(SALEM, IL) — While heavy rainstorms and flooding marked most of the region Friday afternoon, the National Weather Service has now confirmed multiple tornadoes ripped through southern Illinois, with one being confirmed just southeast of Salem. With only a flood warning issued for Friday afternoon, an EF-1 tornado with peak winds estimated at 105 miles an hour left a path of damage 1.7 miles long and 50 yards wide destroying one barn and damaging another on Briarcroft Road just six miles southeast of Salem Friday afternoon. High winds from the storm are being blamed for injuries to a construction worker at the new Subway restaurant being built on North Poplar Street in Centralia, when trusses were blown over, knocking the worker off scaffolding. The most damaging tornado has been confirmed two miles south of West Frankfort where a two-story house suffered significant damage, losing most of its roof and the front porch. That tornado had an estimated peak wind speed of 110 miles an hour and left a path of debris three-quarters of a mile long. Yet another tornado was confirmed just east of Murphysboro. It carried a pontoon boat approximately 200 yards, flipped over another and tore rafters from a commercial building, carrying them over 300 yards. Two other confirmed tornadoes left damaged trees and crops. One developed in Hamilton County, just east of Macedonia, with an estimated peak wind speed of 75 miles an hour, while another was confirmed just southeast of Goreville with an estimated peak wind speed of 90 miles an hour. Another tornado left a debris path of 4 1/2 miles long just west of Norris City. It had an estimated peak wind speed of 85 miles an hour and damaged crops, as well as a small shed and a fence. Finally, a tornado briefly touched down near a Wal-mart store in Olney, while another touched down four miles away, damaging trees at a mobile home park and golf course. Still another touched down seven miles east of Lawrenceville, damaging more trees and a camper.

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