RATTLE & HUM: Mysterious Sounds Heard Across The Planet - Cause Of House Explosion In El Reno, Oklahoma Remains A Mystery; Residents In The Area Report Vibrations, "BIG EXPLOSION", Windows Rattling And Floors Shaking?! [VIDEO]

© KFOR

April 16, 2016 - OKLAHOMA, UNITED STATES - Investigators are still trying to figure out what caused a house explosion in El Reno Wednesday afternoon.

Shortly before 4 p.m. on Wednesday, authorities were called to a home at 1120 S. Hadden in El Reno after a possible explosion.

Residents three blocks away reported hearing their windows rattle and feeling their floors shake. El Reno officials confirm one person was injured and taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.

She remains in critical condition, according to El Reno fire officials.

Investigators still haven't been able to determine what caused the explosion.

Fire officials said they haven't found any explosives, and ONG claimed there's no evidence of a natural gas leak.

On Thursday, caution tape blocked off the damage site, not far from Hillcrest Park.
Neighbors are still shaken about the unexpected event.

"All the sudden, we just felt this vibration, this big explosion, and we didn't know what it was," said Danny Rundell.


WATCH: Investigators working to determine cause of El Reno house explosion.

Rundell, who lives just over a block from the explosion site, said he was watching TV when it happened.

"I've never felt anything like that before in my whole life," Rundell said.

Even city officials are shocked.

"Not here in El Reno. Sometimes, you may see it on TV but, in 30 years, I don't think we've ever experienced anything like this," said Chief Kent Lagaly, El Reno Fire Dept. The explosion caused the house to move about two feet off of its foundation, creating a slant.

Fire officials said the damage is too dangerous to stay like this, the whole house will have to go.

"The last thing we want is kids to come in here. Kids are curious. We just don't want anyone else to get hurt by anything happening with this structure until we can make it safe," Lagaly said.

Soon after the investigation, the demolition will begin, starting with the chimney - it's leaning, on the verge of falling onto the neighbor's house.

"It couldn't have been a natural cause. There had to be something else. That's the only thing I could figure," Rundell said.

While a lot of questions up in the air, the fire chief said the explosion doesn't appear to be suspicious.

"Whatever caused this, it was not something intentional in any way, shape or form. Time will tell us," Lagaly said.

- KFOR.

DISASTER PRECURSORS: Omen – The Latest Incidents Of Strange Animal Behavior, Mass Animal Die-Offs, Appearance Of Rare Creatures And Warnings From Mother Nature!

February 7, 2015 - EARTH - The following constitutes the latest reports of unusual and symbolic animal behavior, mass die-offs, beaching and stranding of mammals, and the appearance of rare creatures.

Thousands of starfish found dead or dying on South Padre Island, Texas

Grey sea stars were also spotted in 2009, now investigators are trying to match up weather conditions to what caused it. 
Photo By Texas Coastal Naturalist/Facebook

Thousands of starfish have been stranded on the beaches of South Padre Island after what investigators are calling a "perfect storm" for starfish.

It's thought that high winds and strong currents coincided exactly to wash up the creatures that had been close to shore feeding.

It's only the third time a case like this has ever been reported, the last being in 2009.

At first it was thought they were victims of the polar vortex, which swept the country during January but then investigators realised it was something else.

Thousands of starfish on the beaches of South padre Island after rough weather conditions leave them stranded. 
Photo By Coastal and Marine Resources Texas Sea Grant

"These were healthy starfish," said Tony Reisinger, Cameron County Extension Agent for Coastal & Marine Resources with Texas Sea Grant at Texas A&M University. "Some of them were still alive when they were washed onto the sand. Once they are out of the water though, they pretty much die."

Reisinger credits Dr. David Hicks, chairman of the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Texas at Brownsville, for figuring out what really caused it. "Now we have to check back for the weather and sea conditions the last time this happened and see if it matches up."

Grey sea stars are plentiful in the Gulf of Mexico and can also be found all along the coast of the Americas, from Virginia to Brazil.

"I wondered if this was nature's way of controlling the population," said Reisinger. "I knew we had them but I didn't realise there were so many out there," he said. - Houston Chronicle.

Hundreds of birds mysteriously dying in El Reno, Oklahoma

Birds are mysteriously dying in El Reno

Hundreds of dead birds were found in an El Reno parking lot.

El Reno citizen Janince Wodrings told Passoth she like to watch the birds fly around near the Walmart on Country Club Drive just off I-40.

"Have you ever seen a school of fish? They will swirl and swoop, well that's the way the starlings look," Woodring said.

