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It was ripping trees out of the ground. it was the most violent out of any i've seen in 13 years of storm chasing. >> of out of the tv, it sounds like a jet engine is right next to you. what's yours best guess? how quickly were the winds going? >> it's difficult to tell without a damage assessment, but just based on visual observation and just feeling the power, i would say the winds are probably between 150 and 200 miles an hour in that tornado. >> j u.s. so it's clear, you don't just take the footage. you've studied meteorologist, you actually understand the science of this. so your perspect...

Specifically designed. it has bullet proof glass and preventive measure and you think you're reasonably safe inside that car? >> yes, but tornadoes like yesterday, that mass i have tornado outbreak, we weren't going to mess with those. it doesn't matter if you have a bullet proof tank, a tornado like that is going to lift it off the ground. we've been storm chasing for 13 years and know how to do this safety. a -- safely. if people don't know what they're doing, they can easily get themselves killed if they try to storm chase. >> i hope that's imminently clear after the stories we've described...

Chaser. how does what you watched unfold yesterday compare to the many you've seen? >> i've been storm chasing for about 13 years now and i've never seen an outbreak like we chased yesterday. there were so many different supercells, every single storm had a very large, violent tornado underneath it. and we knew the atmosphere was conducive for a widespread outbreak, but i didn't anticipate something of that magnitude yesterday. and it was a very dangerous situation, and there are horrifying images coming out from the towns that were hit. that only motivates me further to thrab track down the t...

We did see quite a bit of damage, i at least saw one gas station with the top completely gone. there's the video unlocking itself now. it comes and goes. reed timer is a professional storm chaser. do not try to do this yourself. a noaa weather radio and pick-up truck do not make you a storm chaser. they have a lot of equipment in that car that you wouldn't have access to to keep themselves safe because it is very difficult to chase tornadoes in anywhere across the southeast because the trees limit your visibility as you're driving down the roadway and hills and valleys can block the tornado. y...

Shuttle at the international space station. if you are going to go storm chasing you need a right set of wheels and chad myers will show it off in a moment.