Another tornado passed near Creston in Union County Wednesday afternoon and firefighters reported a brief tornado touchdown with no damage near Hepburn in Page County.
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The area is expecting severe weather.
Power lines and trees were down in several counties, and heavy rain was falling. It moved east at 25 miles per hour before dissipating. Forecasters had predicted a 90 per cent chance of tornadoes and said 80 per cent could have winds above 111 mph in much of Oklahoma and northern Texas.
Five people were reported injured in the storm.
“It’s never straightforward when you’re sitting here talking about (predicting) large tornadoes”, Mosier said. Officials continue to monitor the system as it remains in the area.
A post on the Facebook page says that “crews are working remove debris and assess damage”.
Building damaged by a storm in Stanton.
A Severe Thunderstorm Warning has been issued for Summerville and the surrounding Lowcountry until 6 p.m. Thursday.
The tornado briefly touched down at 1:49 a.m. Wednesday morning and had a width of only 40-yards. A storm that cleared Oklahoma City around sunset may have dropped a tornado or two during a march to Tulsa.
Next under the gun: states along the lower Mississippi River, from Missouri to Louisiana.
Agency spokeswoman Keli Pirtle says it’s unclear when survey teams will release those results. We will need to stay very alert through the night tonight as these storms should be moving very quickly. About 45 patients and residents from Parkview Haven Nursing Home and Meadowlark Heights Assisted Living spent the night at Deshler High School because of high-water worries.
Classes at Deshler Public Schools were canceled because of some road flooding. Morris said she didn’t see any signs of damage as the storms moved on.
Her name was not yet released.
Almost all of the forecasts leading up to Tuesday mentioned large, damaging hail as the main threat with the possibility of some large tornadoes.
“So many people were sheltering for the tornado, I would be surprised if there wasn’t some talk of a bust”, Klockow said.
“That’s extremely important”, said Rick Shanklin, “because most of the casualties that occur in tornados or severe thunderstorms is flying debris including glass so you want to stay away from windows”.
The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch extending from Texas into southern Nebraska and a severe thunderstorm watch for large parts of Missouri and into Pennsylvania.
Flood, and flash flood warning were in effect for multiple areas.
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The Storm Prediction Center said most of the state, with the exception of Northwest Arkansas and parts of western Arkansas, are under a slight risk for severe storms packing damaging winds and hail. Many areas of Sedgwick County including the city of Wichita reported golf ball size hail and over 2,5 inches of rain.
