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Figure out what the next plan of -- you know, we were actually going to do at this point. once we pulled over, we opened the window for just a second. we heard a hissing sound. i looked over and i could see it coming out of this large propane tank i guess they fill, you know, propane vehicles with. >> yeah. i'm being told, too, you mentioned i-44, that you were on the interstate, closed because of damage in that area. a lot of people are having to exit the interstate. you said it came out of nowhere. especially if you're driving, you may just drive into this system. so, jacqui, as you're looki...

Were unable to see that. it was shrouded in rain and the hail core. it was maybe a mile to two miles ahead of us from our software we were using. >> i know it's difficult to see in terms of how widespread the damage is, but what are you hearing in terms of how much of the town is devastated or how many miles this thing may have traveled? at least from what i'm hearing anywhere from three to five miles long damage path. nearer the hospital, complete devastation. there's several homes that were there and businesses, strip malls, that kind of thing, unrecognizable at this point. and basically wha...

Corner of your screen, that's what we would call a debris ball. so when something like that shows up on your radar, that tells you this is picking up pieces of buildings, picks up trees and causing major devastation. so, that's what the radar image looks like when that tornado was moving through job lynn just a couple of hours ago. i know, don, we've been in touch with some of our affiliates, communication, as i said, is limited out of joplin. we don't have satellite capabilities out of joplin so our affiliates out of kansas city are trying to get there to get those images back to us. >> you'r...

71. that's where we want to get. >> okay. >> so, there you have it. those are some of the newest images. more coming in. steve polley, the man who shot that video, a storm chaser. he joins us now. steve, i want you to explain to us what was happened. you said you heard a hissing sound and it was a propane tank that was leaking, spewing propane out. after we talk to you i want to go to our meteorologists and get what they think when they see this video. talk to me, steve. >> well, what we actually saw -- hello? >> yes, go ahead, steve. >> okay. what we actually saw when we got off the interstat...

>> 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...