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There were no reports of fatalities after the tornado struck Enid, but Gov. Kevin Stitt said the city was "severely impacted."
More than a dozen reported tornadoes tore through part of the Central U.S. on Thursday night, including a powerful storm in northwestern Oklahoma that spurred a tornado emergency from the National Weather Service. A tornado emergency is the highest alert level for tornadoes.
A tornado warning was briefly issued for Marion and Hamilton counties as a wave of severe storms inundated the region on Friday evening.
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Tornado warning until 9:30 p.m. for parts of North Texas as severe storms possible all weekend
Level 1 and 2 risks are in place for this weekend, with wind and hail being the two main threats, with any storms that do fire up east of a dryline sitting out to our west.
Multiple tornadoes roared through the central United States Thursday, including a powerful twister that caused significant damage and multiple injuries in Oklahoma — the start of a dangerous multi-day stretch of severe thunderstorms for the region.
A dangerous tornado tore through an area in the city of Enid in north-central Oklahoma on Thursday night, triggering a massive response from first responders and rescue crews, who rushed to the scene to begin immediate recovery efforts.
On Friday at 1:55 p.m. the NWS Fort Worth TX released a tornado watch in effect until 9 p.m. The watch is for Collin, Cooke, Delta, Fannin, Grayson, Hopkins, Hunt, Lamar, Rains and Rockwall counties.