WITH THE HELP OF CALLING PARENTS CONCERNS WHAT THEY’RE EXPECTED TO TALK ABOUT. AND
SEVERE WEATHER LEAVING DEATH
AND DESTRUCTION IN ITS WAKE.
DOZENS OF TORNADOES STRIKING 7
STATES IN THE SOUTH AND PARTS
OF THE MIDWEST.
>> NOW OFFICIALS ARE LOOKING
FOR ANY POSSIBLE SURVIVORS AS
THE DEATH TOLL CONTINUES TO
CLIMB GOOD MORNING. AMANDA
CASTRO, THANKS FOR WAKING UP
WITH US CREWS AND FIRST
RESPONDERS HAVE WORKED AROUND
THE CLOCK ALL IN HOPES OF
FINDING POTENTIAL SURVIVORS IN
THE WRECKAGE. TORNADOES
SWEEPING THROUGH PORTIONS OF
THE MIDWEST AND SOUTHEAST
FRIDAY NIGHT AND KENTUCKY,
TENNESSEE, OHIO, ILLINOIS,
ARKANSAS, MISSOURI AND
MISSISSIPPI ACROSS THE 7
STATES THE STORMS KILLED AN
ESTIMATED 84 PEOPLE AND LEFT
MANY WITHOUT A HOME. KENTUCKY,
HOWEVER, FACING THE BRUNT OF
THE DEVASTATION FOR TORNADOES
TOUCHING DOWN AND AND THERE
AND ALONE, ONE OF THOSE HAD
STAYED ON THE GROUND FOR MORE
THAN 200 MILES. AT LAST COUNT.
THE DEATH TOLL IN THAT STATE
IS NEARING 70 KENTUCKY
GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR CALLING
THE STORMS THE WORST IN THE
STATE’S HISTORY.
>> THAT MAY END UP BEING THE
LARGEST LOSS OF LIFE AND ANY
TORNADO EVENT IN A SINGLE
LOCATION AGAIN IN THE STATES.
>> HISTORY. THE DEVASTATION IS
IS UNLIKE ANYTHING I’VE SEEN.
>> IN MY LIFE AND AND I HAVE
TROUBLE PUTTING IT INTO WORDS
WHERE GROUND 0 AND I KNOW THIS
COMMUNITY IS HIT. IT’S BEEN
HIT REALLY HARD. WE ARE WITH
YOU ALL STAYS WITH YOU.
>> STATE AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS
ARE COORDINATING SEARCH AND
RESCUE EFFORTS AS PRESIDENT
BIDEN PROMISES TO PROVIDE
WHATEVER RESOURCES ARE NEEDED
FOR NOW, SURVIVORS ARE LEFT TO
PICK UP THE PIECES OF WHAT’S
LEFT BEHIND MANY WITHOUT THEIR
HOMES, SCHOOLS AND BUSINESSES.
>> THE PRESIDENT HAS SIGNED
THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY DISASTER
DECLARATION FOR THOSE WHO
>> DO THIS WORK THAT RARELY
HAPPENS IN THE MIDST OF A
DISASTER. IT SHOWS HOW BAD IT
IS. IT OPENS UPS US UP TO
SIGNIFICANTLY MORE RESOURCES
AND THINGS LIKE ALMOST
IMMEDIATE REIMBURSEMENT FOR A
LOT OF THE THINGS WE’RE DOING,
WHICH IS GOING TO HELP OUR
CITIES AND OUR COUNTIES TO TO
REALLY EVEN MORE.
>> THIS IS LIKELY ONE OF THE
LARGEST TORNADO OUTBREAKS
HISTORY. THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT WILL DO EVERYTHING.
EVERYTHING YOU CAN POSSIBLY DO
TO HELP.
>> AND NOW THE NATIONAL GUARD
WAS CALLED IN THERE ON THE
GROUND THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND
WITH THE HOPES OF HELPING
THOSE WHO DESPERATELY NEEDED
AT THIS POINT. WE WANT TO
BRING IN METEOROLOGIST
JONATHAN KEGGES NOW WHO IS
TAKING A LOOK AT THE RADAR AND
GIVING US A WALK THROUGH OF
HOW THIS HAPPENED. YEAH.
OBVIOUSLY AN INTENSE
THUNDERSTORM THAT PRODUCED
THIS TORNADO THAT USE YOUR
TURN MAY HAVE BEEN ON THE
GROUND FOR 200 MILES AT LEAST
NOW. THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IS GOING TO GO IN
THERE. THEY’VE ALREADY STARTED
THEIR DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS AND
WILL CONFIRM IF THAT WAS THE
CASE FROM RADAR PERSPECTIVE,
IT CERTAINLY LOOKS LIKE IT WAS
VERY, VERY CLOSE TO DOING
THAT. IF THAT WAS THE CASE
THAT WOULD END RIVALING A PART
OF THE TRI-STATE TORNADO IS
BEING CALLED THE QUAD STATE
TORNADO. IT WOULD BE THE ONLY
TORNADO TO EVER CROSS FOR
STATE LINES AGAIN, IF IT DID,
IN FACT, STAY ON THE GROUND.
