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Some of those that were behind us, like i said, the tornado actually passed about a half mile behind us, but the winds were so strong around it, that's where all the debris came from, but some chasers weren't lucky enough to go south than we did and got their vehicle flipped. >> brandon, one last question, will you get out there again? >> yes, i'll be out there again. i'll get the jeep fixed up and we'll go out, but definitely a little humbled and just a good reminder that mother nature is the stronger force and she will always win. >> brendan sullivan you're quite the storm chaser. be safe ou...

Miles south of that damage path so our thoughts and prayers definitely go out to the people out here in oklahoma city and south of oklahoma city in moore, because it is going to take years to rebuild. it looks like a war zone out there. this tornado took a hard turn and tornadoes that are this strong, you can see how volatile those vortices can be and scientifically in terms of tornadoes it's right near the ground, the suction vortices, it's a big mystery how fast the wind speeds can get in the suction vortices. some theories show on small scales the wind gusts could be 400 or 500 miles per ho...

>> i was astounded by some of the things. this was actually a storm that was very well warned for, the national weather service did an excellent job with the storm. the weather service was crystal clear to stay off the roads after 4:00 p.m. yesterday and yet there were some misinformation being put out there, bad decisions being made so i think we're in an era where we have to not only look at our meteorological and technological advances which we will continue to do but we have to improve upon our understanding of consuming, warning information as a public and this is where a more social scie...

Brett, turn the car around! let's get ready! large tornado, large tornado right there. oh, man, that's a good one right there. debris in the air, oh, no. >> imagine being that close to that storm. it's crazy. and that's what storm chasers do. that was brandon sullivan who you heard. he and his crew they were right on the edge of the storm. >> now by crew we mean his roommate and best friend brett who was driving and some guy who came in from out of town to watch one of these. that's the crew.

Yesterday 23 reports, those were unfiltered reports of tornadoes. get around st. louis, very heavy rainfall and the mississippi river is filling up as we speak. oklahoma city over six inches of rain. back to you. >> karen maginnis hopefully june will be kind to oklahoma. five tornadoes touched down here oklahoma city. nick valencia is in el reno. what does it look like now that daylight is there? >> reporter: yeah, alison, sorry our shot technology but this is what it looks like around us, a bunch of wrenches were just tossed around by this tornado making just a debris pile all around us. the ...