the night. wolf blitzer picks up our coverage next. >> i'm in for e rin burnett tonight. a line of powerful tornadoes swept across the area, get this, the area devastated by the may 20th storm. at least 20 people were hospitalized due to injuries. these are preliminary, early numbers. winds of at least 87 miles an hour were reported. all tornado warnings have expired, but there is a great risk of flooding and up towards the st. louis missouri area. right now, more than 170,000 customers across the midwest, they are would you tell us power. parts of interstate 35 were shut down. a spokesperson from the ohio,

oklahoma high way patrol calls conditions there, and i'm quoting, a nightmare situation. chad myers is our severe weather expert. he's on the ground for us. where are you now and what is the latest? >> how about 25 miles south of oklahoma city making our way back to the north. understand, wolf, that the first tornado kind of tracked to oklahoma city. and then there was another one about five miles farther south. the farther we drove away, another one would develop from the south. at some point in time, we were 35 mimes away still waiting for these cells to die off and move to our north. and, now, as we're driving back to the north, i'm seeing so much lightning. i have not seen sparking like this in severe weather for a long time.

this is very heavy rain that we're seeing now. as you mentioned, it's the rainfall. this rain could keep going for two or three more hours. so that could total at least ten inches of rainfall. when you get a low spot, that ten inches of rainfall turns into a ten foot flood. >> so we're talking about flood all over the place. certainly in missouri and maybe even in kansas. this is well north into the northeast corner of oklahoma city. there wasn't a lot of upper level wind moving these storms along. we had winds that were almost

swirling south and then west and then almost north way up high. it's a strange pattern that we're calling the photographs as we were looking at today. so a kind of confused wing pattern but it also didn't move along very much. so they're moving so slowly. you get two or three inches per hour for three hours, all of the sudden, you have a flash flood. >> and we remember, in moore, oklahoma, a may sdwror suburb of oklahoma city back on may 20th suffering as it did. what are the chances of that? >> i do believe this is a small tornado and that's not insignificant in anyway. but the thing i believe is that when this storm gusted out through moore, through these

devastated areas, there was widespread areas with 80-90 mile an hour winds and hail. separate the good from the bad. and, again, here we go. another round of weather that blew it all apart again. i know that there was so much debris just sitting there and then you blow around more debris. anderson cooper and i went through two hurricanes, frances and jean, this was in 2004. the first storm did the damage and the second storm picked up that damage and threw it again. and it was even more deadly the second time. and that's pretty much what happened today. now that this storm is going to be more deadly and picking up that stuff, picking up that debris and throwing it high in the sky. it's already destroyed. >> we spoke late in the afternoon. you were getting pretty close.

how close did you personally get to one of these tornadoes that touched down? >> i think everyone got closer than they wanted to. we had live, on-television, fantastic pictures of 10 miles away large tornadoes. and then that started to travel off to the east or under us to the south of us. drove act 10 miles to the east just to try to catch it. but i believe the storm stopped spinning in one area and redeveloped about three or four miles farther to the east. so almost instantaneous where it wasn't a 30 mile an hour storm, it started in a new spot. we were probably half a mile from it. but, at the time, it was only an ef-0. at the time that the tornado chasers that we know got hit, it

was already a much bigger storm. it was 130 mile mile per hour storm. what i would consider to be more of a dud. >> that's still pretty significant. an ef-5 which we saw 12, 14 -- almost two weeks ago, that was 200 miles an hour. so an ef-3, you think that was the biggest tornado that we saw tonight? >> well, here's the deal. we won't know that until we go out tomorrow. for a lot of the time, wolf, this was wrapped in rain. think about the tornado in the middle of a storm. but you can't see it. you can't get those pretty pictures because the rain was all the way around it. it was a ring around the tornado. so there's no definition for the

tornado at all. what i would see, it was definitely in the 150 miles per hour category. >> that's pretty significant. you know what's impressive to me, i'm anxious for your perspective. by 2:00, 3:00 eastern time, we had all of the warnings, all of the alerts were out there. people were ready for this. that's a pretty good indication that national weather forecasters were on top of this situation and could give folks some early warning. >> it's very disappointing to me that so many people were hurt on the roadways. and that they were stuck on the roadway when the hail was going over them. we were meeting up with the

chasers there and taking off to the west and tagging along with these guys because they know what they're doing. the traffic was very heavy. and i'm thinking to myself this is fantastic. everybody is getting out of work early, the kids are getting if i canned up. and then at 5:00, 6:00, people got back in their cars and started driving away from the weather. and then they got caught. absolutely couldn't move for at least 20-30 minutes. >> chad, hold on for a moment. we have some amazing video as we talk about the power of this storm. we're getting an up-close look at the pow ere of what exactly happened.

