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In the village 707 and forest park at 7:18. spencer at 7:26. the system just rips along to the east at a very brisk pace at 40 miles per hour. not only are we worried about that incredibly dangerous tornado, but we have large hail out there the size of softballs. so that itself can be a fatal blow if you get hit in the head. also flooding and incredible danger here as we're getting torrential rain on saturated ground. a lot of lightning out there as well. of course, a lot of debris now out there that you're going to have to contend with. a very dangerous situation. that tornado warning does co...

The suburbs of ucon, bethany and oklahoma city. a tornado emergency means a large destructive tornado is moving into a densely populated area and widespread damage and fatalities are likely. that's what it means. it is likely that there will be widespread damage and fatalities. a tornado touched down in the el reno, oklahoma area. you see some of the wreckage. you see it on your screen now. some of the tornado chasers that we've been touching base with all evening have talked about and shown us homes that are destroyed, vehicles that are destroyed and now that tornado is heading to the east-so...

Area and widespread damage and fatalities are considered likely. that is what the national weather service is warning right now. a tornado emergency has been issued for the western oklahoma city metro area that includes the suburbs of yukon, bethany and oklahoma city. we keep hearing reports and we see right now in the footage from koco, cnn affiliate on the right side of your screen, that there are a lot of people out driving tonight. obviously it's almost 7:00 in the oklahoma area. some people coming home from work, some people probably fleeing the area of the storm. but others are curious, ...

The hail is on the north side. if you look at a tornado from the north, all you're going to see is hail. if you look from the west, all you'll see is rain from the back. i'm looking at it direct from the southeast. the tornado still on the ground about a mile, mile and a half south of i-40. it could possibly even cross over i-40. maybe toward that chisolm trail park. i'm probably within four miles, i think, of the circulation of the downtown ucon area. if you're in the ucon area, you need to be taking cover right now. the storm is very, very dangerous. >> how far are you from moore, oklahoma? ...

Moving towards a densely populated area. expected are widespread damage and fatalities. that is expected. that is how serious this is. the national weather service has issued metro area. the tornado emergency includes yukon, bethany, we know will rogers airport has been evacuated. we know that a violent, a large and violent tornado touched down east of highway 81 near el reno. we have seen some of the images from storm chasers such as dave holder and others, as they came upon wreckage, as they came upon destroyed homes, destroyed vehicles. i want to go now to -- is this someone we have on the ...