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Tornado Warnings Ahead Oklahoma Kansas and Iowa
AccuWeather.com reports as many as 15 tornadoes have been reported by the National Weather Service this evening as severe thunderstorms continue across the Plains. Wichita and Oklahoma City areas have been among the reports. Hail, some as large as baseballs, have also been causing damaging across the region. Wind gusts up to 70 miles per hour were reported in association with intense ...
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Oklahoma football A look at OUs 2014 wide receiver targets
NORMAN -- Oklahoma is chasing lots of top wide receiver prospects for next year's recruiting class. Four-star wideout Dallis Todd, from La Mirada, Calif., is currently the Sooners' only 2014 commitment at the ...
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Oklahoma football Jay Norvell working on luring a tall group of wide receivers to Norman
TULSA UNION / PLAYOFFS: Union's Jeffery Mead tries to make a catch as Santa Fe's Trevan Smith defends during the high school football game between Edmond Santa Fe and Union at Wantland Stadium in Edmond, Okla., Friday, Nov. 16, 2012. Photo by Sarah Phipps, The ...
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Crews Work To Clear Downed Power Lines In NW OKC
According to Oklahoma City police, as of 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Pennsylvania Avenue between Memorial Road and 164th Street is still shut down, due to downed power lines on the ...
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Tornadoes cause extensive damage across Oklahoma
The first tornado kicked up debris and threatened a number of tourist attractions on historic Route 66 before growing into a larger storm that rolled across rural parts of central ...
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Tornadoes touch down in Kansas Oklahoma damage homes
Several homes were heavily damaged near the Oklahoma towns of Carney and Wellston, where tornadoes reportedly ripped off roofs and walls in the rural center of the state, according to local media footage. Earlier Sunday, a tornado touched down southwest of Wichita in southern Kansas. That storm system knocked out power lines, dumped golf-ball-sized hail and caused some flash ...
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LIVE UPDATES Tornadoes on ground across state
Major damage from tornado north of I-40 in Shawnee and a second one forming behind it. Reed Timmer on storm with debris flying through air. Hit houses in area. Cars flipped. Semi rolled in NW Shawnee. LIVE STREAMING COVERAGE: www. ...
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Oklahoma softball Sooners rout Arkansas to win regional
Lauren Chamberlain celebrates a home run during the Norman Regional of the 2013 NCAA Division I Softball Women's College World Series as the University of Oklahoma (OU) Sooners play the Arkansas Razorbacks at Marita Hines Field, Sunday, May 19, 2013. Photo by Sarah Phipps, The ...
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Oklahoma softball notebook OUs Brittney Williams on a hot streak
Oklahoma celebrates their win over Arkansas during the Norman Regional of the 2013 NCAA Division I Softball Women's College World Series as the University of Oklahoma (OU) Sooners play the Arkansas Razorbacks at Marita Hines Field, Sunday, May 19, 2013. Photo by Sarah Phipps, The ...
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Mayfest Blue Dome Festivals Close Down Early
News On 6 Meteorologist Travis Meyer said organizers decided to shut down early to give vendors, volunteers and visitors plenty of time to pack up and get home ...
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Storms Move Into Tulsa Metro Area
After multiple tornadoes touched down in the OKC metro area on Sunday, the storm system began moving into Green Country about 6 p.m. Creek County is under a tornado warning until 7:30 p.m. Most counties in the News On 6 viewing area are in either a severe thunderstorm warning or a tornado watch. A tornado warning for Pawnee County expired at 6:30 p.m. Residents in the southwest part of the ...
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Tornadoes tear through Kansas Oklahoma Iowa
A large "violent and extremely dangerous" tornado was spotted on the southwest side of Wichita, Kansas, moving northeast at about 30 miles per hour, the National Weather Service ...
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Forecasters Okla. tornado threat to continue
Severe thunderstorms coursing over Oklahoma spurred numerous tornado warnings Sunday and a number of areas experienced property damage and electric ...
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PHOTOS Tornadoes tear through Okla – May 19
PHOTOS: Post your storm and hail pictures Tornadoes damaged many areas across the state Sunday and are still forming. Edmond was hit first then Harrah, Luther and the Wellston area. Homes have been blown apart and off their foundations with the worst damage so far just outside of Wellston. Officials have not confirmed injuries at this ...
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Oklahoma City Thunder OKCs Daniel Orton will be walk ambassador for Lupus Walk and 5K
Oklahoma City Thunder: GM Sam Presti talks luxury tax, amnesty clause and draft picks 05/19/2013 The Thunder general manager also talked about the team's offseason needs and what will drive the team's draft ...
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Oklahoma City Thunder GM Sam Presti talks luxury tax amnesty clause and draft picks
We will continue to look at and evaluate all of the opportunities that present themselves to our team. As a result of our commitments to our core players, the organization will ultimately end up as tax payers. However, given that our goal is to have a team capable of contention for a sustained period of years, when to proactively enter the tax and how realistic it is for a team in Oklahoma City ...
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Oklahoma City Thunder What could Serge Ibaka learn from Hakeem Olajuwon
Serge Ibaka said working with Hakeem Olajuwon in the offseason is a possibility. But are the skills that made Olajuwon so good the type of thing that can be passed on to ...
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Tornadoes hit Kansas Oklahoma no injuries reported
TOPEKA, KAN. — Authorities say tornadoes have touched down in Wichita, Kan., and a suburb of Oklahoma City but there are no immediate reports of injuries or significant damage.Sedgwick County, Kan., emergency management director Randy Duncan says officials ...
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Tornado touches down in Edmond
EDMOND, Okla. (AP) -- A tornado kicked up debris in an Oklahoma City suburb and threatened a number of tourist attractions on historic Route 66 but there were no immediate reports of injuries or major ...
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Where is the storm Whats it doing
5:19 p.m. Second Tornado Warning issued for the Oklahoma City area. 4:52 p.m. Large tornado moves through Luther. 4:48 p.m. Tornado touches down near Harrah power plant. 4:39 p.m. Storm chasers report structural damage on 1-35 in Edmond. 4:22 p.m. KFOR confirms tornado on the ground in southeast Edmond. 3:51 p.m. First Tornado Warning issued for Oklahoma City area. Storms move through eastern ...
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Tornado touches down in Kansas
A large "violent and extremely dangerous" tornado was spotted on the southwest side of Wichita, Kansas, on Sunday, moving northeast at about 30 miles per hour, the National Weather Service ...
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Oklahoma weatherTornado warning in Oklahoma Canadian and Logan counties
More than 2,200 Oklahoma Gas and Electric customers are without power Sunday afternoon after severe thunderstorms swept through Oklahoma City Saturday night. "We have about a mile of downed power lines in the north Penn area. We are out there now making progress," OG&E spokeswoman Karen Kurtz said. As of 12:40 p.m. Sunday, 2,294 customers are without power in north Oklahoma City, ...
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Storms cause damage to Blue Dome art
TULSA - Artists are tearing down their tents in downtown Tulsa as the Blue Dome Arts Festival is coming to an end. But for some artists the festival was cut short. Sunday morning, the streets are paved with bent metal and canvas from vendors' booths strewn about. It was what remained of several tents that belong to artist at the art festival, and this was the aftermath from a storm rolling ...
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Trial of Okla. fire chiefs goes over to defense
EL RENO, Okla. (AP) -- A woman accused in the fatal shooting of her husband in their Mustang home is trying to show she's a caring person who wouldn't take a ...
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Obama to give promised speech on terrorism drones
President Barack Obama will deliver long-promised remarks Thursday explaining the legal framework behind the decisions he makes to use drones against terrorist threats and further detail the administration's counterterrorism policy, according to a White House ...
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Oklahoma's massively ambitious transport plan for next eight years
The Oklahoma Department of Transport has adopted a massive transport improvement plan that will cost the state $4.8 billion over the next eight years and will incorporate around 1,700 individual project around the state aimed at making Oklahoma’s roads, bridges and highways safer and better to drive on.
Oklahoma has around 12,000 miles of highways and many more thousands of miles of roadway and streets, maintaining this massive expanse of tarmac is an ongoing process and in recent years the Department of Transport acknowledged that it has fallen behind. Read more
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