![Destruction: Entire neighborhoods have been wiped out by the storm, which was on the ground for around 30 minutes, with deaths expected](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/05/20/article-2328000-19E628AE000005DC-925_964x481.jpg)
Destruction: Entire neighborhoods have been wiped out by the storm, which was on the ground for around 30 minutes, with deaths expected
![Wiped out: Aerial images taken moments after, show businesses entirely wiped out. Residents heard a tornado warning around 30 minutes before it hit](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/05/20/article-2328000-19E62B5B000005DC-100_964x488.jpg)
Wiped out: Aerial images taken moments after, show businesses entirely wiped out. Residents heard a tornado warning around 30 minutes before it hit
![Aftermath: Fires have also broken out at buildings after the monster storm thanks to exposed power lines, CNN reported](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/05/20/article-2328000-19E6351F000005DC-832_964x539.jpg)
Aftermath: Fires have also broken out at buildings after the monster storm thanks to exposed power lines, CNN reported
![Destroyed: Other aerial images reveal vehicles destroyed among the debris as rescuers begin to head to the fallen buildings](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/05/20/article-2328000-19E63527000005DC-383_964x513.jpg)
Destroyed: Other aerial images reveal vehicles destroyed among the debris as rescuers begin to head to the flattened buildings
![Damage: Piles of destroyed cars can be seen in Moore, Oklahoma after the storm passed through on Monday afternoon](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/05/20/article-2328000-19E64289000005DC-493_964x645.jpg)
Damage: Piles of destroyed cars can be seen in Moore, Oklahoma after the storm passed through on Monday afternoon
![On the ground: Residents began sharing photographs on social networking websites revealing the damage near to their homes](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/05/20/article-2328000-19E64B11000005DC-855_964x823.jpg)
On the ground: Residents began sharing photographs on social networking websites revealing the damage near to their homes
'Complete destruction of neighborhoods, businesses and vehicles will occur. Flying debris will be deadly to people and animals.'
At least four separate tornadoes touched down in central Oklahoma on Sunday afternoon, including one near the town of Shawnee, 35 miles southeast of Oklahoma City, that laid waste to much of a trailer park.
Two men, 79-year-old Glen Irish and 76-year-old Billy Hutchinson, were found dead after the tornado wrought its devastation on Shawnee, Oklahoma.
Irish's body was found out in the open after the storm passed through, while Hutchinson was taken to Norman Regional Hospital, but later pronounced dead, according to the medical examiner.
'You can see where there's absolutely nothing, then there are places where you have mobile home frames on top of each other, debris piled up,' Pottawatomie County Sheriff Mike Booth said after surviving damage in the Steelman Estates Mobile Home Park.
![Emotional: Alli Christian, left, helps Jessica Wilkinson as she looks for her dog Bella after Wilkinson returned to find her home in Norman, Oklahoma destroyed by a tornado on Sunday](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/05/20/article-2327172-19E3701D000005DC-34_964x856.jpg)
Emotional: Alli Christian, left, helps Jessica Wilkinson as she looks for her dog Bella after Wilkinson returned to find her home in Norman, Oklahoma destroyed by a tornado on Sunday
![Reunited: Christian hugs Wilkinson after they find Bella among the wreckage of Wilkinson's home shortly after a tornado struck on Sunday](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/05/20/article-2327172-19E2336E000005DC-79_964x667.jpg)
Reunited: Christian hugs Wilkinson after they find Bella among the wreckage of Wilkinson's home shortly after a tornado struck on Sunday
![Destruction: Marlena Hodson walks out of her home as her grandsons, Campbell Miller, 10, and Dillon Miller, 13, at right, help her sort through belongings after a tornado damaged her home in Carney, Oklahoma](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/05/20/article-2327172-19E21F1E000005DC-78_964x624.jpg)
Destruction: Marlena Hodson walks out of her home as her grandsons, Campbell Miller, 10, and Dillon Miller, 13, at right, help her sort through belongings after a tornado damaged her home in Carney, Oklahoma
![Recovery: Nancy and Jason Townsend sort through belongings after their home was hit by a tornado in Carney, Oklahoma](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/05/20/article-2327172-19E21EA6000005DC-532_964x630.jpg)
Recovery: Nancy and Jason Townsend sort through belongings after their home was hit by a tornado in Carney, Oklahoma
![Nothing left: Leah Hill, pictured left, of Shawnee, Oklahoma, is hugged by friend Sidney Sizemore, as they look through Hill's scattered belongings from her home which was wrecked by a tornado](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/05/20/article-2327172-19E1C180000005DC-989_964x572.jpg)
Nothing left: Leah Hill, pictured left, of Shawnee, Oklahoma, is hugged by friend Sidney Sizemore, as they look through Hill's scattered belongings from her home which was wrecked by a tornado
![Picking up the pieces: June McFarland reacts to the first sight of storm damage in rural Osage, Iowa after the powerful weather system moved through the area](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/05/20/article-2327172-19E193D5000005DC-188_964x633.jpg)
Picking up the pieces: June McFarland reacts to the first sight of storm damage in rural Osage, Iowa after the powerful weather system moved through the area
![Blown away: Friends and neighbors help out a resident in Lyon County after a tornado ripped the roof off a home just south of Emporia, Kansas](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/05/20/article-2327172-19E1930C000005DC-581_964x742.jpg)
Blown away: Friends and neighbors help out a resident in Lyon County after a tornado ripped the roof off a home just south of Emporia, Kansas
'It looks like there's been heavy equipment in there on a demolition tour.
