New Delhi, March 6 -- A mother and daughter were killed on Thursday night (March 5) in western Oklahoma after a tornado struck their vehicle during the beginning of a two-day outbreak of severe storms sweeping across the Plains and Midwest.

According to Major County Sheriff Tony Robinson, the two were traveling near State Highway 60 and 243 Road west of Fairview, Oklahoma, when the tornado hit their vehicle, CNN reported.

A tornado warning had been issued for part of Major County between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. Central Time. During the same storm system, powerful winds also overturned a semi-trailer in the county, which lies roughly 80 miles northwest of Oklahoma City, according to the National Weather Service.

Thursday night's storms genera...