More violent weather ahead for damaged communities

March 1, 2012 at 1:21p.m.

HARRISBURG, Ill. (AP) — Crews cleared splintered plywood and smashed appliances from small-town neighborhoods today, a day after tornadoes killed 13 people in the Midwest and South.

Skies were sunny in the southern Illinois community of Harrisburg, but the forecast held a menacing possibility: More twisters may be coming.

National Weather Service meteorologist Beverly Poole says severe storms are expected to roll through the region again after midnight today and linger into early Friday, possibly bringing hail and rain.

Then yet another round of storms is expected to arrive Friday afternoon.

Poole says both rounds of violent weather carry the potential of more tornadoes.

The weather service is bringing a severe-weather specialist to the region’s command center to provide up-to-the-minute information before and during the storms.