Severe storm and tornado alert in Oklahoma: These are the affected areas today, May 26
Here is all the latest information regarding the storm alerts for Oklahoma.
The stormy weather is not letting up in Oklahoma, with fresh warnings announced by National Weather Service.
Forecasters told of scattered severe storms brought about alongside triple-figure temperatures, with a description of the crazy weather by saying it could “explode with large hail, dangerous winds and tornadoes.”
Northern and central Kansas has also seen a tornado warning issued, with the Weather Protection Center saying “tornadoes, large hail, and damaging winds are possible with severe thunderstorms”.
Clusters of supercell thunderstorms will gradually merge into pockets of larger scale storms in northern OK and central/eastern KS overnight. Some isolated to widely scattered instances of flash flooding will be possible going through midnight. https://t.co/vq0J7we6aF
— National Weather Service (@NWS) May 26, 2024
Which part of the US have been given a tornado warning?
The National Weather Service’s office in Norman said via the social platform X that the warning was for northern Noble and far southern Kay counties, an area located to the north of Oklahoma City.
As well as this, recent reports also say that warnings of severe storms and tornadoes have been issued for Missouri towns of Ava, Golden City and Seymour.
Over the border in Texas, the Huff Post reports that “heat records were broken during the day” in southern areas and people were “warned of triple-digit temperatures over the long holiday weekend”.
The Associated Press reports that a tornado “touched down and crossed an interstate in Texas, causing damage and possible injuries as scattered severe storms moved through Texas and Oklahoma Saturday night” with one crossing into northern Denton County in Texas late Saturday, “overturning tractor-trailer trucks”.
Search and rescue continues across Claremore, Oklahoma and surrounding areas following a tornado. Clearing of backroads continues with house to house searches underway. Large trees are blocking the pathway for emergency services. This is a slow and methodical process. Thankfully… pic.twitter.com/sMCrOkbmMX
— Daniel Shaw (@DanielShawAU) May 26, 2024
On X, the NWS said that “Clusters of supercell thunderstorms will gradually merge into pockets of larger scale storms in northern OK and central/eastern KS overnight. Some isolated to widely scattered instances of flash flooding will be possible going through midnight.”
If you want to know more about the latest severe weather updates that could affect you, and whether or not you need to take cover or move to a safer area, visit the Weather Protection Center website, as well as TornadoHQ’s map.
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