The weather service forecast strong winds today in Kansas and Missouri, with gusts topping 60 mph.

At least a few tornadoes are were possible, especially across Ohio this afternoon, the center said. The severe weather threat remained today, with thunderstorms expected to produce damaging gusts across the Ohio Valley, according to the Storm Prediction Center. Weather service teams planned to survey storm damage today to determine the strength of the tornadoes. There were reports of nine tornadoes in Kansas, Oklahoma and northwestern Texas, said Bob Oravec, a lead forecaster for the weather service. One person had minor injuries, the station said. I was screaming for my kids.”Ī tornado touched down Sunday near Liberal, Kansas, the weather service said, and more than a dozen homes were reported damaged, according to KSNW-TV. “It was just like a blizzard in the house with all the debris flying. And I got up, and then the wind just threw me back, and I’m screaming,” Tabler told KOCO.

All of a sudden all the back windows, where the kids bedrooms are, I could hear them just crashing, busting out. She said it was a miracle her children weren’t hurt, although her daughter was trapped for awhile in a bedroom. Possible tornadoes and wind gusts as high as 90 mph were reported in Oklahoma, with downed trees and power lines, road closures and damage to homes around Norman and Shawnee.įrances Tabler, of Norman, told KOCO-TV that she suffered a small cut on her head when a storm hit her home, tearing off much of its roof and sending debris flying. Officials said there were 12 confirmed weather-related injuries there, none considered critical.Ĭrews canvassed the damaged area looking for others who might be injured. Police in Norman, Oklahoma, responded Sunday night to storm damage in parts of the city, about 20 miles south of Oklahoma City.

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