Deadly Tornadoes rake Midwest thoughts Midwest Tornadoes 2012: Twisters Tear Across Missouri, Kansas, Illinois thoughts 2/28/2012 Midwest Tornadoes plus damaging winds in the South USA thoughts Reports say a powerful storm system that produced multiple tornadoes that lashed through the Midwest.An apparent twister rolled through Branson just before 1 a.m and ripped roofs off hotels and damaged some of the city's famed music theater. At least 37 people were reported hurt, mostly with cuts and bruises.To the north in Stone and Dallas counties, at least 60 homes were damaged or destroyed and at least 17 more people injured, one critically.At least six people were killed in the southern Illinois town of Harrisburg after a pre-dawn storm leveled much of the community of 9,000 people.In Missouri, one person was killed in a trailer park in the town of Buffalo. Two more fatalities were reported in the Cassville and Puxico areas.The storms left much of the small eastern Kansas town of Harveyville in rubble. Earlier reports from authorities indicated that three people had been critically injured, but that was lowered to one by midday.The tornadoes were spawned by a powerful storm system that blew down from the Rockies on Tuesday and was headed across the Ohio and Tennessee river valleys toward the Mid-Atlantic region.From Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, at least 16 tornado sightings were reported from Nebraska and Kansas across southern Missouri to Illinois and Kentucky, according to the storm center, an arm of the National Weather Service.Branson has long been a tourist destination for visitors attracted to the beauty of the surrounding Ozarks. But the city rose to prominence in the 1990s because of its theaters, which drew country music stars including Merle Haggard and Crystal Gale as well as other musical celebrities such as Chubby Checker and Andy Williams.It is about 110 miles southeast of Joplin, which was devastated by a monstrous twister last May that killed 161 people. Reports say Tornado season normally starts in March, but it isn't unusual to see severe storms earlier in the year. Forecasters can seldom assess how serious a season will be because twisters are so unpredictable. This year, two people were killed by separate tornadoes in Alabama in January, and preliminary reports have showed 95 tornadoes struck that month.Reports say the line of storms is now moving into Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee and could bring damaging wind gusts and tornadoes. Also part of the storm system is a blizzard warning for the Upper Midwest that will move into New England later Wednesday. tornados midwest deadly storm lightning joplin Oklahoma Missouri Tennessee illinois Harrisburg 2012 Chicago Tornado Joplin weather news stocks vacation Tornado February Midwestern United States Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina folks please be aware of the developing severe weather and the possibility of tornadoes, damaging winds, and hail in your area.. severe weather rings circles low frequency UHF ultra high frequencies ground based modification manipulation geoengineering cloud seeding tornado tornadoes tornados tornadic damaging wind winds storm storms nebraska NE kansas KS missouri MO oklahoma OK arkansas AR mississippi MS alabama AL At Least 13 Killed as Tornadoes Rake Midwest States - Feb. 29, 2012 thoughts "Branson, MO Recovery" and "Branson Tornado Info" "#LeapDayStorm"
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