In the evening, they cover every tree and telephone wire. Most fly away during the day. That is when it is obvious that something is wrong. Friday morning, there were hundreds of dead grackle and starlings.

WATCH: Strange bird die-off in Oklahoma.

Some of the dead birds were stuck in the trees, others fell to the ground.

"I've lived in Oklahoma all my life and I've never seen anything like this," said Joel Seymour, a truck driver, who stopped in the Walmart parking lot.

"Just strikes you as odd. I don't know what is going on," Seymour said.

"It does bother me that nobody comes out here and cleans it up because little kids drive by," said Woodring.

Not far from the dead birds, there are corn kernels scattered on the grass. It could be what's killing them. The U.S. Department of Agriculture issues permits to poison certain migratory birds if they become a nuisance. However, they say no permits were issued in the area.

They reported they were not aware of this problem until KOCO 5 called. USDA Wildlife Services is now investigating. They also cleaned up the dead birds. - KOCO.

EXTREME WEATHER: America Under Attack - More Severe Weather For Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Texas, And Iowa; Main Threat Will Be Thunderstorms, Tornadoes, Floods And Damaging Winds!

June 08, 2013 - UNITED STATES - Instability is increasing across the central and southern Plains, setting the stage for severe weather.

The combination of a dip in the jet stream and moisture from the Gulf of Mexico will act to spark severe thunderstorms from Nebraska and western Iowa, southwestward through Kansas and the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles this afternoon.

Any of these thunderstorms will be capable of producing torrential downpours, damaging wind gusts in excess of 50 mph and hail.

While damaging winds will be the main threat with any severe thunderstorms, Senior Vice President of AccuWeather Enterprise Solutions and tornado expert Mike Smith notes that "there is a threat for a tornado or two on an Omaha-to-Dodge City axis in the late afternoon and early evening of Saturday."

However, Smith also emphasized that the tornado threat is lower compared to last week's tornado outbreak, which spawned the widest tornado on record near El Reno, Okla.

Other cities in the path of the violent thunderstorms this afternoon include Grand Island and Lincoln, Neb., Russell, Kan., and Lubbock, Texas.

The severe weather will expand to the south and east through the overnight hours. Kansas City, Mo., Topeka and Wichita, Kan., will be at risk during the late afternoon and evening hours. The danger will reach Tulsa and Oklahoma City, Okla., late at night.

Following devastating severe weather over the past few weeks, the return of violent thunderstorms is the last thing residents of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area want to hear.

Severe weather parameters will be weaker farther north, but ample moisture surrounding a slow-moving center of low pressure will create thunderstorms with a high potential to produce heavy downpours and flash flooding.

This threat will be widespread across the Dakotas, southern Minnesota and Iowa through tonight, including the cities of Aberdeen and Sioux Falls, S.D., and Des Moines, Iowa.

Showers and a couple of thunderstorms will persist across Minnesota, Iowa and the eastern Dakotas on Sunday, while the severe weather danger centers on Chicago and St. Louis. - AccuWeather.

DISASTER IMPACT: Extreme Weather - As Severe Storm System Finally Passes America's East Coast, 21 Dead Left In Wake!

June 04, 2013 - UNITED STATES - Ferocious storms that battered Oklahoma and Missouri, killing 21 over the weekend, lurched eastward Monday, lashing New England and the mid-Atlantic region with harsh winds and heavy rainfall before moving out to sea.

Although the East Coast may be struck by another round of thunder Monday, forecasters at the National Weather Service said the severe storm threat has largely passed, bringing an end to several days of violent weather across a wide swath of the country.


At least 18 people — including six children and three storm chasers — were killed after five twisters attacked the Oklahoma City area Friday evening, terrorizing communities already bludgeoned by lethal storms this spring. Another three people died in Missouri.

Authorities were still searching Monday for five missing people – including three children – from areas around the Oklahoma River, according to Oklahoma City Fire Department Deputy Chief Marc Woodard.

Hospitals in Oklahoma City reported 115 injuries, officials at the Oklahoma State Department of Health said late Sunday, although that number may have increased Monday as officials began to reckon with the devastation wrought by Friday’s swarm of storms.

The twisters hammered the Oklahoma City area just 11 days after a monstrous tornado claimed 24 lives in the suburb of Moore, where power outages were reported Friday during the height of the twisters’ tear through town.

The three fatalities in Missouri were blamed on fierce flooding caused by the punishing hailstorms the wild weather system brought to large parts of the heartland.

