Staff reports
Windows were shattered in vehicles and homes, and at least one injury was reported late Wednesday when large hail and powerful winds battered Norman and surrounding areas, officials said.
Spotters reported hailstones as large as baseballs slammed the city, leaving glass and damaged roofs in their wake.
Bryan Stambeck, of Sterling Property Management, said he d been inundated with calls Thursday morning. Sterling has 220 houses in parts of town hit by the storm. We re seeing just a lot of broken windows, Stambeck said. Assessment of roof damage was just beginning; extent of the damage wasn t clear yet, he said.
Hailstorm smashes into Norman. (News9)
Pauls Valley tornado cleanup. (NewsOK)
A new law bans abortion in Oklahoma if Roe Versus Wade gets overturned. (AP)
AG Mike Hunter wants to join McGirt tax case. (Tulsa World)
Schools are getting aid to help homelessness. (Tulsa World)
13 more COVID-19 fatalities bring the state’s Provisional Death Count to 8,243. (KOSU)
Tulsa mayor’s mask order is ending. (Tulsa World)
Poll shows partisan divide on pandemic issues. (NewsOK)
Oklahoma leaders are stressing the safety of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. (NewsOK)
Pandemic having an impact on real estate. (Journal Record)
Utility investment collides with Oklahoma law. (NewsOK)
Baseball-sized hailstones destroy cars, injure people and smash windows of businesses as tornadoes wreak havoc across the southern US
Oklahoma residents reported baseball-sized hail that caused severe damage to homes and businesses across the state Tuesday into Wednesday
Images showed shattered car windows and broken out glass at a Taco Bell
Forecasters said a powerful storm produced hail as large as 4 inches in Texas
Meanwhile, Missouri and Arkansas reported severe flooding due to a slow-moving storm system that will linger in the area through Friday