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Weather service as quick as possible. >> reporter: but the 2013 tornado season was starting out slowly. >> this year was interesting in that we've had kind of a later spring. we thought, maybe 2013 is going to be mild. >> a benign and quiet april, may. >> we're in a tornado drought. over the last couple days and over the weekend, the jet changed. >> finally now all the ingredients coming together. >> so the cold air is one side, the warm air is on the other side. when the conditions are right, those super cells will begin to spin. when one storm gets to use all of that heat, it becomes the big...

Upgraded several years ago, but that was the most destructive tornado that you could have. so that went through that -- tore through the same areas that we're seeing pictures from today. and they upgraded their shelters because of that and because of that i have faith that some of those children are okay today because they took what they learned from that devastating 1999 tornado, anyone that lives in oklahoma city will tell you they know it. they know it well. they lived through it. and, you know, they have learned from it. and they have the best meteorologists there. they have one of the bes...

Violent and they are also going to be quick. they might only start five minutes earlier and the warning might come and it could be a very quick event for you where you don't get the 15, 20 minutes warning that usually get. >> despite what we've seen just this week, there's actually been a tornado drought, as you mentioned. >> yeah. this is an interesting graphic. from where we were in 2011 to where we are today. 2011, the april event of 2011, we talked in tuscaloosa, 758 tornadoes touched down in april 2011. this year, only 83. yes, that is certainly a drought and over the average, we should b...

To be quick. they might only start five minutes earlier and the warning might come and it could be a very quick event for you where you don't get the 15, 20 minutes warning that usually get. >> despite what we've seen just this week, there's actually been a tornado drought, as you mentioned. >> yeah. this is an interesting graphic. from where we were in 2011 to where we are today. 2011, the april event of 2011, we talked in tuscaloosa, 758 tornadoes touched down in april 2011. this year, only 83. yes, that is certainly a drought and over the average, we should be well over 500 by this time of ...

Because they will be violent and quick. they might only start five minutes earlier and it could be a very quick event for you or you don't get 20 minutes with the warning you usually get. >> despite what we have seen this week, there has been a tornado drought, as you mentioned. >> this is an interesting graphic for more we were in 2011 to where we are today. 2011, the april events of 2011 we talked in birmingham, ala of tornadoes. 750 tornadoes touched down in 2011. this year only 83. that is certainly a drought and over the average we should be well over 500 by this time of year and we only ...