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area. this is a moderate risk which again means the possibility of super cell thunderstorms, wolf. they have their own circulation, they move sometimes in a random helter-skelter fashion and this is where we can see the tornadoes from areas of nebraska through central kansas, oklahoma, this time east of oklahoma, but as we all know these systems slide off toward the east. an interesting note, too, if you go back to the beginning of the year, january 1, the u.s. has seen the fewest number of tornadoes since 1954. seems like mother nature's making up for lost time. we'll keep you covered. chad myers we just mentioned will be in wichita throughout the day tomorrow. >> looks like it will be bad tomorrow. wichita, once again, tell us about oklahoma city, because we all know what they went through last week in moore, oklahoma, which is right outside. >> well, the biggest threat there is going to be obviously just debris. any winds that will kick up even from what we call an outflow boundary, even if these super cells are well to the west of oklahoma city or moore, those outflow boundaries can obviously stir up the debris, which is going to be quite dangerous.
that is crazy. >> in just a moment you will hear from a storm chaser who just made it through a twister inside a kind of custom made tornado tank. first, tom, there's quite a bit of severe weather out there today. we've heard reports of four tornadoes that touched down in kansas today. what's the latest? >> the good news is that these are in extremely rural areas but let me start with this note for you. the month of may is the most explosive month, the greatest number of tornadoes in the u.s., roughly 384. halfway through the month, on the 15th of the month, we only had three but on that day, on the 15th, it was hood county, texas and the fatalities in granbury, then shawnee and we know about moore that followed. we have severe thunderstorm watches with funnel clouds that
explosive month, the greatest number of tornadoes in the u.s., roughly 384. halfway through the month, on the 15th of the month, we only had three but on that day, on the 15th, it was hood county, texas and the fatalities in gan burr granbury, then east of oklahoma, shawnee and we know about moore that followed. we have severe thunderstorm watches with funnel clouds that were in western kansas but it's the red box, this is the tornado watch box, this is in effect until 10:00 p.m. central time, and this is where we've had the four tornadoes. the first one as we saw the pictures there of corning, did drop and it briefly dissipated for awhile. then it was near the town of minneapolis, not minnesota, this is minneapolis in kansas, and then just south of there, we also had one near bennington. salina, just north of salina, a small tornado as well. population of 48,000. but all the ingredients are ripe for tomorrow, another outbreak, where we have sent our very own cnn meteorologist chad myers. he's on his way to wichita.
today. we've heard reports of four tornadoes that touched down in kansas today. what's the latest? >> the good news is that these are in extremely rural areas but let me start with this note for you. the month of may is the most explosive month, the greatest number of tornadoes in the u.s., roughly 384. halfway through the month, on the 15th of the month, we only had three but on that day, on the 15th, it was hood county, texas and the fatalities in granbury, then shawnee and we know about moore that followed. we have severe thunderstorm watches with funnel clouds that were in western kansas but it's the red box, this is the tornado watch box, this is in effect until 10:00 p.m. central time, and this is where we've had the four tornadoes. the first one as we saw the pictures there of corning, did drop and it briefly dissipated for awhile. then it was near the town of minneapolis, not minnesota, this is minneapolis in kansas, and then just south of there, we also had one near bennington. salina, just north of salina, a
>> hang on one second. we're going for it. sorry about that. there's always a little yelling involved when you're storm chasing. >> no, you got to do what you got to do. i was saying, can your tank withstand an ef-4 or ef-5? >> yesterday we were in an ef-4 tornado near lebanon, kansas. >> what was that like? what was that like? >> we were taking 170, 180 mile per hour wind with heavy debris. so we know that the vehicle can take that. it's just it's always a crapshoot because you don't know if a telephone pole will dislodge and come at you. we were lucky that that didn't happen yesterday, because we were taking monstrous winds and monstrous debris in this vehicle. >> yeah, we can see the video. in terms of chasing tornadoes, sean, how close can you actually get? >> we go inside the tornadoes. >> so you're right in the middle of it. >> yes. >> you can get not only close
> breaking news tonight, new tornadoes touching down and the possibility of more dangerous weather, a lot more, tomorrow. several in kansas and now reports there might have been one in pennsylvania. quick update now from tom in the weather center. tom, what's the very latest? the tornado watch extends until in extremely rural areas. and then shortly after that, the national wither service out of detroit in pontiac, michigan and
were in western kansas but it's the red box, this is the tornado watch box, this is in effect until 10:00 p.m. central time, and this is where we've had the four tornadoes. the first one as we saw the pictures there of corning, did drop and it briefly dissipated for awhile. then it was near the town of minneapolis, not minnesota, this is minneapolis in kansas, and then just south of there, we also had one near bennington. salina, just north of salina, a small tornado as well. population of 48,000. but all the ingredients are ripe for tomorrow, another outbreak, where we have sent our very own cnn meteorologist chad myers. he's on his way to wichita. the threat from kansas will move in tonight not as strong since we lose the daytime heating, but the thunderstorm threat with hail and damaging winds could go into the tristate area of indiana, ohio, southern michigan, maybe even in toward the northeast, new england, late tomorrow afternoon. but the biggest threat right here as you see here, let's take this so we can all see this, it's not just a slight risk area. this is a moderate risk which
anyway, we're in our tiv and we are about to film this thing. >> and you get a comparison with -- i was in moore, oklahoma last week. how's this one that you're in the middle of right now compared to that? >> i have no -- you know, the chances are this thing is not as strong as that but the moore tornado was a very rare tornado, ef-4, ef-5 tornado. this one probably looks like an ef-3 tornado. but it's very wide. >> can your tank withstand an ef-4 or ef-5? >> hang on one second. we're going for it. sorry about that. there's always a little yelling involved when you're storm chasing. >> no, you got to do what you got to do. i was saying, can your tank withstand an ef-4 or ef-5? >> yesterday we were in an ef-4 tornado near lebanon, kansas. >> what was that like? what was that like?
were in western kansas but it's the red box, this is the tornado watch box, this is in effect until 10:00 p.m. central time, and this is where we've had the four tornadoes. the first one as we saw the pictures there of corning, did drop and it briefly dissipated for awhile. then it was near the town of minneapolis, not minnesota, this is minneapolis in kansas, and then just south of there, we also had one near bennington. salina, just north of salina, a small tornado as well. population of 48,000. but all the ingredients are ripe for tomorrow, another outbreak, where we have sent our very own cnn meteorologist chad myers. he's on his way to wichita. the threat from kansas will move in tonight not as strong since we lose the daytime heating, but the thunderstorm threat with hail and damaging winds could go into the tristate area of indiana, ohio, southern michigan, maybe even in toward the northeast, new england, late tomorrow afternoon. but the biggest threat right here as you see here, let's take this so we can all see this, it's not just a slight risk
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