May 22nd 2011 Storm | Rockford Scanner

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Report: May 22nd 2011 the Rockford area was hit by a storm that caused some major damage in the area. Earlier in the day, Winnebago County was put under a Tornado Watch until 10PM. Just before 7PM the storm was about to slam the Winnebago County Area. There was a Tornado Warning that was issued until 7:15PM. They issue the warning, because of a squall line that might have a rain wrapped tornado in it. The tornado sirens went off for a few minutes, then stopped. About this time, the west side of Winnebago County was getting hit by the storm. About 6:55PM the storm was hitting Loves Park, Rockford Scanner Founder, personally spotted the clouds in question...

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