'It's pretty bad. It's pretty much wiped out,' he said.
Across the state, 21 people were injured, not including those who suffered bumps and bruises and chose not to visit a hospital, said Keli Cain, a spokeswoman for the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management.
Booth said six at Steelman Estates were hurt.
On Interstate 40, tractor-trailers were blown off the road, and one was seen hanging over the highway's overpass.
Dozens of homes were damaged by the other tornadoes that touched down in Oklahoma, but emergency officials had no immediate reports of injuries caused by any of them, including the first of the afternoon that hit Edmond, a suburb north of Oklahoma City, before making its way toward Tulsa, 90 miles to the northeast.
![Dramatic: Lightning from a tornadic thunderstorm passing over Clearwater, Kansas strikes at an open field](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/05/20/article-2327172-19E2A269000005DC-290_964x514.jpg)
Dramatic: Lightning from a tornadic thunderstorm passing over Clearwater, Kansas strikes at an open field
![Lightning from a tornadic thunderstorm passing over Clearwater, Kansas](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/05/20/article-2327172-19E2BABC000005DC-12_470x620.jpg)
![Lightning from a tornadic thunderstorm passing over Clearwater, Kansas](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/05/20/article-2327172-19E2D6AC000005DC-236_470x620.jpg)
Powerful: The gray sky was lit up by flashes of the light as a tornadic thunderstorm passed over Clearwater, Kansas
![Dark skies: A tornado thunderstorm passes over Clearwater](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/05/20/article-2327172-19E2B37D000005DC-219_964x671.jpg)
Dark skies: A tornado thunderstorm passes over Clearwater
![Tracking: A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s mobile doppler radar mounted on the back of a truck tracks a tornadic thunderstorm](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/05/20/article-2327172-19E29F0E000005DC-609_964x640.jpg)
Tracking: A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s mobile doppler radar mounted on the back of a truck tracks a tornadic thunderstorm
'I knew it was coming,' said Randy Grau, who huddled with his wife and two young sons in their Edmond home's safe room when the tornado hit.
He said he peered out his window as the weather worsened and believed he saw a flock of birds heading down the street.
The destruction in the wake of the punishing storm led Oklahoma Gov Mary Fallin to declare a state of emergency for 16 counties.
The National Weather Service in Wichita put in place tornado warnings for East Central Kingman County, Southern Sedgwick County and Northwester Sumner County in the state.
A massive twister touched down near Wichita Mid-Continent Airport just before 4pm local time.
![Response: At least 21 people were injured across Oklahoma as the storm tore through the region on Sunday](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/05/20/article-2327172-19E21F5E000005DC-614_964x496.jpg)
Response: At least 21 people were injured across Oklahoma as the storm tore through the region on Sunday
![Wiped out: A residential area near Shawnee is pictured after a tornado tore through the area, destroying several homes](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/05/20/article-2327172-19E1C178000005DC-426_964x419.jpg)
Wiped out: A residential area near Shawnee is pictured after a tornado tore through the area, destroying several homes
![Damage: Residents of Edmond, Oklahoma survey storm damage from a tornado that hit their neighborhood](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/05/20/article-2327172-19E16133000005DC-712_964x665.jpg)
Damage: Residents of Edmond, Oklahoma survey storm damage from a tornado that hit their neighborhood
![Loss: Jerry Dirks, at right, hugs her friend Earlene Langley after a tornado hit Dirks' home just south of Carney Oklahoma](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/05/20/article-2327172-19E17701000005DC-687_964x581.jpg)
Loss: Jerry Dirks, at right, hugs her friend Earlene Langley after a tornado hit Dirks' home just south of Carney Oklahoma
![Mighty: A barn's roof and siding is torn off after a tornado swept through west of Shawnee](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/05/20/article-2327172-19E1D9A7000005DC-50_964x631.jpg)
Mighty: A barn's roof and siding is torn off after a tornado swept through west of Shawnee
![Damage: Vehicles are seen amongst storm debris, which is what is left of a mobile home park destroyed by a tornado, west of Shawnee](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/05/20/article-2327172-19E1DE86000005DC-997_964x639.jpg)
Damage: Vehicles are seen amongst storm debris, which is what is left of a mobile home park destroyed by a tornado, west of Shawnee
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A severe thunderstorm, capable of becoming a tornado, happened at 3:30pm and moved Northeast at 35mph, bringing ping-pong ball sized hail, according to weather.com.
