and tracked for 250 miles. i mean, typically when you have a tornado, a big, strong tornado, it will go a quarter mile, maybe a half mile. maybe five miles in some spots, but not 250 miles. also, the survey the damage survey, did it lift up? did it drop back down or stay on the ground the entire time? that s going to be super unusual and probably will land us in the longest tracking tornado. let s start in arkansas because that s where we saw the first warning, and that was around 5:20 yesterday, and then backing up even further, the storm prediction center sent out these alerts two days before. i think we started talking about it late wednesday into thursday that we knew a pretty big system was going to be coming. that was alerted on thursday, and then yesterday that was an enhanced risk. by yesterday we saw it moved up to a moderate risk. that s one of the highest. the news was out that this was going to be a pretty big outbreak. it was a pretty big outbreak, no matter how much war
so good of you to talk to us. what can you see, goodness. your dash cam tells its own story. that can you see, goodness. your dash cam tells its own story. tells its own story. that is the best explanation tells its own story. that is the best explanation of tells its own story. that is the best explanation of this - tells its own story. that is the best explanation of this i - tells its own story. that is the best explanation of this i can l tells its own story. that is the - best explanation of this i can give you. i have been covering and following where therefore my entire professional career and i speak for every meteorologist in both the united states and around the world whether it is a hurricane or a corneille dough or a blizzard, it is one thing when we know the potential of the atmosphere. it is another thing when it actually becomes a reality and every meteorologist s worst fear is when worst case happens. and that is what we have here. this very male may be the longest
part there are, and has also been compromised. but we are making do. the meteorologist noah bergren was in mayfield, kentucky one of the locations hit by the tornado, and he showed us the extent of the damage. i have been covering and following weather for my entire professional career. and i speakfor every meteorologist in the united states and around the world but whether it is a hurricane, tornado or blizzard, it is one thing when we know the potential of the atmosphere, it is another thing when it actually becomes a reality, and their worst fear of every meteorologist is when the worst case happens. and that is what we have here. this well may be the longest tracking tornado in united states history. on the ground for over 200 miles. we rejust looking at a small piece of 200 miles. the amazing thing is, we have
towns and probably in the hundreds of millions of dollars or more. and you canjust seal the of millions of dollars or more. and you can just seal the projectiles put up christmas decorations, highway sign, there are nails everywhere. this was a bank. that is what is left of the fire department. they used to be two storey to the building and now there is one. this is why we tell people, do not go next to windows in tornadoes because flying projectiles through a window are going to puncture your head or do worse damage to you. it s going to be a long recovery. for those of us in the midsouth. some meteorological context for you, this will be the longest tracking tornado in united states history and possibly one of the strongest. i
ma be the back the extent of the damage. in 3 may be the longest tracking tornado in united states history, on the ground for over 200 miles. we are just looking at a small piece of this 200 miles. the amazing thing is, we have not had as many deaths or casualties as, if you just look at this, the fact that people survived, some of these houses that we are going by, is remarkable. christmas, it is two weeks until christmas. there are christmas decorations miles from here, the debris that was lofted from this tornado was up at about 35,000 feet so, so that is about the altitude a commercial airliner cruises that, maybe a little higher doing across the atlantic. the debris from this tornado was dropped miles and miles from the actual tornado. i don t even know how to describe this other