40,000 without power

Feeling thankful the tornado waited to touch down until it went over the most populace portions of this area, touched down NE of city

Lifeline helicopter on the way to the site of the bus crash :*(

Tornado sirens here, sighting to the north

Six Rockford schoolchildren injured, bus thrown a long distance into a ditch

Just reported first report of injuries

Tornado touched down near where we go fishing, at least one structure leveled. A school bus flipped.