ac 360 obtained this video from a storm chaser. i want all of you viewers to take a close look.

you can see that smash the window of that vehicle. you can see the power of that tornado, courtesy of brandon sullivan. it's really frightening. let's watch a little bit more.

you get the sense of the enormi enormity, the power of this storm. let's watch it one more time. so you see the enormity of what's been going on in oklahoma. one of the areas hit the mayor

of elrino. mayor, thanks very much. give us a sense of the damage in your area? what do you assess? >> well, right now, we're trying to assess everything. started around 6:00 this afternoon. we're trying to scramble around and see all the damage. we don't have a lot of damage as far as the tornado goes. the problem is our out lying areas. the i-40 area. >> so, is there a flooding issue right now? what's the major problem you have? >> that's the main thing right now. two years ago, the last two years, we had a drowning here in oklahoma. and it seems like the last three

months, we've made up for all of those rains. we are really flooding around here. the front lines starting going east and just kind of hung over for a while. hard time with response vehicles. >> what about casualties? are there people who are injured in your community? any fatalities? >> i haven't heard of anything. i know there's i-40 and we don't have any confirmation here about that. >> so what do you do now, mayor? what's going on? >> i think as i'm talking to you, it's starting to hail again and starting to rain again. we're trying to help with staying inside.

we don't need anybody out looking around, driving around. flash flooding, there's not a lot of room for this water to go. you know, just try and stay and watch the channels. the weather men here in oklahoma, they really have tried to make everybody aware ahead of time. they've done a real good job of trying to keep everybody inside and under ground and where the tornadoes aren't. >> did the other forecasters give you enough warning as far as this tornado is concerned? >> i think so, yeah. they've all done a good job. you know, being a small-town mayor, i had one of the local

offices closed because one of the local weather men told him to go home. people were upset with that, that they were gone. and i think they made the right call. here we just have to be aware of what's going on. these storms just pop up. as you can see today, we were front line and as they moved towards ucon and into oklahoma city, we have a rough south here between us and union city. you just have to heed their warning. >> so right now, what i hear you saying, when it's daylight tomorrow, you'll be able to go out in your community and have a complete assessment of how much damage there was. >> yes, tomorrow, we'll be out assessing. the oklahoma state government is ready for us in time of need.

our local staff here is topnotch. our fire department, police department, as we speak, you know, why when this happened, we have a lot of our guys out. we're doing the best we can. we're not near as best shape as some of the other communities. >> so, basically, you're 9-1-1 callings, your hospitals, your first responders, the firefighters, the police, are they overwhelmed right now? or do they have the situation under control? >> well, the bottom line is it's hard to get around with people trying to get out. we can get to the people. they're doing a very good job of getting there. just have the stay off the road. there are power outages and

people need medication and people have the main problem trying to go around town. people are in the way. let the first responders and the blabs service, let them do their job. especially the emergency rooms at the hospitals, as well. mayor, good luck to you. matt white is the mayor of elrino, oklahoma. what are you seeing, george, where you are? >> wolf, you know, the wins are certainly strong out here. we can do a live shot with our satellite dish. but, you know, we're in a good place to do it now. chad said it best, this storm was chasing us. we were able to get out of oklahoma city early enough so we were ahead of the traffic.

there's a lot of traffic on the highways right now. people are still trying to head south ahead of this storm. a lot of people got on the road. some people got out when the traffic was really thick. what was it like? you guys got on the road about what time? >> what time was it? about 4:30, i guess? and we hit -- i think we went out 9 and headed south and it was just behind us. you could see it coming. our son had called us first and said get out of there. it's coming right at you. we want our kids safe. >> talk to us about the traffic. as people kept getting on that highway, i know it was really tough. what was it like?

>> it was horrible. you could move a little bit and then stop. people were trying to get around you, turn around, it was crazy, it was just crazy. i never been in anything like that before. we're not from here. we're from washington state. this is our first experience. and i don't know what to tell you, it's just scary. it's frightening. our son and daughter-in-law was stuck right in oklahoma city. they were stuck. >> definitely a shock, i'm sure, coming from washington state. i lived up there. a lot of rain, but this is different. >> our kids mean everything. we just wanted them to be safe. it's better to be safe than sorry. the traffic is, i think, one of the disadvantages of getting out of the situation like this. so many people were in accidents and hurt. it's sad. it's very very said. sad.

