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And saw the tornado come down near newcastle. >> that's where their this started. >> may 3, 1999, started near one and traveled from one along i-44, much locker path. hours before it got to oklahoma city. this hat all the similarities. the similarities is this tornado developed very rapidly. it came down and within about a minute's time it widened to a quarter mile. now two, two and a half minutes into the erred tornado, the tornado went from f0 to f1, f2, f4. right now the standing is ef4. we have national damage teams on site in the immediate vicinity. we should have a new update sometime be...

This was on the ground for a much shorter period of time, less warning, and more concentrated fury, if you will. it will be a few days before we know whether it is f4 or 5. if you're in front of one of those, even if you do everything right, there's not a lot you can do if you're above ground. that's the tragedy in plaza towers. those teachers and children did exactly the right thing, they were safer in the school. much more secure environment, thick walls, interior hall ways, built to deal with tornadoes. the houses around where most of the children would come from, there's another elementary...

H habitable. so i'm thinking it probably edge ef-0 to soft edge ef-0, at least a mile wide and f4, f5, probably three-quarters of a mile. >> dr. forbes expertise is storm damage estimate. he's done more than any other person on the planet. you have seen ef-5 damage before. is there any question in your mind that the winds don't meet the criteria 200 miles per hour damage? >> i'm absolutely convinced now and we have seen over just the next building over a huge white tank. it must weigh many tons. we've been asking what that is. i found the answer. it was part of an oil arrangement. it flew in f...

Shocked by it. your heart goes out to the folks that are actually affected by it, wondering how on earth do they get their belongings back, to they rebuild and even get this mess cleaned up. at this moment we're told the oklahoma governor is expected to be in a chopper getting aerial views of this. the aerials bring is home. it's one thing to walk on the ground and get that view but the bird's-eye view tells the story of the massive, massive devastation there, trace. >> reporter: and you know the thing is, megyn we don't know how powerful this thing is. that's what the weather service does in ...

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