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Tornado Rakes Enid, Oklahoma, Damaging Homes and Vance Air Force Base

More severe storms are expected across the Southern Plains this weekend.

Overview

  • The tornado, which hit late Thursday, cut through Enid’s neighborhoods and passed over Vance Air Force Base.
  • Emergency crews searched door to door and rescued residents, with at least ten people reported lightly injured and no deaths initially reported.
  • Early counts described about 40 homes damaged or destroyed and roughly 15,000 outages, with losses near $100 million, though officials stressed these figures are preliminary.
  • Base authorities are still assessing the extent of damage at Vance AFB after reports of impacts to hangars, fences and other facilities.
  • Forecasters with the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center expect severe thunderstorms today in parts of Oklahoma, North Texas and Arkansas with large hail and a risk of more tornadoes.