Updated November 7, 2011 9:11 PM CST
At 8:46 PM CST, another 4.7 aftershock hit Prague, Oklahoma. During this time, storms were moving through other areas of Oklahoma still capable of producing tornadoes, high winds, and hail. This aftershock was felt as far away as Kansas City, Missouri and Fort Smith, Arkansas. Those closer to the Kansas border felt it shaking their homes.
This whole spring like weather and aftershocks of the initial earthquake have people wondering in Kansas and Oklahoma when the next will hit. Some would rather have the tornadoes over the earthquake in Kansas. For me, having lived in both states tornadoes come second nature, but the earthquakes and aftershocks do not.
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After having been rocked by earthquakes on Friday and Saturday, parts of Oklahoma will be seeing tornadoes move across the state. It isn’t unusual for the state to see tornadoes in November.
In the southwestern part of the state, Tillman county started seeing tornadoes on the ground mid afternoon Monday. The tornadic weather was moving to the northeast. While it may not make it all the way up to Prague and Stillwater where the last earthquake was felt on Saturday night into Sunday.
Earlier in the year, several areas in the same or near the locations of the earthquakes had seem tornadic activity during the busiest part of tornado season for the state. This is part of the same system in front of a cold front that has and could drop snow in parts of Kansas and Nebraska Monday and Tuesday.
At this point in Kansas and Nebraska, the storms have begun to fire up causing flood alerts in parts of Kansas. Not only has parts of Kansas had flood warnings issued, parts of the state has had severe weather alerts posted for parts of the southern counties that border Oklahoma.
The storms that are cropping up across the two states will give much needed relief from the drought that occurred during the summer. However, with the damage sustained in the earthquake stricken areas in Oklahoma, residents will again have another thing to contend with while they work more on clean up.
A few residents in Southern Kansas that felt the earthquakes that hit their neighbors to the south saw some slight damage to homes. The next 24 hours for both states could see an even wilder ride for the start of November.
Sources
Tornado Near Snyder, Okla., Caught Live On-Air
Jim Cantore
Bob Fritchie’s Photos – Near Fredrick, Oklahoma