On Friday, multiple tornadoes werereported in Missouri, including one that damaged a strip mall in Rolla. TheNational Weather Service (NWS) warned that the storm system posed a high riskof violent tornadoes and straight-line winds of up to 100 mph (160 kph) acrossthe Mississippi Valley and Deep South, with parts of Alabama, Mississippi, andTennessee at greatest risk.
In the Texas Panhandle, a dust storm withnear-zero visibility led to a series of deadly crashes in Amarillo County,killing three people. One pileup involved 38 vehicles, according to Sgt. CindyBarkley of the Texas Department of Public Safety. “It’s the worst I’ve everseen,” Barkley told media outlets. “We couldn’t tell that they were alltogether until the dust kind of settled.”
In Oklahoma, firefighting efforts werehampered by low visibility from dust and smoke, preventing the use offirefighting aircraft. The state activated its emergency operations center asfires threatened communities and forced evacuations in Leedey and other areas.
High winds knocked out power to more than216,000 homes and businesses across Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Missouri,according to poweroutage.us. Interstate 70 in western Kansas was temporarilyclosed due to blowing dust and limited visibility.
As the storm system moves east, the threatof heavy rain and flash flooding is expected to impact parts of the East Coaston Sunday.
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