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Topic: One Dead, Five Injured as Tornadoes, Huge Hail and Foot of Rain Strike Nebraska
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grace case
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Anyone know how close this was to North Platte, Nebraska? My daughter is moving there soon.
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In Christ's love and glorious Grace,
Mark
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Kindgo
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Volleyball sized hail in Nebraska... Post #1 of 5
DESHLER, Nebraska (AP) -- Up to a foot of rain and at least seven tornadoes pounded southern Nebraska and northern Kansas, killing a man and destroying at least four homes.
Residents of one town reported hail that looked "like someone dropping volleyballs," and some residents were stranded by flooding.
CNN weather
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Kindgo
Inside the will of God there is no failure. Outside the will of God there is no success.
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Kindgo
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Hey Robby I believe you are right ![[thumbsup2]](graemlins/thumbsup2.gif)
Nebraska - Largest Hailstones on Record
This was a surprise today and probably horrific for residents:
...HAMILTON COUNTY HAILSTONE...
AT 705 PM CDT SUNDAY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS
RECEIVED REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL IN AURORA...HAMILTON COUNTY NEBRASKA.
INITIAL REPORTS STATED THAT THE HAIL HAD PENETRATED THE ROOF OF A
HOME, LEAVING HOLES IN THE STRUCTURE LARGE ENOUGH TO CRAWL THROUGH.
THE STONES WERE SAVED AND PLACED IN A FREEZER AT THE RESIDENCE AND
TWO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEES WERE SENT TO ASSESS THE DAMAGE
AND RECORD THE SIZE.
THE HAILSTONE MEASURED 6.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER WITH A CIRCUMFERENCE
OF 17.3 INCHES.
THIS COMPARES TO THE POTTER NEBRASKA HAILSTONE ON JULY 12, 1928. THE
POTTER NEBRASKA HAILSTONE WAS 5.4 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND WEIGHED
APPROXIMATELY 1.5 POUNDS.
...LARGEST HAILSTONE PREVIOUSLY ON RECORD...
PRIOR TO TODAY...THE LARGEST HAILSTONE ON RECORD OCCURRED IN
COFFEYVILLE KANSAS ON SEPTEMBER 3, 1970. THIS STONE MEASURED 5.7
INCHES IN DIAMETER...17.5 INCHES IN CIRCUMFERENCE AND WEIGHED 1.67
POUNDS.
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/gid/severe/...ID2003JUN23.txt
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Kindgo
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Robby
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Record-setting hail, tornados and floods (not to mention furious thunderstorms across the country, the big wildfire out west, and 7.1 quake in Alaska)... Is God sounding a wake-up call to America over Israel? It seems it would not be the first time...
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Kindgo
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The Associated Press
Published: Jun 23, 2003
DESHLER, Neb. (AP) - Up to a foot of rain and at least seven tornadoes pounded in southern Nebraska, killing one person and destroying "quite a few" homes.
Residents of one town reported hail that look "like someone dropping volleyballs down."
Four tornadoes struck in and around Deshler starting at 6:40 p.m. Sunday, said Todd Holsten of the National Weather Service in Hastings.
"They've got the town all blocked off," said Gordon Fleming, a Thayer County commissioner who lives in the town of around 900. "It blew some buildings away here."
One person was killed and five were injured in Deshler, about 75 miles southwest of Lincoln near the Kansas line, said Malisa Sittler, personnel director at Thayer County Health Services in Hebron. It was Nebraska's first tornado death since 1988.
"There's a lot of damage from trees just landing on cars and homes. It's unbelievable," said Bob Reinke of Reinke Manufacturing, a maker of irrigation equipment and flatbed trucks. He the storm destroyed one building at the factory and the town's lumber yard.
"We're just trying to figure out what's out there," said Margie Holle, whose husband, Alan Holle, is Deshler's mayor. "I've been in the basement all night."
Gov. Mike Johanns planned to tour the Deshler area Monday, said spokesman Chris Peterson. Because of a threat of more severe weather, he chose to drive rather than fly, Peterson said.
There were preliminary reports of up to 12 inches of rain in Hebron, about 10 miles east of Deshler. Radar indicated 6 to 13 inches of rain throughout Thayer County, said Jared Guyer of the weather service in Hastings. High water closed a highway just south of Hebron.
One resident of Aurora said hail punched a hole in his roof that was large enough for him to crawl through, said Dale Obermeier, a weather service spotter in Aurora, who said the hail also dug holes in his yard.
"When it came down it looked just like someone dropping volleyballs down," Obermeier said.
The weather service planned to investigate the hail reports, Guyer said.
"That would be record-setting hail size," he said. "We plan to check that out before we call the Guinness (Book of Records) folks."
The name of the person killed in Deshler was not immediately released.
Elsewhere, the roof of a movie theater collapsed Sunday after about an inch of rain fell at Little Falls, Minn. Nobody was hurt.
About 20 people were watching "The Hulk" at the Falls Cinema when a section of roof gave way and the movie screen fell toward the audience.
"It was pretty unexpected, the extra special effects," said theater owner Peter Schoell.
Earlier, at least two tornados struck the Nebraska Panhandle on Friday, destroying farm buildings and trees and derailing railroad cars.
AP-ES-06-23-03 0918EDT
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Kindgo
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