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Water. or partially sub merged and a flooded street in oklahoma city. look at the depth of that water. a residential street. that was part and parcel of everything that was going on there last night. >> i think that is what rick reichmuth was saying that the tornado was different because of how heavy the rain was. there was flooding plus the tare are tying tornado winds. >> he talked about a rain-wrapped tornado. multiple rain-crapped tornadoes. tornadoes.ed this is the front of a brick home. >> take a look at this. we heard about the tractor trailers caught on the roadways flipped over and on...

Debris flying in the air from the base. damon? >> so when you look at these pictures, you wonder just how big was this? well, local media says that this tornado expanded to become more than two miles wide. most tornadoes are less than 500 yards wide. tornado winds, they can exceed some 300 miles an hour. most only last for a few minutes. we don't know exactly how long this one stuck around, but it certainly was long enough to cause just catastrophic damage. moore, oklahoma been hit by three rare monster tornadoes. this is just in 14 years. want to go to our meteorologist ivan cabrera for more ...

Don't go anywhere. and jennifer delgado is with us, and our storm chaser, jason. that is a panel truck and motor home, and they have just been tossed aside, like something just came and pushed them over, obviously. tornado winds did as if they were nothing. that they weighed nothing, and there you go. that is just a small extent of the damage. we're going to continue to follow this until everyone is out of harm's way. look at that. a super cell, making its way across oklahoma. our weather team on top of it. cnn severe weather center on top of it. we'll have live coverage for you. meantime, o...

At least 13 people have been confirmed dead there so far. nbc's ron mott joins me live on the phone from smithville with the latest. ron? >> reporter: good day to you. the one word that keeps coming back to me in assessing and looking at this damage in this small town is phenomenal. it's phenomenal the damage this tornado struck on this community. this morning the national weather service after having reassessed the level of the damage here upgraded this to an ef-5. that's a rare designation. it's the most powerful designation for tornado winds in excess of 200 miles an hour. this is a monster...

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