Lee Price’s young son still gets nervous whenever a strong storm rolls in. A year ago, a tornado ripped through Price’s home on La Borde Lane in Pensacola. Winds in excess of 100 mph shattered his windows, battered down his doors, punched holes in his roof and tossed Price’s full-size pickup truck with the same…
NWS: Williamson County tornado a wintry surprise
A rare January tornado touched down in Williamson County Friday, damaging buildings and catching some people by surprise. Texas sees most of its tornadoes in April, May and June, but the tornado that touched down near Walburg shows that winter does not put an end to tornadoes “It was a very rare incident, to where…
Tornado batters Ocoee community in Polk County
OCOEE, Tenn. — Families, volunteers and emergency responders continue to pick up the pieces in the wake of a storm that left two dead in the Ocoee community in Polk County early Wednesday morning. The National Weather Service confirmed a category EF-3 tornado, characterized by wind speeds of between 136 and 165 mph, struck the…
November tornado narrowly misses home in Webster County
WEBSTER COUNTY, Nebr. (NTV) — Three tornadoes whipped through Nebraska on Sunday, November 27, splitting trees in half, damaging irrigation pivots, and even turning a shed on its head. One of those tornadoes came through Webster County just after 4:30 p.m, landing next to a farm northeast of Red Cloud. That area was hit the…
Tornado slices through Ohope, uprooting trees, smashing windows
A tornado cut a swathe through the Bay of Plenty seaside town of Ohope on Monday, uprooting trees, smashing windows, lifting roof tiles, damaging fences and moving a trampoline. It blew up as a low pressure system, described by MetService as “significant”, moved across the North Island. Pictures on the Ohope Volunteer Fire Brigade’s Facebook…
The Latest: Tornado Strikes Texas Prison
The Latest on severe weather in the Plains (all times local): A tornado struck a state prison in Southeast Texas, damaging the roofs on a pair of watchtowers and an outbuilding but injuring no one. A prison system spokesman says the tornado struck the Pack Unit in Navasota, about 65 miles northwest of Houston, about…