0635 PM TORNADO 6 SE BLENCOE 41.87N 96.00W
06/11/2008 F2 MONONA IA LAW ENFORCEMENT
*** 4 FATAL, 48 INJ *** TORNADO HIT THE 1800 ACRE LITTLE SIOUX BOY SCOUT RANCH JUST NORTH OF THE HARRISON COUNTY LINE. 48 INJURIES AND 4 FATALITIES CONFIRMED. CAMP CABINS AND HOME DESTROYED. LOCATION WAS CORRECTED BASED ON AERIAL IMAGERY AND PRELIMINARY EF SCALE RATING.
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
855 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008
...DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS FROM JUNE 11-12 TORNADO IN POTTAWATOMIE...JACKSON AND NEMAHA COUNTIES...
METEOROLOGISTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA DID A DAMAGE SURVEY OF THE TORNADO THAT MOVED THROUGH NORTHEAST POTTAWATOMIE...NORTHWEST JACKSON AND SOUTHEAST NEMAHA COUNTY. THE TORNADO BEGAN ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF HAVENSVILLE...WHERE EF2 DAMAGE WAS SEEN TO A FARM HOUSE AND TREES ON A FARMSTEAD ON LINCOLN ROAD...ABOUT 1.5 MILES SOUTH OF K16.
THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST AND CROSSED K16 AND K63...ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTH OF HAVENSVILLE...DOING EF1 DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER POLES. THE TORNADO THEN BEGAN MOVING EAST NORTHEAST TOWARD THE SOLDIER AREA. POWER POLES AND SOME DAMAGE TO FARMSTEADS OCCURRED ALONG THIS PATH...WITH THE DAMAGE BEING MAINLY EF0 AND EF1. ABOUT ONE HALF MILE SOUTH OF SOLDIER...THE WORST DAMAGE OCCURRED WITH TWO FARMSTEADS BEING HIT HARD. EF2 DAMAGE WAS SEEN HERE ON BOTH HOUSES...AND IN THE GROVE OF HARDWOOD TREES...ALONG WITH A LOT OF OTHER DAMAGE. WINDS AT THIS POINT WERE ESTIMATED AROUND 130 MPH.
MOVING EAST NORTHEAST...THE TORNADO CAUSED EF1 DAMAGE ALONG ITS PATH EAST OF SOLDER...ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF 270 ROAD. IT THEN PROCEEDED NORTHEAST AND CROSSED THE JACKSON/NEMAHA COUNTY BORDER 4 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF SOLDIER. THIS IS WHERE THE FATALITY OCCURRED AS A MOBILE HOME WAS DESTROYED. THE TORNADO THEN MOVED NORTHEAST WITH EF0 TO EF1 DAMAGE OCCURRING IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST NEMAHA COUNTY...DISSIPATING ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WETMORE.
THE TORNADO PATH LENGTH WAS 16 MILES...AND THE WIDTH VARIED FROM 50 TO ABOUT 300 YARDS...WITH THE WIDEST DAMAGE PATH OCCURRING ONE HALF MILE SOUTH OF SOLDIER.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE CITIZENS IN THE AFFECTED AREA FOR THEIR EXTENSIVE HELP IN TRACKING THE DAMAGE FROM THIS TORNADO.
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
517 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008
...DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS FROM JUNE 11-12 TORNADOES IN NORTHEAST
KANSAS...
DAMAGE SURVEY TEAMS HAVE REPORTED BACK ON THEIR PRELIMINARY FINDINGS
FROM LAST NIGHTS TORNADOES IN NORTHEAST KANSAS. PRELIMINARY DATA
INDICATES THAT FOUR TORNADOES TOUCHED DOWN FROM TWO DIFFERENT
SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN 1022 PM AND JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
ONE TORNADO STRUCK THE CITY OF CHAPMAN...WHERE EF3 DAMAGE WAS NOTED.
ONE FATALITY OCCURRED IN THE CITY OF CHAPMAN.
THE SECOND TORNADO FROM THIS STORM IN NORTHEAST KANSAS STRUCK MANHATTAN AND THE K-STATE CAMPUS. EF4 DAMAGE WAS NOTED IN SOUTHWEST MANHATTAN.
DETAILS ON THE THIRD TORNADO THAT AFFECTED JACKSON COUNTY AND THE TOWN OF SOLDIER WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY.
THE FOURTH TORNADO STRUCK IN FAR SOUTHERN DICKINSON COUNTY NEAR CARLTON. THIS TORNADO TRACK HAS NOT YET BEEN RATED BUT WILL BE EARLY FRIDAY AS A DAMAGE SURVEY TEAM WILL RETURN TO DICKINSON COUNTY.
