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Tornadoes Down in Alabama, Bartow County

Severe weather continues to hit the South.

12:57 a.m.

Direct TV customers are experiencing some outages and delays in reports. Heavy rain falling in Holly Springs and we're still under a tornado watch from the National Weather Service.

12:48 a.m.

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Meterologists are predicting that the storm will be over North Canton in a matter of minutes. It looks like it will miss Holly Springs, but take cover just in case. Right now there are no strong winds or rain in Holly Springs.

12:28 a.m.

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It looks like everything is mostly clear in Cherokee County. Send your storm damage photos to jessie.gable@patch.com. We'll be out early checking to see what damage was done.

11:37 p.m.

We're back under a tornado warning until 12:15 a.m., but meteorologists are saying that everything from Canton south will be missed by tornadoes.

11:32 p.m.

Sawnee EMC reports 58 people without power in their seven-county coverage area.

11:27 p.m.

Tornado watch in Cherokee until 2 a.m.

11:04 p.m.

Storms seem to be staying to the north and south of Holly Springs.

10:48 p.m.

Tornado warning for Cherokee County until 11:30 p.m. A tornado has touched ground in Bartow County near Highway 140. Sirens going off in Holly Springs.


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