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Earlier that showed homes that were leveled and buildings that were destroyed, i think, chad said this earlier, he was saying this was likely an ef-3 or stronger. that's what we would call a major tornado. winds around 150, maybe 165 miles per hour. you know, the weather service will come in and they'll look at all the damage and find the worst of the damage and get an estimated rating on that. it's hard to look at a tornado, a wedge-sized tornado, but when you're talking about a quarter of a mile to -- or three-quarters of a mile wide, i believe that's what ray foreman the meteorologist in jo...
Like. the tornado that hit st. john's hospital, some of the debris was picked up there and in dade county, about 70 miles away, people were finding x-rays from st. john's hospital in their driveway. >> oh, my gosh. >> this was a very large tornado. we have tornado warnings ongoing now but south of the joplin area. >> i wanted to ask you about that. what can you tell us about the warning system you have in joplin. do you have sirens? how much time did people have in that area to take cover? >> i would say on average in the joplin area, most people had at least 15 minutes of warning. the warning...
>> okay. hey, steve, will you just hold on real quickly? ? we appreciate you helping us out here. i want to bring in ray foreman, a meteorologist at kode in joplin, missouri. again, a meteorologist there. hey, ray, thanks for joining us. don lemon here, jacqui jeras our other meteorologist a long with chad myers. bring us up to date on the situation where you are. >> well, this was actually a devastating tornado. it seemed as though most of the path, the damage path, goes right through the heart of joplin. in fact, the hospital here at st. john's hospital, one of the two we have, appears to ha...
Country? >> do most people have basements or shelters to go to? >> unfortunately, not. we had a dangerous tornado south of joplin a few years ago and that sparked the interest in people getting tornado shelters, for people who live in mobile homes. it's a concrete shelter, their place to hide. >> ray, can i ask you a question -- you can hear -- >> yes, i'm hearing sirens. >> yes. where are you? >> i'm not sure where the siren sound came from. our in our news room -- >> it must be from steve, the storm chaser, on the other line as well. ray -- >> i -- anywhere around joplin right now you're goi...