"Authorities have confirmed three deaths from high water; those occurred in Lawrence, Miller and Reynolds counties," said a statement from Missouri governor Jay Nixon’s office.

The Weather Channel confirmed at least three tornadoes touched down around St. Louis, badly damaging homes but not causing any fatalities.


WATCH: Millions of Americans were in the path of a major storm on Sunday that caused flash flooding and devastation throughout the middle of the country, The Weather Channel's Chris Warren reports.

Communities on the East Coast were hit with some wild weather conditions Sunday evening, including rough winds and torrential rainfall, but the storm threat had largely subsided by Monday.

“The risk of severe weather has pretty much disappeared on the East Coast,” Bruce Terry, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, told The Associated Press.

At the height of the Sunday evening assault on the East, over 40,000 homes and businesses were left without power in Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine, according to The Associated Press. But more than half of those structures had electricity restored by Monday.

Washington, D.C., was also pounded by showers and thunderstorms Sunday evening, but the skies above the nation’s capital were mostly clear Monday.

Finally, residents of Anderson County in upstate South Carolina reported possible tornado sightings Sunday, authorities said. At least one house was hit and had its roof torn up, but there were no reported injuries Monday morning, according to County Administrator Rusty Burns. - NBC.

MONUMENTAL EARTH CHANGES: Oklahoma's El Reno Tornado Is The Widest On Record - Maximum Strength Of EF5; Maximum Path Width Of 2.6 Miles And Maximum Path Length Of 16.2 Miles!

June 04, 2013 - UNITED STATES - Luck was on the side of El Reno, Oklahoma, on Friday as the widest tornado ever measured in the U.S. took a long detour around the city, according to the National Weather Service, which released its findings on the massive twister on Tuesday.

The rare EF5 tornado, 2.6 miles wide and with wind speeds reaching 295 mph, touched down southwest of El Reno at 6:03 p.m., making a semicircle for 40 minutes around the city of 17,200 people, the National Weather Service said.

"It missed," said Doug Speheger, a National Weather Service meteorologist. "It's very fortunate that it happened ... missing El Reno."

The storms and flash flooding that followed on Friday and Saturday claimed the lives of at least 19 people, including three storm chasers, according to the Oklahoma chief medical examiner.

It followed another EF5 tornado on May 20 that flattened whole sections of the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore and killed 24 people. The weather service said it was the first time in Oklahoma history that two such powerful tornadoes struck within such a short period of time.

The storms over most of central Oklahoma on Friday created what Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin called a "nightmare" situation of cars clogging the highways. She said some people got in their cars because they were fearful of a repeat of the devastating Moore tornado.

"An unusual amount of people got in their cars to travel somewhere else to try to get out of the storm's path, which led to tremendous congestion on the highway," she said in a telephone interview on Tuesday.

Fallin said some people were killed because they were sucked from cars or the cars were tossed from the road. A few people remain missing but Fallin said she was not certain of the exact number.

The El Reno tornado reached its maximum width and intensity in a rural area, where few structures stand, southeast of El Reno, Speheger said.

The twister diminished 16.2 miles from where it began along Interstate 40, between El Reno and Oklahoma City, the weather service reported.

If the twister had started to work into the more densely populated western suburbs of Oklahoma City or into the city itself, it "would have been devastating," Speheger said.

The National Weather Service has confirmed five tornadoes touched down on Friday night in the Oklahoma City area. Speheger said the service will be confirming more twisters as meteorologists are able to document and investigate reported tornadoes.

The medical examiner has confirmed at least two of the fatalities were drownings. Seven family members, including four children, from Guatemala perished when flood waters swept them away as they hid in a storm drain, according to Oklahoma City Deputy Fire Chief Marc Woodard.

The medical examiner is yet to release the cause of death for seven of the 19 deceased.

On May 22, 2004, an EF4 tore through Hallam, Nebraska. It was 2.5 miles wide and before El Reno's twister, it was the widest ever measured in the U.S., according to the National Weather Service. - Denver Post.

WATCH: El Reno Tornado Is Widest On Record.

DISASTER IMPACT: Mother Nature Strikes Back - At Least 16 Dead After Rain, Twisters Lash Midwest United States; More Storms Heading East!

June 03, 2013 - UNITED STATES - Violent storms that left at least 16 people dead in Oklahoma and Missouri were heading towards the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Sunday, as the nation’s mid-section struggled to cope with floodwaters.

At least 13 people –including nine adults, three of who were storm chasers, and four children — were killed after five tornadoes — one a half-mile wide — struck the Oklahoma City area Friday evening, terrorizing communities already battered by deadly storms this spring.

