June 1, 2013

Severe Weather Strikes Oklahoma and Missouri

Several severe storms moved through Oklahoma and Missouri Friday afternoon and evening causing damage to in and around several cities including Oklahoma City and St. Louis.

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Ron Ulloa looks over his damaged business at I-40 on May 31, 2013 in El Reno, Okla. Emergency officials set out Saturday morning to see how much damage a violent burst of thunderstorms and tornadoes caused as it swept across the Midwest overnight, killing at least five and injuring dozens. The storm toppled cars and left commuters trapped on an interstate highway as it bore down during Friday's evening rush hour near Oklahoma City. The National Weather Service reported "several" tornadoes rolled in from the prairie, terrifying towns along their paths. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Jim Beckel)

A tornado touches down near El Reno, Okla., Friday, May 31, 2013, causing damage to structures and injuring travelers on Interstate 40. I-40 has been closed after severe weather rolled through the area. (AP Photo, The Omaha World-Herald, Chris Machian)

Mary Watkins finds personal photos for a neighbor from the remains of a destroyed home on Saturday, June 1, 2013 after a overnight storm in St. Charles, Mo. Emergency officials set out Saturday morning to see how much damage a violent burst of thunderstorms and tornadoes caused as it swept across the Midwest overnight. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Huy Mach)

Vehicles trapped by flash flooding sit underneath I-235 at NW 23rd in Oklahoma City, Friday, May 31, 2013. Severe thunderstorms brought tornadoes, high winds, heavy rain and hail to central Oklahoma on Friday. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Nate Billings)

Ruth Magers recovers some dishes from what is left of her friend Bobbie Steenbergen's home that was destroyed by the tornado's that swept through Central Oklahoma Friday afternoon on Saturday June 1, 2013 in El Reno Okla. Emergency officials set out Saturday morning to see how much damage a violent burst of thunderstorms and tornadoes caused as it swept across the Midwest overnight. (AP Photo/Nick Oxford)

Overturned trucks block a frontage road off I-40 just east of 81 in El Reno, Okla., after a tornado moved through the area on Friday, May 31, 2013. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Jim Beckel)

Rescue personnel stand near overturned trucks in an industrial park after strong storms moved through the area Friday, May 31, 2013, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Ashley Slinkard, left, embraces Becky Brady as they look over the destroyed home of Brady's daughter on Saturday, June 1, 2013 after a overnight storm in St. Charles, Mo. Emergency officials set out Saturday morning to see how much damage a violent burst of thunderstorms and tornadoes caused as it swept across the Midwest overnight. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Huy Mach)

A man stands on top of his car as it is flooded on S. May Ave near SW 25th in Oklahoma City, Friday, May 31, 2013, following flooding after a severe thunderstorm moved through Oklahoma CIty. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Sarah Phipps)

A man rides his bicycle along Caulks Hill Road Saturday, June 1, 2013 after Friday night's storm that hit the Harvester, Mo., area in St. Charles County. Emergency officials set out Saturday morning to see how much damage a violent burst of thunderstorms and tornadoes caused as it swept across the Midwest overnight. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Gary Hairlson)

Workers from a towing company labor into the early morning hours to right a semitrailer flipped by Friday's severe weather on Interstate 40, Saturday, June 1, 2013 just east of El Reno, Okla. (AP Photo/Nick Oxford)

Kristi Clausen helps salvage clothing from her neighbor's destroyed house on Saturday, June 1, 2013 after a overnight storm in St. Charles, Mo. Emergency officials set out Saturday morning to see how much damage a violent burst of thunderstorms and tornadoes caused as it swept across the Midwest overnight. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Huy Mach)

A rainbow can be seen north of El Reno, OK near U.S. Highway 81 after a tornado touched down near El Reno, Okla., Friday, May 31, 2013, causing damage to structures and injuring travelers on Interstate 40. I-40 has been closed after severe weather rolled through the area. (AP Photo/Omaha World-Herald, Chris Machian)

People, who did not give their names, retrieve belongings from a home destroyed after severe weather passed through, Friday May 31, 2013 in Union City, Okla. (AP Photo/Nick Oxford)

Wilburn Shaw looks for personal items in the remains of his kitchen in his home on Saturday, June 1, 2013, after Friday night's storm that passed through St. Charles, Mo., area. The storm toppled cars and left commuters trapped on an interstate highway as it bore down during Friday's evening rush hour near Oklahoma City. The National Weather Service reported "several" tornadoes rolled in from the prairie, terrifying towns along their paths. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Huy Mach)

A vehicle lies upside-down at the Canadian Valley Technology Center in El Reno Okla. on Saturday June 1, 2013 after tornadoes swept through central Oklahoma on Friday. (AP Photo/Nick Oxford)

People stop traffic to help one of several loose horses across I-40 just east of 81 in El Reno, Okla., after a tornado moved through the area on Friday, May 31, 2013. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Jim Beckel)

Rilma Hulett carries a dish set from her friend Bobbie Steenbergen's home that was destroyed by the tornado that swept through Central Oklahoma Friday afternoon on Saturday June 1, 2013 in El Reno Okla. Emergency officials set out Saturday morning to see how much damage a violent burst of thunderstorms and tornadoes caused as it swept across the Midwest overnight. (AP Photo/Nick Oxford)

A truck squeezes past an overturned tractor-trailer on I-40 west of Banner Rd. Friday, May 31, 2013 in El Reno, Okla. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Jim Beckel)

Athan Arnold helps to clear a yard of a neighbor in El Reno Okla. on Saturday, June 1, 2013 after the house was destroyed by one of the tornados that swept through Central Okla. on Friday. "I was just driving by and wanted to help out" he said. (AP Photo/Nick Oxford)

Parts of Oklahoma City experience extreme flooding after multiple tornado's passed through Central Okla. on Friday May 31, 2013 in Oklahoma City. A violent storm formed over the prairie west of Oklahoma City late Friday afternoon, dropped a tornado in a suburb and rolled into the state capital as viewers brave enough to remain above ground watched on statewide television. (AP Photo/Nick Oxford)

A pickup truck drives through a flooded Highline Blvd just east of South Meridian Ave where several trees were also down after a tornado on the ground near El Reno Okla. just south of Interstate 40 on Friday May 31, 2013. (AP Photo/The World-Herald, Chris Machian)

An overturned semitrailer rests on its side on the eastbound lanes of Interstate 40, just east of El Reno, Okla., after a reported tornado touched down, Friday, May 31, 2013. (AP Photo/The Omaha World-Herald, Chris Machian)

People walk near an overturned truck in an industrial park after strong storms moved through the area Friday, May 31, 2013, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

High winds snapped this power pole on from Highway 81 just south El Reno Okla. on Friday May 31, 2013. Tornadoes rolled in from the prairie and slammed Oklahoma City and its suburbs on Friday, killing a mother and baby and crumbling cars and tractor-trailers along a major interstate. (AP Photo/The World-Herald, Chris Machian)

A traffic light rests on the street on E K Gaylord and Reno in Oklahoma City after a storm moves through the area in Oklahoma City, Friday, May 31, 2013. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Bryan Terry)

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Several severe storms moved through Oklahoma and Missouri Friday afternoon and evening causing damage to in and around several cities including Oklahoma City and St. Louis.

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