Storms rip through area, but city emerges unscathed

The rumblings could be seen, heard and felt before the start of the Comanche High School prom in Duncan.

Not too long after the teenagers arrived at the Simmons Center all dressed up for their big shindig, the storm hit and while they may have been dry and safe, people in other parts of the county were not as fortunate.

Stephens County residents were on social media noting they had been without power for several hours. Some property had sustained damage.

City manager Chuck Ralls said that everything inside the city limits held up well.

“We had no damage and no outage,” Ralls said. “There was a good bit around us but we did not have any damages.”

Ralls said the city has made great efforts the past few years to minimize possible storm damage to the city.

“We have worked diligently to provide reliable service to our utility customers,” Ralls said. “You can’t always prepare for everything a storm might throw at you, but we have taken measures to make our system more hardy over the past few years. I feel the recent ice storms and thunder storms have shown these efforts.”

A couple of families about four miles west of town near Grandview School on E. 1850 Road had a possible tornado which took out a barn on the property of Joan Shutts, while her neighbor Sommer Rose reported metal siding being driven into a tree as well as some barn damage.