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>> i want to switch gears because st. louis now to the north of the city and south of the city both under tornado warnings. another one of our major cities in the country under tornado warnings at this point. >> shepard: and we will have live pictures out of there in just a few moments. also just got this from kokc radio and police in moore, oklahoma are now reporting cars have been overturned and power lines are down. it was last monday that moore got a direct hit and you all know the pictures ...

The saint of st. louis there. that is the other tornado warned cell and about to cross over into illinois as well. south st. louis right now, would be the area getting hit the heaviest at this point potentially with a tornado right there. >> shepard: the office of emergency management in st. louis county says the most dangerous area now are near and east of flouriscont i believe you pronounce it south of i-55 and i-270 intersection. if you know the area alton on the north, st. louis on the south...

The air. based on the dual pole, special radars within 50 miles of the radars. up to 5, 10,@&m00 feet trips the radar to say the tornado is right near. usually cant see it because of the rain around the tornado but we know the tornado is on the ground and doing damage. that is what we experienced in the oklahoma city tornadoes. >> shepard: rick and jeff quickly just in from the national weather service. the tornado threat is now decreasing. the national weather service out of norman, oklahoma sa...

Ground below. sometimes the tornadoes made contact with the ground and lift again and might make contact again 30 seconds or two minutes down the path. we dont know if it is on the ground exactly as it is crossing over there. seeing that traffic certainly if any cars are turned over or damaged nobody is getting off of that interstate any time soon. >> shepard: sometimes these things bounce along like a pogo stick. >> exactly. exactly. that is what i was just staying. they touch and lift back up ...

>> i witnessed that days after the bombing in oklahoma city and in the last two tornado event theres in moore and im with you 100%. governor fallon of the great state of oklahoma. all the best and thank you so much. >> we appreciate your prayers and your help. >> they are here for you without any question. five minutes to 9:00 in the central time zone. we have major event brewing in st. louis, missouri. a tornado warning has just been issued for bond, madison and montgomery county in illinois in...

Down throughout much of texas, towards big bend and northern area of mexico through dallas. again, through arkansas and through that mid mississippi ryver valley and ohio river valley. stretches up towards detroit. sunday towards the northeast. neither as significant as today but a threat for tornadoes continue with us for the next two days also. >> shepard: i know it is may and approaching june now tomorrow. this is the time of year when it happens. maybe it is because of social media order res...

Outages. of cars problems with vehicles and the west. man, moore they have just been in the worst way. >> they really have. and we do know there is a lot of power outages around the norman area adjacent to moore. there was debris flying around in moore and he could see it. of course, it could have been debris that was already debris. >> shepard: i didnt mean to interrupt you, go ahead. >> we werent sure if it was really strong winds or an actual cyclone of some sort. >> shepard: as you have been...

I have been looking at numerous reports from spotters saying there was a large tornado on the ground as it move is latitude. all appears it crossed the northern side, are the northern suburbs which is where lambert field is, the airport there. that airport was hit two years ago and did significant damage to that airpozt. looks like there are a number of areas there that sten sustained some -- sustained ome significant damage. seeing different reports on it, i wont go into too much until we can ...

Winds. part the of it is the inflow into the storms. part of it is areas maybe not right in the center of the rotation but ff behind it where you get incredible downdraft and strong forcing of air downward toward the ground that then hits and moves out horizontally. there will be straightline wind damage. i think we will see the worst tornado damage will have been from this cell, the largest wedge tornado west of oklahoma city. the tornadoes now, i have seen some reports of some damage around t...

>> areas back in downtown oklahoma city two, three feet he of water. cars halfway buried. trees down everywhere from a weak torna÷o that went through the south side of oklahoma city. we he saw a violená tornado a little further west of oklahoma city south of el reno and intercepted it with the armored vehicle and actually had the hood ripped off of the dominator, our armored vehicle. our rqáqp)ch vehicle. >> shepard: exactly -- >> hello? >> shepard: you had damage earlier to your own vehicle,...