The Oklahoma City Fire Department on Sunday was also searching the Oklahoma River for four more missing people.

Hospitals in Oklahoma City reported 115 injuries, according to the Oklahoma State Department of Health.

One of the dead was named by the Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office as James C. Talbert, 65, whose vehicle drove off a washed-out bridge in eastern Oklahoma County Saturday.


WATCH: Millions of Americans were in the path of a major storm on Sunday that caused flash flooding and devastation throughout the middle of the country, The Weather Channel's Chris Warren reports.

Three further deaths, in Missouri, were blamed on flooding caused by the torrential hailstorms that the weather system brought to large parts of the mid-US.

"Authorities have confirmed three deaths from high water; those occurred in Lawrence, Miller and Reynolds counties," said a statement from Missouri governor Jay Nixon’s office.

The Weather Channel confirmed at least three tornadoes touched down around St. Louis, badly damaging homes but not causing any fatalities.

Tens of thousands were without power, and only eight minor injuries were reported. Gov. Nixon declared a state of emergency. After touring the damage on Saturday, Nixon told The Weather Channel that "dozens of houses literally exploded" in Charles County, where an EF3 twister ripped through.

Three "storm chasers" who had done work with The Weather Channel were killed in Friday's tornadoes. Father and son team Tim and Paul Samaras, as well as chase partner Carl Young, were killed as a result of a twister in El Reno, Okla.

"They went in the field focused on collecting data to enable meteorologists to further the science behind tornadoes which we know has and will help to save countless lives," The Weather Channel said in a statement. "Our community has suffered a terrible loss and our thoughts and prayers are with their loved ones."

The twisters came just 11 days after a monster tornado left 24 dead in the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, where power outages were reported Friday.

"The last two nights, I've been having hell," Roy Stoddard, a truck driver from Depew, Okla., who was delayed by rising floodwaters at Little Rock, Ark. on Thursday told The Associated Press. On Friday evening, he had to take shelter in a store's walk-in cooler during Friday evening's rush-hour in Oklahoma City as deadly weather approached.


WATCH: About 30 miles from Oklahoma City, there is now rubble and heartbreak in the aftermath of a destructive storm. NBC's Mark Potter reports.

"I know what a tornado can do," Stoddard added.

The weather system had started lurching eastward Sunday, bringing scattered thunderstorms, some severe, to the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, the Weather Channel’s Michael Palmer said.

“Large hail and damaging winds are the main threat with an isolated tornado possible. Lingering warm and humid air ahead of the cold front will produce isolated severe storms in the Carolinas on Monday.”

Washington, D.C., was being hammered by showers and thunderstorms Sunday evening, which could go on until Monday morning, according to NBC Washington.

In Anderson County in upstate South Carolina citizens told authorities of possibly tornado sightings, according to County Administrator Rusty Burns. Burns said at least one hit was struck and had its roof torn up, but there were no reported injuries Sunday evening.

"Everything is under control now," Burns said.

There is also yet more bad news for the Plains: The chance of yet more severe storms returns Monday, Palmer said. - NBC News.

GEOLOGICAL UPHEAVAL: Massive Sinkhole Opens Up In Oklahoma Following Storm Passage!

June 03, 2013 - UNITED STATES - Major flooding following the passage of several tornadoes cause a giant sinkhole to appear in Oklahoma City.

WATCH: Massive sinkhole in Oklahoma.

DISASTER IMPACT: Very Extreme Weather - Tornado Chaos, Supercell Thunderstorm And Extreme Atmospheric Violence From Oklahoma To Missouri Kills 9 And Injures 71; Leaving A Trail Of Widespread Destruction!

June 02, 2013 - UNITED STATES - It was a terrifying evening of tornado chaos and extreme atmospheric violence in the Oklahoma City area on Friday. Three tornadoes touched down near the city, killing nine, injuring at least 71, and causing widespread destruction. Huge hail up to baseball-sized battered portions the the metro area, accompanied by torrential flooding rains, widespread damaging straight-line winds, and lightning that flashed nearly continuously. The strongest tornado, which touched down west of Oklahoma City in El Reno, has been preliminarily rated an EF-3 with 136 - 165 mph winds. The tornado warning for the storm was issued 19 minutes before it touched down. Two other EF-3 tornadoes touched down near St. Louis, Missouri, and NOAA's Storm Prediction Center (SPC) logged 20 preliminary tornado reports on Friday. Tinker Air Force Base on the east side of Oklahoma City reported sustained winds of 68 mph, gusting to 88 mph, at 8:09 pm CDT. The Oklahoma City airport had sustained winds of 53 mph, gusting to 71 mph at 7:26 pm. These winds were generated by the massive and powerful downdrafts from the supercell thunderstorm that spawned the El Reno tornado. Thankfully, Friday was likely the peak day for this week's severe weather outbreak, as SPC is calling for only a "Slight Risk" of severe weather Saturday and Sunday.

