Multiple tornadoes hit three Midwestern states.
The storms struck Nebraska, South Dakota, and Iowa.
The National Weather Service confirmed six twisters struck the states.
Fifteen people were injured in Wayne, Nebraska.
A
Nebraska newspaper reported several buildings in Wayne’s industrial
park were damaged or destroyed along with several homes south of the
city.
One tornado hit just blocks from Wayne State College.
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Great Plains Storm Brings Snow, Tornadoes
PIERRE,
S.D. -- PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — In the span of 24 hours, the scenic Black
Hills in South Dakota were coated in up to three and a half feet of wet,
heavy snow, one of several Great Plains states walloped by a storm
system that's caused millions of dollars in damage.
Wind gusts of
up to 70 mph were recorded in the Black Hills, National Weather Service
meteorologist Katie Pojorlie said Saturday morning, but the snow was
expected to end later Saturday, giving people a chance to start digging
out from the unusual early fall snowstorm that set records.
But
wintry weather wasn't the only thing wrapped into the powerful cold
front, as thunderstorms brought heavy rain, hail and tornadoes in
Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota. No one died in the tornadoes, reports
said, but snow was blamed in the deaths of three people who were killed
in a traffic accident on U.S. 20 in northeast Nebraska.
Forecasters
said the front would eventually combine with other storms to make for a
wild — and probably very wet — weekend for much of the central U.S. and
Southeast.
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