adam longo is with kpho and joins us on the phone. , you have been speaking to a lot of folks there. what is the situation on the ground? >> reporter: that's right, deb. a considerable ground stop for an hour between 2:30 and 3:30 pacific as this massive line of storms ripped through from the west. our meteorologist here at the station reporting there was a wind gust there at sky harbor, 67 miles per hour. trying to confirm a report that at one point the control tower at the airport actually had to be evacuated because it was seen swaying around. there is a number -- a considerable amount of debris on the ground. i'm told that flights just started taking off again. between that hour window of time during the ground stop, 30 flights had had to be diverted and a lot of them that were lined up on the runways had to be taken back and parked at the jetways. >> when you think of the number of air passengers and what's going on there, were any of the planes ever at risk? the ones that were rounded away from the storm area? >> reporter: i don'

inaudible question ] >> one of the most compelling news conferences in a while with an adamant and emotional chief timothy longo of charlottesville. desperate, clearly, to get a missing piece here so that they can make an arrest and find hannah. he is a father and it shows. >> that was an impassioned plea to the public. he wants help from anyone out there who may have seen something more than 400 tips a lot of new developments. david culver is putting it all into perspective for us. >> the car. she was in that car. she was in a restaurant with a black man with dreadlocks, 6'2", 270 pounds. he ordered drinks for her. she was in the car. they have talked to him, clearly. they do not have enough evidence to even detain him. >> went to the home. >> went to the home, took off -- >> the car seized. that man is not in custody, because there is not probable cause. sounds like very clearly he wants an eyewitness. that's what he needs, is more -- the more, the better. >> and he wants the -- he says he wants to make the right arrest. he doesn't want this thing to fall apart. so we will have more. david is down there with