TWC's Mike ‪Bettes‬ crew caught this image of the El Reno, Oklahoma tornado of May 31, 2013
before the tornado caught them and rolled their vehicle.

Radar reflectivity (top) and Doppler velocity (bottom) images of the May 31, 2013 El Reno, Oklahoma tornado.

Preliminary tracks of the three tornadoes that touched done near Oklahoma City on May 31, 2013. Image credit: NWS Norman, OK.

Tornadoes and cars: a dangerous mix
A vehicle is about the worst place you can be in a tornado, as the tornado's winds can easily roll a car. (The only place less safe is probably a mobile home, as a tornado's winds can roll mobile homes almost as readily, and mobile homes don't come with seat belts and air bags.) At least five of the deaths in Friday's El Reno tornado occurred in vehicles attempting to flee. There was one local TV station that urged residents without underground shelters to get in their cars and "get south" in advance of the tornado that was approaching Oklahoma City, since chasers were reporting that the El Reno tornado may have been so strong that only an underground shelter would have provided adequate protection. This terrible piece of advice likely contributed to the incredible traffic jams that we saw on I-35, I-40, I-44, and other local roads Friday night. Thousands of cars were bumper-to-bumper on the roads as a dangerous tornado approached them. Had the El Reno tornado plowed directly down one of these car-choked interstates, the death toll could have easily exceeded 500. If you are located in a metro area and don't have an underground shelter, the best thing to do it to take shelter in an interior windowless room or hallway, with protective furniture over your body. Getting in a car and attempting to flee the tornado is the worst thing you can do in an urban area. You may not be able to see the tornado if it is dark or the tornado is wrapped in rain. You are likely to encounter hazardous winds, rain, and hail, run into unexpected traffic, or flooded or debris-blocked roads that will put you directly in the path of the tornado. Even without an underground shelter, most people will be able to survive a dangerous EF-4 tornado. Case in point: during the Mannsford, Oklahoma EF- 4 tornado of 1984, a packed church received a direct hit, and everyone in the church survived. The only fatality was a man who drove to the church to get his wife. (Thanks to wunderground member AGWcreationists for this link.) It's better to abandon your vehicle and take shelter in a ditch, if you are caught in a car during a tornado.

WATCH: The Weather Channel storm chasers weren't the only ones who got themselves in an extremely dangerous situation on May 31. StormChasingVideo.com storm chaser Brandon Sullivan and his chase partner Brett Wright got caught in the tornado northwest of Union City, OK and slammed with debris as the tornado hit a barn that exploded in front of them.

WATCH: When the hunters became the hunted: Weather Channel storm chasers ‪Mike Bettes and two photographers were in their Tornado Hunt vehicle when they were hit by a tornado in El Reno, Oklahoma on May 31,‬ ‪2013. ‬The tornado picked their car up off the ground and rolled it 6 - 8 times before depositing it in a field 200 yards away. All the occupants were wearing seat belts and the air bags deployed, likely saving their lives. Bettes sustained minor injuries, including stitches in his hand. It was the first injury sustained by a Weather Channel personality covering violent weather, according to company spokesperson Shirley Powell.

