(CNN) -- The severe storms and tornadoes that uprooted trees, demolished homes and killed at least eight people in central Oklahoma on Tuesday are expected to continue Wednesday, authorities said.
A tornado warning was in effect early Wednesday for central Oklahoma, extending to parts of Arkansas, the National Weather Service said.
That was bad news for people in the Oklahoma city of Lone Grove, who were dealing with massive damage from the deadly storm that hit the area Tuesday.
Lone Grove, about 90 miles south of the capital, Oklahoma City, had all of the fatalities and most of the approximately 50 injuries caused by the storms, according to the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management. Also hit hard by the storms were the towns of Pawnee and Edmond, both north of the capital.
Dramatic television footage of one storm showed large tornado clouds that darkened the sky as it approached. The storm mangled homes, snapped trees and crushed cars with debris as it touched down.
"The wind started blowing really hard and then died down," a Lone Grove man told CNN affiliate KOCO. Then "All heck broke loose. I mean, it just broke loose. The whole house shook."
Donetta Singleton, manger of Bill's Fish House in Lone Grove, said one tornado's path took it right past the restaurant. She said the post office was "gone" and a church was damaged. Lone Grove police said a trailer park was hit, while KOCO showed several homes flattened by the storm.
Mercy Memorial Health Center in Ardmore, about eight miles east of Lone Grove, received 46 people with injuries -- seven considered major -- after the storms passed, said Shana Hammond, a hospital spokeswoman.
The storms knocked out power to about 29,000 OG&E customers, including 9,957 in Bethany.
A tornado warning was in effect early Wednesday for central Oklahoma, extending to parts of Arkansas, the National Weather Service said.
That was bad news for people in the Oklahoma city of Lone Grove, who were dealing with massive damage from the deadly storm that hit the area Tuesday.
Lone Grove, about 90 miles south of the capital, Oklahoma City, had all of the fatalities and most of the approximately 50 injuries caused by the storms, according to the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management. Also hit hard by the storms were the towns of Pawnee and Edmond, both north of the capital.
Dramatic television footage of one storm showed large tornado clouds that darkened the sky as it approached. The storm mangled homes, snapped trees and crushed cars with debris as it touched down.
"The wind started blowing really hard and then died down," a Lone Grove man told CNN affiliate KOCO. Then "All heck broke loose. I mean, it just broke loose. The whole house shook."
Donetta Singleton, manger of Bill's Fish House in Lone Grove, said one tornado's path took it right past the restaurant. She said the post office was "gone" and a church was damaged. Lone Grove police said a trailer park was hit, while KOCO showed several homes flattened by the storm.
Mercy Memorial Health Center in Ardmore, about eight miles east of Lone Grove, received 46 people with injuries -- seven considered major -- after the storms passed, said Shana Hammond, a hospital spokeswoman.
The storms knocked out power to about 29,000 OG&E customers, including 9,957 in Bethany.
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