U.S. Tornado Hits Texas Prison, 20 Homes Damaged

On May 27, severe thunderstorms with tornadoes are expected to strike again in Plains states.

According to the latest report from the Weather, there will be more strong winds, damaging tornadoes, very large hail, and even flash flooding.

In a report from ABC, a tornado has already struck a state prison in Southeast Texas, and has created more damage including the roof on a pair of watchtowers.

According to a prison system spokesman, the tornado struck the Pack Unit in Navasota, about 65 miles northwest of Houston, at 4 P.M. on Thursday. He added that all staff members and 1,200 inmates have been accounted for.

For about three and a half hours earlier, a tornado hit the Bryan-College Station area, leaving severe roof damage to some homes and down trees, but no injuries reports.

On May 26, Thursday afternoon, there damages reported caused by a possible tornado near Bryan, Texas. Later, a tornado reported in Wamego, Kansas, and property damage was the result of downed trees.

A thunderstorm that hit Kansas City, Missouri, in the same day had a confirmed tornado associated. There were reports that the Kansas City International Airport had to be evacuated due to the incoming severe weather, and the stranded travelers were instructed to move into the garage.

In a previous report, there were 20 homes damaged, one person confirmed dead after a car swept off a road in central Oklahoma. Previously, Chad Omitt, a meteorologist, reported that the tornado formed after 7:00 P.M. near the Ottawa County Community of Niles, which stayed on the ground for about one hour and a half.  

Meanwhile, in Northern Kansas, a portion of Dickinson County has 20 damaged homes. Dickinson County Emergency Management Director Chancy Smith described the situation in the county as "chaos."

Smith told CBS that there were four or five people who suffered minor injuries.