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Equipment that runs these transponders we're talking about that basically talks in radar terms. a radar hits the plane and says i see a plane. this essentially responds and says yes, you do see a plane and the plane is malaysian air and this is where we are and this is where we're going anderson. right up front you have a lot of systems communicating with the ground. >> there's obviously the flight data recorders. but at this point they're not any help, right? >> reporter: they're not any help at all right now. the flight data recorder is a fantastic piece of equipment. let me roll this plane ...

After they stopped getting information, there were pings in this area here. they believe this is where they got almost like a vague signal. it's called a reflection in radar terms, very unsophisticated, raw, that there may be something like an airplane here. they have since been trying to figure out, were there any airplanes in the area, could it have been this one, and that's proving very slow. the chinese, however, then had their own theory, which was that they have satellite images. there are satellite images here, okay? the chinese. now, questions about the chinese. why did it take so long...

Does that mean? radar terms? that means i have got it doing damage with significant debris in the air. >> shepard: that storm chaser near oklahoma city. we will try to get him on the line to give us a better idea what's happening right now. we should note oklahoma city is far from the only spot in danger at this moment. the national weather service reports high risk areas include parts of texas, kansas, arkansas, missouri and oklahoma. let's get right to it the extreme weather center tonight and janice dean did. you predicted it and sadly it's here. >> you just don't want it to happen, shepard...