[Tuxedo]

I hope the employees got to safety at the GM plant. Those things run 24/7, so there had to be people there. Picture from the weather channel look like it was wiped out. Almost looked as if it was partially under construction!

[kcvl]

Oklahoma City-AP -- A large tornado has apparently touched down in southern Oklahoma City and its southeastern suburbs.

News footage showed heavy damage to Tinker Air Force Base in Midwest City and the General Motors plant in south Oklahoma County.

There were reports of injuries at the G-M plant, but that could not be immediately confirmed.

The storm paralleled Interstate 240, destroying metal industrial buildings, a mobile home sales lots, a bank, a fast-food restaurant and tossed 18-wheelers.

There also were reports of leveled businesses near I-240, a major thoroughfare in central Oklahoma. Officials have shut down eastbound I-240.

Structures were stripped of roofs, automobiles and mobile homes were strewn across the landscape.

Power lines and large trees also were toppled and other debris could be seen.