Small town of Dover hit hard by what may have been tornado

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OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – It’s nonetheless unclear whether or not a twister touched down within the city of Dover in Kingfisher County, however robust winds induced plenty of injury all through the little city.

Excessive winds and heavy rain left timber, branches and different particles all through the streets Thursday afternoon.

“Fairly loud, fairly windy, lot of hale, fairly intense, began shaking the autos round,” stated Dover Asst. Fireplace Chief Calvin Dhonde.

Dhonde and different firefighters had been serving to Louis Carmona’s household cowl their house with a tarp after the wind blew the roof clear off of the house.

“I assumed it could simply be a small a part of it. I didn’t assume half of it could be gone,” Carmona stated. “It was worse than I anticipated.”

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A roof blown down.

Simply down the road, a camper was blown onto its aspect.

“A bit sickening however I had already talked to insurance coverage and every thing,” stated Jace Karnes. “I by no means thought it could have tipped over. I’ve stayed in that factor plenty of instances with excessive winds and every thing, and I’ve by no means had a problem with it even rocking all that a lot.”

Quite a lot of OG&E vehicles labored to revive main energy strains that had been down as shortly as attainable.

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Placing tarp over a house after a roof was blown off.

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In the meantime, neighbors helped each other choose up a multitude left in a matter of minutes.

“It’s a pleasant little group. Somebody wants assist, they’re there to assist,” Carmona stated. “That’s why I like dwelling right here.”

Dhonde stated there have been no accidents that he is aware of of.

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