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(94,803 posts) Thu Apr 9, 2015, 09:51 PM Apr 2015

Severe weather: Tornadoes hit Iowa, Illinois, Ohio

Source: CNN

Tornadoes tore through parts of Iowa, Illinois and Ohio on Thursday in what forecasters from the National Weather Service warned is a "particularly dangerous situation."

People across the Midwest should be on alert for severe weather, the weather agency said, noting that a "large and extremely dangerous" twister was spotted near Camanche, Iowa at 5:46 p.m. (6:46 p.m. ET).

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Large Tornado Causes Significant Damage In Central Illinois Purveyor Apr 2015 #1

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1. Large Tornado Causes Significant Damage In Central Illinois

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Thu Apr 9, 2015, 10:04 PM

Apr 2015

ST. LOUIS (AP) — At least one large tornado touched down Thursday night in central Illinois, and authorities said initial reports indicate there was significant damage.
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The National Weather Service confirmed the tornado was on the ground and urged residents on Twitter to "seek shelter immediately if in the path of this dangerous storm."

An Illinois sheriff's dispatcher who declined to give her name due to department policy said there was widespread damage but no immediate reports of injuries when the tornado swept across the town of Hillcrest, about 80 miles west of Chicago.

Winnebago County Sheriff's spokesman Ken DeCoster said funnel clouds also were spotted near Rockford a few miles north but did not touch down. However, television footage showed multiple homes damaged in the unincorporated community of Fairdale.

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