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Some of those that were behind us, like i said, the tornado actually passed about a half mile behind us, but the winds were so strong around it, thats where all the debris came from, but some chasers werent lucky enough to go south than we did and got their vehicle flipped. >> brandon, one last question, will you get out there again? >> yes, ill be out there again. ill get the jeep fixed up and well go out, but definitely a little humbled and just a good reminder that mother nature is the strong...

Miles south of that damage path so our thoughts and prayers definitely go out to the people out here in oklahoma city and south of oklahoma city in moore, because it is going to take years to rebuild. it looks like a war zone out there. this tornado took a hard turn and tornadoes that are this strong, you can see how volatile those vortices can be and scientifically in terms of tornadoes its right near the ground, the suction vortices, its a big mystery how fast the wind speeds can get in the su...

>> i was astounded by some of the things. this was actually a storm that was very well warned for, the national weather service did an excellent job with the storm. the weather service was crystal clear to stay off the roads after 4:00 p.m. yesterday and yet there were some misinformation being put out there, bad decisions being made so i think were in an era where we have to not only look at our meteorological and technological advances which we will continue to do but we have to improve upon o...

Brett, turn the car around! lets get ready! large tornado, large tornado right there. oh, man, thats a good one right there. debris in the air, oh, no. >> imagine being that close to that storm. its crazy. and thats what storm chasers do. that was brandon sullivan who you heard. he and his crew they were right on the edge of the storm. >> now by crew we mean his roommate and best friend brett who was driving and some guy who came in from out of town to watch one of these. thats the crew.

Yesterday 23 reports, those were unfiltered reports of tornadoes. get around st. louis, very heavy rainfall and the mississippi river is filling up as we speak. oklahoma city over six inches of rain. back to you. >> karen maginnis hopefully june will be kind to oklahoma. five tornadoes touched down here oklahoma city. nick valencia is in el reno. what does it look like now that daylight is there? >> reporter: yeah, alison, sorry our shot technology but this is what it looks like around us, a bun...

Least five tornadoes touched down near oklahoma city. our nick valencia is in el reno. nick, whats it look like there? i think were having a problem getting nick. well try to go back to him. karen maginnis, any threats of concern today? >> we have a risk in an area where we could see some thunderstorms, could produce an isolated tornado but we think the real risk today is going to be the heavy rainfall, lots of lightning and maybe some wind damage. cant rule out that possibility of an isolated t...

Water, a lot of power lines down, and certainly storm damage from where these tornadoes came through. >> george howell, thank you. now lets move down the road to el reno. nick valencia is there this morning. nick the sun is up. what kind of damage are you seeing there? >> reporter: were in front of an oil field repair shop that took a direct hit from that tornado last night that came through el reno, oklahoma. you look mind me there, alison and you think that structure all toppled upon itself,...

Really about it. thats about all we have out here. lots of debris, lots of debris around here but no real major significant structural damage. victor? >> nick valencia in el reno for us, thank you. oklahoma city, the will rogers world airport there is open but there are no flights headed in either direction and its expected to stay that way for the rest of the morning. earlier i spoke with the airport spokesperson who told me about how they handled the storm. >> as we began watching this, we k...

Picked up and the rain and we had debris coming at us. we turned the corner and there was the tornado looking us dead in the eye. >> reporter: about how much time, we hear the average time people have to take cover for a tornado is 13 minutes. how much time would you guess you had? >> we couldnt hear the sirens, it was loud and we couldnt hear them at all. >> reporter: you were inside with two other co-workers and that roof just completely collapsed on top of you. >> thats correct, yeah. that wa...

So much. i know its been a tough year for you as well. thu thanks. meteorologist chad myers is in oklahoma city. we heard there were three tornadoes that touched down. is that the kind of storm damage youre seeing? >> absolutely. no doubt about t not up to the ef-4 damage and certainly nowhere near moore, what happened there, approaching the 210-mile-per-hour mark on some of those houses. we went and explored those houses yesterday. clean-up is going okay, but okay is just a relative term. wha...