Editor’s Note: Wednesday afternoon, the National Weather Service confirmed at least one tornado touched down Tuesday near Wheatfield, Indiana, with peak winds near 110 mph, ranking as an EF-1 in intensity.

Supercell thunderstorms and tornadoes brought devastation to several central states earlier this week, and the danger is far from over.

A NWS storm survey has confirmed an EF-2 tornado in Starke County, IN west of Knox. This tornado is associated with the same parent supercell that spawned the Kankakee, IL-Lake Village, IN EF-3 tornado and the Wheatfield, IN EF-1 tornado on the evening of March 10th.

Weather experts explain the science behind the rapidly-developing twisters, and how just the right conditions had to be in place for it to happen.

Following Tuesday's destructive tornadoes, more severe thunderstorms are now sweeping eastward through the South and the mid-Atlantic states. Get the latest on the severe outbreak's impacts and forecast here.

Based on the debris left behind in Aroma, Park, the tornado in Kankakee County Tuesday night was large and destructive. This is how we can tell, and the science behind why it happened.

It was the deadliest day for tornadoes in Michigan since 1980, according to NWS records. The intensity of this outbreak also set records. Union City’s tornado, rated as a powerful EF-3 with wind speeds to 160 mph, is the earliest EF-3 tornado to have occurred in a Michigan calendar year.