The tornado that touched down near Bromide has been upgraded from an EF-2 to an EF-3.

Multiple structures were destroyed and damaged in these tornadoes. Two people, 76-year-old Chester Barnes who lived near Wynnewood, and 76-year-old Jackie Brooks of Milburn, were killed.

A tornado that touched down near Stillwater, Oklahoma, has been rated an EF-2, according to the National Weather Service. 

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The National Weather Service in Norman has upgraded the ratings of a tornado that touched down near Katie in Garvin County, and another one that touched down near Bromide in Johnson County on Monday. 

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