Tornado-producing storm deals deadly flooding and large hail to Oklahoma and Texas

AP A slow-moving developing storm system brought heavy rain large hail and tornadoes to parts of Texas and Oklahoma and left two people dead as severe weather warnings Sunday continue to threaten parts of the south-central and Midwest U S On Easter Sunday communities in Texas and Oklahoma were beginning to assess the damage wreaked by tornadoes There were stated events Saturday according to Bob Oravec lead forecaster with the National Weather Institution s Weather Prediction Center Five were authenticated in south-central Oklahoma including one that inflicted substantial damage on a small town that was still recovering from a March tornado The storm also brought heavy rain to a broad swath of north-central Texas across central-eastern Oklahoma much of which saw to inches to centimeters accumulate Saturday into Sunday Police in Moore about miles kilometers south of Oklahoma City received dozens of reports of high-water incidents over the weekend including two cars stranded in flood waters Saturday evening One car was swept away under a bridge and police declared they were able to rescue chosen people but a woman and -year-old boy were located dead This was a historical weather event that impacted roads and resulted in dozens of high-water incidents across the city Moore police stated in a report Sunday Moore has about residents Oravec disclosed the system wasn t moving much over Texas and Oklahoma Saturday leaving the area stuck under a very evolving thunderstorm pattern that produced large hail flash flooding and tornadoes Bill Macon exigency management director in Oklahoma s Marshall County revealed their early assessments show a tornado skipped and jumped around over a path of to miles about to kilometers in the rural area that left at least homes damaged with certain destroyed absolutely Macon declared people were mostly home when the late night tornado came through downing huge trees and dozens of electric poles and power lines but there had not been reports of injuries or fatalities We take those things pretty serious down here in Oklahoma Macon explained of the National Weather Function s warnings One Oklahoma town that was still rebuilding from an early March tornado was hit again late Saturday The north side of Ada a town home to about people sustained damage that the weather provision reported indicated at least an EF tornado with wind speeds between and mph to kph based on a preliminary survey Social media posts presented roofs ripped off businesses in town storefront windows blown in and billboards knocked sideways In a video posted to Facebook Jason Keck Ada director of crisis management reported the tornado seemed to track across the north side of town to a shopping center leaving a lot of damage to buildings power lines and trees One clothing store was severely damaged according to The Ada News but bracketed on both sides by intact structures At least two tornadoes crossed west Parker County Texas on Saturday the county s urgency services revealed on Facebook Crisis crews were dispatched to several houses with roofs torn off and homes exposed photos manifested One detached roof ended up smashed across a driveway The whole storm system is moving northeast into Arkansas Missouri southern Illinois and southeastern Iowa Oravec revealed While it s moving faster he declared the proceeding system still carries the threat of large hail high winds and tornadoes to the region While heavy rain was subsiding in Texas and Oklahoma by late Sunday afternoon additional heavy rain is expected across parts of the Plains this week Oravec explained With streams already swollen and the ground saturated that leaves the area at vulnerability of additional flooding