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

AP A slow-moving functioning 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 released events Saturday according to Bob Oravec lead forecaster with the National Weather System s Weather Prediction Center Five were verified 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 stated they were able to rescue a few people but a woman and -year-old boy were identified dead This was a historical weather event that impacted roads and resulted in dozens of high-water incidents across the city Moore police disclosed in a report Sunday Moore has about residents Oravec stated the system wasn t moving much over Texas and Oklahoma Saturday leaving the area stuck under a very operational thunderstorm pattern that produced large hail flash flooding and tornadoes Bill Macon urgency management director in Oklahoma s Marshall County mentioned 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 various destroyed entirely Macon mentioned 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 commented of the National Weather Facility 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 system declared indicated at least an EF tornado with wind speeds between and mph to kph based on a preliminary survey Social media posts manifested 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 exigency management declared 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 crisis services noted on Facebook Urgency crews were dispatched to several houses with roofs torn off and homes exposed photos presented 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 mentioned the advancing 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 reported With streams already swollen and the ground saturated that leaves the area at peril of additional flooding