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>>> WE
>>> WE CAN CONFIRM THAT A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN SOUTH OF
PORT ORCHARD AT 2 PM THIS
AFTERNOON.
AFTERNOON. >> RIGHT NOW, THE SAFEWAY
PARKING LOT.
PARKING LOT. >> IS STARTED, HEAVY RAIN THEN
HAIL, THEN WIND, THEN I SAW THE
TORNADO, LIKE SPINNING.
I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO GET
SOME THE.
SOME THE.
SOME THE. >> WE WERE AT THE OTHER END OF
THE HOUSE AND THE TREES CAME
INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE LIVING
ROOM.
ROOM.
ROOM. IT
ROOM. IT WAS DEVASTATING.
IT WAS AMAZING, IT SOUNDED
SCARY.
SCARY.
SCARY. I
SCARY. I AM BLESSED TO BE STILL HERE
AND MY CAR IS STILL HERE.
IS TERRIBLE TO SEE MY NEIGHBORS
GO THROUGH THIS TRAGEDY.
>> THE NEIGHBORHOODS LOOKED
LIKE DISASTER JONES NASA --
ZONES.
ZONES.
ZONES. THIS WAS A RARE TORNADO THAT
TOUCHED DOWN IN PORT ORCHARD.
THIS IS BUT IT LEFT BEHIND,
THIS IS WHAT THE AREA LOOKED
LIKE BEFORE THE STORM ON THE
RIGHT, THE SAME AREA AFTER
TODAY'S TORNADO.
TODAY'S TORNADO. THE DAMAGE AND THE DEBRIS WAS
BRIEFLY ON THE GROUND.
>> IT LU THE ROOF RIGHT OFF AT
THIS RED HOUSE.
THE LEFT SIDE IS WHAT IT LOOKED
LIKE BEFORE TODAY AND THE RIGHT,
RIGHT WHEN THE TORNADO HIT IT.
WE BEGIN WITH NATALIE SWABY.
>> WE ARE IN ALL WALMART
PARKING LOT THIS HAS BEEN ON
MEETING SPOT THEY CAME HERE FOR
TO CORE NIGHT THEN IT'S BACK
OUT TO THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT
NEED HELP.
NEED HELP. WE WERE IN ONE OF THOSE
NEIGHBORHOODS AND WE TALKED TO
A FAMILY THAT SAW THE DAMAGE
DONE TO THEIR HOME.
>> THIS WAS POINTED DIRECTLY TO
MY HOUSE, I COULD SEE THE
DEBRIS OF THE ROOF COMING OFF.
>> HE WAS AT WORK WHEN HIS
HOUSE WAS HIT HARD BY THE
TORNADO.
TORNADO.
TORNADO. >> EVERY WINDOW IS SMASHED IN
MY GARAGE DOOR IS IN MY GARAGE.
>> HER BED IS BURIED.
>> THIS IS MY BED.
THIS IS THE INSULATION THAT CAME
TUMBLING DOWN.
TUMBLING DOWN. >> IF MY DAUGHTER AND SON WERE
IN THERE, THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN
HURT SEVERELY.
HURT SEVERELY. THERE IS FURNITURE TIPPED OVER
EVERYWHERE AND THERE ARE TWO BY
FOURS STUCK IN THE WALL.
>> SHE REFLECTS ON THE DAY.
>> THIS WAS THE BEGINNING OF
IT.
IT.
IT. IT
IT. IT HAPPENED FAST BUT IT FELT
LIKE IT WAS IN SLOW-MOTION.
>> IT WASN'T UNTIL LATER THAT
HER FATHER HAD AN UP CLOSE AND
UNCOMFORTABLE VIEW.
UNCOMFORTABLE VIEW. >> I WAS ON THE CORNER OF
SALMON BARRY.
SALMON BARRY. >> I HAD NO IDEA ON WHAT WAS
GOING ON I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS A
TORNADO.
TORNADO.
TORNADO. I JUST SEE THIS TREE FALLING
BEHIND ME AND THEN DEBRIS
FLYING.
FLYING.
FLYING. THEN IT WAS OVER.
I COUNTED NINE CARS IN A ROW TO
HAD THE WINDOWS BLOWN OUT.
>> I CANNOT SAY ENOUGH THAT I
THINK GOD THAT NOBODY WAS HURT.
