Monday, January 07, 2008

One Dead- Dozens Injured In Rare Winter Middle-USA Tornado Outbreak



Extremely rare early January tornadoes have killed one and injured dozens in Missouri- Illinois- Wisconsin and Arkansas- according to the Associated Press. The Storm Prediction Center of the National Weather Service reports 30 tornadoes in those states through 10pm Central Time.


The death is at a mobile home park near Marshfield-MO- near Springfield. Two others reportedly have critical and 6 more lesser injuries.

Two tornadoes were reported in the city of Springfield Monday evening- but no reports of injuries or damage yet.

Tornadoes swept through northern and northeastern Illinois and southeastern Wisconsin- more than a dozen injuries reported but as of yet no fatalities.
A tornado knocked a Union Pacific train from the tracks near Harvard-IL- causing a tank car leak and a subsequent evacuation of a small community of 500 people.

Tornado and sever thunderstorm watches continue late Monday night and into early Tuesday morning from eastern Kansas and Oklahoma across Missouri into the Ohio Valley.
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