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>> get away from windows. get out of your car. >> it was like something out of a horror movie. i was hoping no one else was headed this way. >> norman, oklahoma is home to university of oklahoma and the be loved sooners football team, but it's also home to some extraordinarily unpredictable and violent weather. >> that storm once it started really spinning west of norman ramped up pretty quickly, and boom, in a matter of a couple minutes it started spinning much, much faster. >> that's trouble with a capital "t" right there. >> monitoring the storm that day is mike morgan, chief meteorologist ...

So far it's reached a height of just over 2,400 feet. a long way to go before reaching outer space but that is the plan, deliver cargo, come back to earth, do it again. one more kind of cool note, a drone recorded the entire video. cut out the middleman. we didn't even need to be involved. >> very, very cool. >> isn't that cool? >> i love it. love rockets. >> thank you so much. let's get straight over to indra petersons with another check of the weather. you're looking at impressive storms there, indra. >> it's amazing how weather can look so beautiful. this is a wall cloud. they didn't have...

It's pretty impressive. this is a strong updraft from the rotating thunderstorms. yesterday was not rotating. they did not have a tornado. either way, this system was so powerful, they had winds as strongs a70 miles per hour. they had tons of return of quarter-size hail. that is the same system we'll continue to monitor today, however, it makes its way across the country. it is weakening. where are we expecting rain today with this front? stretching from minnesota down through texas. in texas, this will continue to be a big story. over the weekend, all the rain they received, right now they ha...

Birthday. in the meantime she has a pink car to get around town. >> those aren't easy to put together either. he probably had his hands full. >> dad's going to be quite a mechanic by the time the story comes to fruition. in 16 years i'm putting that on my to do list. >> put it in the ipad it remembers everything. indra petersons a scary picture behind you. >> if you live in kansas you might be used to this but the rest of us, this is impressive. this is a wall cloud, really the strong updraft portion of that thunderstorm. they did not have a tornado but speaking of updraft, large hail, you do ...

>> there's probably going to be a tornado. pull off the side of the road right here. yeah, this is our view of it. there's your wall cloud here. look at that wall cloud, dude. >> we've all seen the devastation and loss of life from tornadoes in oklahoma alone. at least seven tornadoes hit in the month of may alone. kansas also looked into the sky and saw frightening images like this one. out here in new mexico and california, on tinder dry conditions are fueling wildfires. experts say the fire season started early this year. ifs that's not enough earthquaketrack.com documented 400 aerd quakes ...