This is the scene of a tornado ripping through a residential area after touching down near Wynnewood, Oklahoma, in the United States on Monday.
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On Monday, three tornadoes hit Oklahoma at the same time.
Garvin County Emergency Management Director Bud Ramming said Tuesday that Chester Barnes was found dead Monday just outside his city of Wynnewood home, which had been “blown apart by the tornado”.
“There’s a home where basically there’s no walls left”, Smith said. Despite the danger, she said she was not frightened.
Interstate 35 near Wynnewood was temporarily closed on Monday so the storms could pass. I am in constant contact with our State Emergency Operations Center and I know local authorities are doing everything they can to respond to those affected by the storms.
The storm was considered so violent that forecasters declared a “tornado emergency” for communities in the twister’s path. Another man was killed in Connerville in Johnston County, per The Guardian. He also said that there have been some injuries and homes were destroyed. The storm lasted 15 to 20 minutes and when she stepped outside, her home was gone, save for a concrete slab, she added.
“It sounded just like a train”, Buckner said. Both men were 76 years old. He described it as a black wall.
Dana Lance was driving through the Pontotoc County community of Roff on her way home from work Monday when the skies grew ominous, and she heard tornado sirens and forecasters on the radio urging people in the area to take cover. She went to a school that has a safe room.
‘There were kids and elderly people, dogs and cats, babies.
She cited reports of tornadoes in Johnston and Pottawatomie counties.
Bad weather is predicted to return to the state on Wednesday.
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Strong to severe thunderstorms and tornadoes are possible again on Tuesday in the Ohio Valley and southern Plains.
