partners and federal emergency management agency. they have been great partners over the years with the number of disasters we ve had. we have three search and rescue teams that are moving this way at the disposal of local search and rescue if they re needed. those would be similar to the teams that we used during the oklahoma city bombing back in 1995. as far as recovery, as the governor said, we do anticipate receiving a federal declaration very shortly that will help individuals with their unmet needs, of course, and to help them with their immediate needs to try to find a roof over their head and a place to take their family for the short term. at this time, i m going to turn it over to the real people that are where the rubber meets the road here. that would be the city of moore, steve eddy, the senior manager, please come forward. if i could just add two more quick things. i want to just mention that i have been in touch with our president pro tem of the oklahoma senate.
unfortunately, of course, as we started to see it strengthen as it moved closer towards moore. that s where we started to see this really intensify, starting seeing winds potentially from 160 to 200 miles per hour. these really were eighas it sta to move into densely populated areas. here, right into the briarwood elementary and this is where the population center is and this is where all the devastation is right now. even with all that lead time, we talked about 16 minutes before it went into newcastle, still, 20 or 30 minutes before it hit moore. unfortunately, it just was not enough time with devastation like this. nowhere to go. appreciate that perspective. our live coverage continues. we are waiting for a press conference with the latest information, stay with us for that.
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the first warning came out at about 2:40 p.m. the first touchdown, we watched it on tv, about 2:53 to 2:55 p.m. so a few minutes notice for newcastle and it continued to drive itself right into moore. there is the hook echo. we talk about the hook. this is the rotation. this is the semicircle, the hook right there that is the most dangerous part of the storm, and the tornado would be right there, right at that point, right on that right there. even something called today a debris ball. we use this term that s new because we have new doppler technology. the doppler can actually pick up the fact that it s not rain that s coming down, it s shingles that are coming down, tree limbs, leaves, insulation, whatever. that s called the debris of a tornado vortex signature. it s the debris of the tornado. we saw that ball heading right toward downtown moore and it moved very slowly. it seemed like it took hours. we were watching it one after
right now it s not over. you hear us talk about the threat of violent long-lived tornadoes. this is a 22 mile path of this devastating tornado that ripped through the area and unfortunately, as we will show you, as we take you, chad will walk you through this path, we will show you that where this tornado formed or was weakest and where it dissipated is where we did not have densely populated areas. unfortunately, as it strengthened, in between newcastle and moore is where it started to intensify up towards the potential f-4, possibly f-5 strength tornado. your population center right there, it started with nothing and wide open land and ended right here by lake stanley draper. unfortunately, because it was on the ground so long, it had to hit something and that s what we can just zoom right in and show you what happened. we ll take you on down, at about 3:40 eastern time, the first warning came up at about 53 to 56, 13 minutes later, this is where it touched down. not very much