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Tornado Outbreak Hits South, Video Update

By Jesse Ferrell, AccuWeather meteorologist

Published Feb 18, 2008 12:19 AM EDT | Updated Feb 19, 2008 2:18 AM EDT

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UPDATE MONDAY MORNING: Here is a more detailed map of the severe weather report locations. Over 100 severe weather reports, including 34 tornadoes, were received according to the The WeatherMatrix StormMatrix.

Below is a video showing raw footage from Florida, Alabama and Louisiana. Check out the video midway through of a car door window blown out - from the inside - at a gas station!

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SOURCE: WBRC/FOX: Prattville, AL: A tornado Sunday (02/17) caused significant damages in Prattville, Alabama where numerous homes were destroyed. Mayor Jim Byard says the tornado struck the Overlook area in the city and a search began for any storm victims who may be trapped in the wreckage. Some nine thousand homes and businesses were without power. Severe thunderstorms packing tornadoes and brief downpours swept the state, damaging homes and businesses in several other counties.

SOURCE: WKRG/CBS: Molino, FL: Several homes have been destroyed as storms seep through the Florida Panhandle Sunday (02/17). The majority of the damage along the Florida Panhandle is in Molino. Escambia County authorities and American Red Cross volunteers are in the area, assessing the damage and lending a helping hand to those who need it. The Escambia County Sheriff's Office closed parts of 95A, Molino Road & Cedar Town Road due to storm damage. The Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office is also reporting storm damage. There are no reports of any injuries.

SOURCE: WAFB CBS: Morganza, Louisiana: Residents are busy cleaning up after a powerful tornado rips through Southern Louisiana. The twister reportedly touched down early this morning (2/16) 45 miles outside of Baton Rouge. The storm damaged dozens of homes in the town of Morganza. All day people have been sifting through what's left of their belongings. So far there have been no reports of any injuries.

ORIGINAL REPORT SUNDAY NIGHT:

Another tornado outbreak has hit the South today - this time the Deep South, as of this writing, more than two dozen tornado reports.

Over 60 Tornado Warnings have gone out today. Some of the more interesting reports from The WeatherMatrix StormMatrix:

NEAR BUTLER, GA: 1 INJURED, TWO MOBILE HOMES DESTROYED

PRATVILLE, AL: POWERLINES ON CARS IN THE CITY...APARTMENT COMPLEX DAMAGED ON COUNTY ROAD 4

NEAR ROANOKE, AL: STRUCTURE DAMAGE ON COUNTY ROADS 44 AND 609 JUST SOUTH OF WEDOWEE

NEAR DIXIE, AL: 2 HOUSES COMPLETELY DESTROYED...SEVERAL TRAVEL TRAILERS FLIPPED OVER

NEAR SELMA, AL: SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE IN THE SUMMERFIELD AREA.

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