Apparent tornado touches down near Huntsville, Alabama, officials say

[NRaleighLiberal]

Source: CNN

(CNN) -- An apparent tornado touched down Friday near Huntsville, Alabama, an emergency official said.

It was the first reported tornado as a new storm system threatened regions of the Midwest and South that had been battered by storms earlier this week.
Authorities have reports of houses damaged in Madison County, said Paige Colburn, an Alabama emergency management official.

Forecasters said the areas most at risk for twisters on Friday would be southern Indiana, southern Ohio, most of Kentucky, central Tennessee, northeastern Mississippi and northwestern Alabama.

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Be safe, all DUers in that area.....and everywhere there are severe storms today (we are hunkered down in Raleigh for the front's passing early tomorrow morning)

[NRaleighLiberal]

1. Latest update link below

http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/02/us/severe-weather/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

[bathroommonkey76]

2. From the AP: Apparent tornadoes hit Alabama homes, prison

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SEVERE_WEATHER?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT