In Burkeville, the local volunteer fire department was inundated with emergency calls starting just after 2:30 a.m. and continuing for nearly five hours.

The storms passed through after 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, leaving 16,661 power customers without electricity as of 6:40 a.m.

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