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Here. it went over interstate 40 and killed three on the interstate, then it came up into piedmont. here in this subdivision, turned out to be okay, nobody was injured as far as we know, and nobody was killed. but you can ethe immense size of the wedge tornado. by the way, it went over a wind measuring device, the wind measuring device was not destroyed. and a wind gust was clocked at 158 miles an hour arc amazing. thats a high-end ef-3 on the fujita scale. you dont see homes, thats because they...

Small town, as the storm system moves east as t.j. winick reports, the rough weather overnight added to the misery in joplin, missouri. >> reporter: an ominous sight in the skies in oklahoma where at least three twisters have been spotted. tornado watches and warnings in effect in several states. >> everything is gone. it is all gone. everything. you try to think. i remember last night laying in bed, i keep thinking about that. and now -- and now you visualize where you are. now it is all gone. ...

>> i actually talked to him the night before the tornado and his little brother called me and said that he was trying to get home in it and that severe hail had hit his car and nobody had heard from him and that was roughly about right ten minutes after the tornado went through joplin. and i actually live in tulsa, and i was in my car on the way to joplin as soon as i got that from my youngest son. >> well, i hear that he was in the car with somebody else who has survive. is there any ...

Family, and is everything okay? >> well, live on the north side of joplin and it was not touched and i am thankful for that, but many people here without you till tis a -- utilities and cable out and telephones out, so people will not get the additional tornado warnings if we have that this evening, so that is a scary situation. >> and what does it feel like to see your community ripped apart like this. it is something that i never ever want to see again. as a meteorologist people want to go t...

Yes. this is now not the tornado we looked at ten minutes ago. this is now what we call a wedge, or maxi tornado. there will be more than one tornado almost inside of that tornado. we call it a multi-vortex tornado or something where suction spots are spinning within that. so that could be 150-mile-per-hour tornado right there. from that look, that would be an ef-3, maybe approaching an ef-4, but probably only a 3 as it moves on up. it is getting stronger and still heading into the oklahoma city...

The national weather service says winds reached nearly 200 miles per hour making it an ef-4, the second highers tornado rating. the st. johns regional medical center in joplin took a direct hit. at least four people were killed there. the roof was torn off. cars and a medical helicopter were tossed around, doctors and nurses had about 20 minutes warning to move patients into hallways away from hundreds of windows that would soon shatter. the headline in todays "kansas city star" reads simply, jo...

20-minute warning. its a monster storm. it was an ef-4. it goes from 1 to 5. this was a strong storm. very few structures are going to be able to stand up to that. >> al roker, thank you very, very much. well be right back. straight ahead on "morning joe," well be hearing from someone weve heard from before. usually hes in our ear. but hes going to be on our set. after the break. [ male announcer ] a venus razor, covergirl makeup,

The ninth deadliest in u.s. history. the only good news missouri governor jay nixon has just announced that the number of people rescue from the rubble alive has now gone up to 17. the national weather service says winds reached nearly 200 miles per hour making it an ef-4, the second highest tornado rating. the st. johns regional medical center in joplin took a direct hit. at least four people were killed there. the roof was torn off. cars and a medical helicopter were tossed around, doctors and...

Good morning. the scope of the devastation here if joplin is truly remarkable. back here behind me, the debris field, though it is dark right now, take my word for it, it stretches as far as the eye can see. and this car right here, this is one of dozens nearby that is now a twisted mess of metal after the twister on sunday. as you mentioned, the death toll right now here in joplin stands at 116. but that is certainly and sadly expected to rise. the twister that shredded the city of joplin, miss...

Hour. the one in joplin, on the ground for eight minutes and six miles. just think about all the damage pictures we have seen out of joplin thats what occurred in eight minutes it is these long-track ones we are watching today typically the most deadly, they are big, strong, on the ground longer and the odds of them hitting population centers is better. thats what we are watching live. it is really incredible. >> bill, any idea what is going on here? you said this sun believable and unprecedente...