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- SHAWNEE, Okla. (KFOR) – A local university will be dealing with cleanup efforts after taking a hit from a severe storm on Wednesday night. Oklahoma Baptist University was in the direct path of a tornado on Wednesday night. Two deaths; significant damage after storm rips through Cole
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Apr 20, 2023 · SHAWNEE, Okla. (KFOR) – A local university will be dealing with cleanup efforts after taking a hit from a severe storm on Wednesday night. Oklahoma Baptist University was in the direct path of a...
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Apr 20, 2023 · Oklahoma Baptist University was among the places that saw significant damage after severe storms moved through Shawnee on Wednesday. | MORE | Tornadoes, severe storms in Oklahoma leave three dead, widespread damage. University President Heath Thomas called this the worst natural disaster in the university's history.
- Jonathan Greco
- Shawnee Homes and Businesses Affected
- Shawnee Public Schools Damaged, But Students Safe
- Losses in Cole Include 3 Lives, Numerous Homes, Wedding Venue
- 'It’s Just Mind-Boggling'
- OBU Student: ‘It Looks Like A Warzone’
- Buildings Damaged, But School Can ‘Rebuild’
- OBU Student’S Car Under Tree After Tornado
In view of OBU’s campus, just south of Midland Street, homeowner J.T. Langham surveyed the neighborhood as fellow resident Justin Bone hauled downed tree branches and sheet metal to the curb away from neighbors' homes. Langham and his family rode the storm out in their cellar, which had begun to take on water, for 30-45 minutes. “I think a lot of t...
Like OBU, Shawnee Public Schools also experienced damage from Wednesday night's storms. District Superintendent April Grace said a gymnasium the district used for wrestling duels and similar events was destroyed. A tornado safe room big enough to hold the district's entire student population right next door was OK. However, it was not in use last n...
Meanwhile, in Cole — a small McClain County community of about 600 people — a family carrying the well-known name of a local farmer is reeling from the devastation of two houses they’d owned for decades. Larry Paul Bridwell, his wife, Robbie, their 17-year-old daughter, Taylor, and Bridwell’s mother, Paula, all survived a tornado that struck their ...
Across the street from the Bridwells, what was once a mill and feed store formerly owned by the family years ago had since been converted into a wedding venue. But it, too, was no longer standing after Wednesday night. Dahl and Kimber Hendrickson, both 57, hid in manholes under a drive-over weight scale at their own residence near the Bridwells'. W...
Students and staff could be found milling about the OBU campus Thursday morning, surveying the damage to their beloved Bison Hill, a nickname for the state’s Baptist four-year college campus. Standing outside the iconic Raley Chapel, in awe of an uprooted tree whose root system was taller than them, were freshmen Kylee Mitchell and Ruby Dilts, both...
Hayden Cunningham, a 22-year-old OBU senior and a resident assistant in the freshmen boy’s Agee dorm, said he and other residents were sheltering in the basement when the storm came through. Cunningham said besides a lot of busted windows and some fallen trees, the dorm building fared pretty well compared to other buildings on campus. “All of a sud...
OBU freshman Kate Conrad was doing her homework in her dorm on campus when the tornado threat came in. She and others were evacuated to the basement by the resident assistants. “We’ve done this a couple of times so I don’t think any of us were really worried about it,” she said. “They kept telling us to get closer and scoot away from the outside do...
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Apr 20, 2023 · A tornado Wednesday night in Cole left the walls toppling and the ceilings caving inward at Scissortail Silos in Cole, leaving co-owner Kimber Hendrickson and community volunteer Kambrie Shannon to assess the damage in its wake on Thursday, April 20, 2023. Jessie Christopher Smith/The Oklahoman.
Apr 20, 2023 · SHAWNEE, Okla. (KFOR) – A local university will be dealing with cleanup efforts after taking a direct hit from a severe storm on Wednesday night. Oklahoma Baptist University was in the direct...
Apr 20, 2023 · Sky 5 shows damage left behind following Oklahoma tornado outbreak. Oklahoma Baptist University sees extensive damage during severe weather, tornado outbreak. Three dead after multiple tornadoes leave significant damage across Oklahoma on Wednesday.
Apr 20, 2023 · Shawnee assisted living center hit by tornado, leaves dozens without shelter. Tuttle man rushes to check on loved ones in Cole after tornadoes hit. At least eight tornadoes touched down Wednesday night in Oklahoma, leaving three people dead and widespread damage in parts of the state.
