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At least 5 dead after severe weather hits the Plains
April 14, 2012
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there were injuries but details were still sketchy and the number and severity of the injured wasn't immediately available. Woodward police said search and rescue units from several areas had headed to the damage area soon after the tornado.

The National Weather Service said the tornado hit at 12:18 a.m. Sunday.

Woodward Mayor Roscoe Hill said the sirens were not apparently working when the tornado struck, although they had been sounding loudly from storms on Saturday afternoon. The tornado hit in a mixed area of residences and businesses, Hill said.

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