Sky 5 shows devastation caused by EF-3 tornado in Cole
The National Weather Service says five tornadoes have been confirmed and surveyed after Wednesday's severe storms hit Oklahoma
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Updated: 8:05 AM CDT Apr 21, 2023
Almost completely destroyed. And, you know, at least the very top floor is debris scattered across the field. And in some of these, and you'll see here coming up some of these homes, the debris and, you know, has been scattered in different directions just based on which way the winds were swirling in the tornado whenever it hit that home or hit that structure. And, uh, God, it's, it's, you know, it's really hard to, to get the words to use when you're seeing something like this if this was your home. But, but this again, this is just the tip of the iceberg. This is just the beginning of the destruction that we're seeing here in the town of coal. We're just going to continue to move along the tornado path and this is really, this is bad. This doesn't really look like the worst of it, but we're going to slowly make our way to the southwest. So we're kind of at the end of where the tornado ended up and we're going to go towards where the tornado started. If you go straight up from there, Francisco across that field, remember those houses? Yeah, right there to the left to the left and right in there, top, right to the right bottom. Right. They are right there. Number of homes right there. It looks like 1234, maybe five homes in this area that are leveled, just leveled.
Sky 5 shows devastation caused by EF-3 tornado in Cole
The National Weather Service says five tornadoes have been confirmed and surveyed after Wednesday's severe storms hit Oklahoma
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Updated: 8:05 AM CDT Apr 21, 2023
The National Weather Service says five tornadoes have been confirmed and surveyed after Wednesday's severe storms hit Oklahoma.| MORE | Cole family makes it to tornado shelter with minutes to spareCrews are still surveying additional areas, and several more tornadoes could be confirmed over the next few days. One of the tornadoes hit Cole, a small town in McClain County. The National Weather Service says crews found evidence of EF-3 tornado damage at a home.Sky 5 flew over Cole, showing the devastation left behind by Wednesday's tornado. Open the video player above to see some of the destruction.| MORE | Sky 5 shows damage left behind following Oklahoma tornado outbreakKOCO 5 Chief Meteorologist Damon Lane says winds were recorded at165 mph in Cole.The McClain County Sheriff's Office confirmed that two residents from the county died because of the storms. A third person also died, but where they're from hasn't been confirmed. Top Headlines Crews work to assess, fix damage caused by deadly Oklahoma tornadoes Preliminary reports rate Cole tornado EF-3, Shawnee tornado EF-2; NWS still surveying damage Victim killed in McClain County tornado identified as 66-year-old man Sky 5 shows damage left behind following Oklahoma tornado outbreak Henry Winkler stops by Tahlequah restaurant
COLE, Okla. — The National Weather Service says five tornadoes have been confirmed and surveyed after Wednesday's severe storms hit Oklahoma.
| MORE | Cole family makes it to tornado shelter with minutes to spare
Crews are still surveying additional areas, and several more tornadoes could be confirmed over the next few days.
One of the tornadoes hit Cole, a small town in McClain County. The National Weather Service says crews found evidence of EF-3 tornado damage at a home.
Sky 5 flew over Cole, showing the devastation left behind by Wednesday's tornado. Open the video player above to see some of the destruction.
| MORE | Sky 5 shows damage left behind following Oklahoma tornado outbreak
KOCO 5 Chief Meteorologist Damon Lane says winds were recorded at165 mph in Cole.
The McClain County Sheriff's Office confirmed that two residents from the county died because of the storms. A third person also died, but where they're from hasn't been confirmed.
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