A local Mississippi meteorologist invoked the name of Jesus Christ live on air as he watched a deadly tornado approach the town of Amory, Mississippi Friday night.
While reporting on the tornado’s trajectory and seeing it get close to the populated town, WTVA’s Matt Laubhan told viewers to get into their “Tornado safe place.”
He then paused and prayed to Christ to keep its resident’s safe.
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WTVA meteorologist prays to Jesus Christ on air for residents of Amory, Mississippi as a deadly tornado bears down on them. (Screenshot/Twitter)
Laubhan was tracking the deadly tornado Friday night at the NBC-affiliate’s news station in Tupelo, Mississippi, as it tore through the state, where it would ultimately kill 23 people.
The Emmy-award winning meteorologist was glued to his storm tracker screen as he reported the movement of the storm, becoming noticeably perturbed as he realized the tornado was most likely going to veer directly towards Amory.
At the outset of the nearly two-minute-long clip – which has since racked up more than a million views on Twitter – Laubhan pointed out that his radar was showing a “strong tornado here, just east of Amory.”
“How far to Amory are we talking about?” he asked as he updated and adjusted his real-time models.
Upon further observations, he said, “Assuming we’re moving 65 miles per hour, I would say the western few streets in Amory were now less than two minutes away.”
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As radar images behind the meteorologist displayed the storm getting closer to the town, Laubhan warned, “This is a strong, life-threatening tornado that’s going to move either extremely close to Amory, or in through the northern part of the city of Amory.”
He then offered his viewers a disclaimer that he could be wrong about his prediction: “Y’all trust me too much. I tell you where…