>> THE ENTIRE TIME OF ITS
LIFE. HERE IS THE CLASSIC
TEXTBOOK SUPERCELL AGAIN. HERE
IS MAYFIELD, ANY SO THAT
ICONIC LOOK AT SEE THAT BRIGHT
LAVENDER, BLACK COLOR THERE.
THAT IS THE RADAR SEEING,
QUOTE, UNQUOTE, THE DEBRIS
ALREADY WORKING ITS WAY INTO
MAYFIELD. AGAIN, ONE OF THE
MORE SOBERING THINGS YOU CAN
SEE AS AS THE METEOROLOGISTS
WATCHING THE RADAR PICTURE
HERE GOING FORWARD. AND AGAIN,
THAT CLASSIC ICONIC SUPER CELL
THUNDERSTORM AS IT WORKED ITS
WAY ACROSS PARTS OF REALLY
COMING OUT OF ARKANSAS WORKING
ITS WAY INTO PARTS OF
KENTUCKY, TENNESSEE, MISSOURI,
AS WELL GOING FORWARD. NOW THE
DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS HAVE BEGUN.
THIS IS GOING TO TAKE SEVERAL
DAYS TO CONFIRM, IN FACT, IF
IT WAS ON THE GROUND THE
ENTIRE THE TIME REGARDS WAS
YOU’VE SEEN THE DESTRUCTION,
THE LOSS OF LIFE HAS BEEN
INCREDIBLE AS WELL. THE MAX
INTENSITY SO FAR THIS WAS
SOUTHWEST OF MAYFIELD NOW
WHERE THIS IS NOT AT ITS
STRONGEST POINT JUST YET AND
HAS BEEN RATED EF 3 OUT OF
FROM 0 TO EF 5. SO WE’LL
LIKELY SEE STRONGER DAMAGE
COMING BACK IN AT LEAST A
STRONGER RATING AS THEY GET
INTO MAYFIELD AND THEN INTO
BENTON, WHICH IS NORTHEAST OF
MAYFIELD. THAT’S WHERE I THINK
THE WORST DAMAGE HAS BEEN
STORM WITH SO FAR HAS BEEN 3,
3 QUARTERS OF A MILE AS A VERY
LARGE TORNADO STORM PATH.
AGAIN, THE EVENTUAL TORNADO
PATH IS GOING TO TAKE DAYS TO
ASSESS ARE SEVERAL IN NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES IN THE
MIX. TO PUT THAT IN
PERSPECTIVE, A 227 MILE TRACK
THAT IS APPROXIMATELY GETTING
IN YOUR CAR AND DRIVE DRIVING
FROM CAPE CORAL, FLORIDA. UP
75 TO OCALA. THAT WOULD TAKE
HIM 3 HOURS IN 17 MINUTES
GOING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. SO
AGAIN, THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT
TORNADO. IT’S ONE OF SEVERAL.
SO THIS IS NOT JUST THE ONLY
TORNADO IS THE ONE THAT’S
GETTING PUBLICITY. BUT AGAIN,
A LOT OF DAMAGE, A LOT OF
DESTRUCTION ACROSS THE COUNTRY
FROM DECEMBER 10TH THROUGH THE
11TH. YOU SEE ALL THE TORNADO
REPORTS OUT OF THIS SEVERE
WEATHER OUTBREAK ON DECEMBER
10TH, REALLY THE NIGHT OF
WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS
WHY IT MADE IT SO DANGEROUS
AND DEADLY. HERE IS THE COLD
FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THAT
SEVERE WEATHER SYSTEM. AGAIN,
THAT IS PUSHING TO FLORIDA
TODAY. NOW, AGAIN, THIS IS
NOTHING TO WHAT IT WAS. A
COUPLE OF DAYS AGO. WE’RE JUST
TALKING ABOUT A MUCH WEAKER
SYSTEM. YOU SEE IT THERE JUST
A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS OR
SPRINKLES AS THIS THING
FINALLY CLEARS THE COUNTRY.
SLIGHTLY COOLER BEHIND THIS
FOR US TODAY. WE ARE GOING TO
PINPOINT THAT SLIGHTLY COOLER
TEMPERATURES COMING UP IN A
FEW THANK YOU, JONATHAN. AND
IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT
PAST OUTBREAKS HERE IN CENTRAL
FLORIDA ARE READ UP ON TORNADO