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Chasers who got caught in that storm. dylan is here watching this. as we look at this instain vian from earlier. tell us what to expect. >> were still going to see straight line winds. those are tornadic winds. they blow debris all around. they go in a straight line. it still creates a lot of damage. we could see gusts up to around 60 miles per hour out of these storms, quarter size hail is still a possibility but the biggest threat, the torrential downpours. theres a massive flooding situation....

Night across the heartland. alex, again, as we start to see the sun light peeking through which is great news assessment teams are still out trying to figure out exactly the extent of the damage here. we know across four states more than 200,000 people without power. 27 people in the oklahoma city area alone taken to hospitals overnight. ten still being treated this morning. >> you know what is so frightening is people have to take shelter when they see this. i understand there were a lot of peo...

Like this, you watch the wall cloud, the funnel, rope come down, then the funnel, and the saying is we have debris. thats what you say when you know it is a tornado. we have debris. >> thats what causes damage, that flying debris, it is flying with such force. >> it shows you how menacing the storms are, especially when you consider something like today. not only do you have the tornado, but you have the debris, up to baseball and softball sized hail and now flooding. >> exactly. you know, looki...

The tornado form from just a small funnel cloud to then it became -- then there was swirling down below that and the funnel cloud went up and down, then it just became like a cylinder that we could see from the wall cloud down to the ground. it was just like a cylinder and then within like five seconds, it just exploded into this -- to the f-5 that it turned out to be, and there was debris clouds on both sides of the tornado. and my niece who lived in mustang, melissa jones and her sister, lexi ...

Oklahoma got hit by tornadoes yesterday. heres a storm chaser. this is in the town of cushing who actually spotted a cloud formation that looked rather ominous. look at this. >> look at that mezzo cyclone. right there. right there where that little road goes. >> i dont want to go too far. >> youre okay. just get two tires in it. >> wow. that wall cloud went onto form a tornado. tornadoes also touched down in arkansas creating a lot of damage there. also, golf ball-sized hail, fierce winds, at le...

From severe storms to serious heat, we have seen some wild weather across the united states and were not seeing signs that it is going away soon. indra petersons here with the forecast, and you might not like it. >> unbelievable, the storms in the midwest and in the northeast, still dealing with the heat. turbulent tornadoes in tulsa and cushing, oklahoma, thursday night. >> look at the wall cloud, dude. coming straight at us, look at that mesocyclone. >> both just north of the city of moore, pu...

Looking for, for a tornado, or tornadoes, to touch down in oklahoma? >> we have mid-level rotation now. 15 to 20,000 feet, the storm is rotating. we dont have anything yet close to the ground. they dont see any type of lowering that would indicate a wall cloud. theres something called a scud off to the west. scud is rapidly rising air. this air down here is 90 degrees. when it goes up 2,000 feet, and its still not in a cloud, it actually condenses. it condenses on itself and becomes its own clou...

Bracing for severe storms today. one tornado tore through odin, arkansas, yesterday, ripping the roofs away. meteorologist indrid peterson is following the severe weather threats for us this morning. >> we keep talking about this. i still feel like this broken record. that powerful storm system that has moved through the midsection of the country, it wreaked havoc yesterday, spotting tornadoes, large lightning, and lots of hail. and on the east coast, people are enduring the first heat wave of t...

Tornado. if it drops any moment. it dropped a weak tornado. so it is tornadic. we have been watching it lower and lower to the ground. and yeah, it is very concerning, mike. i think were about to have -- >> okay, emily, appreciate that. tornado in oklahoma city, now on the ground. reed, timmer, do you have to it? i have the vortex at southwest 8th or southwest 10th. it is a parking lot of cars at the state fair grunds. im just relaying reports that im getting from here. d kevin, meg, at fairgrou...

We are a little bit back. i would say probably a large tornado, i would treat it as a large tornado right now. it looks like a wall cloud right on the ground. huge funnel. >> new tornado emergency for this storm. new tornado emergency. gate to gate. reed, if that drops down. can you see it? >> reporter: will be very long. ill be to the airport in about -- >> must be near union city. >> reporter: were east of union city now. >> folks. emily? folks in south oklahoma city, youre going to have a tor...