Officials begin preparing for spring storms
By Steve Bauer
Monday March 3, 2008
While the first days of March were lamb-like enough to hint of better weather to come, Illinois got an early taste of the lion-like weather so often tearing up the state in the spring.
According to the National Weather Service, severe storms and flooding were seen in the southern half of Illinois – including central Illinois counties – in early February, and thunderstorms with large hail and wind damage, as well as a handful of tornadoes, hit central and northern Illinois on Jan. 7.
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