On Wednesday, several tornadoes touched down across Oklahoma, forcing many people to seek shelter.
Around 2 p.m., KFOR began tracking storms that were forming in western Oklahoma.
A tornado touched down near the town of Bridge Creek, damaging several homes in the area.
In addition to tornadoes in central Oklahoma, several storms formed in northern parts of the Sooner State.
While in Norman, one of our veteran storm chasers saw the storm touch down.
After the sun went down, an RV park near S.E. 48th and I-35 was destroyed in the storms.
Officials say at least a dozen people were hurt and five of them are in critical condition.
Crews at the scene told KFOR that 27 people did make it to a nearby shelter before the tornado hit the area.
Officials estimate at least 80 percent of the neighborhood was damaged.
The counties included in the governor’s declaration are:
- Alfalfa
- Blaine
- Caddo
- Canadian
- Cleveland
- Dewey
- Garfield
- Grady
- Grant
- Major
- McClain
- Oklahoma
The National Weather Service says some areas in Oklahoma City received as much as eight inches of rain Wednesday.
The weather service called Wednesday night’s flood threat “deadly and dangerous,” which caused them to issue a Flash Flood Emergency for the first time in central Oklahoma’s history.