Hail, Wind & Tornado Reports in August 2010

Hail Report Description: Near the Jct of Highways 31 and 36.

Hail Report Description: Hail around 1 inch in diameter was measured by an off duty NWS employee in the Elkhorn area near 208th and Maple Streets.

Hail Report Description: Hail up to 1.5 inches in diameter was measured at the NWS office just northwest of Valley. The hailstones were mostly 1/2 inch or smaller.

Hail Report Description: Hail around 1 inch in diameter was reported in the Waterloo area with golf ball-size reported just to the northeast of town.

Hail Report Description: Pea to nickel size hail.

Hail Report Description: The hail was accompanied by torrential rain and wind gusts of 40 to 45 mph.

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Hail Report Description: Nickel to quarter size hail occurred, along with one inch of rain in 30 minutes.

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Hail Report Description: The thunderstorm also produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph which downed large tree limbs in the area.

Hail Report Description: The hail occurred with 40 mph winds and torrential rain.

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Hail Report Description: Large hail was accompanied by damaging winds.

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Hail Report Description: Penny sized hail fell at the Wigwam Fish Rearing Station east of Ten Sleep.

Hail Report Description: Hail of one to two inches in diameter fell for 15 minutes just to the south and southeast of Ten Sleep near State Highway 434.

Hail Report Description: Ping pong ball sized hail fell for several minutes at ranches just west of State Highway 434. Substantial damage was done to the sorghum crop at one ranch.

Hail Report Description: Ping pong ball sized hail fell just east of State Highway 789 near Lucerne.

Hail Report Description: Hail ranging from pea to penny size fell for six minutes about four miles southeast of Cody.

Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.

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Wind Report Description: Thunderstorm winds knocked over a large tree onto a house near Iron River on the evening of the 31st.

Wind Report Description: Wind gusts estimated to be 60 mph were observed in Mount Auburn, IA at 1009 pm August 31.

Wind Report Description: Trees and power lines were down in Tama and Toledo.

Wind Report Description: Strong thunderstorm winds tore off an auto dealer's tin roof during the evening hours on the 31st.

Wind Report Description: A swath of wind damage was found across central Vernon County southwest through south of Viroqua along County Road NN and Getter Road. In this area, approximately 4 miles southwest of Viroqua, a barn was damaged and a roof was taken off a garage. Farther east along Getter Road, a barn was leveled, a small metal shed was destroyed and a field of sunflowers was damaged. The damage was initially believed to be caused by a tornado, but the storm survey did not find sufficient evidence to classify this as a tornado.

Wind Report Description: A trained spotter estimated 60 mph winds with heavy rain.

Wind Report Description: Power line reported down in Boxholm.

Wind Report Description: Law enforcement estimated 60 mph winds in and around the Lucas area.

Wind Report Description: Winds approaching 60 MPH were estimated. Limbs of up to 6 inch in diameter were broken with pea to nickle size hail.

Wind Report Description: Strong thunderstorm wind blew down numerous trees and large tree limbs.

Wind Report Description: Strong thunderstorm wind blew over a set of metal bleachers at Bacone College.

Wind Report Description: Estimated 70 to 80 mph winds produced widespread damage in and around the Luray area. A church limestone steeple was badly damaged, a fertilizer conveyer at the COOP was blown over, an awning was blown off a business, several trees and tree limbs of various sizes were downed, and some power lines were downed, one of which fell on a house.

Wind Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.

Wind Report Description: Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph.

Wind Report Description: No damage was reported.

Wind Report Description: A tree one foot in diameter was reported down and a power pole was snapped.|Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph.

Wind Report Description: Numerous trees and powerlines were reported down. Two houses were damaged by falling trees. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph.

Wind Report Description: Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph.

Wind Report Description: Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph.

Wind Report Description: A few 3 to 4-inch diameter tree limbs were downed.

Wind Report Description: A 60 mph wind gust was reported near Norway by the public.

Wind Report Description: Thunderstorm winds estimated at over 60 mph blew a 20 by 40 foot metal sheet from a farm shop building onto a neighbors tree. The time was estimated by radar but it was probably from the same storm that caused some tree damage just to the southwest near Barneston.

Wind Report Description: Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph.

Wind Report Description: Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at around 60 mph downed large tree limbs in the area. The winds were accompanied by hail around an inch in diameter.

Wind Report Description: A trained spotter estimated 60 to 70 mph winds about 3 miles southwest of Cassoday.

Wind Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.

Wind Report Description: Several large trees and power lines were blown down on the northside of Albert Lea, Minnesota. The local AWOS airport measured a wind gust of 59 mph near the same time.

Wind Report Description: Strong thunderstorm wind damaged two mobile homes, destroyed two barns, and blew down large tree limbs.

