May 3rd 1999 News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

3rd, 1999, concern with the high ever spin ever. look at the region, it is impressive. this is wednesday evening's tornado that just ripping apart transformers. this is moving across main street in moore, oklahoma. the damage, of course, was significant throughout the region. upturning trees and power lines. also turning over vehicles on that interstate 35. if we can get back to my graphics, you see the flare-up of thunderstorms across central and southern sections of oklahoma. we have seven tornado reports from oklahoma city to the northwestern portions of arkansas. the severe weather threat ...

Lightning, hail, high winds, rain falling, and power out in norman as well now. >> it was probably the most extraordinary weather day i've ever seen as far as -- i lived in oklahoma and experienced a bit of this, including may 3rd, 1999, but we heard very, very unique things today. perhaps you can take us through some of these things. for instance, the one that was over oklahoma city for a long time was reported to have multiple vortexes. how rare is that? >> actually most tornadoes have some tendency to have multiple vortices, very turbulent atmosphere. when you see thunderstorms rotate, prod...

A tornado emergency meaning a large destructive tornado is moving into a specific densely populated area, widespread damage, fatalities are considered likely, that tornado emergency that the national weather service has declared for the oklahoma city western metro area has now been expanded to include oklahoma city and moore, oklahoma. moore, of course, hit so devastatingly 11 days ago by that other tornado, the worst one seen since 1999, may 3rd, 1999, in that area. just absolutely horrific. there is a fear that this is going to be if not as devastating, similarly devastating, similarly deadl...

Oklahoma city area and that's the most highly populated area of oklahoma. before when it was in el reno you see lots of field and the occasional farm and barn house. this is heading into a populated area and it's rush hour there. you'll have a lot of people in their cars. they are stuck in traffic. that's not where you want to be. >> i was listening to the local meteorologist, mike morgan and he was saying getting into an interior room is not enough. you need to find underground shelters. have you been in a situation like that where underground is the only safe location? >> may 3rd, 1999 would...

It's incredible when you see the damage to that school to know that all the kids got out okay and all the teacher got out okay. just remarkable. we have seen such an outpowering of compassion and kindness from people here, volunteers from all around the state coming to try to help clean up. we've seen that just over the last two days and really, since the storm stopped. but oklahoma's attorney general is warning about business scams and price gouging in the wake of this disaster. erin mcpike joins me now. she has been digging into especially troubling details. what have you learned? >> i just ...