The potential for further river flooding prompted the HolleyFrontier Tulsa Refinery to temporarily shut down. Sand Springs Emergency Management Director Greg Fisher said Thursday that residents of 12 homes in a housing development of more than 150 west of Tulsa have been evacuated due to impending floods. Residents are evacuating their homes as floodwaters swell the Arkansas River near Tulsa in northeastern Oklahoma. Laura Kelly to issue a public warning for people to avoid floodwaters and to watch weather reports. State officials said flooding was especially serious in southeast Kansas but that they expected problems further north and west. 166 west of Baxter Springs was closed by flooding Thursday afternoon. It runs on the east side of the towns of Riverton and Baxter Springs. Groves issued his warning for people living near the Spring River. The tornadoes started Wednesday night with an EF0 tornado outside of the southeast Kansas ghost town of Treece that remained on the ground for 3 miles.Īn EF0 tornado also touched down near Oronogo, Missouri, and was on the ground for 8 miles.Ī sheriff is urging people living along a river in far southeast Kansas to voluntarily evacuate their homes because of concerns about flooding.Ĭherokee County Sheriff David Groves issued the call Thursday as state officials expressed concern about heavy rains causing more flooding through the Memorial Day weekend. Burchfield said it was on the ground for 12 miles.Īnother EF3 tornado struck Carl Junction and was on the ground for 9 miles. One outside Golden City, Missouri, northeast of Joplin, killed three people and seriously injured a fourth. Weather Service Meteorologist Mark Burchfield in Springfield, Missouri, said Thursday that two of the tornadoes Wednesday night were EF3 tornadoes with winds of 140 mph. The National Weather Service says a deadly storm in southeast Kansas and southwest Missouri spawned four tornadoes in roughly 50 miles. The corps says it "will continue to monitor and assess the dam as water conditions change." However, the engineers said the wreckage of the barges obstruct three of the dam's 12 flood gates, preventing them from closing. In a statement posted on its Facebook page, the Army Corps of Engineers said their initial inspection "found no integrity issues" that make the engineers concerned the dam's locks and flood gates wouldn't perform as designed. Town officials in the riverfront town of Webbers Falls had warned residents to flee for fear such a collision would catastrophically breach the dam and flood the town. The barges, filled with 1,500 tons of fertilizer, swept down the flood-swollen river and hit the Webbers Falls Lock and Dam about noon Thursday and sank. (AP) - The Latest on severe weather moving across the central United States (all times local):Īrmy engineers say two runaway barges did "minimal" damage when they struck an Arkansas River dam. Reading or replaying the story in itsĪrchived form does not constitute a republication of the story. Only for your personal, non-commercial use.
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