Even as they were celebrating the opening of their new grocery store today, Greensburg residents couldn’t help but think about another town hammered by a tornado.
“Lone Grove, Okla., got wiped out by a tornado” on Tuesday night, Greensburg Mayor Bob Dixson told the crowd gathered for the grand opening ceremony in the new Dillons. “They’re in our thoughts and prayers.”
Eight people were killed in the town of about 4,600 residents about 100 miles south of Oklahoma City and just north of the Texas border. The tornado struck at about 7:25 p.m., authorities said. Residents had as much as 35 minutes of warning before the tornado hit.
The Storm Prediction Center recorded six reports of tornadoes in Texas and Oklahoma Tuesday night.