The Cherokee County Emergency Management Agency conducted a tornado simulation training drill inside the Lake Arrowhead community on Wednesday and Saturday of last week. The drill inside the remote community tested both first responders and the neighborhood’s Community Emergency Response Team. CERT members are local residents who have attended a course designed to help protect…
Tornadoes confirmed in Muskogee, Cherokee, Wagoner counties
Preliminary reports from the National Weather Service office in Tulsa indicate Muskogee was hit by two tornadoes Thursday night — an EF1 and an EF2. Six EF1 tornadoes occurred in Wagoner and Cherokee counties about the same time. The EF2 tornado hit about 10:41 p.m., and damaged a large area along Shawnee Bypass in Muskogee…