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Chad mars is yers is in the cnn. thank god theyre not in heavily populated areas, but that is a small consolation if it was your farm or home that got trashed. >> thank goodness these were only ef-1, ef-2, so completely survivable if youre on the inside of your home, not in your car, in a small closet on the lowest level but this is what were setting up for today. weather rolling just offshore now atlantic city all the way up toward even long island, we had just a line of showers and thunderstor...

Tropical storm. yesterday was a soaker. even dealt with a lot of severe weather too around the baltimore area, washington, d.c., with scary hours. thankfully we didnt have injury or fatalities with the weak tornados that went through. heres what we did yesterday. we had about seven tornado reports. a bunch were right around baltimore. one over the inner harbor and one out here in kentucky was an f 2, ef-2 with 135-mile-per-hour winds. there is cleanup to be done. whats left of that system is now...

Different. so its a couple shades of gray. 99 point something percent of storms, maybe 99.99%, one out of 1,000 storms, would be unsurvivable. if you are in your house, you are absolutely safe, stay in your home, shelter at home, put as many walls between you and the outside as possible, get in a closet, get some place in e middle of your home, make sure theres not a bunch of bowling ball stuff above your head, get in a safe place, get a bunch of foam or pads or mattresses around you in that mid...

Theres not a bunch of bowling ball stuff above your head, get in a safe place, get a bunch of foam or pads or mattresses around you in that middle. if you get to an f-4 tornado, that middle of the house will still be there. now, f-5, which is 200 miles per hour or greater, then you may lose the whole house and that may be the unsurvivable storm. but out of 1,000 tornadoes we get a year, one might be an f-5. the odds of it hitting a major big city, you know, is pretty low. a car is never the safe...

F-2, but anything greater than about 150 miles per hour, you have to get out of your car. now, the best place to do is to drive up to a store, drive up to somebodys house, and get in that house. not the ditch, because you can get hit by things getting to the ditch. but plan ahead. thats why there are tornado watches in the first place, so that you should have a plan before anything like this even happens. >> but bottom line, if you were stuck, and a lot of people faced this on friday and the pol...

That middle of the house will still be there. now, f-5, which is 200 miles per hour or greater, then you may lose the whole house and that may be the unsurvivable storm. but out of 1,000 tornadoes we get a year, one might be an f-5. the odds of it hitting a major big city, you know, is pretty low. a car is never the safe place to be. when a tornado gets done with a car, theres no place left for you in it. the entire thing is smashed to bits. not an f-1, maybe not even an f-2, but anything greate...

Lets talk about it. with the moore, oklahoma, story, and lets not forget shawnee, oklahoma, an ef-2 came in and killed two people, and then the next day an ef-5 came through and just really tkau phademoliss of moore. it developed and dropped tornados right and left. we understand at least five tornadoes on the ground confirmed. it was the sort of storm that parked itself over oklahoma city and just stayed there. you know, as far as our, you know, our ability to get out of the way,e had a plan in...

Fair weather cumulus cloud to a full blown thunderstorm of 6 0,000 feet in height. were talking about rapid expansion. im sure nasa will release satellite images of these. you see the main three states in the path of the storm. five reported across okhoma. we know, because of so many coming down at a very similar time, the energy from those storms is all taken apart. we think the strength of them between an ef-2 and 3. the 4s and 5s we saw from 12 days ago unlikely because of the sheer number of...

135 miles per hour. we have the mayor of gillespie, john hicks. if youll step in here for us, how lucky do you feel to not have injuries especially now that you see the damage here? >> were especially lucky. many, many people here for a celebration. on a friday night, the town would have been full of people and very serious injuries, im sure. >> you just talked to the national weather service survey team. what do they tell you now? you saw the damage here but its worse in other parts of the town...

Receding everywhere around that flash flooding is just muddy and swampy. and on dirt roads have turned to mud is a recipe for getting stuck. staying on the black top. finally get out of el reno on 66. and we have quite a bit of damage here. completely looks like ef-2 or ef-3 damage. and just sitting in front of me. and a bit of damage to some of the buildings here. you know what we knew, that el reno had the worst of it towards union city. these were the first places that we chased this afternoo...