Wind Report Description: A wooden utility pole was blown down near the intersection of FM 171 and Linville Road. Monetary damage were estimated.

Wind Report Description: Large power poles were downed near Garland Road and Highway 412. Monetary damages were estimated.

Tornado Report Description: A retired air traffic controller observed a waterspout moving onshore from the Atlantic waters in the Winston Waterways section of Key Largo. A few tree branches were downed with some patio furniture tossed about. A minor power outage occurred nearby to 5 customers. The duration was only a few seconds with path length around 400 feet. Maximum winds were estimated between 50 to 60 mph.

Tornado Report Description: A tornado swept through Juniper trees on a high ridge before descending the hillside into the Nowood River Valley southeast of Ten Sleep. The tornado destroyed several well-built out buildings and downed at least 20, century-old Cottonwood trees on ranches in the valley.

Tornado Report Description: An EF-0 tornado touched down in Chester City on the afternoon of the 22nd. The first wind damage occurred near the intersection of 4th and Engle Streets where a couple of trees and a garage was blown down. A nearly continuous path of tree damage then occurred to the 2000 block of Third Street where several trees were blown down and structural damage occurred to a building and its roof. Additional damage occurred in a continuous path to the intersection of Pennsylvania State Route 291 and Reaney Street where a house incurred siding and roof damage. The tornado then lifted as it approached the Commodore Barry Bridge where planks were ripped off the new Interstate 95 ramp being constructed. The path length of the tornado was approximately 0.33 miles and its maximum path width was 80 yards. The estimated maximum wind speed was 75 mph. No injuries were reported.

Tornado Report Description: The tornado touched down 2 miles southeast of Greenleaf, where several trees were snapped and uprooted. The tornado then destroyed a relatively new barn constructed of metal wall panels and roof (DI 1, DOD 5,6). Pieces of the wall and roof panels were strewn over 100 yards from the site. About 50 to 100 yards on either side of the damaged barn small outbuildings and trees were untouched. The tornado continued east-northeast to another farm and heavily damaged a metal building which contained hay bales. Large parts of the metal roof were thrown over 200 yards. Numerous trees along the path were snapped or uprooted. Estimated maximum winds were 90 mph.||The tornado dissipated just north of the Holland State Wildlife Area.

Tornado Report Description: A tornado touched down on Dorchestour Court at 740 pm, just east of Romeo Plank and north of Canal Road. The tornado tracked southeast before lifting at 748 pm just west of the intersection of 14 Mile Road and Harper Avenue. Maximum winds were estimated up to 85 mph. A few homes sustained window, garage, and shingle damage. Wooden fences were blown over. Numerous trees were blown down.

Tornado Report Description: A tornado touched down near the intersection of 22 Mile and Hayes Road at 729 pm, tracking south-southeast before lifting at 735 pm just east of Hayes Road on M-59. Maximum winds were estimated to be up to 90 mph. Damage included multiple homes with roof damage, along with downed trees and power lines.

Tornado Report Description: A tornado touched down near a home. It uprooted trees and did some damage to the home, breaking windows some windows. Two horse trailers were picked up and thrown approximately 100 yards. Several hundred yards of fence were torn out of the ground, and several wood and steel fence posts were torn out of the ground. Debris was found up to a mile from where the tornado touched down. A small horse barn that had been recently built was also destroyed; one horse was badly injured and was later euthanized.

Tornado Report Description: A tornado touched down briefly but did no damage.

Tornado Report Description: A tornado touched down briefly but did no damage.

Tornado Report Description: A tornado touched down briefly but did no damage.

Tornado Report Description: No damage was found after the tornado touched down briefly in a field.

Tornado Report Description: Tornado touched down just southeast of the intersection of Highways 60 and 169. It hit a field and lofted numerous corn stalks. After dissipating, the parent circulation moved to the vicinity of the intersection of County Road 90 and State Highway 22, but no additional touchdowns were noted. Tornado was photographed by spotter.

Tornado Report Description: The tornado damage path began just south of State Highway 30 west of Hayfield. The tornado did move off to the northeast nearing State Highway 56 before taking a north northwest track until it lifted just south of County Road 6. Damage was noted to soybean and corn fields, numerous trees and limbs were snapped and uprooted, roofing damage occurred to a metal barn/shed, while an old barn was lifted off of its foundation for a complete loss. Also, a local residence had some small beams knocked out from underneath a porch on the front of the house.

