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Through power lines, throwing a vehicle through the year, catching shocked drivers off guard. the powerful storm leaving behind a large debris path through orange county and thousands without power. senior meteorologist janice dean is here with the fox weather forecast was always scary when you see videos of tornadoes but when you see it like that, through the highway, up close and personal. looks like the wizard of oz. foxweather.com or on it all day doing local alert in the texas area around t...

Powerful winds whipped through memphis. another person died in arkansas. we want to connect with someone from mississippi. hes a storm chaser with tvn weather.com and can speak to us. mike, you were just north of the tornado, but watched it pass directly in front of you. just describe to us what that moment was like. >> well, you know, traffic was pretty rough on the highways because of the holiday traffic. everyone is out doing their last-minute christmas shopping and stuff like that. we had a ...

The key now is to get that data to the authorities as quickly as possible, get the specialists on hand and download the information. >> reporter: perhaps of more concern is the integrity of the crash site itself. in a war zone, maintaining a crime scene is not always the first priority. >> anytime you have an uncontrolled accident site, parts vanish. its just the way it is. we dont want that to happen here. >> reporter: a ten-mile debris path, with clues, answers, and the victims that carry them...

Like loud noise and then the masks fell down and then stuff started to fall down on people and then everyone was screaming. >> so just what will investigators be looking for when they get to the scene. mary, let me start with this, when you listened there to the passengers, anything, when i listen, im a lay person, anything that they said that would make you write down notes say, that is number one. >> the multiple strikes the interesting. there will be a lot of examination and questioning about...

Wreaked. the mayor said he was the mayor back then and it matches what you were telling me earlier tonight. how is it that this storm is so much worse, it technically wouldnt have been as powerful. >> right now, its the width. its how many blocks of homes it took out at the same time. were talking about with this storm, at least, at a time, this was making a debris path of two miles wide as it was bowling its way through the town of moore. let me show you what the people of moore have been throu...

Have lightning blasting all across the sky is just, again, how the scale of it. the widespread destruction, the fact that this thing was -- this monster as a local paper called it was a mile wide. >> right. >> the debris path estimated to be 2 miles wide. and everything in its path was absolutely destroyed. and, unfortunately, mika, as we heard when we were -- when we heard reports coming out of the school hoping for the best news. but there are some people that grew up around here that just sai...

Where do you begin? thats the question. where do you begin on something like this? >> mike, how long was that tornado on the ground? >> well, it was on the ground for just under one hour, linda. it set down just southwest of new castle and then went to that large wedge. and i think the peak width on it was about a mile and a half wide. thats one thing i notice looking at these pictures is the debris path appears to be significantly wider through moore than may 3, 1999. and, again, most of this p...

Working frantically looking here. where do you begin? i mean, thats the question. where do you begin on something like this? >> mike, how long was that tornado on the ground? >> well, it was on the ground for just under one hour, linda. it set down just southwest of -- west of new castle then went to that large wedge. i think the peak width on it was about a mile and a half wide. thats one thing im noticing looking at these pictures is the debris path appears to be significantly wider through mo...

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