Incredible videos show tornadoes carving deadly path of destruction across Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas
Damage assessments are underway to determine how many tornadoes touched down in the South since the severe weather outbreak began on Tuesday morning. So far, the National Weather Service will investigate tornado reports in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Mississippi.
Lightning illuminates early morning sky west of Fort Worth
Early Tuesday morning, lightning and shades of lavender flashed across the sky as storms swept through Texas. (Credit: @LisaNic17273105/Twitter)
The South continues to be battered by a severe weather outbreak that spawned several tornadoes in Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana on Tuesday, and incredible videos and photos show the storms carving a deadly path of destruction across the region.
Photo of an RV flipped into a red truck after a tornado ripped through New Iberia, Louisiana.
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The severe weather outbreak comes as a coast-to-coast storm moves across the country and will produce more severe weather in the South, blizzard conditions in the northern Plains and eventually snow in the Northeast by Thursday.
Mother, young son killed in Louisiana
Tornadoes leave path of death and devastation as severe weather outbreak sweeps east
FOX Weather's Robert Ray reports on the severe weather outbreak across the South as tornadoes devastate communities from Oklahoma and Texas eastward to Louisiana and Mississippi.
A mother and her young son were killed in Louisiana when a likely tornado moved through the Pecan Farm area of Keithville on Tuesday night, according to the Caddo Parish Sheriff's Department.
Storm damage on Iberia Medical Center in New Iberia, Louisiana on December 14, 2022.
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At least two dozen others were injured in the community of Farmerville, Louisiana, according to local police.
One tornado was spotted just west of New Orleans in the town of Montz.
Tornado spotted as lightning flashes and sirens blare in Montz, Louisiana
Video captures a tornado on the ground in southern Louisiana. (Courtesy: @HaydenHating/Twitter)
Images showed funnel clouds or possible tornadoes moving near Shreveport in the northwestern corner of Louisiana.
Possible tornado spotted near Shreveport, Louisiana, on Dec. 13, 2022.
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Apparent tornadoes were spotted moving across other portions of Louisiana on Tuesday evening, and video from Four Forks showed debris being lofted into the air as a large tornado barreled across Richland Parish.
Tornado spotted in Four Forks, Louisiana
Tornado spotted in Four Fork, Louisiana lofting debris in the air. Damage has been reported in the area.
Wednesday brought daylight to damage across the Pelican State. For example, the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Training Academy and Range in Harvey, Louisiana sustained heavy damage.
Damage at Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Training Academy and Range in Harvey, Louisiana on December 14, 2022.
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South of New Orleans in the town of Marrero, homes, buildings, power lines and street lights also sustained damage on Wednesday.
Tornado damage south of New Orleans
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At night fell, damage assessments continued. One car is seen flipped over a pile of rubble.
Several homes and businesses were damaged in the tornado that struck south of New Orleans
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This image of wooden planks impaling the side of a building also demonstrates the power of the storm.
Several homes and businesses were damaged in the tornado that struck south of New Orleans
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Tornado sirens wail across Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
Tornadoes were also reported across parts of North and East Texas on Tuesday during the severe weather outbreak, injuring at least five people in Grapevine.
Tornado forms in Dallas-Fort Worth area
Videos in North Texas, including areas around Dallas-Fort Worth, showed possible tornadoes spinning across the area.
Videos recorded in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex showed tornadoes spinning across the landscape, and tornado sirens could be heard wailing to warn residents to seek shelter from the dangerous storm.
A dark ominous sky over the Dallas Love Field Airport on Dec. 13, 2022, during an active severe weather threat. (Image: DAL/Twitter)
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A photo taken at Dallas Love Field Airport showed ominous clouds approaching the airport. And because of the severe weather, the Dallas-Forth Worth International Airport issued a "Shelter in Place" because a Tornado Warning had been issued in the area.
Passengers were told to move away from windows and exterior walls and to seek shelter inside enclosed areas.
Severe storms pass near Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
Severe storms are captured on video passing near the Dallas/Fort Worth International on Tuesday. Electrical lights are seen flashing during a tornado warning. (Credit: Brian Saling via Storyful)
Just east of Dallas-Fort Worth in Forney, Texas, powerful winds whipped debris – even a portable toilet – down a neighborhood street.
