Friday evening June 17th 2011, just went to bed early after a very long week at work. Getting rested up for all the fun on Father's day.
Friday afternoon was hot, just taken care of the dogs, noticed a storm building just over head. No clouds to the west, but building right over the top of the house. In about two hours time I could hear the rumble of thunder and the sky turned black to the east. No worry, storms always move to the east so I figured it was OK to drop off to sleep around 7:00 in the evening. (I'm up at 3:00 AM every morning so always early to bed).
No more than my head hit the pillow and the phone starting ringing! It was the wife who was visiting my son in Lincoln NE. She said Kyle a friend of my son just called and was filming a tornado just outside our house! She wanted to know what was going on. I looked out the window and saw clear sky straight above the house, but nasty weather just 1 mile to the east down county road T.
You have to check out this video link: YouTube - ?Nebraska Tornado Develops?‏
There is also a video at KETV station out of Omaha of the same tornado but not as cool is this one. The video was taken around 7 in the evening and about 2 to 3 miles due east of my house. This isn't the first tornado that has come close. In 2001 we had a twister that hit the field a few houndred feet west of the house that really tore up some of our trees and did some damage to the siding ( that was at 4:00 in the morning), and again in 2008 that pulled an 80 foot ash tree out of the yard that was 50 feet from the house.
What makes this video so great is the recorded conversation! You have to love it! My wife says it sounds like Kyle and his girlfriend are married, they just sound like married couples!
I haven't driven down the road to check for damage yet, maybe I will do that later this afternoon. Looks like the Tornado crossed Highway 30 about 2 to 3 miles east of the house. County road T runs parrellel to HWY 30 one mile north.
Friday afternoon was hot, just taken care of the dogs, noticed a storm building just over head. No clouds to the west, but building right over the top of the house. In about two hours time I could hear the rumble of thunder and the sky turned black to the east. No worry, storms always move to the east so I figured it was OK to drop off to sleep around 7:00 in the evening. (I'm up at 3:00 AM every morning so always early to bed).
No more than my head hit the pillow and the phone starting ringing! It was the wife who was visiting my son in Lincoln NE. She said Kyle a friend of my son just called and was filming a tornado just outside our house! She wanted to know what was going on. I looked out the window and saw clear sky straight above the house, but nasty weather just 1 mile to the east down county road T.
You have to check out this video link: YouTube - ?Nebraska Tornado Develops?‏
There is also a video at KETV station out of Omaha of the same tornado but not as cool is this one. The video was taken around 7 in the evening and about 2 to 3 miles due east of my house. This isn't the first tornado that has come close. In 2001 we had a twister that hit the field a few houndred feet west of the house that really tore up some of our trees and did some damage to the siding ( that was at 4:00 in the morning), and again in 2008 that pulled an 80 foot ash tree out of the yard that was 50 feet from the house.
What makes this video so great is the recorded conversation! You have to love it! My wife says it sounds like Kyle and his girlfriend are married, they just sound like married couples!
I haven't driven down the road to check for damage yet, maybe I will do that later this afternoon. Looks like the Tornado crossed Highway 30 about 2 to 3 miles east of the house. County road T runs parrellel to HWY 30 one mile north.
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