Some teachers tracked the twister on mobile devices, until Simpson asked them to turn them off.
That twister tracked a path that included Moore, a southern suburb of more than 50, 000 people.
She had ridden out the twister in the basement of her landlord's office nearby.
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The building he took shelter in moved about 100 feet, he said, when the twister hit.
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They had been helpless during the twister, unable to get to their kids, desperate.
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Officials in Joplin, Missouri, confirmed at least 116 people dead after a twister smashed the city Sunday.
Mr Brittain's family said he was as a songwriter and local music producer, also known as Twister.
One person died when an apparent twister hit the state of Georgia, overturning cars on a motorway.
In 1996, the film "Twister" popularized the notion of chasing storms to immerse oneself in a tornado's circulation.
Monday's powerful storm followed roughly the same route as a killer twister that slammed the region in 1999.
It also came almost exactly two years after an enormous twister ripped through the city of Joplin, Mo.
The weather service has tentatively classified the Moore twister's wind speeds as an EF4 on a 5-point scale.
The twister demolished the sanctuary, fellowship area, classrooms and a pavilion at Botkinburg Foursquare Church, its pastor said.
Her students were among the 24 people killed by the twister -- an EF5, the strongest category of tornado.
As it churned through the community, the twister scattered shards of wood, awnings and glass all over the streets.
Still, at that point, no one knew a twister was heading their way.
"It was just like the movie 'Twister, '" he told CNN affiliate KFOR.
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The agency also confirmed a twister in the northwestern Illinois county of Carroll.
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The twister demolished the sanctuary, a fellowship area, classrooms and a pavilion at Botkinburg Foursquare Church, its pastor said.
Six hours later, a twister slammed into Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma.
The 1999 twister was part of a two-day outbreak sweeping mostly across central Oklahoma similar to the past two days.
Monday's powerful tornado loosely followed the path of a killer twister that slammed the region with 300 mph winds in May 1999.
Kaylee survived the twister that ripped the school apart around 3 p.m.
It estimated that the twister was at least half a mile wide.
The twister killed at least 10 people and razed the farming town.
The couple's four other children weren't at home when the twister hit three were in school but all have since been accounted for, he added.
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The twister was part of a severe storm system that ripped through the South and Midwest that day, killing at least 327 people.
The agency reported the twister had winds between 111 and 135 mph as it caused a half-mile long damage path over 10 miles.
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