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To: dinoparty

Glad you are okay......Springfield, Il got hit pretty bad last night.....


752 posted on 03/13/2006 7:37:51 AM PST by mystery-ak (Army Wife and Army Mother.....toughest job in the military)
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To: mystery-ak

Storms do heavy damage in Springfield

~Snips

whipped through Illinois, Kansas and Missouri. A tornado was confirmed in central Illinois.

Power went out in most areas of the city about 8:30 p.m., and downed lines feeding into the 911 center were causing problems with the communications system. Gas leaks were reported, and several homes and businesses sustained major damage. Cell phone service in the area was unavailable.

There were no preliminary reports of damage to the state Capitol or Abraham Lincoln memorial sites.

The University of Kansas campus was littered with trees, roof tiles and window glass after several buildings were damaged, authorities said.

During the night, several people were injured as the storm system pounded the central Mississippi Valley with hailstones as big as softballs, high wind and torrential rain.

It was not clear how many tornadoes struck the area straddling the Mississippi River from Missouri into Illinois. The twisters were part of a long line of stormy weather that stretched from the southern Plains up the Ohio Valley.

Heavy rain prompted flash flood warnings in southern Missouri. The heaviest rainfall was 3 to 4 inches about 100 miles east of St. Louis in Illinois

http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-storm13.html


764 posted on 03/13/2006 10:43:56 AM PST by JustPiper (I do not "Recognize" America anymore !!!)
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