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Flooding we have going on. adam? >> yeah, mike. we are on counsel road. almost where you get into the outlet mall is here and flooding is right up this portion of counsel is, at some point, at least a foot. but at other points three to four. depending on where you are. one to three feet. couple cars stuck and they simply cannot get through this area. there are several businesses around here. and flooding is a problem at i-40 and counsel road. so certainly avoid this area completely. >> appreciate that, adam. flash flood warnings in effect for oklahoma and canadian county as well as cleveland c...

Tennis ball to softball sized hail also reported along with torrential downpours. i watched this develop a couple hours ago. slowly watched it trek across interstate 40 and going from a rural area storm to a much much more urban area and hearing that oklahoma city itself was evacuated and hotels and airport with everyone going under ground, that is what local meteorologists are advising. they are just saying, you have to get under ground. it is not safe enough with storms this big to just be in an interior room or bathroom. underground is the safest place to be at there moment. >> dylan, in te...

Stella area, east of draper lake. begin lakes. dale shawnee, you folks stay alert there. tornado warning for padawamy county. it is tracking towards shawnee obu. so padawanamy county. let's go to mark dillard with an update. >> yes. mike, still watching for power, due west now on 36. heading south trying to get highway 9 before we can at least get access to look at this thing without having to bail on it so fast. winds are just crazy, michael. give me one second while i get to the intersection here. >> all right. let's go to adam about the bad

Visibility. but no power flashes. that means not anything on the ground. right now, i don't see power flashes. that would be the only indicator. was that a power flash or lightning? >> mike bennett talking about circulation on the northern side of shawnee. mike, would you verifier center of rotation is near shawnee near i-40? >> hard for us to figure out, mike. one thing we had a hard time getting bearings on the storm since we been here because of that. it's, i don't know, mike. it is hard for us to identify any area of this rotation, we lose the visibility. >> that's mike bennett, who is fin...

Tornado on the ground. >> just super dark. i can't see, but it is so dark in there, and just north, that's not the rain any more. part of it is rain but as soon as the last power hit, it would be like indian hills is began as far as power. and completely blacked out. we can see a definite lowering of the cloud right now. it appears it is just a few miles, two or three miles from the coastal training center on highway nine. but we are seeing tons of power flashes in the same area. if it is tornado it stalled out and just sitting there ripping and grinding. so if you are still in this area, defi...