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More severe weather is expected in the central United States on Saturday after multiple tornadoes roared through the region earlier in the week, including a violent EF-4 twister that caused significant damage and multiple injuries in Oklahoma â the start of a dangerous multiday stretch of severe thunderstorms for the region. Thursday was the first of at least five consecutive days of considerable severe thunderstorm risks. Fridayâs storms fired up quickly, with supercells dropping a tornado and tennis ball-sized hail in southern Oklahoma, with a tornado reported in Kiowa, Oklahoma. Thunderstorms also rumbled through Mississippi on Friday. A tree crashed through a house in Pelahatchie, Mississippi, with one minor injury reported. Tornado threats of varying levels are in place each day through Monday, as are risks for damaging straight-line wind gusts and hail. A large and slow-moving destructive tornado tracked through Enid, Oklahoma, Thursday evening, triggering a rare tornado emergency â the National Weather Serviceâs most urgent type of tornado warning. Enid is about 85 miles northwest of Oklahoma City. National Weather Service crews on Friday found the tornado did EF-4 d

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