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Off across the area now. if you hear the sirens, you need to take cover. although right now the storm is regenerating. in three minutes, this could be back to that ef-2 or 3 storm and maybe even stronger. just to bring people up to speed, the national weather service says that at 6:22, roughly nine minutes ago, 6:22 central time, a large violent tornado was reported near and just east of highway 81 near el reno, oklahoma. that s about 30 miles west of oklahoma city moving straight east at 25 miles per hour. an area of mustang, the city of mustang should take cover and in addition we have word that will rogers airport in oklahoma city has been evacuated. ben mcmillan is joining us on the phone. he s chasing storms south of el reno. ben, what are you seeing and where are you, exactly? we re two or three miles southwest of the city. we re coming on structures that have been hit. we re looking for injured now. ....
And also you listen to the sirens. you have a weather radio. you watch the affiliates. when you get that warning that it s time to move, it s time to move. exactly. you re looking at live footage from cnn affiliate koco outside oklahoma city. there are major storms and, in fact, several funnels have touched down. several tornadoes. multiple vortices tornado. probably a category ef 1 or 2 at this point spotted near el reno. chad myers who tracks the storms for us, chad, where are you? what are you seeing where you are? i would say we re five miles southeast of el reno. we re directly behind us. we watched it spin up. i watched it as my driver drove as straight as he could in the wind that was 80 to 90 miles per hour. watching the tornado spin up in ....
Here. there s a the national weather service has tweeted that at 7:22 p.m. eastern, a violent tornado has been spotted east of highway 81 near el reno. we have word that will rogers airport has been evacuated. this is obviously a very, very serious storm, just to reiterate for anyone tuning in now. you re looking at footage of kfor in the oklahoma city area. there are several tornadoes that have been spotted in the area surrounding oklahoma city. population is about 18,000. several funnels, multiple vortices tornado. then we have on the phone george howl that was moved from moore, oklahoma, where he was reporting all day for cnn. moore, oklahoma, so ....
A little bit to the southeast. so for this to move into oklahoma city proper along i-40, it would have to go a little bit further to the north. i believe this is probably turning a little further to the south. if it continues, that could take it into south oklahoma city or maybe even populated areas around moore. but from the northwest, not from the southwest or from the west like the storm took the track it took two weeks ago. all right. chad, stay with us. we re also going to bring in storm chaser dave holder. he joins me on the phone. he is also in the el reno, oklahoma area. dave, what are the conditions like where you are? we are just watching a developing strong tornado right now. we re southwest of el reno by the we re sitting there at the el reno air park watching. it had multiple vortices which is a sign of a very strong tornado. it is moving southeast. we do actually have quite a bit of traffic on the road here when ch is probably not a good thing. ....
This cone of concern though, this tornado warning, cone of concern still has moore in the path if that cone is extended. so that is a big concern there. i can say that we re solidly out of the way of that danger zone. i think what we re going to do now is monitor with local officials to see if there are any reports of damage or anything from this storm that is now tracking into the oklahoma city area. you asked about traffic earlier. i can tell you on interstate 35 headed south, traffic is not that bad. we do see a lot of people here who are taking those precautions and getting out of the way. and the officials are urging people to do that. as this storm heads into moore area, a little north of moore and into the oklahoma city area. if you re just tuning in, the national weather service has issued a tornado emergency for the western oklahoma city metro area. that is more serious than a tornado warning. a tornado emergency which has been declared. the tornado emergency includes ....