Eddie Keith was driving past home after home shredded by the tornado when he noticed two children standing in a field off Mount Vernon Road in North Hall. A few adults were picking up debris some distance behind them. Keith stopped, approached one of the children, a young girl, and asked her, “Where’s your home?”…
Storms damage homes in DeSoto, Johnson County
GODLEY, Texas – Early morning storms caused damage in parts of North Texas, especially in Dallas and Johnson counties. Video from SKY 4 showed lots of roof damage and fences blown over in DeSoto off Nora Lane, just north of DeSoto High School. FOX 4 Meteorologist Evan Andrews suspects the neighborhood was hit by strong…
North Texas Rocked by Powerful Storms; 2 Injured in Johnson County
Several homes were destroyed and at least two people were hospitalized after severe storms rolled through Johnson County, Texas, early Tuesday morning. The damaging storms rolled through the county, just south of Fort Worth, at about 3:40 a.m. CST, but the National Weather Service did not issue severe thunderstorm or tornado warnings. The worst of…
Tornado roared through Wheatland 10 years ago
Rare storm happened on unseasonably warm day. While residents braved blustery subzero temperatures entering 2018, Western Kenosha County experienced an entirely different scenario 10 years ago, when an EF-3 tornado ripped through the Town of Wheatland and surrounding areas. The tornado, which marks its 10th anniversary on Sunday, happened during an unseasonably warm day of…
Remembering the Bossier City tornado outbreak 39 years ago
(BOSSIER CITY, LA) – The deadly Bossier City tornado of December 3rd, 1978 formed at two in the morning and traveled 8 miles on the ground from the Red River near the Arthur Teague Parkway all the way to the Dogwood subdivision next to Louisiana Downs before lifting. The storm peaked with 260 mph winds…
Naplate gives thanks, nine months after tornado
Nine months after a tornado ripped through tiny Naplate, Ill., smashing houses to rubble in a few terrifying seconds, the town’s stuttering recovery was summed up one recent morning by the happenings on 19th Avenue. On one side of the street, Nick Brandt watched as a crane carefully lowered the two halves of his factory-built…
NWS: EF2 tornado confirmed in Laurens County
LAURENS — Where one house might have been devastated by the wind, a few doors down houses were undisturbed — it was clear a tornado had touched down in Laurens County, said Joey Avery, director of the county’s Emergency Management Agency. The tornado touched down about 4:10 p.m. Sunday near U.S. Highway 221 and S.C.…
Update: NWS confirms three tornadoes in Gove County
QUINTER, Kan. (KSNW) – Residents in one small Kansas town are still dealing with the aftermath from Monday night’s severe weather. Quinter was hammered by high winds, rain, hail, and a tornado. The town is coming together and cleaning up after the storm. “We had a lot of people stop by and ask ‘who can…
Reports of damage from tornado in Florida
ROCKLEDGE, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35) – Residents in Brevard County, Florida are cleaning up after reports of a possible tornado. A thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over Rockledge, just before 7 p.m. on Friday. Several homes located off of S. Fiske Blvd., near the Buckingham at Levitt Park subdivision in Rockledge, received…
NWS: Tornado confirmed in Salisbury area
SALISBURY, Md. — A confirmed EF-1 tornado caused extensive damage Monday afternoon in the Salisbury area, the National Weather Service said Tuesday. The weather service said it received reports of downed trees, downed utility poles and overturned cars. NWS officials said winds were about 100-105 mph, and the tornado carved about a mile-long path about…