A tornado warning was issued in Toledo, Ohio on Thursday. Meanwhile, videos of damage in Perryton, Texas surfaced on social media.
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Numerous injuries were reported following an extremely violent and destructive tornado in Perryton.
Thursday’s severe weather threat in Perryton was a Level 4 out of 5 on the Storm Prediction Center’s scale. Stormchaser group TwisterChasers reported massive damage following an “extremely violent tornado”.
“Widespread severe storms associated with giant hail (larger than 3-4 inches in diameter), intense wind damage (greater than 80 mph) and a few tornadoes are expected from mid afternoon into tonight across western and southern Oklahoma into north and northeast Texas,” the NWS said on its website.
A tornado watch in effect from Mobile, Alabama, to Albany, Georgia, to Tallahassee, Florida.
Warnings issued so far by the weather service include:
A severe thunderstorm warning issued for Texas County at 3:57 p.m. until 5:30 p.m.
A tornado warning issued for Beaver and Texas counties at 4:18 p.m. until 5:15 p.m.
A severe thunderstorm warning issued for Comanche County at 4:23 p.m. until 5:15 p.m. with radar-indicated baseball sized hail and 70 mph wind gusts.
A tornado warning for areas near Comanche, Cotton and Stephens counties at 4:34 p.m. until 5:15 p.m.
A severe thunderstorm warning for Comanche County issued at 4:45 p.m. until 5:15 p.m. The storm, labeled as destructive, had radar-indicated baseball-sized hail and 80 mph wind gusts for residents in Lawton, Cache, Elgin, Fletcher, Sterling, Medicine Park, Fort Sill, Meers, Lake Ellsworth, Lake Lawtonka, and the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge.
