area and widespread damage and fatalities are considered likely. that is what the national weather service is warning right now. a tornado emergency has been issued for the western oklahoma city metro area that includes the suburbs of yukon, bethany and oklahoma city. we keep hearing reports and we see right now in the footage from koco, cnn affiliate on the right side of your screen, that there are a lot of people out driving tonight. obviously it's almost 7:00 in the oklahoma area. some people coming home from work, some people probably fleeing the area of the storm. but others are curious, others want to see the storm, and the government and the national weather service and the governor's office are saying do not do that. seek shelter immediately. this is a large violent storm and they expect there to be widespread damage and fatalities. george howell, who is from the area and also obviously covers -- is covering this storm for cnn is now in norman, oklahoma, where that horrific tornado hit 11 days ago.