Tornadoes destroy homes, injure at least 12 in Oklahoma

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By KEN MILLER

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Authorities are set to survey the damage left behind after tornadoes swept across the southern Plains, overturning cars and destroying dozens of homes near Oklahoma City.

At least 12 people were injured, but no deaths were immediately reported from the twisters that also hit rural parts of Texas, Kansas and Nebraska on Wednesday night.

"We'll have much better picture of how widespread the damage is when the sun comes up tomorrow," meteorologist Forrest Mitchell with the National Weather Service in Norman said.

The Oklahoma City area seemed to be the hardest hit. A twister destroyed homes in Grady County, southwest of the city, and it appeared another tornado touched down in the area later Wednesday evening when a second storm came through.

FULL story at link.



A tornado passes near Halstead, Kan., Wednesday, May 6, 2015. A swath of the Great Plains is under a tornado watch Wednesday, including parts of North Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. (Travis Heying/The Wichita Eagle via AP)

Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/c6b0d6ad319c4142985b95aa9cef70d7/tornadoes-destroy-homes-injure-least-12-oklahoma

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There is still a line of active storms from Dallas to Minnesota.

[leftofcool]

1. Thank goodness no one was killed.

These two took some unusual turns. One of them crossed the turnpike then doubled back and crossed again.

[Arkansas Granny]

2. These storms are very unpredictable.

[leftofcool]

3. They sure are.

I have been in so many of these storms in Oklahoma. Seen them do some weird things.

[uppityperson]

4. Here's the map of yesterday's tornadoes, red dots are tornadoes

47 reports of tornadoes.
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/150506_rpts.html