on August 31, 2010 by admin in Tornado, Comments (25)
Nebraska tornado
… DAMAGE SURVEY REPORT ON THE HALLAM NEBRASKA TORNADO … A SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN VALLEY,NE OF THE TORNADO THAT STRUCK HALLAM ON SATURDAY,MAY 22ND. THE FOLLOWING IS AN OVERVIEW OF DAMAGE ALONG THE TRACK. THE TORNADO STARTED 2 MILES NORTH OF DAYKIN,NE AND TRAVELED EAST-NORTHEAST TO ABOUT 1 MILE SOUTH OF WESTERN AND CONTINUED TO ABOUT 2 MILES NORTH OF SWANTON. THE TORNADO WAS RATED F0 TO F1 ON THE FUJITA DAMAGE SCALE IN THIS SECTION. MUCH OF THE DAMAGE WAS DUE TO FARM OUTBUILDINGS,GRAIN BINS AND TREES. THE TORNADO REMAINED F0 TO F1 UNTIL IT STRUCK THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF WILBER WHERE IT STRENGHTHENED TO F2. ROOFS BLOWN OFF OF HOMES OCCURRED JUST SOUTHEAST OF WILBER. THE TORNADO FROM WILBER TO NORTH OF CLATONIA TO HALLAM GREW TO ITS MOST INTENSE STAGE. THE TORNADO’S PATH WIDTH ALSO INCREASED TO AN UNPRECIDENTED TWO AND ONE-HALF MILES. THE F-SCALE RATING FOR THE STORM WAS F4 FROM ABOUT CLATONIA TO HALLAM. MANY WELL-BUILT HOMES WERE DEMOLISHED. GRAIN BINS,FARM SHEDS AND OUTBUILDINGS,AND TREES WERE DEMOLISHED ALONG THIS SECTION OF THE PATH. HALLAM ITSELF ESCAPED THE STRONGEST WINDS OF THE STORM,WHICH WERE SOUTH OF THE TOWN. NEVERTHELESS,MANY OF THE STRUCTURES IN HALLAM WERE RATED F2 TO F3. THE STORM ALSO TOPPLED HOPPER CARS FROM A FREIGHT TRAIN ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE TOWN. THE TORNADO THEN TRACKED EAST FOR SEVERAL MILES PRIOR TO TURNING NORTHEAST AGAIN. THE STORM NARROWED TO ABOUT A MILE WIDE AS IT PASSED JUST NORTH OF CORTLAND AND ABOUT 2 …
Jteamguys
August 31, 2010 @ 4:09 am
“unpredicted” means on average its only reached about 1. 8 diameters, but the actual high is a potential fastest, highest, and widest to hit Greensburg, Kansas locally known as “the Greensburg disaster. ” it took many lives in that sad year of 2008. a top that would be worse than the following above is “Night of the twisters. ” seven twisters combined to make a mega twister, and thankfully took 3 lives, but lead to many injuries and damage
barricade49
August 31, 2010 @ 4:36 am
Man, I dont care what no one says. There aint no such thing as a mile-wide F0 tornado! Man, please!
serratealldemoncrats
August 31, 2010 @ 4:56 am
Yeah, so somebody says the sky is falling. . . . you gonna believe that too? I don’t care who they say they are, they have NO clue what the widest has ever been and they are probably guessing how wide this one was.
lerWHOOPWHOOP
August 31, 2010 @ 5:34 am
Why are you NOT running the other way?????
Tornadoes cause my death in almost every dream! ha ha. I would NOT be in that car!
stephers07
August 31, 2010 @ 6:31 am
wow. u guys are brave!!!. scary shit.
thetruckinlife
August 31, 2010 @ 6:59 am
i agree, that was an eerie sound the wind was making,i have watched a lot of tornado video’s and thats the first time i have heard anything like that and to be able to hear it from such a distance.
txiong076
August 31, 2010 @ 7:00 am
think I just saw a ghost!
Mr2505federal
August 31, 2010 @ 7:22 am
Sorry but if you don’t think there isn’t politics involve in rating storms then your really mistaken, I think Katrina proved that with little doubt!
Josh3B
August 31, 2010 @ 7:51 am
@Mr2505federal But the ratings are by damage, really, and I don’t think it’s too political to decide whether a building is demolished, or whether the whole thing has been swept off its foundation and carried away.
txiong076
August 31, 2010 @ 8:02 am
The real tornado from hell.
dragonridley
August 31, 2010 @ 8:10 am
@skers08
Sounds like it was a multivortex tornado then.
ybidiotic
August 31, 2010 @ 8:29 am
@TornadoSponge12390 no, its a hint that your a ruhtard : |
TornadoSponge12390
August 31, 2010 @ 8:36 am
At 3:10 , you can see a evil face in the wall cloud. Could That be a huge hint that a large tornado is coming?
Mr2505federal
August 31, 2010 @ 8:46 am
Got to tell you always thought they rated it low if thats not an F-5 then there isn’t such a thing! Never actually went into Hallam and yet destroyed the whole town pretty much! Way to many politics go on regarding storms!
xlivelife1
August 31, 2010 @ 8:56 am
Amazing. I had always wanted to take up a job on this. I find it to be rather a cool thing to do, and yet a thrill at the same time. I had always wanted to see a tornado live in person, but yet with me living in Ohio the closet thing I get, were I live are water Spouts.
naderchaser
August 31, 2010 @ 9:26 am
@cailtinluvscaptian Hi, this is longtime chaser (and former Nebraskan) Joel Ewing. You know, I’ve bagged tornadoes all over Nebraska. It’s one of the hardest hit states. Just curious, where are you located? You’re probably just not being in the right place / right time. Thanks
GIRzimDIBgazRAWR
August 31, 2010 @ 9:48 am
i live here 0-0
RocknForJesus
August 31, 2010 @ 10:33 am
And does anyone else see the skull at 3:14ish?
RocknForJesus
August 31, 2010 @ 10:56 am
Around 0:30-0:40ish, I could swear I see a face. :0
cailtinluvscaptian
August 31, 2010 @ 11:39 am
omg! i never see tornadoes in my part of nebraska! argh!
coneric
August 31, 2010 @ 11:52 am
Wow. . . unbelievable structure. . . craziness
almightynanthol
August 31, 2010 @ 12:04 pm
what’s up with the schoolboy nerd over here lol. . . no need to throw a nerd rage just because people are commenting something lol
txsrgr82
August 31, 2010 @ 12:57 pm
that is one big ass tornado
txsrgr82
August 31, 2010 @ 1:09 pm
that is one big ass tornado
krissykris100
August 31, 2010 @ 1:18 pm
Nice!!