Storm damage

topic posted Sat, May 22, 2004 - 9:01 PM by  Unsubscribed
Is everyone okay? No major damage here in Hastings from tonight's storms, but Pauline (a little town 12 miles south) got smacked around by a tornado. Driving through on a highway known as Showboat Road, we saw a smashed grain bin on the shoulder, as well as downed trees, twisted signs, and mangled irrigation pipes.

I wasn't able to capture many storm structure photos from here, but I've uploaded the two best ones into my album. The "Juice" picture shows moisture rushing east-southeast toward the monster squall line (the dark sky in the background). I've never seen a thunderstorm as electrically active as this one. I couldn't count all the cloud-to-cloud flashes. By a conservative estimate, I'm guessing 12-20 per second!

Scary. Hope everyone is alright.
  • Re: Storm damage

    Sat, May 22, 2004 - 9:30 PM
    Bunch of rain, some wind, lots of lightning flashes, but for the most part everything ok in Omaha.
    • Re: Storm damage

      Sun, May 23, 2004 - 6:24 AM
      Thanks, Enik--it's good to know there's nothing serious where you're at.

      This morning's Omaha World Herald reports at least 18 tornados associated with last night's storm. Wild. That's more than a third of our annual average.

      www.omaha.com/index.php
      • Re: Storm damage

        Mon, May 24, 2004 - 3:00 PM
        Large hail stones pummeled my windows today. They reported up to 1" diameter, but I only saw 3/4".

        Looks like it has cleared up now. It was pretty noisy for awhile.
      • Re: Storm damage

        Mon, May 24, 2004 - 6:44 PM
        Nasty!

        I'm glad the hailstones pummeled only your windows, and not you! We had a quiet day here, but we could see explosive thunderstorm development over the county to our east. Doppler radar indicated another tornado with that one.

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