>> TODAY, HE SAYS THAT HE HAS
WHAT HE TRULY NEEDS.
>> ALL OF US TOGETHER, THAT IS
THE FIRST STEP ANYTHING AFTER
THAT IS OKAY.
>> IT MEANT A LOT TO HIM, HIS
CHURCH, HIS COWORKERS, AND RED
CROSS HAVE REACHED OUT TO SEE
IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT HIS
FAMILY NEEDS.
FAMILY NEEDS. IN PORT ORCHARD, NATALIE SWABY,
KING 5 NEWS.
>> THE MOST INCREDIBLE THING
WAS THAT NO ONE WAS INJURED OR
KILLED.
KILLED.
KILLED. THIS IS GROUND ZERO THIS IS
SOUTHEAST TIBURON COURT.
MOST OF THE HOUSES WERE
DAMAGED, SEVERAL WERE HIT BY
TREES, LOOK AT THESE HOUSES
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. THESE ARE ALL RESIDENTIAL AREAS
BUT THEY WERE NOT TOUCHED, ONLY
THE HOUSES HERE NEAR TIBURON
COURT, IT IS RIGHT HERE, BY THE
WALMART STORE.
WALMART STORE. AND THIS IS ACROSS FROM THE
WENDY'S.
WENDY'S.
WENDY'S. THIS IS WHERE THE SAFEWAY IS.
YOU CAN SEE IT AS A POPULATED
AREA, A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE AT
2 PM IN THE AFTERNOON AND YET,
NO ONE WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED.
CHRIS DANIELS CAUGHT UP WITH
THE FIRST RESPONDERS TO KEEP
PEOPLE SAFE AND HELPING OTHERS
EVACUATE.
EVACUATE.
EVACUATE. >> GOOD EVENING TONIGHT I AM AT
PORT ORCHARD, THIS STRUCK DOWN
IN ALL WELL POPULATED AREA.
>> IT WAS FREAKY.
>> Reporter: TOBY RAIN
DESCRIBED IT AS HE STUMBLED
INTO A COUPLE AT GROUND ZERO.
>> THEY SAY THAT THEY LOST HER
HOUSE IN THEIR HOUSES GONE BUT
THEY ARE ALIVE.
>> Reporter: HAVE YOU EVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE THAT?
>> NO, NOT AROUND HERE.
>> I HAPPENED TO LOOK OUT MY
WINDOW BECAUSE THERE WAS A LADY
TRYING TO FIGHT HER UMBRELLA
THEN I SAW THE DEBRIS FLYING.
AND I SAID, OH MY GOODNESS, SHE
IS GOING TO GET HIT BY
SOMETHING.
SOMETHING. AND THE NEXT THING I KNEW,
THERE WAS A CRASH.>> Reporter:
THEY HAD TO BE EVACUATED AND
THERE TWO CAST TOO.
>> THE TREES CAME DOWN IN THE
MIDDLE OF OUR LIVERMAN.
>> ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT THEY
WORKED THROUGH POUNDING RAIN TO
ASSESS THE DAMAGE WHILE TRYING
TO A GAS LEAK TRIGGERED BY THE
TWISTER.
TWISTER.
TWISTER. >> I SAW THE TORNADO COME BY
THE WINDOW.
THE WINDOW. >> SHANNON BLAKE SAID THAT SHE
KNOWS THAT HER HOME IS
DESTROYED BUT IS THANKFUL THAT
HER FAMILY IS NOT.
>> THE TREE MISSED ME BY THAT
MUCH.
MUCH.
MUCH. >>
MUCH. >> IT WILL BE A DEAD DECEMBER
TO REMEMBER AFTER THE VISIT BY
A FREAK FINAL.
>> YOU DO NOT EXPECT THIS TO
HAPPEN NOT IN WASHINGTON STATE,
RIGHT?
RIGHT?
RIGHT? >>
RIGHT? >> Reporter: THEY WERE PULLING
DOGS, CATS, OUT OF THE AFFECTED
AREA AND BASED ON WHAT WE COULD
SEE HERE ON THE GROUND WILL
TAKE SEVERAL DAYS TO CLEANUP.
IN PORT ORCHARD, I AM CHRIS
DANIELS.
DANIELS.
DANIELS. >> THE TORNADO TORE DOWN POWER
LINES AND TREES BUT NO ONE
APPARENTLY WAS SERIOUSLY
INJURED.
