This is the birth of the Moore Monster.... I have to say that this might possibly be the fastest and most intense tornado generation I have ever seen! This beast of a tornado went from a small cloud in the sky to a full blown EF-4 tornado in 1 hour and 5 minutes... The only thing that I can remember being that fast to develop was the May 3rd tornado that hit Moore, OK in 1999. But, that storm did not get full blown tornadic until around 1 hour and 30 minutes, and then it took another 1 hour to get as big as it did when it moved into Amber, OK when it produced the first F-5 damage....  after that it moved on to Newcastle then eventually Moore.... '

Here are some cliff notes that I wrote down as I watched in awe...

0:02 Is when the first funnel formed

You may or may not have noticed on our weather maps the last few days the white clouds missing from our satellite maps.

Well one of the main satellites meteorologists use for the eastern part of the United States and the tropical Atlantic Ocean failed this past Tuesday.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) operating geostationary satellite, known as GOES-East (GOES-13 and GOES-N), experienced trouble with its imaging equipment.

Engineers were working on repairing the imager, via software updates, but so far have been unsuccessful.

As an immediate, but marginal solution to the problem, a satellite based over the Pacific Ocean, GOES-15, which also is the main satellite for the western U.S. will take full-disc images of the Earth.

There are a few storms popping up across the region this afternoon, the main areas are in Hall and Banks county where there has been one cell just sitting on the lake. This one is slowly moving east at 5mph. The other area of storms we are watching is out to the west in Floyd county as a wave of energy from some overnight storms moves into the west. That little area could be an area to watch as there is a lot of instability and heat out there. It is, however, lacking any shear and mid level winds.  Once those storms get going they will be mainly heavy rain and a lot of lightning producers, but the chance of tornadoes is non existent!