Those who live in mobile homes were warned that there was extreme risk of their properties being destroyed.
Residents were warned to take cover in an interior room on the lowest floor of a solid building and stay back from windows.
People were warned to take care because flying debris could be deadly as was the risk of falling trees.
It comes just days after devastating Texas tornadoes which killed six people and injured dozens.
![Raging: High winds and thunderstorms with the threat of tornadoes hit Kansas this weekend](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/05/20/article-2327172-19E0D3AD000005DC-811_964x498.jpg)
Raging: High winds and thunderstorms with the threat of tornadoes hit Kansas this weekend
![Terrifying: Those living in mobile homes were warned to take shelter in sturdier buildings](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/05/20/article-2327172-19E0D360000005DC-83_964x487.jpg)
Terrifying: Those living in mobile homes were warned to take shelter in sturdier buildings
![Wild: The tornado was ripping across the plains of Kansas](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/05/20/article-2327172-19E0D5C5000005DC-2_964x509.jpg)
Wild: The tornado was ripping across the plains of Kansas
![Monster: Two tornadoes hit Kansas on Sunday as severe weather warnings were issued across the Plain states](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/05/20/article-2327172-19E0D8BD000005DC-734_964x720.jpg)
Monster: Two tornadoes hit Kansas on Sunday as severe weather warnings were issued across the Plain states
![Extreme weather: Two tornados were spotted in Kansas on Sunday with residents warned to take cover in sturdy buildings](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/05/20/article-2327172-19E0D8B1000005DC-495_470x638.jpg)
![Twister: A tornado touches down southwest of Wichita, Kansas near the town of Viola](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/05/20/article-2327172-19E12F0C000005DC-319_470x638.jpg)
Extreme weather: Two tornados were spotted in Kansas on Sunday with residents warned to take cover in sturdy buildings
![On record: Storm chaser videographer and photographer Brad Mack records a tornado](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/05/20/article-2327172-19E2B25D000005DC-429_964x613.jpg)
On record: Storm chaser videographer and photographer Brad Mack records a tornado
The National Weather Service says 15 tornadoes touched down in north Texas on Wednesday.
Initial estimates put that number at 10, however the NWS added five more throughout Thursday afternoon.
In its preliminary findings, the National Weather Service rated the tornado that hit Hood County Wednesday night an EF-4, which is labeled 'devastating' by the Enhanced Fujita Scale.
The scale ranges from from FO, defined as a gale, to F5, defined as incredible.
The Storm Prediction Center had been warning about severe weather in the region since Wednesday, and on Friday, it zeroed in on Sunday as the day the storm system would likely pass through.
'They've been calling for this all day,' Edmond resident Anita Wright said after riding out the twister in an underground shelter.
She and her husband Ed emerged from their hiding place to find uprooted trees, downed limbs and damaged gutters in their home.
In Katie Leathers' backyard, the family's trampoline was tossed through a section of fence and a giant tree uprooted.
'I saw all the trees waving, and that's when I grabbed everyone and got into two closets,' Leathers said. 'All these trees just snapped.'
'They've been calling for this all day,' Edmond resident Anita Wright said after riding out the twister in an underground shelter.
She and her husband Ed emerged from their hiding place to find uprooted trees, downed limbs and damaged gutters in their home.
In Katie Leathers' backyard, the family's trampoline was tossed through a section of fence and a giant tree uprooted.
'I saw all the trees waving, and that's when I grabbed everyone and got into two closets,' Leathers said. 'All these trees just snapped.'
![Solitary: A flag flies in the debris of a mobile home after a tornado struck a mobile home park near Dale](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/05/20/article-2327172-19E230CE000005DC-444_964x630.jpg)
Solitary: A flag flies in the debris of a mobile home after a tornado struck a mobile home park near Dale
![Overturned: A damaged mobile home is pictured amid the debris after a tornado swept through Shawnee](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/05/20/article-2327172-19E290D9000005DC-851_964x590.jpg)
Overturned: A damaged mobile home is pictured amid the debris after a tornado swept through Shawnee
![Rallying around: Residents help repair the roof of their neighbour's house which was damaged by a fallen tree in Shawnee](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/05/20/article-2327172-19E289F0000005DC-217_964x745.jpg)
Rallying around: Residents help repair the roof of their neighbour's house which was damaged by a fallen tree in Shawnee
![Fierce: A destroyed truck was blown off the 40 freeway after a tornado swept through Shawnee, in Oklahom](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/05/20/article-2327172-19E2C6CA000005DC-183_964x647.jpg)
Fierce: A destroyed truck was blown off the 40 freeway after a tornado swept through Shawnee, in Oklahoma
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