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[STORMREPORTS] Tornado Outbreak in Midwest

From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) (ferrell{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Wed Apr 21 2004 - 07:58:41 EDT

COMPLETE LIST OF TORNADOES VIA NWS:
http://www.weathermatrix.net/archive/tornadoreports/0158.html
http://www.weathermatrix.net/archive/tornadoreports/0155.html
http://www.weathermatrix.net/archive/tornadoreports/0154.html
http://www.weathermatrix.net/archive/tornadoreports/0153.html

VIA SPC - 51 Tornado Reports:
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/today.html

FULL STORY ON DEADLY IL TORNADO:
<http://www.pantagraph.com/stories/042104/new_20040421041.shtml>

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QUOTES:
"UTICA -- A severe storm spawning tornadoes cut a swath through
north-central Illinois on Tuesday, tearing the roof off an elementary
school, collapsing buildings and killing at least four people, authorities
said.

While the severe weather largely missed The Pantagraph area, tornadoes were
reported in Putnam, Marshall, LaSalle and Will counties Tuesday evening. In
the Chicago suburb of Joliet, City Manager John Mezera said a roof had
collapsed at a drug store. In Granville, about 60 homes were damaged and a
bank lost its roof when three suspected tornadoes passed through Putnam
County, said Patti Thompson, an IEMA spokeswoman.

Putnam County Elementary School-Hopkins Building in Granville lost its roof
and sustained other damage, so school will be closed today, according to
WEEK-TV. At least 15,000 homes were without power across three counties
Tuesday night. The hardest hit among the cities appeared to be Utica, a
town of about 1,000 residents near Starved Rock State Park, about 60 miles
north of Normal.

Dozens of buildings in a three- to four-block area of the city were
damaged, several of them collapsed in mounds of brick and splintered wood,
said state Trooper Tim Reppin. Four people were confirmed injured, three of
them children, according to hospital officials, and four others were
believed to have been in a tavern that collapsed, he said.

Earlier in the day, twisters struck between 2 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. in Douglas
and Champaign counties and between 5:14 to 5:21 p.m. in Marshall County,
said Ernie Goetsch, meteorologist at the National Weather Service, Lincoln.
Primary damage in those areas was to barns and machine sheds except for a
couple of houses in rural Douglas County, he said."

TORNADO rips through Boone, Howard counties
WTHR - Indianapolis,IN,USA
Indianapolis, April 20, 2004 - High winds damaged homes and buildings Tuesday
night as tornado clouds were spotted throughout Boone and Howard counties.
...
<http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=1801335&nav=9TaiMSSs>
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