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Equipment that runs these transponders were talking about that basically talks in radar terms. a radar hits the plane and says i see a plane. this essentially responds and says yes, you do see a plane and the plane is malaysian air and this is where we are and this is where were going anderson. right up front you have a lot of systems communicating with the ground. >> theres obviously the flight data recorders. but at this point theyre not any help, right? >> reporter: theyre not any help at all...

After they stopped getting information, there were pings in this area here. they believe this is where they got almost like a vague signal. its called a reflection in radar terms, very unsophisticated, raw, that there may be something like an airplane here. they have since been trying to figure out, were there any airplanes in the area, could it have been this one, and thats proving very slow. the chinese, however, then had their own theory, which was that they have satellite images. there are s...

Does that mean? radar terms? that means i have got it doing damage with significant debris in the air. >> shepard: that storm chaser near oklahoma city. we will try to get him on the line to give us a better idea whats happening right now. we should note oklahoma city is far from the only spot in danger at this moment. the national weather service reports high risk areas include parts of texas, kansas, arkansas, missouri and oklahoma. lets get right to it the extreme weather center tonight and j...