A storm chasers' nightmare
Cars and tornadoes can prove a dangerous mix even for the world's most experienced storm chasers. Driving at high speeds though heavy rain, large hail, and high winds is hazardous. If one is lucky enough to chase down a tornado, even the most experienced chasers can find themselves in a serious life-threatening situation when unpredictable events occur. Tornadoes by their nature are unpredictable, and can change course unexpectedly, or pop up suddenly. It's particularly dangerous when a tornado is wrapped in rain, making it hard to see, or if a chaser is operating in a heavily populated area, where roads may suddenly become congested. All four of these conditions occurred Friday during the El Reno tornado, and it is very fortunate that multiple chasers were not killed. The El Reno tornado was wrapped in rain and difficult to see as it headed west towards Oklahoma City. The twister suddenly made a jog to the southeast as a Weather Channel team led by Mike Bettes was attempting to get in front of the storm, and the tornado lifted their vehicle off the ground, rolled it multiple times, and hurled it 200 yards into a nearby field. StormChasingVideo.com storm chaser Brandon Sullivan and his chase partner Brett Wright got caught in the tornado northwest of Union City, OK and slammed with debris as the tornado hit a barn that exploded in front of them. Meteorologist Emily Sutton and storm chaser Kevin Josefy of local Oklahoma City TV station KFOR also had a very close call with the El Reno tornado Friday afternoon. They got too close to the tornado, and were forced to floor the car in reverse to escape flying debris. With branches of trees crashing around them, Sutton began feeling debris hitting her back, and realized that the rear windshield of the car must have gotten destroyed. Both were uninjured. Reed Timmer's armor-plated "Dominator" chase vehicle had its hood torn off by the tornado. Wunderground member Levi32 was out storm chasing during the El Reno Tornado, and got stuck in traffic on Highway 4 and couldn't move. "We looked up above the car and saw the wall cloud over top of us, with very quick rotation and rising scud indicating the updraft. We were definitely too close. We made it home safely last night, but not until after an insanely wild day. One hour of chasing turned into six more of being chased by at least 2 tornadoes and a 3rd wall cloud, one of which was the one that went right through downtown Oklahoma City. At one point we were stuck in traffic underneath the El Rino wall cloud watching rotating, rising scud directly above the car. I am hoping and praying that the daylight does not reveal more fatalities.

Would I go again? Yes, but not today, or tomorrow, and I would take even greater care. We had no clue we would get caught the way we did. I thought we had done everything right. We were kind of freaking out for a while. That velocity signature you guys saw with radar folding and multiple vortices - we were under the southern edge of it. We never got a clear view of the tornado, but we could tell just how close it was to our north. It was unreal. The inflow got pretty strong.

We were almost ready to jump out and take cover right before we found a route south, which ended up being slow. It became a six-lane highway south as everyone panicked and drove on the wrong side of the road. Even we did so. We thought we were clear until we saw the training of tornadic supercells on radar, all connected somehow. I've never seen anything like that. My best pictures of the day were of the wall cloud that followed behind the El Reno storm. We didn't see a funnel from that one either, but it chased us south for a long time, and we heard from radio that it spawned a confirmed tornado in Tuttle, when we realized that we were in Tuttle.

A third mesocyclone showed up behind that one as we continued slowly south, eventually reaching Blanchard. It looked weaker than the others but we weren't going to escape it, so we took shelter in a storm room in the local grocery store for about an hour. It then took a long time to find a way around the huge hail cores to get back home. Lightning flashes were occurring 10 times per second as we drove home in the dark. It was almost calming to watch as we got over the semi-shock that we were all in. None of us in the car had seen a tornado before. We didn't see one yesterday, but we were chased by two."

WATCH: Birth of the El Reno wedge tornado. As the tornado touched down, it produced a rare display of suction vortices.

WATCH: Storm chasers Jeff Piotrowski and Kathryn Piotrowski captured impressive footage of a double vortex tornado near El Reno, Oklahoma on May 31, 2013.

Severe storms causing major flooding
The 5.64" of rain that fell at the Oklahoma City Will Rogers Airport on Friday was their 6th wettest day in city history, and brought the total rainfall for the month of May to 14.52", the wettest May in Oklahoma City's history (Thanks to BaltimoreBrian for this link.) The North Canadian River in Oklahoma City rose sixteen feet in twelve hours, cresting at its 2nd highest flood on record this Saturday morning. The heavy rains have spread eastwards on Saturday, causing more flooding problems. Paducah, KY had its wettest June day and 3rd wettest day on record on June 1, with 5.73" of rain (all-time record: 7.49" on 9/5/1985.) Major flooding is occurring along a substantial stretch of the Mississippi River in Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri.

The North Canadian River in Oklahoma City rose sixteen feet in twelve hours, reaching its 2nd highest flood on record this Saturday morning.

Radar-estimated rainfall in the Oklahoma City area reached 8+" over some areas from Friday's storm.

Remains of Hurricane Barbara may bring heavy rains to Mexico, Florida, and Cuba
Today, June 1, is the official first day of the Atlantic Hurricane season, and we already have our first Atlantic tropical disturbance to talk about. Hurricane Barbara, which died on Thursday as it attempted to cross Mexico's Isthmus of Tehuantepec into the southernmost Gulf of Mexico, has left behind an area of disturbed weather over the southernmost Gulf of Mexico. There is very little heavy thunderstorm activity associated with Barbara's remnants apparent on satellite loops this Saturday afternoon. Wind shear is a high 20 knots in the region, and the area of disturbed weather is quite small, so I don't expect any development to occur over the next few days. NHC is giving the disturbance a 10% chance of developing into a tropical cyclone by Monday. Moisture from the remnants of Barbara may combine with moisture from an area of heavy thunderstorms expected to build over the Western Caribbean this weekend, and begin bringing heavy rains to Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and Western Cuba on Sunday and Monday. These heavy rains may spread to Southwest Florida as early as Monday night. The computer models predict that this disturbance should be large and poorly organized, making development into a Gulf of Mexico tropical cyclone unlikely. - Weather Underground.