>> i'm glad that you guys are okay. >> we thank god for that, believe me. >> i have one other person to talk to. you can get under ground or get on the road early and go. talk to me what it was like for you to get on that road and get the heck out of dodge. >> when i first left oklahoma city, i already heard the sirens going off. so i went ahead and got a couple relatives of mine. we went straight down the high weight, got to service road i-35. it was just chaos. we wanted to get out as soon as we can. there was already cars turned over and utter chaos. but it was just frightening. just coming down here, we're going maybe 5 miles an hour. and that thing was heading

straight for us. >> it was pitch black. and we're hearing the radio, you know, hearing it and hearing it. it was almost hitting downtown. i was already i-35. i need to just keep heading south. >> are you trying to get back tonight? >> trying to. but i overheard somebody on facebook saying something about the highway 35 to get back into town. it's closed. and they ain't going to let nobody in. they're just trying to get everything situated. >> we'll look into that and confirm that to see what the situation is. very glad that you are okay. >> it was a relief to get out of there. i got my dog. >> what's the dog's name? >> bella. >> luckily, i got her. i was like, well, something told

me in my heart i need to take my dog. >> glad you're okay. >> thank you. >> you know, you just find, wolf, a lot of people who did pay attention to the storm and got out of the way quickly. but it's been one heck of a night out here. >> all right, george, thanks very much. we're going to get back to you. i want you to speak to some more folks who have gone through this ordeal over the past few hours. we'll take a quick break. much more of our extensive, live coverage. we're going to speak with that storm chaser who shot the amazing video. this video that you saw, we're going to go through exactly what happened. stay with us. [ male announcer ] it's the memorial day sale from adt.

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combination event center. award scholarships wanted to go ahead in light of everything that had happened. as quickly as we could, it was literally torrential rain coming down. he was keeping an eye by cell phone and radio of what was going on. that point, at a certain point, we ended it. most people went there. i'm a half mile from my home. i headed home, walked in the door and my wife was, fortunately, next door, we have a shelter reinforced interior room, but she moved to the shelter next door and i just rode it out. >> what was it like riding it

out? >> you know, power gone and the phones and everything like that. literally torrential rain. keeping in touch with people by blackberry and cell phone. and then a third, evidently, east of here. not obviously as severe as we had on may 20 lt. certainly, lots of lightning. probably five or six inches of rain. we're clearly going to have major flooding problems. emergency vehicles coming off i-35 proceeding west.

you kind of worry a little bit about whether or not there's going to be a tornado. of sle, very seriously severe winds, my guess would be in the neighborhood of 60 miles an hour. this area was almost at the center of this activity. no rain and then all of the sudden, kicked off again. >> do you have any sense of the casualties that those injured and worse? >> only what i've heard on the radio, wolf? the governor has been on and emergency management people have been on. and, you know, the only thing i've heard and i have no official word, a couple of fatalities on i-40, very tragic. eftly, mother and child.

we're going to have a lot of damage, a lot of flooding and probably a lot of isolated people. so people with no power, about 60,000 of them in the oklahoma city area. many areas were affected on may 20th. congressman tom koel of oklahoma, thanks so much for joining us and sharing some thoughts with our viewers here in the united states and around the world. we'll stay in touch with you. she's in charles county, which is in the western part of the st. louis. tell us what's going on where you are? >> about 30 minutes from the

city of st. louis. here is what's going on in this area. straight line winds can do just as much damage. this is where the roof is. pieces of that 6,000 square foot home and they are all on the lawn of this house. this was their dream home. they built it from the ground up. there is just boards and debris everywhere. for a few minutes ago, mr. weiss, robert weiss took us inside. inside of all of the places, the common areas, it seems to me that he's in a little bit of shock right now. the dream home that you had wished for all of your life is sitting, actually, your front yard. now, this area has had quite a

lot of damage. we've seen trees down, just big trees taken out of there from the ground and on the roads. we've seen other roads on the streets as well. quite a lot of devastation here. but, wolf, this is perhaps the worst of this devastation, saint charles county, in the area that we are, off of highway 94. >> heartbreaking, indeed. thanks for sharing that with our viewers, as well. not far from sant lewis. kansas, missouri and beyond. we're bringing you tornado warnings in illinois, as well. brandon sullivan is joining us on the phone right now. he's the storm chaser who shot this truly amazing video in oklahoma. walk us through where you were and what was going on.

