"Seven deaths were reported in Cooke County, Texas, near the Oklahoma border, where a tornado Saturday night plowed through a rural area near a mobile home park, officials said. Storms also caused damage in Oklahoma, where guests at an outdoor wedding were injured. Tens of thousands of residents were without power across the region." #SevereWx#TXwx#OKwx#ARwx
Here we go again. Another round of severe weather, tornadoes and misery coming up this evening for the plains.
A Particularly Dangerous Situation (PDS, the highest severity level) tornado watch has been issued for southern Kansas, central Oklahoma and far north Texas until 11 p.m. CDT, including Oklahoma City, and Wichita, Kansas. Extremely large hail, strong tornadoes and and destructive wind gusts are possible in this area.
Please take care if you are in the region. #okwx
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Monster tornado touchdown in Eddyville, Kentucky (about 30 minutes east of Paducah).
Another one spotted near Goreville, IL about 30 miles southeast of Carbondale, IL and one more energetic tornado north of Dawson Springs, KY.
Line of severe thunderstorms now moving into KY and TN.
Tornado Warnings issued for Greenville KY, Powderly KY and Beechmont KY until 10:00 PM CDT, Beechmont KY, Drakesboro KY and Belton KY until 10:15 PM CDT.
Seeing a lot of WEA/EAS messages being sent to Barnsdall, Oklahoma... It appears they have few other communications tools with residents after tornadoes hit the town several days ago. #OKwx#comms#Barnsdall#ef3
Resource list for Barnsdall, OK -- maybe useful for other folks for disaster prep. They were just hit by a tornado. First on the list is "Tetanus shots"! #disasterpreparedness#disasters#disasterprep