really windy, lots of CG lightning, and another cell coming thru -_-
I swear, I doubt the sirens will ever go off again in Douglas county. There WERE tornado warnings north west, and straight west of here, and the storm moved straight east and maybe a little south, and we still got no warnings! but we did some creepy shelf clouds coming thru..
Stormy here in Omaha...
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Sodak got rocked!!
South Dakotans cleaning up from storms
By The Associated Press
published: 8/4/2004
One day after a storm battered parts of South Dakota, reports of wrecked buildings, lost crops, injured livestock and other damages continue to emerge.
Thunderstorms pummeled eastern South Dakota, but some West River areas were hit, too.
Rita Duck, who ranches near Faith, said she and her husband, Vincent, awoke at 3 a.m. when the wind changed. In the next 40 minutes, 8 inches of rain fell and the road ditches filled with hail while 60- to 70-mph winds hit the house.
"We have no leaves on our trees, no needles on our cedar trees and even the bark was pounded off," Duck said.
A state Game, Fish & Parks conservation officer told her he had counted 15 dead antelope in the fields. Dead birds, rabbits and other wildlife littered the prairie.
"It doesn't look real happy around here right now," she said.
Nearby, Albert Steen woke up early in the morning to the sound of hail breaking four windows in his home. A skylight was down to its last layer of glass before the storm quieted.
In the daylight, he found five north windows of the barn had been broken out as well as extensive damage to his farm trucks and cars.
About 4 inches of rain fell, said Steen.
"We don't know," he said. "The rain gauge broke off at 2.77 inches."
In eastern South Dakota, 70 prison inmates were sent to help with the cleanup in Garretson, north of Sioux Falls. The storm was so bad that for a time traffic was limited to emergency vehicles and local residents.
Trees fell on houses, in the streets and on homes as the Garretson area reported winds up to 90 mph, said Ronnie Thallis, the town's police chief.
The roof collapsed on part of the Garretson School and the Palisade Manor nursing home. City Hall also had parts of its ceiling cave in from wind and water damage, Thallis said. No injuries were reported.
When the storm hit McCook County, it damaged an estimated 30,000 acres of corn. Soybean fields were hit by hail near Mitchell and Salem.
Spencer resident Josh Sieverding lost most of his 43 prize-winning show pigeons in the storm. The 15-year-old darted outside to try to save his birds, which were in a coop that lay in a heap 50 feet away.
"I was trying to lift one of the big boards up when the wind was blowing, and it hit me in the back," he said.
The storm in Spencer also rekindled memories of a 1998 tornado that ravaged the town.
"A lot of us aren't doing too good emotionally," said Cathy Magnuson, a Spencer truck stop employee.
Brad Stiefvater, the emergency manager for McCook County, said wind in Salem ripped the press box off the grandstand at the football field and also damaged the crow's nest.
Campers and motor homes in Spencer were blown over, many grain bins in the area were damaged or destroyed, and hail battered crops, he said.
Before the storm hit, the weather service said winds up to 100 mph were possible for the area. "And it wasn't long until that was absolutely true," Stiefvater said.
North of Alexandria, the top floor of a house caught fire when it was struck by lightning.
The owners, Fred and Sharon Sorensen, escaped without injury.
"When the lightning hit the house, they said it was the loudest crack or boom they had ever heard," said Hanson County deputy Mitch Wilcox. "It made their hair stand up. They thought it blew up the TV, or something. Then I guess they noticed the smoke and flames."
Crews worked for three hours before they were able to douse the fire.
South Dakotans cleaning up from storms
By The Associated Press
published: 8/4/2004
One day after a storm battered parts of South Dakota, reports of wrecked buildings, lost crops, injured livestock and other damages continue to emerge.
Thunderstorms pummeled eastern South Dakota, but some West River areas were hit, too.
Rita Duck, who ranches near Faith, said she and her husband, Vincent, awoke at 3 a.m. when the wind changed. In the next 40 minutes, 8 inches of rain fell and the road ditches filled with hail while 60- to 70-mph winds hit the house.
"We have no leaves on our trees, no needles on our cedar trees and even the bark was pounded off," Duck said.
A state Game, Fish & Parks conservation officer told her he had counted 15 dead antelope in the fields. Dead birds, rabbits and other wildlife littered the prairie.
"It doesn't look real happy around here right now," she said.
Nearby, Albert Steen woke up early in the morning to the sound of hail breaking four windows in his home. A skylight was down to its last layer of glass before the storm quieted.
In the daylight, he found five north windows of the barn had been broken out as well as extensive damage to his farm trucks and cars.
About 4 inches of rain fell, said Steen.
"We don't know," he said. "The rain gauge broke off at 2.77 inches."
In eastern South Dakota, 70 prison inmates were sent to help with the cleanup in Garretson, north of Sioux Falls. The storm was so bad that for a time traffic was limited to emergency vehicles and local residents.
Trees fell on houses, in the streets and on homes as the Garretson area reported winds up to 90 mph, said Ronnie Thallis, the town's police chief.
The roof collapsed on part of the Garretson School and the Palisade Manor nursing home. City Hall also had parts of its ceiling cave in from wind and water damage, Thallis said. No injuries were reported.
When the storm hit McCook County, it damaged an estimated 30,000 acres of corn. Soybean fields were hit by hail near Mitchell and Salem.
Spencer resident Josh Sieverding lost most of his 43 prize-winning show pigeons in the storm. The 15-year-old darted outside to try to save his birds, which were in a coop that lay in a heap 50 feet away.
"I was trying to lift one of the big boards up when the wind was blowing, and it hit me in the back," he said.
The storm in Spencer also rekindled memories of a 1998 tornado that ravaged the town.
"A lot of us aren't doing too good emotionally," said Cathy Magnuson, a Spencer truck stop employee.
Brad Stiefvater, the emergency manager for McCook County, said wind in Salem ripped the press box off the grandstand at the football field and also damaged the crow's nest.
Campers and motor homes in Spencer were blown over, many grain bins in the area were damaged or destroyed, and hail battered crops, he said.
Before the storm hit, the weather service said winds up to 100 mph were possible for the area. "And it wasn't long until that was absolutely true," Stiefvater said.
North of Alexandria, the top floor of a house caught fire when it was struck by lightning.
The owners, Fred and Sharon Sorensen, escaped without injury.
"When the lightning hit the house, they said it was the loudest crack or boom they had ever heard," said Hanson County deputy Mitch Wilcox. "It made their hair stand up. They thought it blew up the TV, or something. Then I guess they noticed the smoke and flames."
Crews worked for three hours before they were able to douse the fire.
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