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Multiple Tornadoes Touch Down Across Oklahoma


OKLAHOMA CITY -- At least six tornadoes touched down across the state Wednesday.

The National Weather Service reported tornadoes in mostly sparsely populated areas of central and northern Oklahoma, although warnings extended as far south and east as the Oklahoma City and Tulsa metropolitan areas.

The National Weather Service reported tornadoes near Leedey in Dewey County, near Douglas in Garfield County, near Marshall in Logan County and near Loyal, Hennessey in Kingfisher County, and near Wynnewood in Garvin County.

Several areas reported large hail. One report was up to baseball size.

A very large tornado touched down around 4:40 and barely missed Hennessey. It was on the ground for at least six or seven minutes. The twister brushed closely to the west and northwest side of the city, but there are no reports of major damage. After it disappeared, another, smaller rope tornado briefly touched down from the same cloud.

SkyNEWS 9 HD also reported a tornado just south of Marshall.

The Kingfisher Fire Department reported power lines down in the area, just 2 miles west of Loyal. They also said an overturned semi was struck by a tornado about 2 miles south of Dover. Emergency management director Steve Loftis said the driver was taken to a nearby hospital with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening.

Power lines are down inside the city of Loyal. Damage was reported to one unoccupied trailer in a trailer park on the west side of Loyal. Residents have also said large trees have been uprooted in the area.

Residents reported major hail damage in Canton with broken windows and destroyed wheat fields.

Severe storms rolled through northern Oklahoma Wednesday morning. The storms were concentrated in north central Oklahoma this morning moving through the Enid and Ponca City areas. A severe thunderstorm watch was in effect for north central and northwestern Oklahoma until 10 a.m.

Authorities said at least one person was hurt as severe weather raked across northern Oklahoma Wednesday morning. Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management spokeswoman Michelann Ooten said a truck driver was injured when straight-line winds blew over a semi on Interstate 35 near Tonkawa. The driver was taken to a local hospital and his condition was not known, Ooten said. Two other semitrailers also were blown over on the interstate, she said.

The National Weather Service said at least three tornadoes may have touched down overnight Wednesday in far northwestern Oklahoma, including one near Arnett and two near Guymon.

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Severe storms to rattle Michigan to West Texas

.Severe storms will ignite over a large part of the Plains by later today and tonight, threatening lives and property. The strongest storms could spawn tornadoes.

From northern Ontario, Canada, and northern Michigan to West Texas, some severe storms will erupt along the collision of steamy air surging from the Gulf of Mexico and less humid air farther west. A new storm arriving in the High Plains by tonight will trigger intense storms that rattle portions of the Plains.



Places at risk for severe storms include: Green Bay, Wis., Minneapolis, Minn., Omaha, Neb., to Goodland and Liberal, Kan., Roswell, N.M., and Lubbock, Texas.

Severe Storm Threats Today and Tonight

Hail larger than quarters and even golf balls, damaging wind gusts over 60 mph, and a few tornadoes will threaten to cause damage. Trees and power lines will be downed, littering some communities, while structural damage to homes and businesses will be a possibility.

Flash flooding could force some roads to be closed where the heaviest downpours are unleashed.

Along a cold front that sparked severe storms in the Dakotas on Saturday, some severe storms will develop during the afternoon over southern Minnesota, northern Iowa, western Wisconsin and western portions of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

These storms will shift farther east and become more sparse by the overnight hours.

Farther to the south, a few isolated, severe storms will erupt from West Texas to southwestern Iowa, during the peak warm afternoon hours.

Storms in the central and southern Plains, especially in eastern Colorado, western Kansas, the Oklahoma Panhandle and northern portions of the Texas Panhandle, will become more widespread and violent into the late evening and overnight hours. This will happen as a storm system over the Four Corners region advances northeastward toward the High Plains.

The most violent storms will shift northward into Nebraska and southern South Dakota by the early morning hours.

Severe Storms to Ignite Over Length of Plains Again Monday

Potentially damaging severe storms will fire from central Minnesota to West Texas again on Monday along the cold front of a storm arriving in the northern Plains.

Storms will be capable of producing more tornadoes, large hail and damaging wind gusts.