Weather service: 2 more tornadoes in Wednesday storm

Ponca City Now - April 4, 2016 8:26 am

TULSA, Okla. (AP) – The National Weather Service has identified two more tornadoes during a storm that struck northeastern Oklahoma.

The Wednesday storm spawned two EF2 tornadoes that were previously identified after they damaged parts of Tulsa, Claremore, Verdigris and Owasso and injured seven people.

The Tulsa World reported Sunday that the weather service has identified an EF1 tornado with winds of 100 to 110 miles per hour that struck Nowata and damaged homes, barns, a metal building and trees.

An EF0 tornado with winds of 65 to 85 miles per hour struck an open area near Centralia and caused no damage.

 

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