>> FROM THE LOCAL STATION NEWSFOURJAX. ♪
NEWSFOURJAX. ♪ >>JENESE HARRIS: TONIGHT ON
NEWS, 4 JAX AT 11, MORE THAN
80 PEOPLE ARE LIKELY DEAD
AFTER A STRING OF TORNADOES
THAT HIT 6 STATES. YOU’RE
LOOKING AT THE DAMAGE DONE IN
MAYFIELD, KENTUCKY, WHERE THE
CITY IS UNDER A CURFEW RIGHT
NOW. GOOD EVENING. AT LEAST 30
TORNADOES WERE REPORTED
OVERNIGHT. KENTUCKY FELT THE
BRUNT OF IT AND THE FOOTAGE
YOU’RE GOING TO SEE IN JUST A
MOMENT. HOMES AND BUILDINGS
DESTROYED. CARS HAD TO DRIVE
SLOWLY AS THEY MADE THEIR WAY
AROUND THE CITY OVER FEARS
THEY MAY FALLEN POWER LINES. A
LOOK OVER BOWLING GREEN.
KENTUCKY SHOWS A SIMILAR
SCENE. YOU CAN SEE ROWS OF
TREES AND HOMES FLATTENED FOR
MANY SURVIVORS. LAST NIGHT
SCENE IS STILL PLAYING IN THE
MINES.
>> SO IS IS ON THIS FRONT
PORCH I REMEMBER SAND.
>> JUST TO ALL THE POWER. I
JUST LESS. REMEMBER THE POWERS
WHICH WENT OUT TO SCOTT TURNED
BLUE AND THEN I SEEN A SCENE
THE THAT WAY. I RAN INSIDE
MOTHER BUDDIES IN BAD. HE’S
OUT HERE TIME THE CIGARETTE.
>> WE BARELY MADE IT BACK
INSIDE.
>>JENESE HARRIS: CREWS ARE
DIGGING THROUGH THE DAMAGE AT
A CANDLE FACTORY THAT WAS
DESTROYED BY THE STORMS. THE
CITY IS CALLING THE SITE
PRIORITY ONE MORE THAN 110
WORKERS WERE INSIDE THE
BUILDING WHEN A TORNADO HIT AT
LAST WORD, 40 PEOPLE ARE STILL
UNACCOUNTED FOR.
>> THERE’S AT LEAST 15 FEET OF
METAL. ON TOP OF IT. BARRELS
OF CORROSIVE CHEMICALS THAT
ARE THERE GOING TO BE A
MIRACLE? IF ANYBODY ELSE IS
FOUND ALIVE YET.
>>JENESE HARRIS: PRESIDENT
BIDEN SAYS ALL OF THE STATED
BY THE STORMS WILL GET FEDERAL
HELP. TEXAS HAS ALREADY AGREED
TO SEND SEARCH AND RESCUE
CREWS TO KENTUCKY AS REQUESTED
BY FEMA. JACKSONVILLE MAYOR
LENNY CURRY ALSO SHOWED HIS
SUPPORT ON TWITTER TODAY SAID,
QUOTE, AS THE DEATH TOLL
CONTINUES TO RISE IN KENTUCKY,
MYSELF, ALONG WITH THE ENTIRE
CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, SEND OUR
PRAYERS TO ALL WHO HAVE BEEN
IMPACTED AS FLORIDIANS. WE ARE
ALL TOO FAMILIAR WITH THE
DEADLY WEATHER AND WE’LL
CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU IN OUR
HEARTS. NOW, SOME PEOPLE IN
THE STATES THAT WERE HIT BY
THE TORNADOES. THEY HAVE SAID
THAT THEY DID NOT GET A
WARNING AT ALL. NEWS 4 JAX
REPORTER MARILYN PARKER JOINS
US LIVE IN THE STUDIO TONIGHT.
MERELY SPOKE WITH THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE HERE IN
JACKSONVILLE. AND THEY TALKED
ABOUT THIS PROCESS. THEY
DIDN’T. IT’S A MATTER OF NOT
EVERYONE MAY HAVE GOT IT, BUT
SOMEONE DID. THEY SAY THAT
THERE IS A LOT OF INFORMATION
THAT STILL HAS TO GET OUT.
>>JENESE HARRIS: ABOUT THIS
STORM. IT’S BEEN A VERY, VERY
CHALLENGING IN NEW INFORMATION
IS STILL COMING OUT. I’M TOLD
A LOOK AT SEVERAL CLUES IN THE
ATMOSPHERE, THE POTENTIAL FOR
THESE STORMS WERE SEEN DAYS IN
ADVANCE, THOUGH, SOME SAY
COMMUNICATION HAS TO IMPROVE
ON THE WEATHER SERVICE’S END.
>> THE DAMAGE IS EXTENSIVE.
THE MAIN CAUSE OF THAT WAS A
COLD FRONT.
>> THERE’S A VERY STRONG COLD
FRONT WHERE AN ABUNDANT
MOISTURE IN PLACE. A LOT OF
INSTABILITY THAT A LOT OF LIFT
ASSOCIATED WITH THAT AS WELL.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE,
JACKSONVILLE METEOROLOGISTS
SAY THE STORM HAD ALL THE
INGREDIENTS IT NEEDED TO LEAVE
MILES OF DESTRUCTION.
>> DAYS BEFORE THE STORM,
CORDERRO SAYS WARNINGS WENT
OUT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE. CHECK TO LOCAL NEWS
AND CITY EMERGENCY MANAGERS
FOLLOWING THE STORMS. A TWEET
FROM A METEOROLOGISTS IN
MISSOURI SAYS PLEASE GET IN WS
CHAT, THE FUNDING IT NEEDS TO
FIX STABILITY ISSUES. IT’S
FAILING RIGHT NOW WITH
MULTIPLE TORNADO WARNINGS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
>> IT’S A NOTE ISSUED AN THERE
HAS BEEN SOME ISSUES WITH
ASSOCIATED WITH MOST OF
PROGRAM AS WELL. YEAH, BUT
THERE ARE THERE ARE MEASURES
THAT ARE MOVING FORWARD TO.
>> TO BOLSTER THE PROGRAM,
CORDERRO HAS WITNESSED THESE
PROBLEMS BEFORE HE SAYS THE
HIGHEST LATENCY IS DURING
LARGE SCALE EVENTS TAXING ON
THE SERVER. A JACKSONVILLE
WOMAN IN TENNESSEE SAYS SHE
DIDN’T HAVE SEVERE WEATHER
ALERTS BEFORE FRIDAY AND SAYS.
>> SHE DIDN’T THINK TO CHECK.
I HAD A COUPLE FRIENDS REACH
OUT TO ME TELLING ME THAT
THERE IS GOING TO BE BAD
WEATHER. CORDERRO SAYS THE
INFORMATION GOT OUT THERE. THE
STORM TRACK FROM NWS SAYS THAT
LAST 11 HOURS AND TRAVELED 600
MILES.
>> RIGHT NOW, THEY SAY MORE
THAN ONE TORNADO WAS PRODUCED,
BUT THEY DON’T HAVE AN EXACT
NUMBER. THEY ALSO DON’T KNOW
ITS INTENSITY WITH OR TOTAL
DAMAGE. THE DEATH AND INJURY
TOLL CONTINUES TO RISE.
>> THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND
ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION
WILL PROPOSE THE NWS GET A
7 BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET IN
2022. NICE.
>>JENESE HARRIS: THANK YOU,
MARILYN. AND YOU CAN LEARN
MORE ABOUT WHY THE STORM AND
THIS TYPE OF STORM
SPECIFICALLY. IT’S SO RARE FOR
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