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it, far yf iwwiiimi wuninniu wwti mwnwni umimuiniMfmniitiiii wmi SueOgrocki associated press Dennis Parker, center, lost his mobile home in Tuesday's Lone Grove, tornado. He is embraced Wednesday by, from left, grandson Benjamin Bryce Hickman, daughter Dondria Hickman and friend Barbie Vaughn. Oklahomans pick up pieces after tornadoes Home. Death toll rises to 9 after rare February twisters hit state ByTimTalley Home. It's where our heart is.

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Come on home to a hometown bank. Residents of Lone Grove, a town of 4,600 about 100 miles south of Oklahoma City, awoke Wednesday to find much of their town in ruins. Shirley Mose was not at home when the tornado struck, but she returned to find the house destroyed. "I had a little Chihuahua that stayed in there," Mose said. "We found her bed, but not her.

I guess she's gone." The Lone Grove twister had winds estimated at 170 mph and remained on the ground for more than an hour, the National Weather Service said in its preliminary assessment. It was among a cluster of unusual February tornadoes that touched down Tuesday in Oklahoma. A half-dozen homes and several businesses were also damaged in Oklahoma City and suburban Ed-mond, but no serious injuries were reported there. Authorities gave as much as 35 minutes of warning that a twister was approaching. It hit Lone Grove at 7:25 p.m.

Most of the bodies were found in the mobile home wreckage. First State Bank Central Texas ASSOCIATED PRESS LONE GROVE, Okla. Rescuers sorted through bricks and shattered plywood Wednesday in search of more victims of a deadly tornado that blasted through a small Oklahoma town where many people in a mobile home park had nowhere to escape the howling winds. Some people were killed by flying debris. One man died when a pickup fell on him.

The death toll rose to nine Wednesday when a man who was injured and transferred to a Dallas hospital died. There were also miraculous tales of survival: People taking shelter in a closet pulled a woman to safety after the tornado blew part of the roof off and threatened to carry her away. Another woman was found alive beneath an overturned mobile home. 6500 N. Mopac Suite 1101 Austin (512) 231-8821 SS01-A Hwy 290 West Austin 3951 Parmer Lane Suite 100 Austin (512) 339-7316 711 San Gabriel Village Blvd.

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