Tornado Report Description: A Storm Survey determined that an EF-1 tornado tracked to the northeast from three miles northwest of Farmington, to 3.3 miles north of Farmington, Minnesota. ||The damage consisted of the following; ||A few homes had large sections of roof structure removed. Numerous homes had significant roof damage, with loss of vinyl or metal siding. In addtion, numerous garage doors had collapsed or were pushed inward. One home had their entire garage shifted off its foundation by over 5 inches. Another home had their entire garage collapse, only leaving the main home intact. Due to several structures that had their foundations shifted and walls completely blown down, this tornado was rated a high end EF-1, which is approximately 105 mph. Most of the tornado damage was high end EF-0, or low end EF-1, or approximately 70 to 90 mph. Hundreds of trees were either uprooted or blown down. Several trees had diameters in excess of 30 inches.

Tornado Report Description: This tornado crossed from Burke County into Ward County. Note that for roughly three miles in the vicinity of the Des Lacs River, U.S. Highway 52 runs right on the Burke and Ward County line. The tornado was right on the highway in this area. This was the location of the worst damage with this tornado. Farm property on the north side of the highway, Burke County, and on the south side of the highway, Ward County, was impacted. One fatality and one injury occurred here, in a single automobile travelling along the highway, on the county line. The vehicle came to rest in a field, nearly 200 yards off the highway, on the south side of the highway, on the east side of the river, in Ward County. See the EF3 tornado entry for Burke County from August 12.||This third tornado touched down just northeast of Bowbells, Burke County, and tracked east-southeast along U.S. Highway 52, and into Ward County where it dissipated. This EF3 tornado was spawned from the same supercell thunderstorm that earlier produced two brief and weak tornadoes in Burke County.||Meteorologists from the National Weather Service conducted a storm damage survey on Friday, August 13, 2010. Meteorologists walked through the area and spoke with numerous people affected, some of whom were eye witnesses to the event.||Significant damage occurred nearly six miles east of Bowbells, near the Des Lacs River, where U.S. Highway 52 is on the Burke and Ward County line. Three farms were impacted. The worst damage was on the Burke County side of the highway and west side of the river, where a farm home (DI 2, DOD 8) and six outbuildings were destroyed. Nineteen of 21 grain bins were also damaged or destroyed. In addition, a fifty foot air seeder connected to a cultivator, with a combined estimated weight near 60,000 pounds, was moved approximately 100 yards. Based on a lack of scratch marks in the ground it was determined that this equipment was picked up and carried through the air. A second farm, on the Ward County side of the highway, had trees in shelter belts snapped and uprooted and the chimney on the house damaged. A third house, this one on the east side of the river and the Ward County side of the highway, also had significant damage. Here, one camper was thrown into the river on the south side of the Highway 52 bridge that crosses the river, while another camper was thrown into the river and landed on the north side of the bridge, back into Burke County. The house had damage to siding and shingles.||Of all the damage surveyed the absolute worst corresponded to a high EF3 on the Enhanced Fujita Tornado Scale. From that it was determined that peak wind speeds in the tornado were on the order of 165 mph.||One fatality and one injury occurred in an automobile in this same immediate area. A car with two occupants travelling east along U.S. Highway 52 was picked up and carried over the Des Lacs River, and came to rest 200 yards off the highway, in a field east of the river, and on the Ward County side of the highway. The driver of the vehicle was injured and the passenger was killed.||See the other three tornado entries for Burke County from this event on August 12. This tornado crossed into Ward County from Burke.

Tornado Report Description: This tornado crossed from Burke County into Ward County. Note that for roughly three miles in the vicinity of the Des Lacs River, U.S. Highway 52 runs right on the Burke and Ward County line. The tornado was right on the highway in this area. This was the location of the worst damage with this tornado. Farm property on the north side of the highway, Burke County, and on the south side of the highway, Ward County, was impacted. One fatality and one injury occurred here, in a single automobile travelling along the highway, on the county line. The vehicle came to rest in a field, nearly 200 yards off the highway, on the south side of the highway, on the east side of the river, in Ward County. See the EF3 tornado entry for Ward County from August 12.||This third tornado touched down just northeast of Bowbells, Burke County, and tracked east-southeast along U.S. Highway 52, and into Ward County where it dissipated. This EF3 tornado was spawned from the same supercell thunderstorm that earlier produced two brief and weak tornadoes in Burke County.||Meteorologists from the National Weather Service conducted a storm damage survey on Friday, August 13, 2010. Meteorologists walked through the area and spoke with numerous people affected, some of whom were eye witnesses to the event.||Significant damage occurred nearly six miles east of Bowbells, near the Des Lacs River, where U.S. Highway 52 is on the Burke and Ward County line. Three farms were impacted. The worst damage was on the Burke County side of the highway and west side of the river, where a farm home (DI 2, DOD 8) and six outbuildings were destroyed. Nineteen of 21 grain bins were also damaged or destroyed. In addition, a fifty foot air seeder connected to a cultivator, with a combined estimated weight near 60,000 pounds, was moved approximately 100 yards. Based on a lack of scratch marks in the ground it was determined that this equipment was picked up and carried through the air. A second farm, on the Ward County side of the highway, had trees in shelter belts snapped and uprooted and the chimney on the house damaged. A third house, this one on the east side of the river and the Ward County side of the highway, also had significant damage. Here, one camper was thrown into the river on the south side of the Highway 52 bridge that crosses the river, while another camper was thrown into the river and landed on the north side of the bridge, back into Burke County. The house had damage to siding and shingles.||Of all the damage surveyed the absolute worst corresponded to a high EF3 on the Enhanced Fujita Tornado Scale. From that it was determined that peak wind speeds in the tornado were on the order of 165 mph.||One fatality and one injury occurred in an automobile in this same immediate area. A car with two occupants travelling east along U.S. Highway 52 was picked up and carried over the Des Lacs River, and came to rest 200 yards off the highway, in a field east of the river, and on the Ward County side of the highway. The driver of the vehicle was injured and the passenger was killed.||See the other two tornado entries for Burke County, and the EF3 tornado entry for Ward County from August 12 as this tornado crossed into Ward County.

