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Airfield down tonight because there was a lot of damage to the outbuildings. the airport itself was not shut down. but they are hoping to have the airfield up and running at midnight central time. but st. charles county, maybe 20 minutes west of st. louis, there was a tornado in that area and the governor of missouri just declared a state of emergency for st. charles county. a lot of heavy damage. i have a very good friend who finally, they ground hogged and they were hit by a tornado. it tore a...

It was very well reported. >> kerve, viyour twitter page here. you are also on phages book. base -- your facebook. basehunters.com. so people can see more of your pictures. >> caller: yeah. our facebook page. we post a lot of information right now. we will have a web site forthcoming, here soon. but our facebook page is where we have a lot of stuff. >> kevin rolfs, thank you for joining us. we appreciate it. >> we were talking about the violent weather in oklahoma. it also hit missouri. joining ...

Theyre really cognitive of that. its when you get to southern st. louis, jefferson county, there are always reports of, you know, people who want to try to cross the bridge over a swollen river or creek or something like that. you have -- you hope that people are very cautious and very aware that when there are massive flood warnings in franklin, jefferson, all of these could you wanties, surrounding st. louis city, they need to really take heed and pay attention thothose warnings. you know, if ...

Same area and come across the same piece of territory on interstate 40, moving west to east. the very complicated issue for several hours. >> we know that thats where at least two of the deaths were reported. that being a mother and her baby. they became somehow trapped in the storm there on i-40? what do you know about that? >> caller: well, thats correct. our hearts go out to those families that were involved in that. we understand she experienced high winds and possible tornadeic activity and...

Baseball game that was cancelled or postponed between st. louis cardinals and, of course, the san francisco giants who were supposed to play tonight. and they did not because of this impending storm coming your way. >> yes. absolutely. and its always a sad thing for cardinals fans here in st. louis when have you to cancel a ballgame, but you want everyone to be safe. the weather can be really, really unpredictable. we have amazing meteorologists here and the national weather center here informin...

Well dot org, you can let loved ones know you are okay, if phone lines are down. tornado warnings in oklahoma city have been lifted. but there are 1 to 3 inches of rain an hour and 3 feet of water already on the ground. late this evening, we turned our attention to st. louis, missouri, with multiple tornado warnings over the last few hours. the governor declaring a state of emergency in the state. parts of i-70 have been shut down. several vehicles stranded and the lambert airfield has been shut...

And that caught a lot of people off guard who were around tracking the tornado. >> you know, i want to ask one more question. we have heard a lot about these rain-wrapped tornadoes. since last week when we were talking about all of this, is that unusual in the oklahoma area? >> caller: umm... its not really unusual or usual. it happens with certain kinds of storms. that causes the rain-wrapped tornadoes. >> it seems like they have all been rain-wrapped tornados that we have been reporting on? >>...

Thats the fact as dawn comes into view and the sun rises, there are going to be people -- police will be searching door to door. we also understand that there will be groups out there, trying to help. we spoke to the salvation army, not more than a half hour ago. they were talking about how theyre already passing out valuable tools and materials that people can use. just to help them with the recovery efforts. will you see more of that going on? >> caller: absolutely. you know, even thought thro...

By tuesday or wednesday, all of this water has to go somewhere, heading into the mississippi. >> thanks for the update: a lot of people are taking heed to what you are talking about. >> well, on the phone we have storm chaser kevin, here to give us the latest on what he has seen on this violent, deadly day in and around oklahoma city. kevin, are you there? >> caller: yes, im here. >> kevin, where were you when the storms struck this evening? >> caller: we were in the first tornado touched down t...

The place today -- with people who were just not -- that should not have been out there? >> so those particular people did not take this -- as a dire warning and they didnt have enough sincerity to think about how dangerous this can be, especially with people riding in an open-bed truck, trying to -- to get video of this? >> caller: yeah. it was astounding. you know, a lot of what you have been hearing in the media -- they have been criticizing storm chasers in general for these kinds of actions...