forced to evacuate because of the pictures we just showed you. just in to us at cnn, the national weather service now saying that friday s tornado in el reno, oklahoma, was the widest u.s. tornado on record. they have also upped the damage rating to an ef-5 maximum wind speeds well over 200 miles per hour. the national weather service released this updated graphic on the path and the area of destruction. so if you can see here with me in red, it shows the location of the maximum width and intensity. so at that max, 2.6 miles wide. that is when it officially became the widest tornado on record in u.s. history. officials in oklahoma are looking for five people who are missing. six children and 12 adults were killed in those storms. and the battle is on to put out these fire now in three western states. here are the flames, this is evergreen, colorado, where folks, of course, were told to
here we could see what we saw last april with long-lived, destructive tornadoes. let s talk timing and show you that this area likely to see the greatest risk between noon and this evening. through the evening hours into nashville and pushing further to the south. even on into this evening and overnight. thomas, back to you. maria larosa, thank you. there s little time to clean up. clean up is under way in harrisburg, illinois. 6 people perished in harrisburg. this storm was listed as an ef-4. that s the secondest-highest damage rating possible. it was 200 yards wide with winds up to 170 miles per hour.