Tornado—the word is synonymous with chaos and destruction.
No one wants to hear that a twister is touching down anywhere nearby.
Residents in Corn and Duke, Oklahoma heard that news on the afternoon of May 18.
So did people in Cromwell, Texas.
Happily no one was hurt.
Fatal storms have already struck Oklahoma, Wisconsin, and Iowa this week.
Forecasters say tornado conditions will persist through Friday throughout the Southern Plains.
Tornadoes touch down in Oklahoma and Texas
By Henny Chen
OLUSTEE, OK - MAY 10: A caravan of storm chasers travels through hail as they chase a supercell thunderstorm, May 10, 2017 in Olustee, Oklahoma. Wednesday was the group's third day in the field for the 2017 tornado season for their research project titled 'TWIRL.' With funding from the National Science Foundation and other government grants, scientists and meteorologists from the Center for Severe Weather Research try to get close to supercell storms and tornadoes trying to better understand tornado structure and strength, how low-level winds affect and damage buildings, and to learn more about tornado formation and prediction. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
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