Breaking: Tornadoes Tear Through Kansas, Oklahoma, Iowa (Okla. Funnel 'Half-Mile Wide') [View all]

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@AP: BREAKING: Tornado causes major damage at trailer park near Oklahoma City; spotter says earth `scoured' -RJJ

updated 8:51 PM EDT 05.19.13

Tornadoes tear through Kansas, Oklahoma, Iowa

By Dana Ford, CNN

(CNN) - Tornadoes touched down in three states on Sunday, ripping roofs off homes and turning trees to matchsticks, as severe weather swept the region.

A large "violent and extremely dangerous" tornado was spotted on the southwest side of Wichita, Kansas, the National Weather Service said.

A second confirmed tornado was seen near Edmond, Oklahoma, said the weather service. Another tornado was spotted in nearby Luther, Oklahoma, but it was not immediately clear whether that was the same twister.

A third tornado touched down near Wellston, Oklahoma, taking out power lines and damaging several homes, according to video from CNN affiliate KFOR. The affiliate's helicopter pilot estimated the funnel cloud to be about a half-mile wide.

"It's tearing up everything," the pilot said. "Just ripping everything up in its sight."

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/19/us/severe-weather/index.html

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BREAKING: Tornado Causes Major Damage at Trailer Park Near Okla. City; Spotter Says Earth "Scoured"

EDMOND, Okla. A powerful storm system rumbled through the Plains and upper Midwest on Sunday, spawning tornadoes that damaged homes and buildings near Oklahoma City and put the Tulsa area on high-alert.

There were no immediate reports of injuries caused by any of the tornadoes that touched down in Oklahoma and Kansas, including one that hit the Oklahoma City suburb of Edmond before moving northeast toward Tulsa, 90 miles to the northeast.

For days, forecasters had been warning about the possibility of tornadoes from a weekend storm, and emergency responders as far north as Minnesota and as far south as Texas were keeping a close eye on the powerful system pushing eastward and northward through the nation's breadbasket.

Forecasters say a supercell of thunderstorms packing baseball-sized hail, heavy rain, and tornadoes could do a lot of damage, CBS News correspondent Anna Werner reports.