el reno area alone thand then he we are just days later on the scene of a devastating tornado. can t seem to catch a break. thanks very much for that. this recent outbreak has been ravaging the central u.s. and there is a chance for more severe storms in that same general area tonight. so we re going to check in with ivan cabrera. and these storms are stretching all the way to the east coast. and i m wondering what can you tell us. they are stretchi ining to t east coast and we re going to continue with the threat tonight. this just came in so i didn t have time to update you, but national weather service has concluded their survey of the el reno tornado and it has been rated as an ef 3. winds of 140 to 145 miles an hour. wind of a category 4 hurricane p you will. as far as it s width, about a football feel. can you imagine that, kind of raking through your neighborhood. that s what we re talking about
but i can not. are you ready? states of hnemergency are in if effect from north carolina all the way to connecticut. it could be a very rough weekend. so let s head right to atlanta and check in with jackqui jeras. once again it s a little later than usual, so i m scrambling to get it all out to you. hurricane watches now posted from the north carolina/virginia border to sandy hook, new jersey. so that includes delaware bay, chesapeake bay. we also have hurricane warnings in effect from little river inlet north carolina northward to sandy hook including delaware way, chesapeake bay, south of smith point. so that includes basically everybody from long island on southward. so this is a developing situation. of course. second thing that s new here that just came in, the intensity of the storm. category 2. look at that number. 110-mile-an-hour winds. the threshold between the two is between 110 and 111. 111 makes it a major hurricane, 110 makes it a think not major hurricane, b