Tornado Report Description: A second brief tornado touched down in the open country just west of the Bowbells airport. No structures were impacted so no damage was done. This tornado was spawned from the same supercell thunderstorm that earlier produced a brief tornado in Burke County, and later produced a long tracked high end EF3 tornado from Burke into Ward County. See the other two tornado entries for Burke County and the tornado entry for Ward County from August 12.

Tornado Report Description: A brief tornado touched down in the open country west of Bowbells. No structures were impacted so no damage was done. This tornado was spawned from the same supercell thunderstorm that later produced another brief tornado in Burke County and a long tracked high end EF3 tornado from Burke into Ward County. See the other two tornado entries for Burke County and the tornado entry for Ward County from August 12.

Tornado Report Description: Tree damage was noted along the four mile tornado path, with numerous branches snapped off. Peak winds were estimated at 80 mph.

Tornado Report Description: This tornado began in Sargent County at 834 pm CDTcdt, where it had an approximate 1 mile path. It continued in Richland County for about one additional mile, for a total path length of about 2 miles. Peak winds were estimated at 80 mph.

Tornado Report Description: Richland County dispatch relayed a public report of a tornado touchdown about 1 mile south of Geneseo in Sargent County. The tornado tracked east for about 1 mile and the crossed into Richland County around 836 pm CDT where it continued for about 1 more mile before lifting around 838 pm CDT. No significant damage was reported as the tornado stayed over mainly opened fields.

Tornado Report Description: A National Weather Service Storm Survey Team determined that an EF-0 tornado touched down on the east side of St. Augusta, Minnesota. Total path length was less than one-quarter of a mile, with several dozen trees blown down in a neighborhood on the east side of St. Augusta.

Tornado Report Description: A National Weather Service Storm Survey determined that an EF-1 tornado touched down approximately two miles north of Brooten, and tracked to the northeast to approximately 2.5 miles west of Elrosa, Minnesota. Hundreds of trees were snapped or uprooted. Several farmsteads were damaged. Roofs were blown off of barns, and several sheds and outbuildings, including grain bins were blown down.

Tornado Report Description: Local law enforcement officials, spotters and chasers observed a brief tornado touchdown on the southern edge of Louisburg. It picked up a grain bin at the Louisburg elevator and threw it 100 yards. Some trees were also uprooted near the same area.

Tornado Report Description: Local law enforcement officials, spotters and chasers observed a brief tornado touchdown southwest of Bellingham. The tornado ripped off a building's porch roof.

Tornado Report Description: Local law enforcement officials and other spotters observed a rope-like tornado occasionally touching down southwest of Madison. A damage survey noted a path through corn fields. It also knocked down several large trees and branches, dissipating near the northwest end of the Madison golf course.

Tornado Report Description: Several reports were received from public sources of a small tornado being viewed looking west from U.S. Highway 310 between Greybull and Lovell.

Tornado Report Description: Numerous trees were uprooted and large limbs were snapped. The damage to trees and debris showed a convergent and weakly rotational pattern which suggests there was a weak tornado near and just north of Westvale Court.

Tornado Report Description: Travelers along Padre Boulevard (State Highway 48), workers at the Port of Brownsville, and the Tower Controller at the Cameron County Airport near Bayview all witnessed a relatively long lived landspout tornado, several miles southwest of Port Isabel in the sand flats. No damage was reported from the tornado.

Tornado Report Description: Volusia County EVAC Ambulance personnel reported a tornado touchdown in a heavily wooded area just west of Interstate 95 and south of State Road 44 in rural Volusia County to the west of New Smyrna Beach. The brief tornado touchdown occurred along the southwest edge of a cluster of strong thunderstorms which were training slowly northward.