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[h=4]Hit by twisters, high water, southern Plains braces for more severe weather[/h]The southern Plains states from Texas through Kansas is bracing for another rough round of high winds, damaging hail and possible tornadoes Thursday after a wild ride on Wednesday.
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TORNADO ALLEY: TWISTERS ACROSS THE U.S.Large tornado captured on camera in Nebraska | 00:28Jeff Theis captured this tornado, one of several reported in Nebraska on Wednesday. Other tornadoes touched down in Oklahoma and Kansas. VPC
TORNADO ALLEY: TWISTERS ACROSS THE U.S.Raw: Tornado seen rolling across TX plains | 00:58As storms developed Tuesday stretching across the Great Plains to North Texas, a tornado was spotted in Ralls, Texas and captured on a camera on a police cruiser. (May 6) AP
TORNADO ALLEY: TWISTERS ACROSS THE U.S.Raw: Severe weather in southwestern Okla. | 01:12Southwestern Okla. is bracing for severe weather Wednesday afternoon, with local station KWTV reporting that two small tornadoes touched down briefly. (May 6) AP
TORNADO ALLEY: TWISTERS ACROSS THE U.S.Raw: Tornadoes hit Oklahoma | 01:09Tornadoes raked the southern Plains Wednesday, overturning cars on an Oklahoma City interstate and destroying dozens of homes. No deaths were reported, but at least 12 people in an Oklahoma City trailer park were taken to a hospital. (May 7) AP
TORNADO ALLEY: TWISTERS ACROSS THE U.S.Deadly tornadoes rip across central U.S. | 01:04An entire town was torn apart by a tornado in Illinois. It was just one of several severe storms that caused destruction as far south as Texas. VPC
TORNADO ALLEY: TWISTERS ACROSS THE U.S.Raw video captures tornado touching down in Illinois | 00:59Deadly tornadoes caused widespread damage across the Midwest on April 9. Chris Neisendorf captured this twister near Genoa, Illinois. VPC
TORNADO ALLEY: TWISTERS ACROSS THE U.S.Raw: Deadly Tornado Strikes Illinois | 02:46A large tornado touched down Thursday night in northern Illinois, killing one person as severe weather pummeled the Midwest. (April 10) AP
TORNADO ALLEY: TWISTERS ACROSS THE U.S.Raw: Deadly tornado hits Ill. | 02:46A large tornado touched down Thursday night in northern Illinois, killing one person as severe weather pummeled the Midwest. (April 10) AP
TORNADO ALLEY: TWISTERS ACROSS THE U.S.Raw: Video captures tornado near Hillcrest, Ill. | 01:29Video captured by Iram Favela shows a large tornado as it passes near Hillcrest, Illinois. In nearby Fairdale, officials say one woman was killed, 11 other people were injured, and 15 to 20 homes were destroyed. (April 10) AP
TORNADO ALLEY: TWISTERS ACROSS THE U.S.Another tornado rips through Moore, Oklahoma | 01:13During the same storm system that spawned a tornado and killed one person near Tulsa, another twister hit Moore, Oklahoma. The suburb was hit so hard by a tornado in 2013 that people are still trying to recover. VPC
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TORNADO ALLEY: TWISTERS ACROSS THE U.S.Raw video: Hail pounds on camper during tornado | 00:55Campers listened and watched as hail pounded their camper during a tornado in Virginia Thursday.
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A tornado passes near Halstead, Kan., on May 6, 2015.(Photo: Travis Heying, The Wichita Eagle, AP)
The southern Plains states from Texas to Kansas are bracing for another rough round of high winds, damaging hail and possible tornadoes through Saturday after a wild ride Wednesday that ripped up homes in Oklahoma and Nebraska and brought some of the biggest floods ever to the Oklahoma City area.
Around 50 reports of tornadoes were documented in Wednesday's severe weather outbreak, along with numerous hail and wind reports, AccuWeather said.
The lone storm-related death from Wednesday's storm was a woman who was found early Thursday drowned in a Oklahoma City tornado shelter, police said, according to NewsOK.com.
Several homes were destroyed by apparent tornadoes southwest of Oklahoma City. Twenty people were injured, five critically, when a possible twister hit an RV park in metropolitan Oklahoma City, KOKH-TV reports.
One unexpected threat from the storm -- tigers and other exotic animals. Several beasts were sprung by a tornado that hit the Tiger Safari Park in Tuttle, Okla., Wednesday, KFOR-TV reports. It was not immediately clear how many got loose, or exactly which critters other than tigers made it out of the park. Tiger Safari also keeps bears and leopards. In any case, all of the animals had been rounded up by 11 p.m. In the meantime, local residents had been cautioned to remain indoors.
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Jeff Theis captured this tornado, one of several reported in Nebraska on Wednesday. Other tornadoes touched down in Oklahoma and Kansas. VPC
In Nebraska, 10 to 15 homes were damaged near Grand Island, and between Hardy and Ruskin, near the Kansas line. At least nine tornadoes were reported in the state, the strongest of them in the sparsely populated north-central part of the state.
In Harvey County, a tornado destroyed a hog shed, damaged trees and knocked down power lines, KWCH TV reported.
The storms also dumped more than 7 inches of rain in the southern part of Oklahoma City on Wednesday, prompting the city to issue a flash flood emergency for the first time in its history, said city spokeswoman Kristy Yager.
Officially, Oklahoma City picked up 7.1 inches of rain on Wednesday, the National Weather Service reported, which made it the 3rd-rainiest day in the city's history. Weather records there go back to 1890.
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Southwestern Okla. is bracing for severe weather Wednesday afternoon, with local station KWTV reporting that two small tornadoes touched down briefly. (May 6) AP
Later Thursday, storms are set to blossom across eastern Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas, which will likely carry over into the night and into the weekend. Texas cities at risk include Dallas and Fort Worth.
"The primary threat with these storms will be damaging winds and large hail, but isolated tornadoes cannot be ruled out," the weather service said.
There is little sign that the severe weather will abate for the weekend, with the NWS warning of yet another round across parts of the Great Plains on Saturday.
"Widespread intense thunderstorms should develop over portions of Oklahoma, Kansas and Teas during the afternoon," the NWS Storm Prediction Center says."Tornadoes, very large hail and damaging winds are likely in these areas."
Contributing: Associated Press
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