Tuesday’s large tornado outbreak in the southern United States resulted in the death of a girl and the disappearance of her mother, as a big storm continues to move across the country.
As a result of the tornadoes that roared through the neighborhood, the Sheriff of Caddo Parish, Louisiana, said late Tuesday night that many mobile homes and a nearby forest were damaged.
According to KSLA, one woman was transported to a nearby hospital, and two people were reported missing.
But about 11:30 p.m., Sheriff Steve Pator confirmed that the child’s body had been discovered, but her mother remained missing.
As a deadly storm continues to move through the central United States after already hurting 22 people in Utah and spawning at least five tornadoes in Texas, deputies continue to go house-to-house to check on the welfare of the parish’s citizens.
Michelle Light salvages items from her Salado, Texas home after a storm blasted across the region.
On Tuesday, a tornado blasted across the Caddo Parish in Louisiana, destroying mobile homes.
At least five tornadoes were confirmed in Texas, sending debris flying.
Online videos depicted drivers attempting to avoid the storms, which brought torrential downpours and twisters to the area.
A big storm system is moving through the middle of the United States.
As the massive storm continues to advance northward through the United States, at least 10 million people are currently under winter weather watches or advisories.
On Tuesday alone, it has already spawned at least five tornadoes in Texas, and analysts believe there may have been even more that have not yet been confirmed.
According to the National Weather Service center in Fort Worth, three tornadoes were reported in Tarrant County, with the strongest earning an EF-1 rating, indicating that it sustained wind gusts between 86 and 110 mph for at least three seconds.
Near Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, the city of Grapevine reported an EF-2 tornado with 125mph wind gusts that injured up to five people and destroyed businesses including a local mall, a Sam’s Club, and a Walmart.
Additionally, gas stations were demolished, and drivers on one road were reduced to a single lane owing to fallen trees and blocked sections of the road.
In addition, a smaller tornado was observed west of Paris.
On Wednesday, officials will assess the damage in these places.
However, based on radar and damage reports, the National Weather Service believes there may have been as many as 12 unconfirmed tornadoes in the vicinity.
At least five tornadoes have been detected in Texas, and experts estimate that there could be as many as 12 that have not yet been confirmed.
Wayne, Oklahoma: A reported tornado in Oklahoma took off the roofs of residences in Wayne.
Damage was captured on drone footage at Grapevine, Texas, near Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, when an EF-2 tornado with 125mph wind gusts injured up to five people and damaged businesses including a local mall, a Sam’s Club, and a Walmart.
Online videos depicted the magnitude of the wind gusts as debris was propelled into the air and the sky darkened in the middle of the day.
At least seven individuals were injured in Oklahoma and the Dallas-Fort Worth area as a result of the storms, with two recorded injuries occurring just outside of Dallas.
In Wise County, authorities report that one individual was hurt when severe winds flipped their vehicle, while another was injured by flying debris while also in a vehicle.
They mentioned that one of the persons was sent to a nearby hospital, but did not disclose which individual.
In addition to damaging trees and homes in Callisburg, north of Dallas, the severe winds blew over tractor-trailers in Millsap and Weatherford and harmed farms in Jacksboro.
In the meanwhile, a verified EF-2 tornado in Wayne, Oklahoma knocked out power and destroyed homes, outbuildings, and barns.
After staying on the ground for at least three miles with wind gusts of up to 125mph, the tornado was observed to have crushed homes, ripped off their roofs, and snapped trees like twigs.
Bill Taylor, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, told CNN that a ‘once-every-five-years’ storm moved across Nebraska on Tuesday and is anticipated to remain through the end of the week.
The National Weather Service has issued blizzard warnings for the whole state, and the state’s Department of Transportation has closed many roads, including the entire route from Nebraska to Colorado.
On Tuesday, they spread from portions of Montana and Wyoming into northeast Colorado, western Nebraska, and South Dakota.
Under a blizzard warning, there are at least three hours of persistent winds or frequent gusts of 35 miles per hour or more during times of heavy snowfall and reduced visibility.
During the morning and early afternoon hours near the Colorado-Kansas state boundary, visibility along Interstate 70 was just 100 feet, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol spokesperson.
Wyoming has also reported snow accumulations between one and two feet, and the state’s Department of Transportation reports that the snow is slowing travel on the roads.
“There is not a single green length of road in the state,” the department wrote Tuesday on Facebook.
Strong gusts, blowing snow, whiteout conditions, and hazardous patches are damaging roadways throughout the state (and in several adjacent states as well!).
The department cautioned motorists to be mindful of the road conditions, stressing that numerous streets throughout the state are closed due to accidents and other winter conditions.
And in Sidney, Nebraska, visibility was decreased to a quarter of a mile due to 53 mph winds, according to CNN.
The northern plains and upper Midwest will likely be inundated by wintry weather.
The storm system now poses a potential of causing additional damage in the south and blizzard conditions in the north.
CNN warns that heavy, blowing snow and/or freezing rain in the central and northern Plains and upper Midwest on Thursday could disrupt transport and threaten power outages.
Meteorologists predict 10 to 18 inches of snowfall across the central and northern Plains and Upper Midwest until Wednesday morning.
However, areas of western South Dakota, eastern Wyoming, and northwest Nebraska could receive 24 inches of snow accompanied by gusts strong enough to break tree branches and cause power outages.
There is also an ice storm warning in effect for parts of eastern South Dakota, where meteorologists forecast up to two-tenths of an inch of ice.
The state’s Department of Transportation has cautioned that snowy precipitation will expand eastward over the Upper Great Lakes late Tuesday and Wednesday, and into the northeast late Wednesday.
A tornado watch continues in effect until 2 a.m. CST for northeast Louisiana, southwest Arkansas, and western Mississippi. It includes more than 1.5 million inhabitants in Louisiana cities such as Shreveport and Alexandria.
This region is under a severe weather watch, while a zone of moderate risk extends from eastern Texas and southern Oklahoma through Arkansas and much of Louisiana.
The Storm Prediction Center stated that a small number of moderately powerful tornadoes are possible.
As severe winds might reach up to 70 mph in the region on Wednesday, flash flooding is also probable.
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