INJURED.
INJURED. THE CRUISE WILL BE -- THE CREWS
WILL BE OUT HERE TONIGHT.
>> THE DRIVEWAYS ARE DARK AND
SOME ARE CUT OFF AND HARD TO
GET THROUGH.
GET THROUGH. BUT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD PERIOD IN
TREES THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT EVERYONE THAT LIVES THERE
IS OKAY.
IS OKAY.
IS OKAY. >> WE WERE SCARED.
ESPECIALLY, WHEN WE SAW THE
TREES GOING DOWN THAT WE HER
THAT LOUD, IT SOUNDED LIKE A JET
WAS CLOSE, AND COMING DOWN LOW.
>> IT WASN'T UP PLANE CRASH IT
WAS A NATURAL DISASTER.
>> DOZENS OF TREES KNOCKED OUT
HOMES AND KNOCKED OUT POWERS,
IT APPEARS THAT NO ONE WAS
SERIOUSLY HURT, BUT NEARLY
EVERYONE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD
SUFFERED SOME KIND OF PROPERTY
DAMAGE WITH THE AFTER JUNE --
THE AFTERNOON STORM THAT THEY
COULD A NEVER IMAGINE WHAT
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED. >> IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU SEE
ON THE NEWS THAT COULD HAPPEN
IN ANOTHER COUNTRY OR IN
ANOTHER STAY.
ANOTHER STAY. >> I COULD SMELL THE GAS AND
IMMEDIATELY I RAN OUTSIDE WITH
MY 4-YEAR-OLD NEPHEW IN MY
HANDS WITH SLIP BIRDS --
SLIPPERS AND I RAN UP THE ROAD.
>> Reporter: THE SEARCH AND
RESCUE VOLUNTEERS ARE GOING
DOOR TO DOOR AND REMINDING
PEOPLE IF THEY NEED ANYTHING TO
CALL 911.
CALL 911.
CALL 911. >>> WE ARE AT SAINT GABRIEL
CHURCH IN PORT ORCHARD AND THE
RED CROSS SAYS THAT 50 TO 75
PEOPLE CAME HERE THEY HAD TO BE
EVACUATED OR THEY CAME IN TO
GET WARM AND GET FOOD.
WE TALKED TO SOME OF THEM THIS
EVENING.
EVENING.
EVENING. >> Reporter: AT THE SAINT
GABRIEL CHURCH, THERE IS SOME
RELIEF.
RELIEF.
RELIEF. >> IF SOMETHING HAPPENED TO ME
I WOULD LIKE THEM TO HELP ME.
>> HE CAME HERE TO VOLUNTEER.
>> WHATEVER THEY NEED I HAVE
BEEN PUTTING PAPER AND THE
TOILET ROOM AND HELPING PEOPLE
IN AND OUT.
>> AND PEOPLE LIKE RICHARD
RAYMOND.
RAYMOND.
RAYMOND. RICHARD SHOWED US PICTURES OF
THE DAMAGE AND HE IS SURPRISED
THAT HE MADE IT OUT OF HIS HOME
ON RHAPSODY THREE.
>> I SAID COMING TOWARDS US AND
IT WENT RIGHT THROUGH OUR
HOUSE.
HOUSE.
HOUSE. >>
HOUSE. >> IT HAPPENED WHILE YOU ARE
INSIDE?
INSIDE?
INSIDE? >> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. RICHARD LAKE OTHERS ARE IN
SHOCK AND THEY ARE HERE FOR
SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.
>> IT IS NICE TO SEE PEOPLE
CARING LIKE THAT.
I NEVER HAD TO BE ON THE
RECEIVING END LIKE THIS BUT IT
DEFINITELY HELPS. IT IS NICE TO
KNOW THAT PEOPLE CARE.
>> TONIGHT, THERE WERE A LOT OF
PEOPLE THAT CAME OUT TO DROP
OFF THINGS AND THE BEST THING IS
TO DONATE.
TO DONATE. >> WE KEEP YOU UPDATED
EVERYWHERE WHEN BREAKING NEWS
HAPPENS.
HAPPENS.
HAPPENS. BUT WE WERE REALLY HAPPY WHEN
YOU HELPED US WITH YOUR
PICTURES.
PICTURES.
PICTURES. THIS LOOKS LIKE THIS WAS TAKEN
FROM THE SECOND FLOOR.
