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  • Zero visibility prompts interstate closure in northern Oklahoma

    At least one person was killed Sunday when a string of tornadoes ripped through four states, tearing roofs off homes, downing power lines and tossing trees like matchsticks. The death happened in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, said Sheriff Mike ...

  • Tornadoes prompt State of Emergency

    OKLAHOMA CITY - Sunday evening Governor Mary Fallin declared a State of Emergency for 16 Oklahoma counties after multiple tornadoes, severe storms, straight-line winds and flooding ripped across parts of the state. Counties included in the declaration are: Caddo, Cleveland, Comanche, Creek, Garfield, Grant, Greer, Kiowa, Lincoln, Logan, McClain, Okfuskee, Oklahoma, Pawnee, Payne and ...

  • Storms kill 1 in Oklahoma

    >Are you experiencing severe weather in your area? Send photos and videos to CNN iReport. But please remember to stay safe. (CNN) -- At least one person was killed Sunday when tornadoes ripped through three states, tearing roofs off homes, downing power lines and tossing trees like matchsticks. The death happened in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, said Sheriff Mike ...

  • Tornadoes destroy homes in Twin Lakes

    TWIN LAKES, Okla. – An area all too familiar with severe weather was hit again Sunday. A tornado hit the area north of Twin Likes blowing homes off of their foundations and plucking trees from the ground. Officials have not yet confirmed if anyone was killed and how many have been injured. Search and rescueoperationsare underway for anyone who could be trapped in the ...

  • Tornadoes Level Homes in Okla. Hit Other States

    One of several tornadoes that touched down Sunday in Oklahoma turned homes in a trailer park near Oklahoma City into splinters and rubble and sent frightened residents along a 100-mile corridor scurrying for shelter. The tornadoes that touched down in Oklahoma, Kansas and Iowa were part of a massive, northeastward-moving storm system that stretched from Texas to Minnesota. At least four ...

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  • Tornado rips through Shawnee

    Tornado Watch issued May 19 at 2:14PM CDT expiring May 19 at 11:00PM CDT in effect for: Adair; Cherokee; Choctaw; Craig; Creek; Delaware; Haskell; Latimer; LeFlore; McIntosh; Mayes; Muskogee; Nowata; Okfuskee; Okmulgee; Osage; Ottawa; Pawnee; Pittsburg; Pushmataha; Rogers; Sequoyah; Tulsa; Wagoner; Washington… Lake Wind Advisory issued May 19 at 3:56PM CDT expiring May 20 at 6:00AM CDT in ...

  • Tornado levels homes in Oklahoma City trailer park

    People survey damage from a tornado that hit Edmond, Okla., on Sunday, May 19, 2013. A powerful storm system rumbled through the Plains and upper Midwest on Sunday, spawning tornadoes that damaged roofs and structures near Oklahoma City and kicked up debris in Wichita, ...

  • At least one reported dead as tornadoes hammer Oklahoma Kansas and Iowa

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - A tornado half a mile wide struck near Oklahoma City on Sunday, part of a massive storm front that hammered the central United States. News reports said at least one person had ...

  • Kansas Oklahoma Hit By Tornadoes No Injuries Reported

    EDMOND, Okla. - One of several tornadoes spawned by a powerful storm system rumbling through the Plains and Midwest has leveled several mobile homes in an area southeast of Oklahoma City. Reports of injuries in the mobile home park near Shawnee about 35 miles southeast of Oklahoma City couldn't immediately be confirmed. A storm spotter has told the National Weather Service that the ...

  • Tornado Warnings Ahead Oklahoma Kansas and Iowa

    AccuWeather.com reports as many as 15 tornadoes have been reported by the National Weather Service this evening as severe thunderstorms continue across the Plains. Wichita and Oklahoma City areas have been among the reports. Hail, some as large as baseballs, have also been causing damaging across the region. Wind gusts up to 70 miles per hour were reported in association with intense ...

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