Posted on 05/10/2008 6:41:03 PM PDT by janetjanet998
here is the leatest info.
Picher, OK
Several people have been reported killed in Picher after at least five tornadoes reportedly touched down Saturday in eastern Oklahoma, officials said. The south end of the city has been completely destroyed.
Medical examiners are on their way to the area, an Oklahoma Highway Patrol dispatcher said. Troopers are helping local authorities with search and rescue operations in the area.
2) At least 3 dead in SW MO
3) Major damage reports coming in on the SE side of Stuttgart AR
life BUMP!
According to the weather radar, that system is currently screaming in on Texarkana. Anyone in Texarkana needs to be looking for shelter soon.
5 fatalities in Picher, OK.
At least 5 dead as tornadoes strike eastern Oklahoma By Michael Kimball and Sheila Stogsdill Staff Writers A tornado that tore through Picher has left at least five dead, according to preliminary reports given to the state medical examiner’s office.
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The south end of the city has been completely destroyed. At least a dozen ambulances have been seen leaving the area, and authorities have shut off access to the town.
Prayers for all affected.....hate the wicked weather in all it’s forms...
Many of us have asked that bad weather be put in breaking news until everything is over. If we aren’t there , needing a warning, we may have family that are. It also generates a lot of Prayer for the one’s “under the gun”
May God comfort all who mourn..Prayers for those still in harm’s way.
Where else would one put it when it is breaking news?
Chetopa, KS = A lot of damage, houses flattened, some injuries.
Pitcher, OK = Evacuating people out of the city, houses leveled..... bodies being carried out in pickup trucks...........
The moderator disagreed, so I guess to categorize it by states affected would work.
You obviously don’t live in the Plains states or the south or you wouldn’t have said anything. BTW, that picture is disgusting.
We know what it is like to have tornadoes coming at you on a moment’s notice. These are deadly tornadoes that have been hitting today so it deserves Breaking News as they move into the southern states out of the Plains. At least half of a town is wiped out in Oklahoma.
South side of the City of Stuttgart AR:
6 people missing from two different mobile homes. Gas leaking all over the south side of the city. Lots of rescues underway.
Local news is saying that the southern half of the town is gone and they are now looking for people that are still in storm shelters that are covered by debris.
Prayers up! Some warnings in Miss now.
I was referencing Pitcher, OK. Report is out of Tulsa and OKC. Rescuers from Miami, OK, responded. Tornado crossed the Turnpike near Miami which is not all that far from Joplin, MO.
Another tornado lifted right before the large state prison in McAlester, OK, and that system went into AR.
I’m just saying that weather-related threads historically don’t last long in breaking news. Just ask HAL9000.
very rare situation setting up..
we have a very strong winter like system with summer instanbility
tornado watches now out for the SE too torandoes watches from texas all the way to the Atlantic oceean
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