i want to switch gears because st. louis now to the north of the city and south of the city both under tornado warnings. another one of our major cities in the country under tornado warnings at this point. shepard: and we will have live pictures out of there in just a few moments. also just got this from kokc radio and police in moore, oklahoma are now reporting cars have been overturned and power lines are down. it was last monday that moore got a direct hit and you all know the pictures and you know the outcome there. tonight, moore, the police are reporting cars overturned and power lines down. that is not to say that they he are confident that a tornado has hit there but the straightline winds, rick, we have been hearing reports in fact the latest one i got from norman from the national weather service was to expect 80 to 95-mile an hour winds. that will overturn a car are. certainly will. obviously some of that damage i think you are seeing today are rot reports you are star
The saint of st. louis there. that is the other tornado warned cell and about to cross over into illinois as well. south st. louis right now, would be the area getting hit the heaviest at this point potentially with a tornado right there. shepard: the office of emergency management in st. louis county says the most dangerous area now are near and east of flouriscont i believe you pronounce it south of i-55 and i-270 intersection. if you know the area alton on the north, st. louis on the south. everything to the the middle and to the east in illinois that is the danger zone in the st. louis area. what a night, rick. yeah, it is a really active night. taking a look at some of the reports that we have been seeing coming through, at this point let me he just refresh thq page here. nine reports well, that has got to be wrong. showing nine reports. it is it clearly far old because there have been more tornadoes if not more showing
The air. based on the dual pole, special radars within 50 miles of the radars. up to 5, 10,@&m00 feet trips the radar to say the tornado is right near. usually can t see it because of the rain around the tornado but we know the tornado is on the ground and doing damage. that is what we experienced in the oklahoma city tornadoes. shepard: rick and jeff quickly just in from the national weather service. the tornado threat is now decreasing. the national weather service out of norman, oklahoma says we may see brief weak tornadoes along the leading edge of the storm as it pushes southeast but stress weak, weak tornadoes on the edge of this thing, the leading edge. rick, it sounds like though no one is out of danger, please stay in your shelters and all the rest but the national weather service suggests that the danger decreasing.
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Ground below. sometimes the tornadoes made contact with the ground and lift again and might make contact again 30 seconds or two minutes down the path. we don t know if it is on the ground exactly as it is crossing over there. seeing that traffic certainly if any cars are turned over or damaged nobody is getting off of that interstate any time soon. shepard: sometimes these things bounce along like a pogo stick. exactly. exactly. that is what i was just staying. they touch and lift back up and touch again. we had a tornado a couple of days ago in the northern areas of oklahoma that was actually yesterday afternoon around guthrie and it was on t$e ground for 30 seconds. did damage in the 30 seconds and then lifted again and then miles later. that is often the case with the rotation in these tornadoes and that is why we can t say for sure with the run crossing over interstate 35 that there is contact with the ground at this point. shepard: we are waiting for