Forecasters say deaths from tornadoes hit them in pit of stomach

Friday, June 10, 2011 | 8:26 p.m. CDT; updated 12:01 p.m. CDT, Thursday, June 16, 2011

NORMAN, Okla. — Despite knowing for days that tornadoes are coming, there's a certain helplessness that hits weather forecasters when funnels descend — and a "pit of the stomach" feeling when the death toll rises.

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