By Katy Galimberti, AccuWeather.com Staff Writer
April 10,2015; 10:36AM,EDT
Wednesday, April 8
As severe storms marched across the Central U.S. on Wednesday, eight reported tornadoes touched down on Wednesday evening in Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma.
Spotters across the Plains observed hail up to 4 inches in diameter as strong downpours blasted communities from Oklahoma to Iowa.
Baseball-sized hail fell in Sullivan, Mo. (Twitter Photo/@h_FINDLEY)Flooding claimed the life of a woman in Hendricks County, Indiana, as heavy rain fell across the area for a second day in a row. While attempting to clear debris from Tuesday's storm, she was swept into an overflowing stream, WTHR reports.
In Villa Ridge, Missouri, a mobile home park was flooded the second straight day after heavy rain inundated the community Tuesday and Wednesday. Water was reported up to 2 feet high, and local officials were called in to assist residents.
Thursday, April 9
A 67-year-old woman died and seven others were injured after the tornado in Fairdale, Illinois, DeKalb County and Rockford officials said at Friday morning news conference.
With a population of 150, the local fire department reported that every structure throughout the town endured some type of damage.
"Some houses were basically pushed into a pile," the Rescue Branch commander for the incident, said.
Just over 20 miles east in Rochelle, Illinois, a violent tornado tore through the town, injuring dozens. No fatalities were occurred, Ogle County Sheriff Brian VanVickle said in a press conference on Friday morning.
"It's pretty much just devastation to where the tornado went through," VanVickle said, noting that affected homes, including his own, are likely completely destroyed and uninhabitable.
A Crest Foods warehouse in Ashton, Illinois, was severely damaged by a tornado. The structure, which used to stand 40 feet tall and the length of nearly three football fields, was left in a heap of twisted metal, WIFR news reported. No major injuries were reported.
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Wednesday Photos
A rain-wrapped tornado was spotted in Kansas on Wednesday evening. (Photo/AccuWeather.com, Mike Smith)
Fierce storms sparked vivid lightning in Bardstown, Ky. (Twitter Photo/@StormTrack_4)
Strong storms strike north of Fairview, Okla. (Twitter Photo/@weatherninja)
A funnel cloud was spotted near Protection, Kan. (Photo/Twisterchasers)
Severe storms move through the Leedey, Okla., region. (Twitter Photo/@OWxPhotography)
Large hail fell in Morgan County, Kan. (Twitter Photo/@AmyKee77)
A shelf cloud moves over Indianapolis. (Twitter Photo/@Sanders_SSv)Thursday Photos
A massive tornado moves into Rochelle, Ill., on Thursday. (Photo/Tom Purdy)
Debris was spread across Fairdale, Ill., after a tornado ripped through the town. (Photo/Rockford Illinois Fire Department)
Every
structure within Fairdale, Ill., suffered some form of damage local
officials said. (Photo/Shane Nicholson, Managing Editor/The Rock River
Times)
A tornado was visible from Interstate-39 in Illinois. (Photo/Walker Ashley/NWS Chicago)
In
Rochelle, Ill., at the Union Pacific rail yard, the destructive tornado
was spotted on Thursday. (Facebook Photo/Eric Boehmer)
Strong storm winds blasted parts of DeWitt, Iowa, on Thursday. (Photo/Brian Wellner)
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