like that following from the sky hitting you in the head could kill you. heather: hail, heavy rain, possibility of flooding, strong wind in excess of 60 miles per hour and tornadoes and rope tornadoes, wedge tornadoes,