EXTREME WEATHER: Tornado Hunt Team Takes Direct Hit By Tornado - 3 Veteran Storm Chasers Killed In Oklahoma!

June 02, 2013 - UNITED STATES - Three veteran storm chasers were among the 10 people killed when a violent tornado barreled into the Oklahoma City metro area.

The photo shows the SUV Mike Bettes and a few of his crew member were travelling in when it was thrown by the tornado. Sean Schofertvn/Twitter

Jim Samaras said Sunday that his brother Tim Samaras was killed. Tim Samaras' son, Paul Samaras, and another chaser, Carl Young, also died.

The men were from Colorado but traveled the Great Plains in search of bad weather.

The three died Friday night near El Reno when an EF3 tornado with winds up to 165 mph hit the Oklahoma City area during rush hour.

The national Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla., said the men were involved in tornado research. - AP.

WATCH: Tornado Hunt Team Takes Direct Hit By Tornado.

The Weather Channel Tornado Hunt Team is safe, but shaken up after their chase vehicles took a direct hit by a violent tornado west of Oklahoma City.

Meteorologist Mike Bettes was chasing the monster rain-wrapped tornado near El Reno, Okla. when he says the storm picked up the heavy chase SUV and threw it an estimated 200 yards.

"We were ahead of the storm. We stopped to broadcast and I saw a large violent wedge tornado," Bettes said in a live phone interview after he established phone connection after the incident.

"What we were trying to do was just get away from it and get to the south side of it," Bettes said. "But what ended up happening was all three of our vehicles that we chase with were all hit by it."

He remembers being thrown into the air.

"It was like we were floating. We were tumbling. We were airborne at least one point and we were floating. Then we weren't tumbling anymore and we came down hard."

Bettes was nursing minor injuries Saturday, including stitches in his hand. All the occupants were wearing safety belts and walked away from the banged-up vehicle.

"My life flashed before my eyes."

It's the first time one of the network's personalities has been injured while covering violent weather, spokeswoman Shirley Powell said.

Bettes reported seeing other vehicles that had also been thrown by the storm.

It's the fourth year that The Weather Channel has sent crews out actively hunting tornadoes, Powell said. Two years ago, one of the network's crews was among the first on the scene after a devastating twister hit Joplin, Mo., bringing back gripping video.

For the first two years, The Weather Channel was embedded with a government research team. But in the past two years, the network has sent its own crews out. Bettes' white vehicle is emblazoned with the phrase "Tornado Hunt" and the network's logo.

Powell said it is too early to tell how the close call will affect the network's tornado coverage, but it will be under review. "Tornadoes are violent and unpredictable, but covering them keeps the public at large informed and, as a result, safer," she said.

Bettes thanked friends and followers on Facebook and Twitter Saturday morning for the kind thoughts. "Hopefully our mishap will teach us all to respect the weather and be responsible and safe at all costs," he posted on Facebook. "I thought I was doing the right thing, but obviously I wasn't. Lesson learned the hard way. Someone was watching over us. Very blessed to be headed home tomorrow to see my family." - TWC.

EXTREME WEATHER: Mother Nature Strikes Back - Multiple Monster Tornadoes Sweep Through Moore, Oklahoma Killing At Least 5, Including A Mother And Baby; Flipping Trucks And Cars; Storm Chasers Take Direct Hit; Widespread Damage!

June 01, 2013 - UNITED STATES - Less than two weeks after a tornado killed dozens of people in Moore, Okla., more twisters and violent weather swept through the area, leaving at least five people dead, flipping trucks on interstate highways during rush hour and miring cars in deep floods.

The National Weather Service initially estimated that five tornadoes touched down in the Oklahoma City area, though the number was likely to change as survey teams visited the area Saturday.

A tornado touches down near El Reno, Okla., May 31, 2013, causing damage to structures and injuring travelers on Interstate 40. I-40 has been closed after severe weather rolled through the area. (AP Photo/The Omaha World-Herald, Chris Machian)

A tornado touches down near El Reno, Okla., Friday, May 31, 2013, causing damage to structures and injuring travelers on Interstate 40. I-40 has been closed after severe weather rolled through the area. (AP Photo/Omaha World-Herald, Chris Machian)

The weather was blamed for at least five deaths, according to the Oklahoma Medical Examiner's Office. Among them were a mother and her baby possibly sucked out of their cars near Interstate 40, Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Betsy Randolph told ABC News.

