Nebraskans digging out after spring snowstorm
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- Nebraskans digging out after spring snowstorm
- Bladen County tornado confirmed officials say
- Weather service confirms Sunday tornado touchdown
- Florida Senate panel rejects idea to allow automatic home …
- National Tornado Experiment to Begin in May
- Lone Grove Tornado Recovery Efforts
Nebraskans digging out after spring snowstorm
USA Today
In the maha area heavy winds downed powers lines on Sunday and a wind advisory was in effect for the metro area. maha Public Power District spokesman Jeff Hanson said about 3600 customers were without power Sunday afternoon down from a high of 11200. The storm also brought a possible tornado to southeast Nebraska on Saturday evening as the cold front was greeted by warmer temperatures. The weather service’s office in Valley received several reports of walls clouds and at least one tornado sighting north of Beatrice. Forecaster Rick Chermok said the storm downed power lines and damaged a shed and the roof of a house in the Pickrell area. The weather service hasn’t confirmed the tornado but Chermok said there was a “pretty good chance” one touched down. Copyright 2009 The Associated Press.
Bladen County tornado confirmed officials say
News14.com
? The National Weather Service confirmed Monday that a tornado was responsible for damage to several Bladen County homes Monday morning. fficials said the storm that swept through the area spawned an F2 tornado with winds up to 115 mph damaging 11 houses in a three-mile radius. Three of the damaged homes were classified as severe losses. Jermaine Fleming and his aunt were in one of the houses in Clarkton when the tornado lifted it from its foundation and moved it five feet. “The wind took me in the house and put me on the floor and my aunt was holding the table for dear life” Fleming said.
Weather service confirms Sunday tornado touchdown
WAVE
WNColumnManager) WNColumnManager. (AP) – The National Weather Service says a weak tornado likely touched down in Casey County. The weather service says in a statement Monday that while a team continues to investigate storm damage in the central Kentucky county preliminary findings indicate an EF1 tornado touched down at 9:20 EDT Sunday night. The weather service says the tornado had estimated wind speeds of 105 to 110 miles per hour. It says the tornado was about 50 yards wide and traveled about a fourth of a mile destroying two barns taking the roof off a house and knocking down trees. (Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press.
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Florida Senate panel rejects idea to allow automatic home …
Sun-Sentinel.com
But the committee approved the rest of its property insurance package ? which means the sweeping measure is now in play in both the House and Senate. The bill aims to reduce Florida?s risk if a major hurricane hits by gradually increasing state-backed Citizens Property Insurance rates and phasing out a portion of the state’s hurricane catastrophe fund. The House insurance committee approved its version of the bill on Friday and included a provision to allow automatic annual rate hikes of up to 10 percent. Garrett Richter chair of the insurance committee said he supports removing the automatic rate hikes provision from his bill after fierce opposition from Senate President Pro Tempore Mike Fasano. The commitee adopted the change but shot down Fasano’s idea to freeze Citizens’ rates until 2011.
National Tornado Experiment to Begin in May
NAA
?Data collected from V2 will help researchers understand how tornadoes form and how the large-scale environment of thunderstorms is related to tornado formation? according to Louis Wicker research meteorologist with NAA?s National Severe Storms Laboratory and V2 co-principal investigator. Scientists will sample the environment of supercell thunderstorms ? violent thunderstorms capable of producing damaging winds large hail and tornadoes ? that form over more than 900 miles of the central Great Plains. Areas of focus include southern South Dakota western Iowa eastern Colorado Nebraska Kansas the Texas panhandle and western klahoma. The V2 perations Center will be at the National Weather Center in Norman kla.
Lone Grove Tornado Recovery Efforts
KTEN
Carter County commissioners are taking over the debris removal project. KTEN's Meredith Saldana has the latest.