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We're still alive!

That's a tornado.

Where do we go? It's right around us.

Oh my God!

Come on! Get in!

Oh my God. Look at those clouds moving.

Yeah, it looks like it's trying to drop.

There is a lot more drop, dude.

It's comin' down.

It's trying to drop.

Wanna go?

Wanna go?

Weather service is reporting a tornado warning.

A radar indicated tornado is headed towards the northern end of Joplin…

Golf ball sized hail reported.

We need to get to a place where we're safe, guys.

Yeah, we do.

This wind is sucking in right now. It's inflow into the fucking storm.

Slow down. There's gonna be a ramp here on this train track.

It's either gonna drop there, a mile away, or on top of us.

Just stop right here on this fucking hill, yeah.

Look at that right there. All that stuff.

I'm stayin' in the car so we can book it.

That is about to seriously spawn a fucking tornado.

That… is the spot.

Look at that rotation over there.

Dude.

Oh my God! Look at those clouds moving.

It's gettin' dark.

Did you see that?

Yeah. Let's go.

Mac, get in!

Don't freak out.

Don't freak out. That's the worst thing to do.

We're about to lose sight of what's goin' on.

We're gonna have to.

Do you guys see what's right over there? It's coming at us.

There goes the tornado sirens.

We really need to get the fuck out of here!

Watch behind us.

It's right fuckin' behind us.

We have had confirmed sightings.

Make sure your shelter has blankets to cover yourself,

a battery-powered radio, flashlights.

Whether it's in a room of your home, such as your bathroom, bathtub.

Trained weather spotters reported a multi-vortex tornado

on the ground in western Joplin.

The cell's moving east at 20 miles an hour. Very slowly.

Getting many reports of damage. That's why you need to be taking shelter.

-Where are we goin'? -I don't know!

We're outrunnin' that shit!

That rain's goin' that way.

Oh my God. This is one big rotation right here.

Oh my fucking God. Look at that.

We're in a car right now. This is really bad.

Where do we go? The rain… The wind is so bad.

Where do we go? It's right around us.

Go to the Alp's! That's the closest thing. We gotta get inside there.

Let's get the fuck in here!

Get in!

Guys!

Come on!

Come on!

Guys, it's gettin' really bad out here. Really, really, really, really bad.

We might need to take cover, seriously!

We might need to take cover.

You guys have anywhere we can take cover?

-In here? -Please!

Guys, we've got to get away from all this glass!

My ears are popping.

It's on us!

It hurts so bad!

Oh my God!

Don't move!

Everybody stay down!

Stay down!

A tree fell down?

Let's go in.

Everybody get down!

It's coming.

God!

Jesus, heaven!

Mac!

I'm in a tornado!

-Can anybody hear me? -Go ahead.

Officer down!

Confirmed tornado on the ground. It's moving to the southeast.

Battalion 1 has advised to hold responses for at least five to ten minutes

until it passes, as far as searching.

Respond emergency.

We're gonna need everybody. There's people dead and trapped.

Call everybody.

2-70, status?

Main South is completely gone. Total destruction here.

We've got whole buildings missin', multiple subjects injured.

10-4. We're trying to get help as soon as possible.

Eric, Kaylee, come here!

I'm not sure how we're gonna get through. This is totally impassable.

I have at least two overturned semis on I-44.

Disregard. We got multiple vehicles overturned.

Supervisor's trying to get a triage set up at 20th and Range Line.

Put a call out to all off-duty county deputies

to report in for duty.

Can you pick an area over there and just kind of set up an area?

Weather Channel. Mike Bettes here. Amanda, it's Bettes. You hear me?

Joplin is destroyed.

Some houses were literally pulverized.

The authorities have declared a state of emergency.

Can you say and spell your name?

How old are you, Cecil?

Are you in high school?

-Can you say your name? -Yeah, it's Tracey Presslor.

And we're talking about…

He was coming home from graduation, correct?

I just want to come up here and smoke a cigarette where we stood.

This is where we was.

-We all huddled right here. -Right here.

We ran out this way, jumped off, ran down there.

Son of a bitch.