THE TORNADO COUNT IS CONSIDERED PRELIMINARY AT THIS POINT.
ADDITIONAL SURVEYS...AND FEEDBACK FROM LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND SPOTTERS...MAY YIELD ADDITIONAL TRACKS.
HERE ARE THE SPECIFICS OF THE FIRST TWO TORNADO TRACKS RATED ON THURSDAY. DETAILS ON THE SOLDIER TORNADO WILL BE ISSUED EARLY THIS EVENING...AND ADDITIONAL SURVEYS ARE PLANNED INTO DICKINSON COUNTY ON FRIDAY.
...CHAPMAN TORNADO...
* EVENT TYPE - EF3 TORNADO
* EVENT LOCATION - TORANDO TRACK SURVEYED THUS FAR JUST WITHIN THE CITY OF CHAPMAN. PRELIMINARY REPORTS INDICATE THE TORNADO TRACKED FROM NEAR CHAPMAN TO NORTHWEST OF JUNCTION CITY BEFORE THE TORNADO DISSIPATED.
* PEAK WIND - 150 MPH ESTIMATED
* MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH - ESTIMATED 1/2 MILE
* PATH LENGTH - UNKNOWN...WILL BE DETERMINED ON FRIDAY
* INJURIES - 4
* FATALITIES - 1
* DISCUSSION/DAMAGE - EXTENSIVE DAMAGE WAS NOTED WITHIN THE CITY OF
CHAPMAN. THE ELEMENTARY/JUNIOR HIGH ON MARSHALL AVENUE WAS HEAVILY
DAMAGED AS WELL AS THE HIGH SCHOOL. ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON THE SPECIFICS OF THE DAMAGE IN CHAPMAN...AS WELL AS ALONG THE TORNADO PATH OUTSIDE OF CHAPMAN...WILL BE ADDED ON FRIDAY.
...MANHATTAN TORANDO...
* EVENT TYPE - EF4 TORNADO
* EVENT LOCATION - TORNADO TRACKED FROM AROUND 1 MILE NORTH OF OGDEN
AT 1048 PM...INTO MANHATTAN WHERE THE TORNADO DISSIPATED JUST EAST
OF THE K-STATE CAMPUS AROUND 1103 PM.
* PEAK WIND - 170 MPH ESTIMATED
* MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH - 1/4 MILE
* PATH LENGTH - 8.64 MILES
* INJURIES - NONE
* FATALITIES - NONE
* DISCUSSION/DAMAGE - THE TORNADO TRACKED FROM JUST NORTH OF OGDEN TO NORTH OF THE MANHATTAN AIRPORT WHERE DAMAGE WAS NOTED TO A FARMSTEAD.
THE MANHATAN AUTOMATED OBSERVING SYSTEM REPORTED A PEAK WIND GUST OF 66 MPH AT 1053 PM.
EF4 DAMAGE WAS NOTED IN SOUTHWEST MANHATTAN...AT AMHERST AVENUE AND PEACHTREE CIRCLE...WHERE NUMEROUS FRAME HOMES WERE DESTROYED. THE TORNADO CROSSED HIGHWAY 113 AT LITTLE APPLE TOYOTA. AT THE CAR DEALERSHIP NUMEROUS CARS WERE TOSSED AND WINDOWS WERE BLOWN OUT OF THE SHOWROOM.
THE NEARBY ACE HARDWARE WAS ALSO DESTRYOED. FROM THIS LOCATION...THE TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST CROSSING ANDERSON AVENUE AT MIDLAND AVENUE AND THEN DAMAGED LEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
EF1 DAMAGE WAS NOTED JUST WEST OF THE K-STATE CAMPUS AND ON CAMPUS ITSELF...WITH NUMEROUS WINDOWS BLOWN OUT OF BUILDINGS. DEBRIS FROM OTHER LOCATIONS IN MANHATTAN WAS NOTED ON THE CAMPUS.
THE TORNADO DISSIPATED SHORTLY AFTER 11 PM JUST EAST OF THE CAMPUS AT NORTH MANHATTAN AVENUE AND CENTENIAL DRIVE.
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2 comments:
Having gone out with the scouts on hundreds of trips as a leader, nothing drives home the point of "Be Prepared" like going through an ordeal such as this. God bless these young men and the scout leaders that were there. An on line fundraiser has ben set up at www.cbdistro.com to benefit the victims and families that have been affected by this tragedy. Also, visit www.lawlorscustom.com to purchase your "Omaha Cares" T-Shirt. aplease help spread the word. The on line fundraiser runs through August 2008.
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The damage reeked by these disasters is far reaching and terrible!
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