>> we were just northwest of union city, oklahoma. we could tell that a tornado was pretty eminent at any time. it became very large, very fast. we eventually knew it was time to go south. we began moving south. the tornado actually crosses maybe a half mile behind our car. the tornado was so strong that its ripped the barn apart. smashes into our car.ris and so, basically, had no choice but to slow down and move slowly with the debris flying towards us. >> some debris smashing your windshield. what kind of vehicle is this? >> i drive a jeep patriot. >> and is it armored? is it safe to go through a

dangerous situation? a storm like this? >> there's no special armoring. i don't have a tank or anything. i don't think it's as safe to be as close as we were, even in those armored vehicles. flying debris is very, very deadly. >> we just saw it. >> were you driving? were you in the front seat? where were you when that windshield was smashed like that? >> i was actually in the passenger's seat. you know, honestly, my concern was -- i know we were in the tornadoic circulation. i really wasn't being concerned about being picked up. my main concern were obviously flying debris.

and, you know, possibly getting tipped over by the winds. but, you know, those are my main concerns. >> what was the most frightening moment that you and your colleagues had to endure? >> you know, the tornado, like i said, it grew very large. and it turned right and came right at us. i would say that moment of the tornado coming at us was probably even more scary than the debris actually hitting my car. i knew that we were at least out of the tornadoic situation. i wasn't too worried. i knew i was getting some damage to my car. but that was a lot better than getting picked up or possibly slipped or carried away by the tornado. >> some other vehicles we saw were flipped or carried away.

how long have you been doing this? chasing storms like this? >> well, you know, i'm only 20 years old. i've been doing this since i was about 14. seven, almost eight years. i've been doing this quite a while, just today was a lot of experience. >> it's pretty frightening. >> yes, we have the cameras on the front dash, on the hood and interior cameras. we're really able to capture pretty much anything that happens. >> are you okay now, brandon? >> yes, i'm fine. i'm at home and i got cleaned up and just ready to have some dinner and relax? >> what about your friends? >> yes, everybody in the vehicle is okay. we're all sitting here and kind of sharing our pictures and videos and reminiscing about the day. >> brandon, be careful.

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let me update you, some new nfgts coming in to cnn. the governor says widespread, severe weather system moving across the state. that's in missouri. in oklahoma, the oklahoma department of transportation has urged everyone, all travel in the metro poll tan oklahoma city area. oklahoma city will rogers airport is without power, late into friday night. all flights, according to an airport spokeswoman while the airport did not take a direct hit, she says there is debris on the airfield. we will not be allowing flights. oklahoma city's airport shut down at least for now. let's bring in the storm chaser dave holder who is joining us now. dave, where are you? where are you now and what do you see? >> we started the day in norman, actually.

we knew the storms were going to fire just west of the city. we started out there and started watching the storms fire and they got very, very intense, very quickly. and within a matter of minutes, there was a strong, violent tornado forming just to our west. we dropped south trying to get out of its path. it took kind of a southerly path, which, oftentimes, they do. i was amazed about how many local people there were out on the road. it was pretty much a traffic jam out on the road. so i knew a few other people got into unfortunate situations. i was kind of thinking it was going to happen just because of

the amount of people that were on the road, it was crazy. so we ended up going south. and we managed to stay out ahead of everything. but the amount of traffic on the roads, for people actually fleeing the storms, was incredible, also. it's something i've never, ever seen. how many people were actually trying to get out of the way of these storms coming in. i think maybe what happened was that the tornadoes were fresh in the mind. people just panicked. i've never seen people panic the way that i saw today. it was just a massive evacuation as these storms came through. i'm still in shock, actually. we couldn't get back in to the metro. we ended up going south here. we're down near ardmore now.

all the accidents i'm hearing about and now some crazy flooding back in oklahoma city. just all around, an insane day. >> usually, the advice is stay put. don't go on the road. massive traffic jams. traffic was barely moving. is that what i'm hearing? >> yes, every opening. traffic was at a standstill. i'm hearing reports that people are actually telling some of the tv outlets are reporting. it was just a -- thank goodness it wasn't as awful as it could have been. it's just kind of unfathomable

to witness what i did. >> how long have you been chasing these kinds of storms? >> this is my ailgt year of doing this. and it's -- i don't think i've ever gone through a stretch of days where i've seen so many violent tornadoes in a short span of time. the season started out very slowly. >> what we saw today, though, it really can't compare to the ef-5 that we saw rip through moore oklahoma only may 20th, is that right? >> yeah, that's correct. the tornadoes today, they're nowhere near come parson of the ef-5. i mean, obviously, we can't forget about it, but it's nowhere near come parson.

