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Over the weekend the National Weather Service announced that a review of damage from Thursday's severe storms resulted in the finding of four tornadoes in the region. However, using storm chaser video, officials now say there were five twisters...

It seems like a broken record, but once again Rockford has experienced never-before-seen cold temperatures. Early Saturday morning the mercury dropped to -16 degrees, shattering the previous record low for February 28. According to the National Weather Service, the previous mark was -7 for back in 1962...