QUAPAW. Okla. — Power remains off for residents in the Four State area as cleanup crews in Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma removed thousands of downed trees and tree limbs after Friday night’s storm.
Liberty Utilities reported outages in Seneca, Anderson, and southeast Kansas.
Quapaw Nation Marshal Service Chief Charlie Addington said, “Hopefully, power will be restored in the Quapaw area by noon.”
“Downed trees are everywhere – on houses – cars – everywhere,” Addington said.
The National Weather Service in Tulsa reported trees measuring up to eight inches in diameter were down in the Miami area and across Highway 60 between Wyandotte and Seneca.
Utility poles in the Commerce area were reported down. The weather service reported “significant damage in Hockerville, including a roof to a shop blown across a road and six utility poles blown down.”
“We don’t know if it was a tornado or straight winds that hit Quapaw,” Addington said. “Fortunately, there were no fatalities.”
Historical data shows 42 tornadoes have hit Ottawa County since 1950.