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Of the local models were not forecasting for the area. it was a big sign that something huge was about to happen in the oklahoma city area. and also, all the people that were able to get underground and be protected underground. i'm hoping that more and more people will be able to get storm shelters to get underground for situations just like this. >> we appreciate the work you guys do to bring us these images. they are amazing. chris mcbee, simon brewer, thank you so much. simon will have a show this evening on the weather channel at 9:00. watch that. we'll check in with our mike bettes from ...

That were just enjoying a normal day. then this utter destruction just comes through. >> let me go to mr. brewer. let me ask you about this. when you're chasing these cells right now, where are they now? what kind of dangers are we facing still in the oklahoma area, somewhere in tornado alley? >> oklahoma is okay, but we're on some pretty big storms in northeastern texas. and we just drove through one near mt. pleasant, texas. and it was really blasting some strong wind. saw a lot of tree limbs go down. some some cars having a lot of trouble driving. got some hail. there is a chance you can ha...

Facing still in the oklahoma area, somewhere in tornado alley? >> oklahoma is okay, but we're on some pretty big storms in northeastern texas. and we just drove through one near mt. pleasant, texas. and it was really blasting some strong wind. saw a lot of tree limbs go down. some some cars having a lot of trouble driving. got some hail. there is a chance you can have tornadoes along the edge of this line. >> are we at the beginning, the middle or the end of the tornado season, historically? simon? >> historically we're really at the peak of the tornado season. this year has been a little what...

Chris mcbee from central oklahoma storm chasers. simon brewer is on the television. as i said, he's the weather series storm riders. you were able to document and capture some incredible footage we have been able to utilize and show everybody the power of the storm. at what point did you realize this is something you have never seen before in all the time you have been doing this? >> when we were watching it when it was a couple miles west of moore, the amount of debris in the air, the structural debris everywhere, the storm was a mile wide, we knew this was going to be something very large, d...

>> you were tracking this storm and this front for a good 48 hours before it hit. what made this different? what about it made you know this was going to be a big problem? >> reporter: you know what's interesting, the tornado parameters weren't as high as they were yesterday -- or, as they were two days ago. so that kind of surprised me a little bit. but it looked like just from watching the radar and the satellite, that something came into the backside of this. and the tornado, you have air motion that's coming in on the east side. and you heard from simon and juston, talking about that. but ...