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Pastor Dale Morgan
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Tornadoes, baseball hail reported as powerful storms rip through Nebraska'
Published: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 12:35 AM CDT
From wire services
Powerful storms blew through western and Central Nebraska Monday, causing extensive hail and wind damage.
Several tornadoes also were spotted in the Panhandle. The National Weather Service office got reports of suspected twisters near Alliance and Bridgeport and around Lake Minatare. There were no immediate reports of significant damage.
Karla Melendez takes a picture of her family’s van that was damaged when a section of tree at 2123 West First Street fell on it during Monday’s high winds. (Independent/Scott Kingsley)
Instead, golf ball- to baseball-size hail and strong winds provided plenty of apprehensive moments. Among the harder hit communities were Kimball, Gering and parts of Scottsbluff.
An insurance agent in Kimball estimated that 90 percent of the homes there sustained hail damage, and the Kimball County Sheriff said hundreds of cars were damaged.
In Scottsbluff, Reganis Auto Center sustained an estimated $1 million in hail damage to the vehicles in its lot. High winds ripped the roof off an apartment complex in Scottsbluff, causing the evacuation of about 24 people.
The line of strong storms marched eastward through the state Monday afternoon and night. Severe thunderstorms warnings were issued for Howard and Hall counties at 10 and 10:30 p.m., respectively.
Storms spawned five tornadoes is S. Dakota
A two-room country schoolhouse in the Lemmon School District was destroyed by a tornado Monday afternoon.
Progress School, about 40 miles south of Lemmon in northwest South Dakota, lost its outer walls to the wind, Superintendent Rick Herbel said, and the roof was blown completely off. The walls inside still stand, he said.
Six students attend class at the schoolhouse during the 2009-10 school year. One teacher and a teacher's aide worked at the outpost, which is on the southern edge of the northern South Dakota district.
The Lemmon School Board will need to decide where the Progress students will go next year, Herbel said.
Monday's tornado struck two days after at least five tornadoes, including an EF3 twister capable of winds up to 200 mph, damaged properties across four counties in north-central South Dakota during the weekend, the National Weather Service said Monday.
No deaths or injuries were reported in the storms Saturday evening in parts of Walworth, Edmunds, McPherson and Brown counties.
A preliminary assessment by the weather service measured most of the twisters as EF1 or EF2 on a scale that rates the most damaging tornadoes as EF5 and capable of wind speeds of 261 mph or greater. EF3 twisters have wind speeds of 158-206 mph.
The governor sent 14 penitentiary inmates to the area Sunday to help clean up at farms.
Tornadoes caused almost all the damage Saturday, said Jim Scarlett, meteorologist in charge at the Aberdee
Tornadoes, baseball hail reported as powerful storms rip through Nebraska'
Published: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 12:35 AM CDT
From wire services
Powerful storms blew through western and Central Nebraska Monday, causing extensive hail and wind damage.
Several tornadoes also were spotted in the Panhandle. The National Weather Service office got reports of suspected twisters near Alliance and Bridgeport and around Lake Minatare. There were no immediate reports of significant damage.
Karla Melendez takes a picture of her family’s van that was damaged when a section of tree at 2123 West First Street fell on it during Monday’s high winds. (Independent/Scott Kingsley)
Instead, golf ball- to baseball-size hail and strong winds provided plenty of apprehensive moments. Among the harder hit communities were Kimball, Gering and parts of Scottsbluff.
An insurance agent in Kimball estimated that 90 percent of the homes there sustained hail damage, and the Kimball County Sheriff said hundreds of cars were damaged.
In Scottsbluff, Reganis Auto Center sustained an estimated $1 million in hail damage to the vehicles in its lot. High winds ripped the roof off an apartment complex in Scottsbluff, causing the evacuation of about 24 people.
The line of strong storms marched eastward through the state Monday afternoon and night. Severe thunderstorms warnings were issued for Howard and Hall counties at 10 and 10:30 p.m., respectively.
Storms spawned five tornadoes is S. Dakota
A two-room country schoolhouse in the Lemmon School District was destroyed by a tornado Monday afternoon.
Progress School, about 40 miles south of Lemmon in northwest South Dakota, lost its outer walls to the wind, Superintendent Rick Herbel said, and the roof was blown completely off. The walls inside still stand, he said.
Six students attend class at the schoolhouse during the 2009-10 school year. One teacher and a teacher's aide worked at the outpost, which is on the southern edge of the northern South Dakota district.
The Lemmon School Board will need to decide where the Progress students will go next year, Herbel said.
Monday's tornado struck two days after at least five tornadoes, including an EF3 twister capable of winds up to 200 mph, damaged properties across four counties in north-central South Dakota during the weekend, the National Weather Service said Monday.
No deaths or injuries were reported in the storms Saturday evening in parts of Walworth, Edmunds, McPherson and Brown counties.
A preliminary assessment by the weather service measured most of the twisters as EF1 or EF2 on a scale that rates the most damaging tornadoes as EF5 and capable of wind speeds of 261 mph or greater. EF3 twisters have wind speeds of 158-206 mph.
The governor sent 14 penitentiary inmates to the area Sunday to help clean up at farms.
Tornadoes caused almost all the damage Saturday, said Jim Scarlett, meteorologist in charge at the Aberdee
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