>>>
>>> LIKE
>>> LIKE A SCENE FROM THE WIZARD OF OZ, A TORNADO WHIPS
THROUGH.
THROUGH.
THROUGH. >>> DAMAGE ACROSS THE COUNTRY
AND INCLUDING HERE AT HOME.
>>> WHY DIDN'T WE GET A
WARNING?
WARNING?
WARNING? WE WILL EXPLAIN COMING UP.
>>
>> IT
>> IT WAS
>> IT WAS LIKE EVERYTHING EXPLODED.
EXPLODED.
EXPLODED. IT SOUNDED LIKE HAIL AND THEN
THE WHOLE HOUSE EXPLODED.
>> IT WAS DESCRIBED AS AN
EXPLOSION.
EXPLOSION. NEF-0 TORNADO -- A EF-ZERO
TORNADO HIT A HOUSE. I AM CLEO
GREENE ALONGSIDE METEOROLOGIST
KYLE ROBERTS . I USUALLY DO A
STORY AND I WAS IN MESQUITE AND
A LOT OF PEOPLE SAW EXTREME
DAMAGE TO THEIR HOMES.
ONE WOMAN'S HOME WAS CONDEMNED
BY THE CITY.
THE PEOPLE NEVER GOT A WARNING
THIS MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED.
FOUR THERE WAS A SPECIFIC --
SEVERE STORM WARNING BUT NOT A
TORNADO WARNING.
TORNADO WARNING. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FIGURED OUT IT WAS A EF-0
TORNADO.
TORNADO.
TORNADO. OBVIOUSLY IT CAN CAUSE DAMAGE
AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENED HERE.
HAPPENED HERE. A LOT OF YOU HAVE THE SAME
QUESTION. I'M NOT CALLING
ANYBODY OUT WHEN WE LOOK AT
THESE COMMENTS. THESE QUESTIONS
ARE ONES THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE
HAVE.
HAVE.
HAVE. >>
HAVE. >> EXACTLY.
>> EXACTLY. >> THESE WERE LEFT ON THE WFAA
WEATHER PAGE . KATELYN SAYS
COME I NEVER HEARD SIRENS OR
ANYTHING WITH THAT STORM.
TERRY SAID SHE'S ONE STREET
OVER AND DIDN'T HEAR SIRENS AND
SHE WAS HOME WITH HER PETS.
AND VALERIE SAYS, CITY OF
MESQUITE, WHERE WERE OUR
SIRENS?
SIRENS?
SIRENS? >> THERE WERE NO SIRENS BECAUSE
THERE WAS NO TORNADO WARNING
ISSUED.
ISSUED.
ISSUED. THEY ARE ISSUED ONLY WHEN THERE
IS A TORNADO WARNING.
NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT THE ACTUAL
TORNADO. IT STARTED AROUND
ALLEN DRIVE AND ENDED AROUND
LINDO DRIVE. IT WAS A ABHIJAY
KODALI WITH WIND AT 75-85 MILES
PER HOUR . THE TOTAL TRACK
LENGTH WAS ABOUT ONE MILE TO
TWO MILES IN LENGTH.
IT LASTED ABOUT TWO MINUTES OR
LESS.
LESS.
LESS. WHAT DOES A EF-0 MEAN?
THAT IS TECHNICALLY WEAK
ACCORDING TO A TORNADO SCALE.
IT GOES UP TO EF-5. THE ROW
THAT TORNADO WAS NEF-4. THIS
WAS WEAKER BUT IT DID CAUSE
DAMAGE.
DAMAGE.
DAMAGE. >> THE SCALE GOES UP.
AND EF-5 -- A EF-5 HAS WIND
OVER 200 MILES PER HOUR.
WE TRY TO WARN ABOUT ALL
TORNADOES AND SOMETIMES ONE OR
TWO SLIP THROUGH THE CRACKS.
I DON'T WANT YOU TO COUNT ON
SIRENS TO GET A TORNADO
WARNING.
WARNING.
WARNING. THEY ARE MEANT FOR PEOPLE
OUTDOORS.
OUTDOORS.
OUTDOORS. IF YOU'RE IN YOUR HOUSE AND
IT'S RAILING AND HAILING, YOU
WON'T SIN -- HEAR THE SIRENS
ANYWAY. YOU NEED TO GET A
WEATHER RADIO WHICH IS ALMOST
FOOLPROOF WHEN YOU REPLACE THE
BATTERIES.
BATTERIES. SMART PHONES ARE GOOD BUT IF
YOU LOSE THIS SELL SIGNAL, YOU
WILL GET THOSE WARNINGS.
THIS TORNADO WAS IN A LINE OF
STORMS.
STORMS.
STORMS. WEAK TORNADO'S ARE STORED --
SHORT-LIVED OF TWO MINUTES OR
LESS.
LESS.
LESS. HARD TO DETECT, BUT NOT
IMPOSSIBLE.
IMPOSSIBLE. BY THE TIME THE WARNING WAS
ISSUED AND EVEN IF THE SIRENS
HAD GONE OFF, THEY WOULD HAVE
PROBABLY GONE OFF BY THE TIME
THE STORM WAS OVER. WE TRY TO
WARN OF THE STORM SPOKE ONE OR
TWO SLIP THROUGH THE CRACKS.
WE DO HAVE MORE STORMS IN THE
FORECAST THIS WEEK AND WE WILL
TALK ABOUT THOSE COMING UP IN
JUST A BIT.
>>> THANK YOU FOR THAT GOOD
INFORMATION.
INFORMATION. THE TIME IS 8:0 FOUR.
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