UPDATE: Residents digging out after tornadoes hit Midwest

Early warnings credited with saving lives
Sunday, April 15, 2012 | 6:49 p.m. CDT; updated 6:59 p.m. CDT, Sunday, April 15, 2012

WOODWARD, Okla. — The television was tuned to forecasters' dire warnings of an impending storm when Greg Tomlyanobich heard a short burst from a tornado siren blare after midnight Sunday. Then silence. Then rumbling.

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