Tornado causes damage in Pottawatomie County
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Updated: 12:33 PM CDT May 21, 2019
RIGHT NOW. ALEX: YEAH, EXACTLY RIGHT. I HAVE CHRIS AND JENNIFER GIBSON JOINING ME AND THIS IS YOUR TRAILER, MINUTES BEFORE THE TORNADO HAPPENED, BUT LUCKILY YOU GOT A CALL, YOU ARE ABLE TO GET THE SHELTER WITH YOUR KIDS. WHAT WAS IT LIKE COMING BACK AND SEEING THE DAMAGE? ALEX: IT JUST SHOWS THAT THE WEATHER AND EVERYTHING IS GREATER THAN ANYTHING YOU CAN THINK -- YOU CANNOT PLAN FOR -- TO BE SAFE AND SOMETHING THAT CAN MOVE, PERIOD. ALEX: YOUR MOM WAS IN THE TORNADO IN HER CAR. SHE WAS ON HER WAY, AND THE TORNADO SPUN HER AROUND AND PUT HER BACKWARDS TOWARDS OUR WELL HOUSE. ALEX: JENNIFER, SHOW ME WHERE YOU WERE WHEN YOU GOT THE CALL? >> MY HUSBAND AND I WERE ASLEEP IN THE FRONT PART OF THE TRAILER. WE HAVE BUNKBEDS IN THE BACK ROOM WITH MY KIDS ASLEEP IN MY SON WAS ASLEEP IN THE COUCH. ALEX: THE GOOD NEWS, YOU ARE OK, YOU ARE A LITTLE SHAKEN UP, YOUR KIDS ARE OK, YOUR MOTHER IS OK, BUT YOU WENT INTO GET SOMETHING VALUABLE. CAN YOU SHOW US? >> I WANT TO GET MY NECKLACE THAT MY SISTER GAVE ME THAT MY WEDDING RINGS WERE ON IT. WE LOST MY SISTER LAST YEAR AND IT WAS ONE OF THE FEW THINGS THAT HAVE THAT MEAN AS MUCH AS SHE DID. ALEX: WHAT IS NEXT FOR YOU GUYS? >> WE WILL PICK UP AND REBUILD. WE HAVE KIDS, WE GOT TO THINK OF THEM AND OUR FAMILY IS OK. WE ARE ALL HERE TOGETHER. IT CAN
Tornado causes damage in Pottawatomie County
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Updated: 12:33 PM CDT May 21, 2019
Overnight storms brought heavy rain and flooding to parts of Oklahoma. Several tornado warnings were issued early Tuesday morning for counties in central Oklahoma. Check the latest weather alert. A tornado warning was issued until 5 a.m. for Cleveland, Oklahoma and Pottawatomie Counties. Another one was then issued until 5:15 a.m. for Lincoln County.Tornado damage has been reported in Dale in Pottawatomie County. Officials said a trailer flipped. No one was inside at the time, but there is debris around the trailer park. Many highways across the state are closed due to flooding. Eastbound and westbound I-40 is closed at US-81 at El Reno in Canadian County due to flooding at Six-Mile Creek, according to officials. Eastbound I-40 traffic is detouring at Radio Rd. (mm 123) to SH-66 and westbound I-40 traffic is detouring at US-81 to SH-66. Drivers are advised to avoid the area and locate an alternate route.Check live trafficSee a full list of highway closures
Overnight storms brought heavy rain and flooding to parts of Oklahoma. Several tornado warnings were issued early Tuesday morning for counties in central Oklahoma.
Check the latest weather alert.
A tornado warning was issued until 5 a.m. for Cleveland, Oklahoma and Pottawatomie Counties. Another one was then issued until 5:15 a.m. for Lincoln County.
Tornado damage has been reported in Dale in Pottawatomie County. Officials said a trailer flipped. No one was inside at the time, but there is debris around the trailer park.
Many highways across the state are closed due to flooding. Eastbound and westbound I-40 is closed at US-81 at El Reno in Canadian County due to flooding at Six-Mile Creek, according to officials. Eastbound I-40 traffic is detouring at Radio Rd. (mm 123) to SH-66 and westbound I-40 traffic is detouring at US-81 to SH-66. Drivers are advised to avoid the area and locate an alternate route.
Check live traffic
See a full list of highway closures