for all the bad things that have happened today, in a way, we kind of touched for the parameters that we're setting up for this afternoon and evening. >> david holder, glad you're okay. dave holder is a storm chaser. thanks very much. i think we have the lieutenant governor of oklahoma joining us on the phone. lieutenant governor, are you there? >> i'm with you. >> what can you tell us about the damage, the casualties. give us an update, if you can. >> i wish i could. i wish i had something more concrete to share with you. i know a lot of people are watching you. it's still so early. we don't know what the reports are. i don't want to get into numbers because it confirms to be reported on broadcast.

there will be significant reports of injury. i do believe i'm on the road right now. it's southwest of oklahoma city. it's a little bit of high winds touching down, i don't know for sure. but one of the challenges that we're having right now, and i know you've reported it and talked about it already, it's significant flash flooding. it's interstate 40 and 35. cars couldn't go anywhere. >> when i first got on the road, i saw several heading to the hospital and i assumed that was loaded with victims from crashes on our interstates. >> what are you hearing from the emergency rooms in the major hospitals in and around the oklahoma city area?

are they getting full? what's going on? they're reports throughout the metro area. they are ready to receive the injured where ever they are in the metro area. and, you know, the -- some tornadoes touch down, like the one you saw last time. roughly 50,000 -- just over 50,000 are without power. that makes it very difficult. it makings it more dangerous to get from one place to another.

>> i was in moore, oklahoma city last week in the aftermath of the may 20th tornado. clean-up had been going on. yesterday, they were engaged in clean-up. all of the sudden, a storm like this comes up which can dramatically set back all of those efforts. what do you need most now as far as recovery is concerned? we appreciate your prayers. and through the red cross, the salvation army, just for example, there's a lot of non-for-profit organizations that will receive your help. if you're mark that to oklahoma, they will see what the destruction is from the tornadoes and the flash flooding this evening.

anybody that wants to offer financial assistance, we will appreciate that just as much. >> we have a whole bunch of good opportunities for people to make some financial contributions and help out the folks in oklahoma and educational where. lieutenant governor, thanks very much for joining us. and good luck, lieutenant gov no nor todd lamb. let's take another quick break. we'll continue our coverage and go to the cnn weather center. we're going to find out where the storm is now, where it's heading and the extent of the destruction. not only oklahoma, but kansas, missouri, maybe even illinois. stay with us. blank wlank

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. breaking news, samantha moore is joining us from the cnn weather center. update our viewers where they are right now and where they've been. >> i'll tell you what, a lot of rainfall in oklahoma. some of the worst flooding we have seen since the '60s, in fact, as we animate on the rain, we can see we've had up to 4 inches of rain. and they're saying the widespread flood damage is really going to be something as we head into tomorrow. so it could be record flooding from this event. >> i wanted to show you how this storm really blew up out of thin

air. even though wu knee we had all the ingredients right for severe weather development. there was nothing here. and look how everything just explodes from oklahoma and through parts of eastern kansas and missouri where they saw those strong, severe thunderstorms. now, currently, we still have some severe thunderstorm warnings here across the oklahoma city area. but the primary threat is the flooding. and you can still see heavy rain here from elrino to the northern end of oklahoma city and into shawnee. and we're going to continue to see that heavy rain as we head into the overnight hours. searching on up into missouri and into the st. louis area. don't drive into any flooded roadways. there's a lot of power lines down here. you just don't want to be out in this, especially in the dark.

in st. louis, we had confirmed tornadoes earlier this etching. that threat is diminishing at this hour. but we have some very strong south and east of town. heavy downpours there and some gusty winds, as well. still, heavy in place here on up into illinois, we're seeing the one in indiana, the tornado watch doesn't expire until 6:00 a.m. local time. so, really, really something here. quickly, i wanted to show you this, how the inflow boundary moved on in before the storm exploded. and then you see the outflow boundary here. so the last six hours of radar, it's all of that moist, cool air flowing into the storm and then the cold air flowing out of the storm. this is just a fascinating time lapse to me, wolf. >> we have a lot more coming up. don't go too far away. our coverage of the breaking news continues right after this. i think farmers care more about the land than probably anyone else.

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mpl i'm wolf blitzer in for erin burnett tonight. a line of powerful tornadoes swept acrossed oklahoma tonight. it was in the path of this storm as well. missouri's governor has declared a state of emergency for that state. all have now expired, but, but, there are still two active tornado warnings in illinois right now. much of the plains and midwest