NWS worker describes moment tornado moved over downtown Raleigh

CRIED.

>> I LOST 37S OF MY LIFE IN A

FEW SECONDS THAT DAY.

>> BACK HERE IN THE STONY BROOK

NEIGHBORHOOD IN NORTH RALEIGH,

OF COURSE, THE SCENE IS VERY

QUIET NOW.

IT IS INCREDIBLE TO SEE HOW A

LOT OF THESE PICTURES, IT SEEMS

LIKE 10 YEARS WAS JUST A SHORT

TIME AGO AND A VERY LONG TIME

AGO AT THE SAME TIME.

FOLKS HERE HAVE RECOVERED AND

ARE OF COURSE TRYING TO PICK UP

PIECES OF THEIR LIES.

FOUR CHILDREN WERE KILLED HERE

10 YEARS AGO TODAY.

OF COURSE, IT IS SOMETHING THAT

IS TOUGH FOR A LOT OF FOLKS TO

DEAL WITH.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

ISSUES THE WARNING FOR

TORNADOES THAT WE DELIVER TO

YOU.

WE USE THE RADAR TO TALK ABOUT

THEM AND SHOW YOU WHERE THE

STORMS ARE HEADED SO YOU CAN DO

YOUR BEST TO STAY SAFE.

I TALKED TO ONE OF THE

METEOROLOGISTS AT THE NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE THIS MORNING

ABOUT WHAT IT WAS LIKE WHEN

THIS TORNADO WAS HEADED TOWARD

THEIR OFFICES.

>> THAT WAS MOST INTERESTING.

WE WERE, YOU KNOW, MONITORING

ALL THE STORMS.

THIS ONE WAS GOING TO GET

PRETTY CLOSE.

YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY YOUR

EMOTIONS, THIS IS COMING RIGHT

AT US.

ALSO, WE WERE THINKING ABOUT

OUR FAMILIES.

SOME OF US WERE IN THE PATH OF

US AND OUR HOMES.

WHAT WERE THEY GOING TO DO?

THAT WAS ALL SWIMMING AROUND IN

YOUR HEAD AND YOU DIDN'T HAVE

MUCH TIME TO THINK ABOUT STUFF.

>> METEOROLOGISTS LIKE GAIL

HARTFIELD AND THE OTHERS AT THE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND,

OF COURSE HERE AT WRAL AS

WELL, WE ARE USED TO TALKING

ABOUT THE STORMS AND DO OUR

BEST TO WARN PEOPLE AND LET

THEM KNOW WHAT TO DO BUT

SOMETIMES IN A SITUATION LIKE

THIS, IT HAPPENS TO ALL OF US.