NORMAN, Okla. — Another round of strong storms, including some tornadoes, was moving Saturday across the nation’s midsection.
National Weather Service forecaster Daryl Williams said tornadoes touched down Saturday in southwestern Oklahoma near the towns of Elmer and near Tipton. He said another touched down briefly near Elk City along Interstate 40. There were warnings in several other areas.
Storms were also moving across parts of Texas, Kansas, Nebraska and Minnesota, where there were some reports of tornadoes.
Williams said the tornadoes in southwestern Oklahoma were very strong but were in largely isolated areas. He said it was too early to know how much, if any, damage was caused.
A police dispatcher in Tipton said there were no immediate reports of injuries. Emergency Management director Lloyd Colston in Altus said there were damaged structures but had no reports of injury.
Jared Guyer, a forecaster with the Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center, said the threat of tornadoes was expected to diminish late Saturday, but the storms with rain and hail could continue into Sunday.
