1 Dead in Oklahoma Flooding, 2 Critically Injured by Kansas Tornado

Here is the latest state-by-state breakdown on this round of severe weather. 

Oklahoma

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says the flooding death happened early Wednesday near the small town of Davenport, which is about 50 miles northeast of Oklahoma City. The highway patrol says the vehicle was swept into a drainage culvert, and one person was pinned in the floodwaters and drowned.Two others in the vehicle escaped serious injury.

"The Davenport area received between 4 and 5 inches of rain over the last 24 hours," said weather.com meteorologist Chris Dolce. "The area could see more heavy bouts of rain through the end of the week."

A confirmed EF1 tornado left damage in the town of Bristow Tuesday evening. The NWS in Tulsa said multiple homes suffered extensive damage near Shamrock, and the Bristow Police Department confirmed injuries in the area, KOTV reported. In Bristow, the NWS said trees blocked a turnpike entrance ramp, and one home was damaged.

Both towns are located southwest of Tulsa.

Kansas

The Dodge City tornado, for which the NWS issued a preliminary rating of EF-3, was spotted by storm chasers just after 6 p.m. local time Tuesday evening.  The NWS confirmed a home was destroyed in Ensign as the tornado moved north toward Dodge City.

“I started seeing some rotation, and with that rotation, a tornado formed and touched down and started and stayed down,” Dodge City resident Logan Davis told KSN News.

Emergency management officials in Ford County reported that two people were critically injured Tuesday night and taken to a hospital in Dodge City, the office said in a statement early Wednesday.

At about 6:30 p.m., a tornado emergency was declared for the Dodge City area. After the tornado passed, damage was reported on the west side of the city and U.S. 50 was temporarily closed after a tractor-trailer was toppled. A large propane tank near the city was also tipped over during the storm and leaked.

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Late Tuesday afternoon, a large tornado was reported near Scott City in western Kansas. Captured by chasers and locals alike, the twister was not believed to be responsible for any major damage.

As the severe storms moved eastward late Tuesday evening, flash flooding and straight-line wind gusts caused problems in central Kansas.

Gusts of 55-60 mph damaged roofs and knocked down power lines in Hoisington, Kansas. Torrential downpours caused major flash flooding in and around Great Bend, Kansas, with 6-12 inches of water reported on several roads, partially due to downed tree limbs backing up the sewage system.

"The most dangerous areas tonight appear to be along the dryline, particularly western and south-central Kansas into western Oklahoma (right along the Kansas/Oklahoma border)," said weather.com meteorologist Brian Donegan. "Conditions are conducive for tornado development, and some of the tornadoes could be as strong as EF2. Cities in this area include Dodge City, Kansas, and Woodward, Oklahoma."

Michigan

Twin tornadoes touched down near Republic, in Marquette County, one to the northeast and one to the northwest.

The National Weather Service says the first tornado was detected around 2:30 p.m., snapping pine trees more than 12 inches in diameter. The weather service says a second tornado was detected about 3 p.m. near Greenwood Reservoir, damaging trees.

"Less than two weeks ago, Marquette, Michigan, was blanketed by about an inch of snow," Erdman said. "In addition to the twin Upper Peninsula tornadoes, Alpena, Michigan, set a record high of 89 degrees Tuesday."

Arkansas

Authorities told KAIT-TV that a 13-year-old boy who was reported missing in Jonesboro, Arkansas, has been found alive after he was swept away by high water. Witnesses said they saw the boy get sucked into a drainage pipe as flooding swamped parts of the city, the report added.

Jonesboro police say the boy fell into the storm drain Tuesday after storms dumped more than 4 inches of rain on the area, about 130 miles northeast of Little Rock. Two officers searching the area pulled the boy to safety after hearing his cries for help.

Police Cpl. Jason Chester tells television station KAIT that the boy said he clung to a pole until the officers rescued him about three hours after his ordeal began.

A flash flood emergency was declared for Jonesboro Tuesday evening because of extremely heavy rainfall, according to the NWS's Memphis office.

Colorado

Storms that produced hail the size of ping pong and golf balls and tornadoes damaged homes and knocked down power lines on state's Eastern Plains Tuesday.

The Washington County Sheriff's Office says two large out buildings were destroyed there and over 20 homes in the Platner and Otis area suffered severe hail damage. 

Up to two tornadoes were reported near Akron and another was seen in Adams County, where some power poles were knocked over. Another tornado was reported on the ground in Yuma County, where a number of roads remained closed because of storm damage.

 A hailstorm hit in and around Denver on Tuesday as well, where the NWS reported hailstones as large as 1.5 inches in diameter.

Southeast of Denver, NWS storm reports noted that the hail had piled up so deep during the storm that it was "plowable," meaning snow plows were needed to clear roadways.

Here's how the Denver hailstorm looked on social media: