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there was not much warning. we were at a little different vantage point. as i said, we were in behind the rain curtains and hail was pretty intense at that point. once we got up onto the intersection of u.s. 71, of course, that s when we started seeing all the damage. it was maybe a mile to two miles ahead of us at that point. how long did this go on, steve? how quickly did it take this system to run through there and rip up these homes and cause so much damage? i would say under ten minutes, from our from where we were at. it was less than ten minutes as it moved through the city. yeah. i m going to bring in the experts who should be really asking you the questions on this. chad or jacqui, whomever first, go for it, steve, storm chaser. i wasn t able to listen into your entire report. but did you actually see the funnel or did you see the multivortices? from our vantage point we ....
There were several off on the ramp, several people up on the banks hurt, bleeding. you know, they were walking wounded, i guess, best way to put that. we pulled up there to that truck stop to compose ourselves and get out of the danger zone for a little bit, at which time we started to open the door, we heard a hissing sound, looked off to the left, maybe 50 foot away there was a large propane tank that was leaking propane. you could see the mist out of it. steve, will you stand by and chad and jacqui stand by. i m interested to know what they think as experts. we ll have more pictures, our storm chaser will join us on the other side of the break and chad myers and jacqui jeras as well. what they think when they look at that new video coming into cnn. don t go anywhere. more to come here. more pictures coming in from joplin, missouri. ....
Were unable to see that. it was shrouded in rain and the hail core. it was maybe a mile to two miles ahead of us from our software we were using. i know it s difficult to see in terms of how widespread the damage is, but what are you hearing in terms of how much of the town is devastated or how many miles this thing may have traveled? at least from what i m hearing anywhere from three to five miles long damage path. nearer the hospital, complete devastation. there s several homes that were there and businesses, strip malls, that kind of thing, unrecognizable at this point. and basically what you can see is just the hospital itself. now, there have been steve, are you from joplin? no, i m actually from the kansas city area. do you know the area fairly well? yes, i know it fairly well, yes. so, one of our affiliates is reporting, again, it was a multivortex tornado, several reports of numerous buildings ....