
Tornado tears through northeast Oklahoma, leaves trail of damage
CBSN
A tornado destroyed homes and toppled trees and power lines when it roared through a small northeast Oklahoma city, one of several twisters that erupted in the central United States amid a series of powerful storms.
The tornado ripped through the 1,000-person city of Barnsdall, about a 40-minute drive north of Tulsa, Monday night. The nearby city of Bartlesville also took a "direct hit" from a funnel, according to Washington County Emergency Director Kary Cox.
Stephen Nehrenz, a meteorologist at CBS Tulsa affiliate KOTV, said on social media late Monday that, "The Hampton Inn in Bartlesville took a hit from tonight's tornado. Reports are they lost most of the building's roof. So far it sounds like most everyone there is okay from what we've heard initially."

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