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Jerry, happy to know you are doing okay. that is one heck of a photograph you saw in the distance. how big was the storm, jerry? >> we were at my brothers house helping with home improvements and noticed the clouds. we stepped outside and watched the whole tornado form. it probably took 4-5 minutes for the tornado to form. once it did, obviously, you start panickinpanicking. >> did you stand and watch or take cover? >> stand and watch most of the time. my brother-in-law has a safe room in his shop. once it was closer you realize you better get in the safe room. >> you are okay? our family is o...

The tornado form from just a small funnel cloud to then it became -- then there was swirling down below that and the funnel cloud went up and down, then it just became like a cylinder that we could see from the wall cloud down to the ground. it was just like a cylinder and then within like five seconds, it just exploded into this -- to the f-5 that it turned out to be, and there was debris clouds on both sides of the tornado. and my niece who lived in mustang, melissa jones and her sister, lexi and jaycee jones, they were all on the phone with me and they were telling me -- they were watching ...

This is coming right at the ballpark again with this cell. >> talk to us about how the conditions are ripe to keep producing altogether of the super cells. >> well, we have first a lot of low level wind shear in the atmosphere and a strong system that has a lot of cold air associated with it and that is what is favoring the formation of very large heal. you come bean that with the fact we have a lot of low level rotation and a lot of the thunderstorms are exhibiting rotation. just because they start rotating doesn't necessarily mean they are going to produce a tornado. these storms here we are...

Bakes those floodwaters, they evaporate and the air here is more humid than it would be in a regular year. something else, the gulf of mexico is warmer than normal. you have colder than normal, warmer than normal. that makes a jet stream that's faster than normal. when you get a jet stream moving faster, you get the potential for more sheer. more difference between what the air is doing down here and what the air is doing up here. a faster jet can make and does make bigger tornadoes. i mean, how does a tornado form? >> this is cool stuff. particles on the ground, humidity on the ground starts ...

That makes a jet stream that's faster than normal. when you get a jet stream moving faster, you get the potential for more sheer. more difference between what the air is doing down here and what the air is doing up here. a faster jet can make and does make bigger tornadoes i. >> i mean, how does a tornado form? >> this is cool stuff. particles on the ground, humidity on the ground starts to rise. like a hot air balloon. when the sun comes out, heats the ground, the ground warms up and the air wants to rise. as the air rises into space, it goes up higher and higher and gets into colder and cold...