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>> unfortunately, of course, as we started to see it strengthen as it moved closer towards moore. that's where we started to see this really intensify, starting seeing winds potentially from 160 to 200 miles per hour. these really were eighas it sta to move into densely populated areas. >> here, right into the briarwood elementary and this is where the population center is and this is where all the devastation is right now. >> even with all that lead time, we talked about 16 minutes before it went into newcastle, still, 20 or 30 minutes before it hit moore. unfortunately, it just was not enoug...

The first warning came out at about 2:40 p.m. the first touchdown, we watched it on tv, about 2:53 to 2:55 p.m. so a few minutes' notice for newcastle and it continued to drive itself right into moore. there is the hook echo. we talk about the hook. this is the rotation. this is the semicircle, the hook right there that is the most dangerous part of the storm, and the tornado would be right there, right at that point, right on that -- right there. even something called today a debris ball. we use this term that's new because we have new doppler technology. the doppler can actually pick up the ...

Right now it's not over. >> you hear us talk about the threat of violent long-lived tornadoes. this is a 22 mile path of this devastating tornado that ripped through the area and unfortunately, as we will show you, as we take you, chad will walk you through this path, we will show you that where this tornado formed or was weakest and where it dissipated is where we did not have densely populated areas. unfortunately, as it strengthened, in between newcastle and moore is where it started to intensify up towards the potential f-4, possibly f-5 strength tornado. >> your population center right th...

Come home from work, knowing that this was coming, or moved in another direction. again, people take these things very seriously. i would think in 48 to 72 hours, we'll have a pretty good handle, if not before. sadly to say, we've had far too much practice at this sort of thing. they know what they're doing on the ground. >> yeah. it's going to be a long night and a long couple days. congressman, appreciate your time tonight. thank you. again, all our hearts go out to your constituents and all those in harm's way and to those who are suffering. want to go back to nick valencia who is on the gr...

>> reporter: this just happened a few hours ago. i think people are still trying to put together and make sense of this all. the red cross has had shelters in place for a tornado that hit a neighboring county that had three shelters in place. people from another county were staying overnight because of a tornado that hit on the other side of town. in fact, we had just wrapped up coverage of the day of that tornado, we were at the hotel as this tornado formed here in moore, oklahoma. as we saw just how enormous and the span of the tornado, anderson, just how wide it was ripping through this are...