east-southeasterly direction. so 90 mile per hour winds. let me just jump in here. national weather service now reporting a new tornado, where was that tornado? was it east, did you say, of the airport? control room? are you asking me? just east of will rogers airport, i m being told, a new tornado according to the national weather service just east of will rogers airport. yes. that bulletin came out six minutes ago. yes. that s exactly where. yes. can you show it on the map? this is the one i believe that you re seeing right here. that s the one that is near the airport that is moving off to the east. of course, very populated in this region. here is the track that the moore system is taking. so 7:37, so we re just about five minutes away from this incredibly strong wind. okay. three miles north-northwest of moore, we do have a tornado being reported at this time. it is moving right into moore as
okay. then we will go to anderson cooper, who will continue with our storm coverage. just a repeat, the national weather service has issued a tornado emergency for oklahoma city and the moore, oklahoma area. this is a very serious warning. it means that large destructive tornado is moving into a densely populated area, widespread damage and fatalities are considered likely. i now turn it over to anderson cooper. good evening, everyone. we begin tonight with breaking news. dangerous weather right now again taking aim at oklahoma. if you have been watching our coverage, you know this. the national weather service has issued a tornado emergency for the western oklahoma city metro area. multiple tornadoes have already touched down west of oklahoma city. multiple twisters forming and gaining strength as we speak. we re talking about large and dangerous twisters, at least one with multiple vortices. oklahoma city s will rogers airport is being evacuated. all of this close to rush hour on a
passing us just now with all the windows shattered, all the windows blown out of the car, driving toward a cvs. i can only imagine driving into that parking lot trying to get something for the people that got cut by the glass that got blown out of their car. people are in the way of this tornado. it has turned into a sport that is going to kill people and you need to get off the road as soon as you can, because this is terrible. so chad, the weather service has issued a tornado emergency. how does that differ than what we ve been watching earlier? reporter: yeah. this is very important for the people to know, that a tornado emergency means that a confirmed large tornado is headed to a major metropolitan area. it even can be a town of 5,000 to 10,000 people. but right now, we have a large violent tornado on the ground in southwestern oklahoma city, very close to will rogers airport. it is without a doubt on the ground. i m looking straight at the radar. i can tell you just because o
of those injuries, how many overturned vehicles, but there have been reports from the oklahoma highway patrol of overturned tractor trailers and also cars, and multiple injuries. we ll continue to follow that. mayor, stay safe. we ll continue to check in with you and our thoughts and prayers are with the people of moore right now because this is the last thing any of those people have suffered so much need. our cnn senior producer is at the airport in the basement right now. denise, what s the situation there? i understand there s more than 1,000 people who were at the airport. denise, it s anderson cooper. i don t know if you can hear me. you re on the air. what s the situation there? i m sorry. it s a little spotty reception down here because i m in the basement underneath will rogers airport in oklahoma city. explain what the situation is there. what kind of shelter situation, how many people are you seeing? well, i m down in the
what about will rogers airport? is that closed? caller: it s my understanding no flights are coming or going from will rogers, which is good practice because we are experiencing severe thunderstorms in the area. david barnes, thanks so much. we appreciate your time. caller: thank you. joining us on the phone is major tom lowden, an army major disaster services incident commander. he is on the ground in oklahoma, where he has been since may 27. major lowden, thank you for joining us at this hour. look, the salvation army is always there in crisis, disaster, relief services and helping people to recover. what what do you find yourself doing in the midst of this storm that just happened? as well as the storm that took place a week ago in moore,