Here's to hoping everything is Okay with Adrian......
Indiana, Alabama, Tennessee, and Kentucky got nailed by tornadoes today. Yesterday, Harrisburg, Indiana got crushed and today, Chelsea, Indiana was completely leveled. I think the death toll is at about 6 or 9 in the past two days.
Tornadoes swept across the Midwest and the South on Friday, hitting hardest in southern Indiana, where at least six people were killed and an entire town was flattened. Homes and businesses were also destroyed in Alabama, Kentucky and Tennessee as at least 50 tornadoes touched down in six states at various times of the day.Emergency management authorities in Indiana confirmed that three people were known to have been killed in Jefferson County, two in Ripley County and one in Clark County.
The town of Marysville, Ind., was "completely gone," and Henryville Junior-Senior High School was destroyed, Clark County sheriff's Maj. Chuck Adams told NBC News. All the students escaped, some with minor injuries, Adams said.
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At 6:50 p.m. ET, tornadoes were still racing across Kentucky, Alabama and Ohio, the Weather Channel and the National Weather Service reported. In West Liberty, Ky., the Morgan County Courthouse sustained significant damage and an unknown number of people were injured or trapped in buildings. In Trimble County, Ky., a tornado leveled the Milton fire station.
Residents of Chattanooga and Livingston, Tenn., and Ozark, Ala., were also warned to take shelter as possible tornadoes were spotted heading toward them, the Weather Channel said.
The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration said Friday would likely end up as one of the five biggest tornado days of the year, with "tornadic activity" leading to watches or warnings in at least 17 states.
They began when a "very large super-cell" of tornadoes touched down in northern Alabama early in the day, damaging homes and a prison and injuring at least four people. In southern Tennessee, another twister ripped 20 homes off their foundations and submerged boats, officials said.
At least 30 people were injured in Hamilton County, Tenn., authorities told NBC News, six to 10 of them critically. "Significant damage" was reported to subdivisions along Highway 68 east of Chattanooga.
Amy Maxwell, a spokeswoman for Hamilton County Emergency Services, said at least 20 homes were destroyed and that several people were trapped beneath downed trees and structures.
Two of the three runways at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport were closed, and residents of Kentucky and Ohio were advised to "maintain close awareness."
"This is a very dangerous situation," said Tom Bradshaw, the National Weather Service's Southeast regional director.
Indiana, Alabama, Tennessee, and Kentucky got nailed by tornadoes today. Yesterday, Harrisburg, Indiana got crushed and today, Chelsea, Indiana was completely leveled. I think the death toll is at about 6 or 9 in the past two days.
Tornadoes swept across the Midwest and the South on Friday, hitting hardest in southern Indiana, where at least six people were killed and an entire town was flattened. Homes and businesses were also destroyed in Alabama, Kentucky and Tennessee as at least 50 tornadoes touched down in six states at various times of the day.Emergency management authorities in Indiana confirmed that three people were known to have been killed in Jefferson County, two in Ripley County and one in Clark County.
The town of Marysville, Ind., was "completely gone," and Henryville Junior-Senior High School was destroyed, Clark County sheriff's Maj. Chuck Adams told NBC News. All the students escaped, some with minor injuries, Adams said.
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At 6:50 p.m. ET, tornadoes were still racing across Kentucky, Alabama and Ohio, the Weather Channel and the National Weather Service reported. In West Liberty, Ky., the Morgan County Courthouse sustained significant damage and an unknown number of people were injured or trapped in buildings. In Trimble County, Ky., a tornado leveled the Milton fire station.
Residents of Chattanooga and Livingston, Tenn., and Ozark, Ala., were also warned to take shelter as possible tornadoes were spotted heading toward them, the Weather Channel said.
The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration said Friday would likely end up as one of the five biggest tornado days of the year, with "tornadic activity" leading to watches or warnings in at least 17 states.
They began when a "very large super-cell" of tornadoes touched down in northern Alabama early in the day, damaging homes and a prison and injuring at least four people. In southern Tennessee, another twister ripped 20 homes off their foundations and submerged boats, officials said.
At least 30 people were injured in Hamilton County, Tenn., authorities told NBC News, six to 10 of them critically. "Significant damage" was reported to subdivisions along Highway 68 east of Chattanooga.
Amy Maxwell, a spokeswoman for Hamilton County Emergency Services, said at least 20 homes were destroyed and that several people were trapped beneath downed trees and structures.
Two of the three runways at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport were closed, and residents of Kentucky and Ohio were advised to "maintain close awareness."
"This is a very dangerous situation," said Tom Bradshaw, the National Weather Service's Southeast regional director.
