100 Tornadoes in 24 Hours, but Plenty of Notice
New York Tim
GRANT SCHULTE, AP, SEAN MURPHY, Associated Press Sheriff's deputies carry out an injured man from a south Wichita neighborhood after a tornado caused massive destruction in Wichita, Kan., late Saturday, April 14, 2012. Tornadoes were spotted across the Severe thunderstorms and tornadoes went through Iowa Saturday night, while the Twin Cities area experienced more severe [...]
Read More100 Tornadoes in 24 Hours, but Plenty of Notice
New York Tim
By Ian Livingston A tornado passes near Dallas, Texas on Tuesday, April 3, 2012 as people watch and point their cell phones at it. Screen capture via YouTube.It's twister prime time. The April-June peak of tornado season has arrived. By James Heggen, Charisse Jones, and Doyle Rice Iowa emergency officials said Sunday that a large [...]
Read MoreWarnings credited in Midwest tornado outbreak
Kansas City
As the sun rose on Sunday morning, Butler County authorities were expecting to find extensive damage from the tornado that struck the night before. By Dominic Gates The Spirit AeroSystems plant took a direct hit, officials said, when a tornado swept through southeast Wichita late Saturday. The plant is a major Boeing supplier. JEFF TUTTLE [...]
Read MoreTornadoes and hail threaten St. Louis, Minneapolis, Little Rock and other cities
CNN
By the CNN Wire Staff A house is left damaged after an aparent tornado hit on Saturday, April 14, in Thurman, Iowa. The National Weather Service received more than 88 reports by late Saturday of possible tornado touchdowns in Oklahoma, Kansas, Baseball-sized hail was breaking windows and tearing siding off homes in northeast Nebraska, while [...]
Read MoreMidwest tornadoes: 5 dead, 29 hurt in Okla.
CBS News
Updated at 7:06 a.m. Sunday ET: At least five people have been killed in Oklahoma and a disaster emergency has been declared in Kansas after a severe storm system moving through the Midwest spawned a number of The development came as a series of tornadoes and supercell thunderstorms churned Saturday evening toward larger cities in [...]
Read MoreMore tornadoes possible in battered Midwest
USA TODAY
by Kyle Russell, Special to The Gazette Brian Lewis/The Gazette Walter Johnson High School's Max McCleskey runs the third leg of the Wildcats' school record-setting 1:05.45 in the 440 shuffle high hurdle relay Saturday in the Woodward Relays at by Kyle Russell, Special to The Gazette Brian Lewis/The Gazette Walter Johnson High School's Max McCleskey [...]
Read MoreResidents digging out after tornadoes hit Midwest
The Associat
WOODWARD, Okla. (AP) — Authorities say a signal tower for Woodward's tornado sirens was struck by lightning and hit by a tornado early Sunday morning. Woodward Police Chief Harvey Rutherford said Sunday the tower that was supposed to send a repeating Photo of destruction in Woodward, OK. twitter.com/redcrossokc/st… — American Red Cross Another photo from [...]
Read MoreThree states in 'bull's-eye' after storms kill 5
CNN
Wichita police are looking for a car involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident tonight. A jury on Friday convicted two Wichita men on charges of conspiring to distribute cocaine, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said. Wichita, Kansas (CNN) — Three states face the most danger of possible tornadoes Sunday, as parts of the Midwest assess the [...]
Read MoreThree states in 'bull's-eye' after storms kill 5
CNN
As a highly volatile system moves into the lower Midwest — with "likely" tornado-producing storms expected to barrel through Kansas and Oklahoma and then Nebraska later Saturday evening — the National Weather Service could be looking at the first The NWS Storm Prediction Center is forecasting the development of strong tornadoes and large hail/damaging winds [...]
Read MoreThree states in 'bull's-eye' after storms kill 5
CNN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT—NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE—–TORNADO WARNINGS (4 LOCATIONS). THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A. * TORNADO WARN. The National Weather Service received 121 reports of possible tornado touchdowns Saturday and early Sunday in Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa. Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback told CNN Sunday that "97 tornadoes touched down" in [...]
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