Tampa tornadoes - WTVJ - 1992-10-05
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[0:01] Coming up after this. Now, let's move
[0:02] over to Teresa Rodriguez. More weather
[0:04] and bad weather just wreaking havoc on
[0:07] this state. And what happened in Tampa
[0:09] is absolutely incredible.
[0:10] Yes, those tornadoes, Tony, have now
[0:11] left a total of three people dead and
[0:13] hundreds of others homeless. And tonight
[0:15] a new worry. Why weren't residents
[0:17] warned ahead of time to take cover?
[0:19] Well, Channel 4's Hank Tester has been
[0:21] checking into that all day long. He
[0:23] joins us now live from Tampa. Hank?
[0:26] Teresa, you won't believe the power of
[0:27] this storm. I mean, it was violent
[0:29] weather, but violent weather that was
[0:31] concentrated a very small area. And
[0:33] we're told some of the winds in this
[0:35] this event were much, much stronger than
[0:38] Andrew. Now, are you ready for this? You
[0:41] can't believe what a wallop this storm
[0:43] packed.
[0:45] Casters now tell us Saturday's tornado
[0:47] packed a wind punch of up to 200 mph.
[0:51] This was a tornado Tampa weather radar
[0:54] could not see. The result, three dead,
[0:57] one missing, 130 treated for injuries.
[1:01] Mobile home parks devastated. 200 mobile
[1:04] homes just twisted, ripped aluminum. And
[1:07] houses, block con