THE TORNADO TOPPLED OVER A
TRAILER AT THE HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT SOUTH OF THE
WALMART.
WALMART.
WALMART. THIS WAS UPROOTED IN THE FRONT
YARD OF THIS HOME.
WE APPRECIATE YOU SHARING THE
IMAGES WITH US.
>> THE GOVERNOR TWEETED AND
SAID THAT OUR HEARTS ARE WITH
THE COMMUNITY.
THE COMMUNITY. AND THANK YOU TO THE CREWS WHO
ARE WORKING HARD TO REPAIR POWER
AND ASSIST WITH THE DAMAGES.
>> WE ANTICIPATE THAT SCHOOLS
WILL RUN ON REGULAR LATE START
ON DECEMBER 19.
>> AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE
SAID THAT THEY WILL BE ON
PATROL IN THE AFFECTED
NEIGHBORHOOD THROUGHOUT THE
NIGHT.
>>
>> WASHINGTON AVERAGES AROUND TWO TORNADOES A YEAR, WHEN THEY
TOUCHED DOWN IT IS A SMALL
LOCATION, AND IT IS RARE.
THEY ARE HARD TO PREDICT AND
THEY ARE HARD TO FORECAST.
>> JORDAN STEEL JOINING US NOW
TO BREAK DOWN THIS RARE EVENT
FOR
FOR US
FOR US IN
FOR US IN WASHINGTON. >> WE WILL SEE WHAT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
SURVEYS.
SURVEYS.
SURVEYS. THIS WAS AN EF 2, OR POSSIBLY
AN EF 3, THAT IS SOMETHING THEY
HAVE TO ASSESS, IT WAS
POWERFUL, THE RADAR IS QUIETING
DOWN, THERE IS A AREA RIGHT
HERE THAT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT.
I WILL SHOW YOU WHAT IT LOOKED
LIKE AT 1:55 PM.
THERE WAS ALL BULL'S-EYE RED DOT
, AND HALE EMBEDDED IN THAT
SYSTEM THAN A CLASSIC HOOK
WHERE WE SAW THE DAMAGE ON
BETHEL ROAD, SOUTHEAST.
THIS HAD ROTATION AND IT
TOUCHED THE SERVICE AND HAD
PROBLEMS.
PROBLEMS.
PROBLEMS. THAT IS WHERE WE SAW MOST OF
THE DAMAGE AROUND THE BETHEL,
SOUTHEAST ROAD.
SOUTHEAST ROAD. THE BIG PICTURE SHOWS SHOWERS
HANGING ON WE WILL CONTINUE TO
SEE THEM WITH US, WE WILL SEE A
BIT OF A CHANGE IT TO TOMORROW.
AND THIS WOULD GO INTO OLYMPIA
AND THE BIG PICTURE SHOWS
ANOTHER STORM ON THE HORIZON.
I WILL TACKLE THAT AND A MOMENT
BUT I WHEN IT HEAD OUT FOR TWO
OUR METEOROLOGISTST, CRAIG
HERRERA.
HERRERA.
HERRERA. >> I WILL EXPLAIN WHAT
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED. LET'S REWIND BACK TO 5:30 PM.
THERE IS THE STORM, AS WE
ADVANCE, WATCH HOW IT
PROGRESSES, THE WIND WAS COMING
OFF OF THE OLYMPIC RANGE AND WE
HAD CLEARING AND THIS IS WHAT
GAVE US THE DAYTIME HEATING, AS
WE GO IN A LITTLE BIT CLOSER,
BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT 1:55 PM.
THERE IS BETHEL ROAD, SOUTHEAST
, THEN THERE IS THE HOOK YOU
ARE LOOKING FOR.
IT LOOKS LIKE A CANDY CANE OR
HOOK THAT IS WHAT YOUR LOOKING
AT ON THE RADAR.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
LOOKS FOR THAT, THEY COULD SAY,
WE HAVE A TORNADO.
THESE THINGS HAPPEN QUICKLY SO
THERE IS NOT A LONG TIME TO
ISSUE A TORNADO WARNING.
IT WAS A POWERFUL STORM BUT IF
THEY GOT UP TO 50,000 FEET LIKE
THEY DO IN THE EASTERN PLAINS
THAT WE WOULD BE TALKING A
DIFFERENT STORY.
DIFFERENT STORY. HOW OFTEN DOES