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The lightning flashed and thunder crashed throughout the night Wednesday and into Thursday fraying nerves and causing a lot of anxious minutes for area residents.
Heavy rains fell throughout much of the night swelling creeks and causing some flooding around the area. By the time the heaviest part of the storms moved away nearly six inches of rain had been recorded.
 civic evacuationOkmulgee was the hardest hit with a number of high-water rescues needed to get people form houses and out of stalled vehicles. US 75 was blocked by the floods in Okmulgee as well as some low-lying areas.
The Wilson area had a number of county roads that were impassable due to the high water as well as some power lines blown over. Winds as high as 100 miles per hour were recorded in that area.
The storm broke a number of East Central Electric power liens with as high as 1,300 people without electricity at one point.
In Henryetta, residents at the Lake Drive Manor nursing home were evacuated and brought to the Civic Center where they spent the night There were also some evacuations along Coal Creek on Washington and State streets.
At one point, Coal Creek waters were sweeping over two feet above the railings on the bridge.
That caused Fourth Street to be closed for several hours but one motorist apparently felt they could make it through but stalled their vehicle out. The vehicle occupants were able to escape but the car had to be towed away.
A number of Dewar residents found their homes either surrounded by flood waters or damaged when Coal Creek left its banks.
The rain-slick highways caused problems on the Indian Nation turnpike south of town. At one point both northbound lanes of the turnpike were closed for over three hours when a semi jackknifed across the roadway.
Another similar crash closed the northbound traffic lanes on US 69 north of Eufaula.