http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/11/15/indiana.tornado.ap/index.html

EVANSVILLE, Indiana (AP) -- Just eight days after a deadly tornado struck
southwestern Indiana, another strong storm system rolled across the
nation's midsection Tuesday, producing funnel clouds in at least three
states.

The National Weather Service issued tornado watches and warnings for the
Evansville area, as well as parts of Tennessee, Missouri, eastern
Arkansas, southern Illinois and western sections of Kentucky.

A funnel cloud was sighted in Clay City in central Indiana but apparently
remained aloft. Two funnel clouds were also reported in southern Illinois,
but there were no immediate reports of damage.

In western Tennessee, a funnel cloud reportedly touched down, damaging an
undetermined number of buildings in Henry and Weakley counties.

"Numerous homes there were damaged, some completely destroyed," said Faye
Scott, spokeswoman for the Henry County Sheriff's Department. "It's major
destruction."

Tom Cooper, police chief in Paris, Tennessee, told Nashville television
station WSMV that 15 to 20 people suffered minor injuries from flying
debris in the community about 85 miles west of Nashville.

The National Weather Service could not immediately confirm the tornado.

Flood warnings also were posted as more than 6 inches of rain fell in
parts of the Ohio River Valley.

Meteorologists said a cold front moving east and colliding with warm,
unstable air was producing severe thunderstorms across the central
Mississippi and lower Ohio valleys.

Dan Spaeth, a weather service forecaster, said Tuesday's conditions were
similar to those that produced the tornado on November 6 that caused 41
miles of damage from Kentucky into the Evansville area and killed 23
people.

The most severe damage on November 6 was in a mobile home park on the
eastern edge of Evansville where 19 of the victims were killed. Four other
people were killed in neighboring Warrick County.

Elsewhere in the Midwest, nine tornadoes swept across central Iowa on
Saturday, killing one woman.

Though severe thunderstorms and tornados are not uncommon in the fall,
Spaeth said the strength of storm systems that have produced recent
tornadoes suggests severe weather ahead.

"It's not usually as widespread or frequent," he said. "But if it happens
once, it can happen again."