OKLAHOMA CITY — Intense storms triggered the federal government to send a rare alert to tens of thousands of Oklahomans early Monday morning.
Residents in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area received an “Imminent Threat Alert” around 1:15 a.m. on Monday urging them to seek shelter from dangerous thunderstorms.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency sent the alert after 102 mph winds raced through Hinton, which is about 50 miles west of Oklahoma City. The National Weather Service in Norman also utilized the alert to warn Oklahomans in the path of the thunderstorms, which were moving from El Reno towards Oklahoma City…