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That right there i think that entire thing right there, i think that is a large wedge tornado. >> wow. >> we're looking at it from a little ways away, but we're getting a really good look at it. now, there's power flashes. >> right there. we are clearly. that was actually well outside of the area that i wrout lined. i think maybe the east -- northern side of the storm is probably in here, and then it looks like part of that tornado is actually being obscured by rain where we just saw some power flashes in here. it's very humid out there, and when it's humid like that, it's a lot more difficult...

We're going to look at power flashes. this is a dangerous storm now. if you're in russellville, you need to seek shelter immediately. >> these fot photos from twitter showed the extent of the damage. emergency crews are on the ground trying to help the victims as we speak. joining me now on the phone is storm chaser brett adair who is near brooksville, mississippi, good evening, brett. >> good evening. >> what can you tell us? >> we can basically confirm that the town of louisville, mississippi, just to our west was hit by a tornado just a short time ago. now we are -- we filmed a pretty large...

Just to the west of campus. just to the west of the norman campus. >> up in his news chopper pilot wells can see the storm approaching from the west. >> it's two and a half miles for the university of oklahoma. and you know, you see a lot of people out on the streets. so my thought is these guys need to get covered and out of the way. >> captain david tysher is out in the city when the sudden appearance of a tornado takes us by surprise. >> we did have a little bit of a warning, but not a whole lot. >> when the storm first hits officers are told to return to the station. >> this is normally a ...

>> it's two and a half miles for the university of oklahoma. and you know, you see a lot of people out on the streets. so my thought is these guys need to get covered and out of the way. >> captain david tysher is out in the city when the sudden appearance of a tornado takes us by surprise. >> we did have a little bit of a warning, but not a whole lot. >> when the storm first hits officers are told to return to the station. >> this is normally a rallying place for us in case our communications goes down. >> but the heavy rain makes returning to the station much more difficult. >> we could see ...

Laurel and up across the parkway that we're most concerned about. there's the district of columbia right there, there's the beltway, there's the tornado on the ground north of washington, d.c., headed across toward that lawy laurel. that's what we talk about all the time, always look for the storm that's by itself, look for the storms that's not bouncing into other storms and that's the storm right there. it's a super cell thunderstorm. it's all by itself, able to get bigger and bigger and bigger and that's where the tornado is. the pictures here from wjla, that's a completely different storm....