Dangerous storms swept across the Plains overnight, producing serious tornadoes. A large, destructive tornado tore through the cities of Barnsdall and Bartlesville in northeast Oklahoma. The National Weather Service had received reports of at least 15 tornadoes, including at least seven in northern Oklahoma, through 11:45 p.m. Central time Monday.
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End of carouselWeather Service forecasters warned that twisters remained possible into the pre-dawn hours Tuesday, with tornado watches stretching from eastern Oklahoma and western Arkansas north through western Missouri and central Iowa.
At least one person was killed in the Barnsdall region, the Osage County Sheriff’s Office told local media, and a nursing home was among the buildings hit in the town of over 1,000.
The storm outbreak comes after the second-most-active April on record for twisters and ahead of the potential for more severe storms through Thursday in the central and eastern United States.
A key driver of the severe weather is a heat wave developing over Texas and the southern United States, sending humid air oozing north to clash with cold, dry air arriving from the west and north.
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End of carouselWeather Service forecasters warned that twisters remained possible into the pre-dawn hours Tuesday, with tornado watches stretching from eastern Oklahoma and western Arkansas north through western Missouri and central Iowa.
At least one person was killed in the Barnsdall region, the Osage County Sheriff’s Office told local media, and a nursing home was among the buildings hit in the town of over 1,000.
The storm outbreak comes after the second-most-active April on record for twisters and ahead of the potential for more severe storms through Thursday in the central and eastern United States.
A key driver of the severe weather is a heat wave developing over Texas and the southern United States, sending humid air oozing north to clash with cold, dry air arriving from the west and north.
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