All the tornadoes have been south of me...so far.
I live in the country, but have a weather radio. It has been going off all day. I have my TV on, but with Satelite it may not be for long. Glad I have the weather radio.

The sirens went off in town earlier. My mother called to let me know.

There has been golf ball and large egg size hail and then baseball sized hail southwest of here just a few minutes ago. So far just rain and very bad wind here.

Cars flipped on the interstates and damaged houses, convenience store and other buildings destroyed.

There was also a tornado that moved through Kay county near the OK/Kansas border - a woman was killed in Newkirk in Kay county. I am anxious to hear the news. My invalid sister lives there.

So far, five tornadoes. Just now...another tornado on the ground. A large one...south of here.

New storms keep developing. They just announced yet another new storm popping up in another area.

Gotta go. Need to try to reach my sister.

Thanks Cheryl.

~Annie

I heard about the tornados on a radio while shopping at the local market just awhile ago and thought about you Annie! Did you get in touch with sis?

Annie,

I will say a prayer for you, your sister and all of you facing these storms.

kay

Annie - I sure hope you reach your sister and everthing is ok.. I absolutely hate to hear that anyone got hurt in these kinds of storms. I do know that they were predicting these storms this morning so hopefully that one lady that was killed is the only one! I heard that there are quite a few injuries being reported but no one has mentioned any deaths... I'm hoping that by tomorrow there won't be any more.

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Cheryl.

No, she is not answering her home phone or cell. Dang it!
They may be down in the basement...I hope.

She just got out of the hospital, too. Oh, Man!

Reports are coming in now of damages, injuries, and deaths(?). I saw power lines down across the tops of trucks on an overpass that crossed over an interstate higway, with cars on both sides heavily damaged and overturned. No word of injuries or deaths yet. I have never seen so many cars overturned, even in tornadoes! There are 17 counties under Tornado warnings right now. More new storm super cells are developing even now all over the state. They are very fast moving - 65 MPH. If they say take cover, you don't have time to discuss it! I mean!!!
A FedEx truck was blown over. Can you imagine?
Many, many homes damaged or destroyed.

If you GOOGLE Channel 5 TV News in Oklahoma city you can see it live I believe.

NOW, the news is saying the dead woman was in Oklahoma County, not Kay. I know that I heard the Meteorologist say Kay county. Weird. But, that is so sad, just the same.
No word from my sister yet. That is strange though.

More severe T-storms coming later this week and heavy rain - Wednesday and on.

Annie, I'm sorry. Goodness knows, these tornadoes and the associated storms are scarey! Last week I was up all night (I can't trust my hubby to stay awake) on watch & listen duty. We have no alarms here so the fire trucks pull outside of the station and let 'er rip. That means if there is a tornado warning our own trucks can't leave the station, we have to use a close by station for a fire, one that happens to be equipped with alarms. It is very hard to hear the truck sirens when the wind is blowing in circles.
Stay safe dear Annie!

Man - you guys have WEATHER!!! I cannot imagine, but pray for all of your safety.

Nancy.

Annie, I don't know where in Oklahoma you live, but was worried for everyone in the state! Missouri feels your pain.

We had a hay barn just wiped out a few years ago and I still have holes in my window screens from the trees in the front yard that fell across the front of the house.

I hope you didn't get any garden damage from all the winds.
We just had strong winds and got 1.11 inches of rain. I need to check the peach trees; they are very susceptible to strong winds.

It is hard to believe the power of these storms.

We're in central OK., west of the city and the storms formed right over our house but we didn't get a sprinkle.

When I heard about how big the hail was supposed to get, I told my dh that it had BEST not hit my flowerbed. lol.

Boy, what a day though. I was on edge all day long because the week before all the TV stations were harping on the May 3rd tornado, so by yesterday I was totally freaked out.

Those poor poor people though.

Annie, I didn't read the replies before I wrote mine, I hope you've heard from your sister by now and everything is okay. I know at times like this the phone lines are basically shut down because of all the high traffic on them.

Check in ASAP!

Pam

Come on Annie, let us know you and yours are okay.
kay

Yes, Annie I do pray that your sister and you are ok. God bless you folks there. I don't watch television much at all but saw it on the online headlines this morning. Terrible. ~Meghan

Prayers from a fellow gardener in NC to all you in OK,KS and the path of the storms. I hear there may be another outbreak today in the same area. Annie and OakleyOK please keep us informed if you can and stay close to a radio.......

Lynne

Good morning.

Thank you all for caring.
I am glad you weren't hit by any of it Pam.
I could tell you lived west of me by your photos, but didn't know precisely where you are located. Now I will have an exact location to watch and worry about you. :)

Those things were popping up here and there all over yesterday afternoon and night. The news guys were out of breath and unable to keep up with all the reports because it was a fast moving storm and things kept happening in different areas of the state. It was a wild ride.

Five people now reported killed. Of course they never, if ever, report about killed animals. Poor things. The authorities and rescue teams are still going through the debris, so the deaths number may go still rise.

Several 18-wheelers were flipped or rolled. This time there were so many vehicles getting flipped and rolled or thrown. Jeez! Don't know if it was shown on the news where you are or not, but one big tornado hit a floating marina on one of our big lakes, and man oh man, it looks like the aftermath of a hurricane! So much damage and so many boats and yachts destroyed.

Power lines and flying debris are most often the cause of deaths in tornadoes. When a tornado can force wheat straws through telephone poles, you can imagine that all kinds of debris could easily be driven through someones body. Sometimes there is no opening in the body to be found and it is only upon autopsy that they find debris deep inside. That is some kind of powerful and strange winds! And that my friends is precisely why you need to take shelter!
Softball and grapefruit sized hail in some areas. If that hits you, your head is gone!

We just got those 65 MPH swirling winds and some heavy rain, but no hail (this time). No damage to my pets, gardens, buildings or house that I have seen. I haven't gone out this morning yet to check out the peach trees and tomato plants for damage or loss. If it is...it is, and we start over.

All the tornadoes went around us on all sides. Always do. They split just southwest of here - half goes north of us into Payne county and the rest goes south of us into the farthest south part of our county and through Cleveland and Pottawatomie counties. We couldn't have chosen a better place to live in the whole state than right here on this ridge. That doesn't mean I don't stay vigilant. There could always be that one exceptional storm.

No word from my sister yet.

Hope everyone is the other affected states fared better.

Thanks again for checking up on us.
~Annie

Annie, today they say we have a "slight" chance of tornadoes. lol. It was sunny and now it's clouding up. Ugh.

Looks like tomorrow could be the big day, along with Thursday, but by Thursday a cool front is coming so hopefully we won't get severe weather.

I was at the post office this morning and heard people talking about family members in other areas of the state who were effected.