Damage reports trickled in late Monday after an afternoon tornado outbreak throttled portions of Texas, before wreaking havoc in Oklahoma.
Tornado confirmed on the ground southwest of Bryan/College Station. Seek shelter immediately. https://t.co/4jlKXbZDXz
— Travis Herzog (@TravisABC13) March 22, 2022
Update 12:24 p.m. EDT March 22: At least one person has been confirmed dead after tornadoes ravaged parts of Texas and Oklahoma.
The Associated Press reported that a 71-year-old woman was killed in the storm. She lived in Sherwood Shores, Texas.
More than a dozen people were injured in the storms in Texas alone.
Original report: City officials in Elgin, east of Austin, Texas, confirmed major damage and at least four injuries, including at least one hospitalization and a rescue underway of two people in a collapsed structure, USA Today reported.
Elgin City Manager Bert Cunningham told the newspaper that the worst damage was east of the town, with as many as four entrapments reported.
According to KXAS-TV, at least one high school and an animal shelter in Jacksboro, Texas, suffered significant damage just before 4 p.m., with the Jacksboro High School gym taking a direct hit but no injuries to students or school personnel reported.
Meanwhile, KVUE cameras at Kalahari Resorts in Round Rock, north of Austin, captured footage of one of the tornadoes before it was knocked out of service. While no injuries have been reported in the city, residents reported cars being moved in parking lots by wind, roofs ripped off houses across multiple neighborhoods and bark stripped off some trees.
Officers are currently assessing the damage caused by the reported tornado that moved through Round Rock closer to 6pm. There are reports of structural damage to multiple homes and businesses. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/GpPv5betxI
— Round Rock Police (@roundrockpolice) March 22, 2022
Round Rock Police Chief Allen Banks also confirmed that some city buildings had been damaged, KVUE reported.
According to the National Weather Service, a confirmed tornado also touched down in Luling, between Austin and San Antonio, while a “massive tornado” struck east of Round Rock, near Taylor, the Williamson County Office of Emergency Management confirmed to USA Today.
Confirmed tornado on the ground on the east side of Luling moving NNE! Seek shelter immediately!
— NWS Austin/San Antonio (@NWSSanAntonio) March 21, 2022
The outbreak then proceeded north to Oklahoma, causing “extensive” damage after a quarter-mile-wide twister struck the southern city of Kingston at around 6:30 p.m., leaving behind a roughly 1,300-foot swath of destruction, the newspaper reported.
#breaking Kingston hit by 1/4 mile wide tornado 630pm Damage is fairly extensive #okwx #tornado
— Mike Morgan (@MikeMorganKFOR) March 21, 2022
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