Severe storms tear roof off Oklahoma hospital as severe weather threat shifts east

Parts of Arkansas and Oklahoma are under a level 3 threat for severe weather and even a few tornadoes Tuesday evening. Storms will stretch into 9 states across the southern plains.

FORT SMITH, Ark. – Severe storms tore part of the roof off a hospital in northeastern Oklahoma Tuesday, part of a broad severe weather threat that spanned nine states across the southern U.S.

Parts of Arkansas and Oklahoma, in particular, were placed under a Level 3 out of 5 risk of severe thunderstorms by NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center.

Leftover thunderstorms were ongoing Wednesday morning across the South, including North Texas and as far east as the Tennessee and Ohio valleys.

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The Northeastern Health System Sequoyah hospital in Sallisaw, Oklahoma, sustained heavy damage to its south wing, according to the facility’s social media page.

The hospital said no one was hurt, and while some services have been impacted, the emergency department has reopened. Photos of the incident showed heavy damage to the hospital’s roof.

The City of Sallisaw said storms knocked down a significant number of trees, and crews are working to restore significant power outages. The city said the Red Cross is on site at the hospital.

Newsportual Weather Service received storm reports of large hail across parts of Oklahoma, Arkansas and Texas Tuesday.

Supercell thunderstorms were seen moving across Valley View, Texas, on the northern edge of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.

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This comes just as fall begins, which is typically associated with an uptick in severe weather for the central U.S. Storms on Sunday pelted the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex with hail and partially collapsed the roof of a Walmart distribution center.

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Meanwhile, the system that brought Tuesday’s severe weather will move east on Wednesday, bringing heavy rain to the lower Mississippi, Tennessee and Ohio valleys.

NOAA’s Weather Prediction Center has issued a Level 2 out of 4 flash flood risk for Middle Tennessee, including Nashville, eastern Kentucky and western West Virginia into Thursday morning.

In addition, Flood Watches have been issued for over 5 million people across portions of Oklahoma, southwestern Missouri and northwestern Arkansas through Wednesday as multiple rounds of storms move east.