Severe Weather Recap: Multiple Tornadoes, Heavy Winds Leave Thousands Without Power

Severe weather once again arrived in Oklahoma on Monday, bringing dangerously high wind speed, hail, and even tornadoes.

Multiple tornadoes and storms caused significant damage across the state, with the biggest tornado hitting the northeast Oklahoma town of Barnsdall, causing significant damage there, and then in Bartlesville, where it impacted minutes later.

The City of Bartlesville posted an update on social media, saying only minor injuries have been reported, but multiple roads are closed due to fallen trees and debris.

Osage County authorities confirmed one person has died after that tornadic storm hit Barnsdall on Monday.

Severe storms moved across the western part of the News 9 viewing area throughout the afternoon and evening before taking a tornadic turn late Monday night when storms moved through Moore and southeastern parts of Oklahoma City. That reported tornado was accompanied by damaging, straight-line winds.

OG&E has reported numerous customers are without power. As of 1 a.m. Tuesday , around 28,000 are without power, and around 11,000 of those customers are within in the city of Moore.

Severe Weather Alerts For Oklahoma Counties:

1. Tornado Watch for Hughes County until 5:00am.
2. Flash Flood Warning for Pottawatomie and Seminole County until 5:30am Tuesday.
3. Flash Flood Warning for Blaine, Canadian, Custer, Kingfisher, Logan, Noble and Payne County until 2:15am Tuesday.
4. Tornado Watch for Hughes and Love County until 5:00am

Storms approached the Oklahoma City metro late Monday afternoon, and during this timeframe, the low-level jet will really kicked in.

A large tornado hit the northeast Oklahoma town of Barnsdall on Monday night, one of several severe storms that moved across the state throughout the day.

That storm caused significant damage to much of the town in Osage County, and left one person dead.

News On 6's Chloe Abbott is at the scene where homes are heavily damaged with roofs removed and power lines down.

A neighborhood near 3rd and Chestnut has damage with debris all over the road.

It's unclear if there are any injuries from this storm.

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Image Provided By: Griffin Media

Image Provided By: Griffin Media

Debris and emergency vehicles were present as storm trackers drove through the town on Monday night.

Our tracker, Brandon Welles assisted first responders with downed power lines in Barnsdall.

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol shared that if you are searching for loved ones in Barnsdall, go to Gilbert’s field house.

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