“That’s the good news”, she said.
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Violent tornadoes and hail larger than baseballs are expected to hit the areas according to a weather forecast in Oklahoma.
But of all the storm activity reported on Tuesday, most involved large hail, while only five tornadoes were reported.
The area is expecting light rain and drizzle today with no threat of severe weather. The potential exists for long track tornadoes, very large hail, destructive straight line winds, and heavy rainfall.
“We have somebody who’s putting out the warnings, maybe depending on again how many storms there are, two to three people doing that”. In the panhandle, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Hall, Parmer and Swisher counties are also under a tornado watch.
Building damaged by a storm in Stanton. No injuries were reported.
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.
About 11,000 lightning strikes were recorded between Dallas and Kansas city over a 30-minute stretch late Tuesday, CNN Meteorologist Pedram Javaheri noted.
There is also a marginal risk throughout the Ohio Valley on Sunday and Sunday night, with the possibility for hail and damaging winds.
Officials say a 62-year-old woman has died after a tree fell on her home as storms swept through southeast Texas. A warning can cover parts of counties or several counties in the path of danger.
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The weather service says a second tornado struck Greene County, about 70 miles southwest of Indianapolis. Make sure you have a plan in place in the event severe weather visits your neighborhood. In some phones it’s under general settings, and in others, it’s in the message settings.
