Tornadoes Continue Assault on Okla. and Kansas

PlusTornadoes Continue Assault on Okla. and KansasTornadoes Continue Assault on Okla. and KansasThe Associated PressSevere weather continued in northwestern Oklahoma Saturday, and two people were found dead in a vehicle about 75 miles west of Wichita, Kansas. It appears the deaths were tornado-related. (May 24)[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE] [Notes:COURTESY -- KWTV][Notes:NATS--PILOT TALKING] this one is coming down....about four miles southwest of bison....[Notes:VO -- SHOTS OF OKLAHOMA TWISTER]THERE'S JUST NO END TO THE STRING OF SEVERE WEATHER THAT CONTINUES TO BATTER THE PLAINS STATES. [Notes:NATS --PILOT TALKING] This cloud is further west...there's another one forming right over me....THIS TELEVISION FOOTAGE SHOWS A TWISTER TOUCHING DOWN IN NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA -- ABOUT 70 MILES NORTH OF OKLAHOMA CITY. SEVERAL TORNADOES WERE SPOTTED IN THIS PART OF THE STATE SATURDAY.ALTHOUGH NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED -- OFFICIALS SAY POWER LINES WERE DOWNED AND A GRAIN ELEVATOR WAS DAMAGED. [Notes:VO --KANSAS TWISTER]IN KANSAS -- TWO PEOPLE WERE FOUND DEAD INSIDE A VEHICLE THAT WAS DISCOVERED IN A FIELD ABOUT 75 MILES WEST OF WICHITA.THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS A TOTAL OF 17 TWISTERS TOUCHED DOWN ACROSS THE STATE FRIDAY.SEVERAL BUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED --- AND AT LEAST FOUR PEOPLE WERE INJURED -- INCLUDING ONE SERIOUSLY. [Notes:VO --WINDSOR STORM DAMAGE VIDEO] IN COLORADO -- HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTS WERE ALLOWED TO RETURN TO THEIR HOMES IN WINDSOR -- WHICH WAS RAVAGED BY A LARGE TORNADO THURSDAY. PARTS OF THE TOWN HAD BEEN CORDONED OFF BECAUSE OF NATURAL GAS LEAKS. [Notes:VO -- DAMAGE VIDEO]ABOUT 100 PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN U.S. TWISTERS SO FAR THIS YEAR -- THE MOST FATALITIES IN A DECADE -- AND THE DANGER ISN'T OVER YET.TORNADO SEASON TYPICALLY PEAKS DURING THE SPRING AND EARLY SUMMER -- AND AGAIN IN THE LATE FALL. ___ ___, The Associated Press.

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[COMPASSION2611]

@dragonridley I live in NC and most times the warning is late in the evening into the night. I can remember the one warning in 2005 at night. The wind was up high and me and my 5 year old stood in the door and we rebuked the storm like Jesus did in the Bible, thanked God for HIS protection and went to bed in peace. People were talking about the damage done in their neighborhoods but nothing happened in ours, plus we still had power. You know just the thought of a tornado happening is scary...

[TheZekethunder]

Wow! This is a severe tornado. I live in Oklahoma and I remember this tornado.

[guysofhell]

yeah i live in colorado and i remember the EF-4 that hit windsor i saw that it was the biggest tornado i have ever seen yet.... but also when i was driving to indiana going through nebraska we saw i tornado form, it was small though but still kinda scary....

[torn80s]

I found another stat on N.C. tornadoes. I found out that N.C. has the highest percentage when it comes to night time tornadoes. Not the highest number but highest percentage for anyone else reading this reply and comment to dragonridley.

[dragonridley]

The reason they seem to be F3 and up is that weaker tornadoes don't make big news as much.

[Gebora]

it what makes them so scary, there around but you never know where its going to hit.

[dragonridley]

It was the F5.

There ere 6 F4's that day.

[torn80s]

was the F5 tornado in PA the one that was videoed? If I remember right the person filming it or somebody next to that person was saying "look at the paper, look at all the paper flying around." But what that person thought was paper was actually debris from apartments or houses being torn up. It's been a while since I've seen that video. But I can't remember if that was the F5 or the F4. I've seen so many vids now I can't even count them any more. I waitn 4 the 2010 chase season. I luv chasing.

[naisha3333]

if the tornado is f3 or above

i don't think concrete will save you either

[dragonridley]

Western PA is no stranger to tornadoes either. Everyone in my county talks about an F4 that killed 12 during an outbreak in 1985. Strangely there's much less mention of the F5 that happened just 2 counties away.