The Edmond tornado was among several storms that swept across Oklahoma Tuesday. The most severe killed eight people and injured 14 others in Lone Grove, a community of about 4,600 people west of Ardmore, near the Texas border.

One of those injured later died in a Dallas hospital.

Most of those killed in Lone Grove lived in area of mobile homes, like Tracy's, where there was no tornado shelter. One victim was found beneath a pickup truck the tornado had dropped on him. Carter County Sheriff's Deputy David Gilley said 100 to 150 homes were destroyed in the town.

Other tornadoes skipped through the Oklahoma City area but didn't cause major injury. The largest traveled about 6 1/2 miles west and northwest of Edmond, according to the National Weather Service's early reports.

The Red Cross had set up two shelters in Edmond but closed one because it wasn't needed, according to a Red Cross spokeswoman. The group was sending volunteers to Lone Grove.

The February twisters were rare, even for tornado-prone Oklahoma, where a long tornado season stretches from early spring through late summer. Not counting last week's storms, just 44 tornadoes have hit the state in February since 1950, according to the Weather Service. By comparison, the state recorded 77 in all of last year.

Tornadoes that do strike in February also tend to be relatively weak. More than half of those recorded by the Weather Service in Oklahoma have been so-called gale tornadoes, with gusts up to 85 mph, or small EF1 tornadoes.