This diary is the fourth to follow the incredible tornado/severe storm outbreaks starting the afternoon of May 24, 2011. Visit the Severe Weather Liveblog for previous diaries.
Tornadoes and extreme weather continued throughout the night ... Please use this diary to report in. LET US KNOW HOW YOU ARE!
Just in. diaried by the mom in the middleL Tornado is forming over KC Metro
Morning Update: CNN
Piedmont, Oklahoma (CNN) -- As the sun rose Wednesday over Oklahoma, lighting the trail of destruction left by a string of tornadoes and severe weather, members of the National Guard were already out, searching for a missing 3-year-old.
Two of the toddler's siblings were killed as the storms churned through Canadian County. Their mother is in critical condition, said Sheriff Randall Edwards.
The children are the latest victims of a ferocious and historic tornado season that has left more than 500 people dead, according to figures from the National Weather Service and local authorities.
Video of new violent tornado raging in Oklahoma, 8 dead
The Oklahoma Medical Examiner's office says at least eight people have died in severe storms that raked across the state. Spokeswoman Cherokee Ballard said Wednesday morning that at least five people, including a young child, are dead counties are located in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. Ballard didn't have any further details. Violent storms swept through a chunk of the central U.S. late Tuesday and early Wednesday. Two deaths were also reported in Arkansas and two more in Kansas.
Previous diaries:
• imonlylurking: Tornado Outbreaks Part III
• Chaoslillith: Please rec up: Cont'd Liveblog re: OK storms - Weatherdude's diary has 500 comments
• weatherdude: Major Tornado Outbreak -- Intense Damage w/ Tornadoes On Ground -- Updatedx27
• weatherdude: Part of Joplin, MO Destroyed By Massive Tornado, Total Devastation Updatedx7+
I shouldn't have to say this-don't be a jerk. These are people, not political game pieces.
as of 4:30 AM PST
Joplin: 124 Dead Joplin, 1500 missing, EF5 rating.
Oklahoma: 6confirmed dead, 3 Arkansas:
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First Person: Oklahoma Family Hurries to Storm Shelter, Flees Tornadoes
Rob Milliken
FIRST PERSON | STILLWATER, Okla. -- On Tuesday, the weather was strange -- hot, though cloudy, with clouds forming odd shapes like streaky beach shores in the sky and dollops of white that shouldn't be there. We
were on tornado watch, but I thought little of it. I live with my wife and my daughter, both of whom are not accustomed to the weird weather here.
I came originally from Spokane, Wash., where humidity means rain. Here, it seems to be humid all the time. Yesterday was dark yet warm -- a very odd sensation for someone not accustomed to the South and very odd. (continue reading)