Two people died in Oklahoma after their vehicle was blocked in flood waters while a sprawling storm system brought floods on Sunday and damaged the winds in the center of the United States and the Midwest.
Hail and strong winds were possible in certain parts of Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma on Sunday, and thunderstorms were expected in the South Center in Texas, posing a risk for travelers on weekend of Easter holidays, according to the National Weather Service.
Severe storms were to move through the Missouri until Sunday evening and could produce the size of the size of golf balls, buckles up to 70 miles per hour and strong tornadoes, according to the meteorological service. Sunday morning, warnings of the flash floods were displayed in southwest Missouri.
In Arkansas, storms were possible in a large part of the state, especially in the North. A large hail, damaged winds and tornadoes were possible on Sunday evening.
The tornadoes were also possible, with a section of the center of Arkansas in Missouri particularly vulnerable to strong and damaging winds. While storms move east, heavy rains and harmful winds, including possible tornadoes, were possible in the center of Illinois on Sunday evening, the forecasters said.
In Moore, Okla, who is around 11 miles south of Oklahoma City, a 12 -year -old woman and boy were found dead after a vehicle in which they were blocked in flood waters. The vehicle was swept away, said the Moore police department.
The rescuers responded to the vehicle blocked around 9 p.m. Saturday and were able to save all the people except two who were inside. The authorities first declared the two disappeared people, but they were then found dead.
“It was a historic meteorological event which had an impact on the roads and resulted in dozens of high water incidents across the city,” said the police department.
The meteorological service warned that the floods could occur in a large part of Oklahoma on Sunday, and flood warnings, which means that a flood occurs or imminent, was in place throughout the state.
Violent thunderstorms on Saturday led to at least one tornado in Texas and heavy rains, floods and a large hail in Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma.
The storm system moves at a slow pace, which can lead thunderstorms to burst several times on the same regions, increasing the risk of sudden flood.
Serious storms could continue in the region beyond the weekend, the forecasters said. Strong rains could cause sudden floods until Monday morning.
The precipitation levels should stay above the Midwest normal at Mid-Atlantic until the end of April, depending on the prospects of the Weather service climate prediction center. This is particularly true for northeast of Texas, northern Louisiana, Arkansas, east of Oklahoma and southern Missouri.
