[4] In Willmar, Minnesota, 168 passengers were trapped in a stranded train because they couldn't walk to shelter due to wind chill values.

The time of day aided in the warning process as a spotter saw the tornado in Sarpy County during the daylight hours and children were no longer in school.

The NWS aided by REACT and Civil Defense systems provided good lead time for the residents of Douglas County, Nebraska.

[16] A tornado which slashed through a three-block downtown area of the city killed three people.

The twister's winds were so forceful that a 15-foot wooden plank was driven through an auto engine block, splitting the front of the car in two.

The twister hit this central Illinois community of 15,000 during the early evening and decimated the business district, severed electrical power and gas lines, and sheared off roofs and uprooted scores of trees.

The area hit by the tornado included city square and another block farther south, and also caused extensive damage elsewhere.

An F2 tornado injured 4 people when striking the town of Lost Nation, Illinois.