Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Twister drills Manderson area ranch

On Monday, a tornado touched-down east of Manderson at a ranch owned by James and Rebecca Scott.

Fortunately, no one was injured. See the story in tomorrow’s Tribune.

Justin Scott was in the house with his two brothers when the tornado hit, but kept his cool and moved his siblings to a safer part of the house, said Chris Jones, National Weather Service Warning Coordination Meteorologist.

The Scott house was not severely damaged, but there was damage around the ranch yard (pictured at right).

“You will note the fence in the background (top of photo) is laying toward the camera whereas the foreground fence is laying in the opposite direction. Just one example of circulation rather than straight line damage. The metal tub in the photo was moved through the air about 15 to 20 feet from its original location,” Jones said.

The photo was taken by Kevin Lynott of the National Weather Service.

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