Lightning lit up the night sky over Fairview, Oklahoma on Thursday, revealing a possible tornado. Severe weather has been ripping through parts of the South throughout the week, with the threat expected to strengthen on Friday.
FAIRVIEW, Okla. – A mother and daughter were killed by severe weather that rumbled through Major County, Oklahoma, Thursday night, Governor Kevin Stitt said early Friday.
The emergency management department in Fairview, Oklahoma shared video on social media of a large possible tornado, just west of the city late Thursday.
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Possible tornado looms over highway in Major County, Oklahoma late Thursday.
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A tornado-warned storm moved through Fairview around 8:40 p.m. local time. The National Weather Service (NWS) detected a tornado debris signature from the same storm near Helena in neighboring Alfalfa County.
The NWS office in Norman will survey damage later Friday.
The state’s office of emergency management said Friday that it’s in contact with emergency managers from counties impacted by Thursday’s severe weather and damage assessments are underway.
According to the FOX Forecast Center, an outbreak of severe storms is likely across the Southern Plains beginning Friday afternoon. There will be two primary areas to watch for severe storm development. The first round of storms is expected to develop during the mid- to late afternoon near the surface low across Kansas and the Missouri Valley, with the primary threats being monster hail and tornadoes. Overnight, as the cold front pushes farther east-southeast, all severe hazards will be possible from Illinois southward through Oklahoma and northeastern Texas. A broader severe weather threat targets more than 63 million people Friday, spanning more than 1,500 miles from Texas to Michigan.
According to the FOX Forecast Center, Oklahoma is once again under the threat of severe weather Friday with a severe weather outbreak likely across parts of the Plains and Midwest beginning in the afternoon.
Check back for updates on this developing story.