"We know that the storm picked them up and swept them away," Randolph said. "When the troopers found them, they were both deceased.

"We know that a mother and a child were killed tonight on I-40 in Canadian County," Randolph said. "I cannot stress to you just how important it is that if people don't have to be out, that they stay inside and seek shelter. ... There's just no safe place to be except underground when a tornado is present."

Randolph said the area roads were extremely congested, particularly I-40 and I-35.

"Several spots are impassable whether it's high water or power lines that are down," she said. "We've had multiple crashes, some of which are probably going to be there for a while as we're unable to get wreckers to clear the roadway."

The photo shows the SUV Mike Bettes and a few of his crew member were travelling in when it was thrown by the tornado. Sean Schofertvn/Twitter

A wall cloud in Perkins, Okla. iWitness weather user dkamphaus says he believes this is the cell that formed west of Guthrie, Okla. and eventually dropped a tornado in Broken Arrow, Okla.

She added that troopers were being told to push vehicles off I-40 to clear the roadway.

Local hospitals reported receiving at least 68 patients, two critical, with two fatalities among them. One of the patients in critical condition was a baby.

Integris Health Southwest, which had three hospitals in the area, reported most of the patients. Oklahoma University Medical Center, the only level 1 trauma center in the state, reported two patients in the emergency department whose conditions were unclear.

The National Weather Service earlier had issued a tornado emergency for the Oklahoma City metropolitan area, including Moore, which is south of the Oklahoma City, amid the massive storm.

An overturned semitrailer rests on its side on the eastbound lanes of Interstate 40, just east of El Reno, Okla., after a reported tornado touched down, May 31, 2013. (AP Photo/The Omaha World-Herald, Chris Machian)

This image provided by KFOR-TV shows storm clouds moving over Guthrie, Okla., on May 30, 2013. (AP Photo/KFOR-TV)

Gov. Mary Fallin told ABC News that there were power outages, flooding and flipped trucks on interstates amid apparent tornados.

"We're real concerned about the people that are on the highways," Fallin said, noting the worst of the storm hit during the evening rush hour.

"It hit during a time when people were getting off work," Fallin said. "They knew the storms where coming in, so people were going home."

"We're seeing, right now, a lot of flooding," said Oklahoma Emergency Management spokeswoman Kelli Cain. "That is a big issue. We're seeing a lot of power issues. There's still a lot of hail. There's still safety issues out there. We haven't had a chance to get very much information about damage. There are still safety issues. It's still difficult to assess what damage is out there. We may not have information about that until [Saturday]. We still have storms moving through the state."

Parts of Oklahoma City experience extreme flooding after multiple tornado's passed through Central Okla., on May 31, 2013, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Nick Oxford)

An iWitness weather user captured this storm cloud looming over Fayetteville, Ark. the evening of May 30, 2013.

ABC News' Ginger Zee reported seeing "multiple tornadoes with multiple vortices."

ABC News affiliate KOCO in Oklahoma City reported that an apparent tornado had touched down near El Reno, Okla., and moved east toward Oklahoma City.

"It's really bad and lightning and all the roads are flooded," said Addie Pendarvis, who works at a Sonic drive-in diner in El Reno. "It was hailing really bad earlier, too."

"We have reports of cars overturned," said ABC News' Mike Boettcher, who was monitoring police reports from his home in Oklahoma City. "People are now going out trying to find out how severe the damage is. The problem is it's widespread."

WATCH: Massive Tornado Wall Strikes Moore, Oklahoma.

WATCH: Massive Tornadoes Strike Oklahoma Again.

WATCH: Eye-Witness Describe The Terrifying Scenes.

The latest storms hit less than two weeks after a massive E-5 tornado jolted Moore, Okla., on May 20, killing 24 people, smashing hospitals and schools, and flattening neighborhoods.

Moore City Manager Steve Eddy, driving around Moore after the latest storm, told ABC News this evening he saw minor flooding and power outages, but he did not immediately see evidence of tornado activity.

Oklahoma City Police Emergency Management said it was in the early stages of assessing damage. Emergency responders were helping motorists stranded by widespread flooding, but the agency said there was no confirmed touchdown of a tornado in the city.

Police in Norman, Okla., said there had been no tornados in that city. - ABC News.