Other images in North Texas showed possible tornadoes spinning across the area and bright flashes of lightning illuminating the early-morning sky.
Powerful winds whip debris around in Forney, Texas
Powerful winds whip debris across roads in Forney, Texas on Tuesday during a storm. (Credit: @doncap24/Twitter)
Just north of Fort Worth in Decatur, one resident heard a tornado move over her home.
"It made a big boom sound," she told FOX 4 Dallas. "The boom sound that I heard was the power lines. They exploded."
'It made a big boom': Texas resident describes hearing tornado move over home
A Decatur, Texas resident describes what it was like for her hearing a tornado move over home on Tuesday as severe storms moved through.
In Wise County, located northwest of Fort Worth, residents said they were shocked to experience the severe weather Tuesday morning.
Tornado causes extensive damage in Wise County, Texas
A tornado caused extensive damage in Wise County, Texas on Tuesday. FOX 4 Dallas has the latest on storm damage.
The Grapevine Police Department said in a Facebook post that at least five people were injured when the possible tornado tore through the community, and all victims were taken to a local hospital.
As of Tuesday afternoon, the Grapevine Police Department was working to repair a downed traffic light during the storm.
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Apparent tornado in Grapevine, Texas
Man films possible tornado rolling through Grapevine, Texas on Tuesday afternoon. (Credit: Blake Foster/Twitter)
Police said Sam's Club, Walmart and the Grapevine Mills Mall all closed on Tuesday because of the extensive building damage.
Several roads in Grapevine were also closed due to downed trees and power lines.
A power line in Grapevine, Texas, broke off and became entangled in tree branches. Storms swept through the area on December 13, 2022.
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"Please stay off the roads right now if you are able to do so as we work to clear debris and check on everyone impacted by damage," police said in the Facebook post.
A semi-truck was tossed during a tornado in Grapevine, Texas, on Dec. 13, 2022.
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North of Fort Worth and Dallas, in the city of Grapevine, a tornado destroyed a semi-truck.
Tornado crosses Texas highway causing drivers to turn around
A tornado crossed a Grapevine, Texas highway causing drivers to turn around on Tuesday.
A video taken from the same area shows drivers turning around on a highway as a tornado crossed the road.
Drone video shows extent of damage in Grapevine, Texas from tornado
Drone video shows the extent of damage in Grapevine, Texas from a tornado on Tuesday during tornado warned storms.
Once the storms passed, damage assessments began as well as search and rescue operations.
Drove video taken above Grapevine showed the scope of the damage the tornado left behind. Buildings could be seen damaged, and debris is seen littering the landscape.
Homes destroyed, power knocked out in parts of Oklahoma
A home had its roof and walls torn off during a tornado in Wayne, Oklahoma on December 13, 2022.
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In Oklahoma, McClain County Emergency Management officials said the town of Wayne suffered extensive damage when a powerful EF-2 tornado tore through the region during the early-morning severe weather outbreak. This marked the strongest December tornado to strike Oklahoma since another EF-2 twister on Dec. 12, 2015.
![The top half of a tree broke and fell onto a house, with a car parked right below in Wayne, OK on December 13, 2022.]()
Image 1 of 6The top half of a tree broke and fell onto a house, with a car parked right below in Wayne, OK on December 13, 2022. (Purcell Emergency Management)
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Image 2 of 6Trees shredded during a tornado in Wayne, OK on December 13, 2022. (Purcell Emergency Management)
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Image 3 of 6Tornado damage in Wayne, OK on December 13, 2022. (Purcell Emergency Management)
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Image 4 of 6Tornado damage in Wayne, OK on December 13, 2022. (Purcell Emergency Management)
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Image 5 of 6Tornado damage in Wayne, OK on December 13, 2022. (Purcell Emergency Management)
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Image 6 of 6Tornado damage at the Waffle Way in Grapevine, TX. (E'AN VERDUGO)
In a Facebook post, emergency management officials said the town of Wayne was without power because of the tornado, and several structures, including homes and barns, were destroyed.
Possible tornado rips apart structures in Wayne, Oklahoma
A possible tornado ripped apart multiple structures in Wayne, Oklahoma Tuesday morning.
Debris, including trees and power lines, littered the landscape, and officials urged residents to stay away from the area so emergency crews could search for those who the tornado may have injured.