Agency spokeswoman Keli Pirtle says it’s unclear when survey teams will release those results. Emergency crews evacuated Parkview Haven Nursing Home. Flooding forced closure of U.S. Highway 136, but it’s been reopened.
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On Wednesday, the threat of violent storms will extend along an approximate 600-mile-long swath from Missouri and central IL to coastal areas of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.
Later, in North Texas’ Grayson County, there were widespread reports of tree and roof damage.
Her name was not yet released.
The strongest of the storms could contain wind gusts over 60 miles per hour and hail.
Southern Indiana is under a slight risk (yellow) for severe weather tonight.
Scattered storms with strong winds and hail hit the Midwest and South Wednesday, a day after tornadoes and hail battered the central US, leaving one person dead in Texas.
While there were more than 150 reports each of large hail and wind damage, the number of tornado reports was small – only five. A watch can cover parts of a state or several states.
A flash flood warning was in effect for western parts of Kansas City through early Wednesday morning. However, the concentration of damaging storms is not expected to be as high as Tuesday.
Golf ball-size hail fell near Valley and other Douglas County spots.
The severe weather forecast is specifically reported in the areas of Kansas City, Missouri; Omaha, Nebraska; Wichita, Kansas; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Austin, Texas; Dallas, Texas; San Antonio, Texas; and Waco, Texas. After Hurricane Patricia’s passing last week, the region was hit with more torrential rain and possible tornadoes.
Rossi says it will be a long night at the weather service. In northern Texas, four people were hospitalized after their vehicles were caught up in a tornado that hit late Tuesday, Howe Police Chief Carl Hudman said. The storms produced large hail.
The first siren sounded after a tornado reportedly touched down near Bloomfield in Greene County at 7:24 p.m.
No deaths have been reported.
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A powerful spring storm brought strong winds and baseball-sized hail to several central states on Tuesday, with tornadoes spotted in Kansas and Oklahoma as the severe weather marched east, forecasters said. The nastiest weather was predicted for an area from Houston north into Iowa.
