nicole lawrence and her two sons were there.ily was having a hard time seeing through the trees just what was coming their way. as the video starts to progress, you can see the tornado -- what they came to learn was a tornado was getting much closer, and you can see the wind starting to suck debris and tvs and other belongings out of their garage. that family ducked for cover, but it was the lawrence family that was inside the house that you see behind me. here is nicole lawrence, who survived this incredible situation. she was in the house, wolf, with her two sons. i walked through the house just a little while ago. i cannot believe you're standing here next to me. >> it's only by god's grace that i'm here. >> reporter: it's hard here at night to give you a sense of what happened inside this house, but there's only one little area of the house that has any ceiling left intact, and it was the bathroom that nicole and her two sons had jumped into. walk us through the moments leading up to that hit. >> 30 minutes prior to it happe

. >> nicole lawrence and her son hit -- hit in a bathtub. she was on the phone with her husband. >> you know your whole family is in a house and you hear an explosion and you cannot get a hold of them. >> a feeling that so many lives through during the storms. but that is the key -- they are still alive. and now trying together the pieces while struggling to start a long and difficult recovery. a process that includes structural engineers and teams going through homes like this one across neighborhoods in north texas before those who lived here can come back in. nbc news, lancaster, texas. >> so scary to see all of those pictures out of texas. that same storm system is lifting to the east. we may even have a severe threat in the mid-atlantic later this afternoon. baltimore looked north of it. it is warming up. 72 is the current temperature. the winds, nw, 16 miles an hour. this afternoon, high temperatures in the mid 70's and maybe a few areas south will get near 80 degrees. clearing skies tonight. thunderstorms could be nearby, though, just

i imagine it's been amazing day for nicole lawrence and two sons.eard, one interesting note her son told me it's for his prom, he found his tuxedo still hanging up in his closet back over here intact. everything clean. so i guess he can go to the prom. >> yes, he can. >> he can still go to the prom. a little bit of good news. >> at least they're okay. physically all right. you can always rebuild. you start from scratch, but at least they have their lives and their family. thank god for that. >>> i want to show our viewers some new video we're getting. taken along the road from ft. worth to arlington. the person who took this had the good sense to pull over. you can see the funnel cloud crossing the highway and crossing. and you can see that the camera is remarkably steady considering what's in front of the lens just down the road. joining us now, the arlington mayor robert cluck. mayor, thanks very much for coming in. how much damage did your community suffer? >> quite a bit. we had about 150, 155 homes, partially destroyed. some totally destroyed.

it has been an amazing day for nicole lawrence and her two sons.y for his prom. he found his tuxedo hanging up in his closet intact. he can still go to the prom. >> physically, they are already. you start from scratch and at least they have their lives and the family for that. thank you to you as well. i want to show new video we are getting. taking it along the road. the person who took this had the sense to pull over and you can see the funnel cloud crossing the highway and cutting along side. they are going off in the background and the camera is remarkably steady considering what's in front of the lens down the road. >> quite a bit we had that 150 and 155 homes and totally destroyed. we had a nursing home that was partially destroyed. you know what, wolf? three people were transported. of those three people, two were okay and is in serious condition. we dodged a huge bullet today. you have seen the video and you understand what happened in arlington, texas. in dallas today. >> i covered a lot of stories like this over the years and there is alw