- Tornado Tommy: [after an enormous twister misses his tour truck by inches, to his tourists] That was worth getting up in the morning for, wasn't it, huh? Did y'all like that?
- Andy Goodman: Tornadoes destroy Las Vegas, we got hurricane force winds in the Gulf. We miss 'em both?
- Chris Haywood: What can I say? We were caught off guard.
- Andy Goodman: People are dead because we failed. But from now on, if a dog farts in Duluth, I expect to somebody to know about it!
- Secretary of Energy Shirley Abbott: I can see it now - "During the great American Blackout, Secretary of Energy Abbott sat in her office and watched the lights go out."
- Andy Goodman: Tommy, this is a lot bigger than anyone ever expected. Just turn around and get out of there.
- Tornado Tommy: Aw, come on. You're just jealous 'cause it's me here, not you.
- Tornado Tommy: [Seeing Two Tornadoes Forming Over Chicago]
- Tornado Tommy: I got twins over Chicago, Andy. Two giant beasts marching into the same drum.
- Tornado Tommy: Aw, come on. You're just jealous 'cause it's me here, not you.
- Tornado Tommy: [Seeing Two Tornadoes Forming Over Chicago]
- Tornado Tommy: I got twins over Chicago, Andy. Two giant beasts marching to the same drum.
- Tornado Tommy: I just pulled into Sangamon County, and I'm looking at... the total destruction... of a farm compound.
- Andy Goodman: Not since they've been keeping records. If the polar jet stream stays at these levels, this could be a Category 5... or worse.
- Tornado Tommy: Yeah, well, a lot more people would've died if that storm had hit land. You made the only call you could.
- Tornado Tommy: Yeah, well, if you're asking my gut, this is something we ain't never seen before. I don't think it's gonna stop anytime soon.
- Tornado Tommy: You got it, buddy. Okay, folks, end of the line. Hope y'all feel you got your money's worth. I got to help out a buddy and follow this thing 'til it blows itself out. Uh, y'all catch a bus from here. Sayonara!
- Andy Goodman: Tommy, where are you?
- Tornado Tommy: I'm lookin' at the St. Louis Arch. Ha-ha. Wait 'til you see some of this footage I've been gettin', Andy!
- Andy Goodman: Huh. I'm a little jealous. Tommy, listen. Our readings are showing this thing's spawning F4, F5 tornadoes. What are you seeing?
- Tornado Tommy: I'm seeing one coming up right behind my tail! I gotta go! I gotta go!
- Andy Goodman: Tommy? Wait... Tommy?
- Andy Goodman: Did you check those dopplers again?
- Chris Haywood: Yeah, it's weird. The signature looks more like tornado alley than the far west.
- Andy Goodman: Damage reports put it at F5. It's almost up to Oklahoma City in '99.
- Chris Haywood: What are the odds of tornadoes hitting Vegas?
- Andy Goodman: Huh. About the same as getting dealt five royal flushes in a row. Which is no excuse, people. We should've been on top of this. We got to get these warnings out faster. Heat waves, droughts, wildfires, tornadoes where they're not supposed to be. I'm getting out of this place in the nick of time.
- Chris Haywood: Yeah, you said that, not me.
- Andy Goodman: You sure you really want this job?
- Chris Haywood: I go where I'm assigned.
- Andy Goodman: You know what makes a really great forecaster, Chris?
- Chris Haywood: No, but I'm afraid you're about to tell me.
- Andy Goodman: That's right. Instinct.
- Chris Haywood: Well, I'll take reason over instinct.
- Andy Goodman: Reason, my ass. What's reasonable about tornadoes in Las Vegas?
- [the St. Louis Arch is destroyed by a tornado]
- Andy Goodman: How could it knock down the Arch? I thought that thing was built to withstand 300-mile-an-hour winds.
- Sabrina Rogers: I thought the highest winds ever recorded for an F5 tornado were 243 miles an hour.
- Andy Goodman: Which makes this an F6. And we've never seen an F6.