SEMINOL, Oklahoma (AP) – Storm system spawned several tornadoes that swept through the districts of Texas and Oklahoma, causing damage to a school, a marijuana farm, and other structures.
There were no reports of serious injuries after Wednesday’s nighttime tornadoes, but system caused flood in parts of Oklahoma and Arkansas, and more stormy weather took place Thursday.
Significant damage reported in Oklahoma city of Seminole, about 60 miles (97 km) southeast of Oklahoma City, where Gov. Kevin Stitt said a damage assessment is underway after he toured the city. area Thursday.
“(We) receive all the resources and supplies that city wants and needs,” including generators, Stitt said. “Praise the Lord that no one was hurt,” and no deaths have been reported.
This was reported by the National Weather Service. found damage in Seminole from an EF2 tornado that has wind speed of up up to 135 mph (217 km/h).
More than 2900 clients were left without power in According to Oklahoma Gas & Electric, Seminoles late Thursday night. more than 63% of utility customers in in city.
academy of Seminole took straight hit but no one was injured, the school said. on Facebook.
Video footage from Oklahoma TV station KOCO showed a tornado hit marijuana farm in nearby town of Maud.
Several roads and highways were closed on Thursday morning in parts of Oklahoma and Arkansas because of flash flood.
In Bixby, Oklahoma located south of Tulsa, officials opened a temporary shelter in a church after thunderstorms flooded some homes and streets in one district.
East Texas tornado on Thursday damaged several campers and buildings at the RV park. in Rusk County Sheriff Jonwayne Valdez told KTRE-TV. Rusk County Office of This is reported by the Office for Emergency Situations. one man was injured after hit tree.
On Wednesday, a “large and dangerous tornado” was spotted. in rural community of Lockett, about 170 miles (275 km) to the northwest of Dallas, the National Weather Service said. office in Norman, Oklahoma.
weather service said it found wind speed EF3 tornado damage near Lockett of up up to 165 mph (265 km/h).
There are no significant injuries or casualties among residents. in Wilbarger County, where Lockett is located, Sheriff Brian Fritze told KAUS-TV.. He said a few homes and the barns appear to have been badly damaged.
In Washington County in in northwest Arkansas, officials spoke out more more than 30 lifeguards on the water during flooding from heavy rains homes and streets in cities of Fayetteville & Johnson, KHBS/KHOG-TV reported.
Storms on Wednesday and Thursday were latest in some rounds of serious weather in the central part of the United States. Tornado damaged last week more over 1000 buildings in suburb of Wichita of Andover, Kansas. Three universities of Oklahoma weather students die in a car crash returning from chasing a storm.
The storms that were moving east to other southern US states, may bring more tornadoes, heavy hail and destructive winds, as well as the threat of serious weather will continue on Friday in parts of South and over weekend in central Plains And Midwest, weather service said.
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