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Worried about. what goes up must come down. there are bubbles going left and right. all of these circulating around the airplane wings as well. there wasnt much to get around. youve got a 50,000 foot top there. you have more nimbus here. 53,000 feet southwest of that plane. this was a monster cell or number of cells put together in the instra tropical convergence zone. the area hurricanes, cyclones go. along the equator at times, north or south, depending on what time of year it is. these intens...

But in five miles it became 200 miles per hour and more. just five miles. had the storm, had this spot right here, been maybe 15 miles farther to the west and so the spotters were out on it, saying, look out, this is a huge killer tornado, get out of the way, get out of the way, get out of the way, maybe the immediacy would have been a little more. people would have been out of their cars, out of buildings. a lot of people died in cars. you saw what happened to those cars. cars were destroyed. i...

Tornado, get out of the way, get out of the way, get out of the way, maybe the immediacy would have been a little more. people would have been out of their cars, out of buildings. a lot of people died in cars. you saw what happened to those cars. cars were destroyed. it was a giant tornado. there was some times just nothing you can do about it. theres an question. thats joplin, that little word right there. this is what we call a hook echo. this is a monster cell. but it wasnt -- it wasnt a torn...

Echo. this is a monster cell. but it wasnt -- it wasnt a tornado on the ground until it got right there. and then when the tornado got on the ground, it just rolled and ripped through joplin, missouri, got bigger and bigger and bigger. at some point in time, a 20 0 miles per hour, even if youre in your safe spot, if youre not underground in a storm shelter, you cant survive it. >> weve seen so many tough storms this season. is there something about this season or the particular storms we are jus...

that is a monster tornado. >> reporter: battle hardened storm chasers in awe of natures power. >> oh, my gosh. this is awful. dude, the trees. the trees are debarked! >> reporter: residents running for cover anywhere they could. >> in a crowded convenience store some 20 people hunkering down in a darkened commercial refrigerator. >> can we go in the cooler? [ screaming ] >> go! >> oh, dear heaven. >> god! >> reporter: at the same time a security camera in a nearby frozen yogurt shop ca...

>> reporter: battle hardened storm chasers in awe of natures power. >> oh, my gosh. this is awful. dude, the trees. the trees are debarked! >> reporter: residents running for cover anywhere they could. >> in a crowded convenience store some 20 people hunkering down in a darkened commercial refrigerator. >> can we go in the cooler? [ screaming ] >> go! >> oh, dear heaven. >> god! >> reporter: at the same time a security camera in a nearby frozen yogurt shop catches the chaos. workers mo...

whats happening. thats ahead. we will have the latest on this developing story in a few minutes from now. president obama is back at the white house of a spending several hours in joplin, missouri. it was exactly a week ago that an f-5 tornado ripped through the city killing people in minutes. 5:41 central time there was a moment of silence marked by the precise instant that tornado hit. our dan traveled with the president to joplin and dan, a tough job for the president to try to li...