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N.o.a.a. plan to make? >> theyre reaching the end of the crew duty, were going to head back to our home, n.o.a.a. aircraft home place in lakeland, florida, taking a mandatory down day and well fly continuously until its no longer a threat. >> all right, jack parish, thank you very much. >> very good, nice talking with you. >> the images are just incredible, well get another read on the weather, give us a sense of the track of this and the strength of it, tom. >> this storm, really, anderson cont...

>> sounds like were having some more audio issues with jack. well get him back. you can follow noaa at noaa on twitter for the updates. we have the latest from meteorologist karen maginnis in the weather center. jack was in the rain bands, in that -- that weather. this is a big rain event. >> it is. it has been 12 years since weve seen anything like this, and that was ike. i wanted to give you the latest statistics regarding this. it is a strong category 2 hurricane. 111 miles per hour. thats ...

Place th place, boarding up windows, stocking up on water, shelves clearing quickly. the city canceled court hearings and issued self-serve sandbags to residents. officials warning people this storm is not to be taken lightly. >> the storm has the potential -- and i want to stress potential, things do change -- to be a weather event that we talk about for years to come. >> even the most fragile young lives being evacuated from corpus christie. ten babies evacuated from a neo-natal unit intensive...

Jack parish. good morning to you. thanks for being with us. >> hi, jack. >> good morning to you. were making an approach to lakeland. weve been here for just about eight hours this evening. >> what do you see when you look at the storm compared to others youve seen in the past? >> we saw a very, very -- >> can you hear us? i think we lost your audio. no small thing to be flying through a hurricane and trying to call in to morning news. >> can you hear me now? >> i hear you. what are you seeing? ...

Area, as the hurricaine approaches from the southeast. >> you have seen one single soul besides emergency personnel? >> i seen what, snir. >> you seen one single person who is not supposed to be out besides emergency people? >> a couple, maybe one or two. mostly, its been a presence of law enforcement, and theyve done been excellent job in securing the area and theyre in full force all along the coast tonight. >> jeff piotroski, a storm chaser out for thus evening. well get back to you. i want t...