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Were right there, ready to go. she said the nurses did a tremendous job. even down to the social workers who were providing support for our staff and also the most imrtantly, for our families that were being presented at that time. she said, she was very impressed with the effort on both the adult and pediatric side. very pleased with that. we obviously wish it had never happened in the first place. >> thank you so much for joining us. he is mentioning the 1999 twister, that was an ef-5 and 19 p...

National weather. they deemed it as ef-4 but they still have to do another assessment and those winds could come up. well keep you posted on that. it was on the ground for 40 minutes. they did have 16 minutes warning went out. when we talk about ef-1 and you go to ef-5 and joplin missouri that was over 200 miles an hour. originally the assessment for joplin was ef-4 and did a final assessment and agreed the winds were 225-250 miles per hour. with this one, the early reports say 166-200 miles per...

Classification of this storm. the national weather service has said this tornado was an ef-4. thats the second most severe classification, although that rating could be increased to an ef-5 once a more clear damage assessment is done. were back after this. marjorie... i cant stand you! youre too perfect. even the inside of your dishwasher sparkles. ok, so im the bad guy for being clean? you said it! you know, you... bababababa ladies! lets not fight dirty. hi, cascade kitchen counselor. see, ove...

As a moderate risk zone by the storm prediction center and that is similar to the advisory that was issued yesterday across oklahoma, including the city of moore. so were still seeing that possibility for very violent tornadoes, possibly long track. cities like dallas, cities like waco, tyler and in cleburne, megyn you remember last week an ef-3 was confirmed out here and ef-4 to the west in the city of granbury where we did have fatalities. cleburne could be seeing more tornadoes. >> megyn: do ...

Estimated tornado was at one point 2 miles wide. 40 miles up. 40 minutes rather on the ground with a 17-mile pass. they had 16 minute warning when the tornado warning went but for the moore residence, they had a 30 to 40 minute time span to get into their shelters. and now the preliminary survey says 190 mile-per-hour winds. that is a strong ef 4 but they are still doing is you i have a damage and those speeds could go up. if you look at job minute palestinian, missouri, preliminary reports when...

Different tornadoes that wasnt from one single tornado like this one. and here just to show you the comparisons, youll hear about this probably for the next week or two, the comparisons in moore, oklahoma, they were hit by two ef-4/ef-5 tornadoes. havent gotten the official rating on the one that happened on your monday afternoon. but the green line there is the one from 1999, imagine that, an ef-5, only had ten going back the last 14 years and then below that is the one, the red line is the one...

School. >> the school was built in the 1960s, actually, when i was a kid, it was a polling place. ive been there a million times, used to look up precinct numbers for my mother who was a mayor and state house member from there. and used to do the grounds keeping when i was a kid putting myself through college. its a densely packed neighborhood. a lot of wonderful people. not a high-income area, its just hardworking, average americans. school was honestly the best place for those kids to be in th...

Its okay when your time comes to ride it out in the coat closet and close the door, not so with an ef-4 or an ef-5 when everything is ripped to pieces and strewn for miles. >> you know, bill karins talks about a lot of these homes dont have basements. we saw that one shelter, how many of these homes are equipped with that kind of safety dynamic where they can find that kind of shelter if they have to? >> well, heres an interesting fact about 1999, it struck down the road before it hit moore. tha...

Slow-moving. we expect more severe weather from texas into the great lakes. a similar set-up as yesterday. the storm prediction center which is associated with the national weather service has yet again issued a moderate risk. this was issued yesterday as well across sections of oklahoma. this means we could be looking at a threat for long track, violent tornadoes. ef-3, ef-4, possibly ef-5 strength. we have to watch this through the afternoon into the nighttime hours. some of the cities in the ...

Environment for those twisters. the ef-4 came right across here. one of the many stories ends with a bathtub. this bathtub right here, husband and wife in their home. they know the tornado is coming. he throws her in the bathtub, hops on top of her. tornado is out of here in seconds. the husband is gone. she gets up, they find the husband out here in the field. just sends chills up your spine telling you the story. they find him alive. hes in the hospital. we do not know his condition, but we ha...