Strong Storms, Tornadoes Barrel Through Central U.S.
Source: CNN
(CNN) -- A powerful storm system brought drenching rains, hail and -- in a few cases -- tornadoes to a wide swath of the central United States on Thursday evening, causing damage but no known fatalities.
The National Weather Service reported a number of twisters across several states.
That includes a tornado spotted around 8:16 p.m. (9:16 p.m. ET) on the ground in St. Louis County, Missouri, near Glendale. About an hour earlier, the agency reported a "damaging" twister with quarter-size hail about 50 miles west near Washington. And a tornado was earlier reported in the Osage County community of Rich Fountain.
It was not immediately clear whether there was any related injuries or damage in any of these Missouri locales.
Tornado rips through St. Louis
The weather service also reported twisters Thursday night in the southeastern Missouri community of Doniphan, as well as nearby in Butler County.
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I think it's the same cloud. The "arm" extended out with visible rotation, then turned down. Fortunately, it looked like the rotation broke up before it changed from a funnel cloud to a tornado. We also had softball sized hail in Denton, and flash floods about 10 miles from here.
There were some that were larger, but they tended to hit cars and shatter on impact. This was the largest whole one she could find. She said hundreds of cars on campus are going to need new windshields. (Denton, Texas)
