if anyone is from dallas/ft. worth all the way to the southwestern corner of arkansas, you need to have your plans together. like we learned yesterday, a lot of lives were saved because people knew what to do when the tornado came their way. that could happen again today. bill, thanks so much. and a lot of people are asking, how you can help? and we re going to have a lot of information for you who want to help those people here in and around oklahoma rebound from this tragedy that has struck the town of moore. someone from the salvation army is going to join us about what you can do for them. up next, we ll talk to two storm chasers who rived their lives to catch the story. we re live from moore. stick with us. this is msn bbc s special live coverage. a lot of those were in storm shelters. now, we re very hopeful as we continue our search today, we re going to find more people in same or similar situations where they may be under debris in storm shelters. [ female announcer ] swit
there s a huge flash right there. it is just ripping up everything in its path. reporter: it s the latest in a three-day outbreak that has brought more than 50 tornadoes from oklahoma all the way to nebraska. oh, my god. that is so crazy. 6:30 p.m. just a violent tornado. reporter: in this outbreak the massive twisters came one after another. some on the ground for miles. dozens of storm chasers in pursuit. get back here! we got to go soon! it s going to miss us. it s going to miss us. reporter: this was sunday night in shawnee, oklahoma. listen as the sirens wail. a warning to residents to take cover immediately. right here. slow down. stop! reporter: there was advanced warning for the massive twister from new castle to moore. the national weather service says it was issued at 2:40 p.m., a full 16 minutes before the storm actually touched the ground.
affected by this terrible storm. we ll stand vigilant today and tomorrow, ready to help as more storms threaten the region. every resource will be made available. every federal resource will be made available to help the communities affected by this tragedy. senators mitch mcconnell and harry reid expressing support for those living in and around moore, oklahoma today after the damaging, devastating e-4 tornado came through and tore this part of this state of oklahoma apart. a state that s well aware of tornado damage having suffered through a very similar storm like this back in 1999, and as we close out this hour, the sun is starting to peek out. the rain has stopped. th winds have calmed. you can see more people as they try to come back home and see what s left. some people have more than others. what is abundant here is a
about the experience and what you saw yesterday? we were north of the tornado, it was very large. it was a wedge-shaped tornado when we were there, and the tornado had so much debris it was hard to see the tornado, just the literal dust cloud of debris around it where the debris was no longer anything recognizable. it was just atomized debris. you know, simon, as i understand it, you have been chasing storms since 1999. we have been talking about 1999 specifically for moore, oklahoma, because of the devastating storm, the ef-4 that came through then. they re considering this one to be the same type category storm, but we re waiting to find out the actual verification, but do you think this is the worst storm you have ever seen? well, i have seen damage from the f-5 that hit may 3rd of 1999. i saw the damage and was chasing the tornado that came through in
dallas/ft. worth around 4:00, 5:00 this afternoon. that will be the key time to watch for the population centers if they re going to get hit and how badly by the storms. and bill, real quickly, one thing here in moore, anyway, people are i guess the mystery is how cold it is. all of a sudden. because everybody is bundled up. the rain is coming in that s made us cold, but the wind and temperatures are very good. that s good. that means you re finally out of the soupy, warm, energized air mass that brought you the severe weather, now you re on the backside, and that s a good thing because you re writing off your chances of getting severe weather. maybe it will be cold and rainy, if someone was still trapped in the rubble and it was cold and wet, not the best situation for them, but as far as more severe weather, that pretty much crosses you off the lish. thanks so much. and a lot of people have become amateur videographers