see if they were ef-3 or 4 later today once they get out here and survey the damage, it s really quite miraculous that the fatality count isn t higher. steve: all right. casey stegall live in shawnee, oklahoma. thank you. brian: maria molina is tracking the storm. how do i know that? because we have the tape. hey, maria. good morning, good to see you. just heart breaking taking a look at the images out of the oklahoma area. we re talking about more storms again today. we do have a moderate risk issued by the storm prediction center for parts of oklahoma. some of the same hard hit areas in oklahoma, parts of north central texas, arkansas, and across parts of missouri. we re looking at an elevated tornado threat out here. it s a very widespread risk in terms of people that can see strong to severe storms from texas into parts of the great lakes, damaging wind gusts in excess of 60 miles per hour, large hail and tornadoes possible and because the storm system is such a slow mover, n
good morning to you. bright and early in oklahoma. good morning to you all. gretchen: we re looking at the video you were shooting here. describe how close you actually get to these storms. how do you know where to go to capture the best video? we have tornado tracking videos. we know if it is going to be an explosive day west of wichita. the first storm went out and we intercepted southwest of wichita and dropped down in oklahoma. steve: catherine, some of them yesterday were a little dicey because they were wrapped in rain. you couldn t see the funnel per se because there was a great big deluge around it. exactly. that was the case with most of the tornadoes yesterday. they were wrapped in rain, difficult to see. you couldn t even see them coming, the people that suffered damage. steve: that s dangerous because you don t know if you re getting too close to it. it might be on the other
the damage. there are hundreds of homes that are damaged. absolutely terrifying and heart breaking. listen to this one woman. the wind blew the cellar door and then all of a sudden, everything just seemed like it went to pieces. everything i own. my pick up was sitting out there. my daughter s car. everything is gone. how do you even begin to console someone like that? we re standing here and we re watching these people dig through what was once their home and this is a story that is playing out all over the place, all over this region. and as you were saying, adding insult to injury, another round of severe storms headed this way later today. in fact, almost the exact same area here in oklahoma, along the
gretchen: get right to that fox news alert on the storms this morning. oh, my god! that s damaged! watch out! window s up! gretchen: amazing video storm catchers catching this incredible twister. one of the worst hit city, shawnee, oklahoma, 35 miles southeast of oklahoma city. brian: look at this devastation. the storm tossing trucks, cars like toys, completely reducing neighborhoods to rubble. a 79-year-old man did not make it. he is dead. and dozens more are injured. steve: take a look at that. fox news chief meteorologist rick reichmuth is 50 miles
northeast side of oklahoma city are going to be on the significant category meaning ef-3, ef-4, maybe ef-5. brian: how close do you guys get? you ve got to stay back. today we re going to have another situation where we ll have a risk of severe weather here in oklahoma city. the state got affected yesterday. it will have another outbreak this afternoon. oklahoma city, shawnee, tulsa, ardmore, the fear of tornadoes today starting around 3:00. steve: they have been doing it for 30 years. they were up late last night but up early this morning with us. we thank you for joining us live on the phone today from your motel there in oklahoma. thank you. brian: straight ahead, the midwest is not in the