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A tornado caused $4,000 (1965 USD) in damage near the Independence Municipal Airport. [7] FU: N of Girard: Crawford: 2315 unknown Brief touchdown. [7] Nebraska: F3: N of Saint Michael to SW of Farwell: Howard: 2200 10.2 miles (16.4 km) A tornado unroofed some homes and barns and passed northwest of Boelus. [10] F4: NW of Farwell to Orchard
The 1998 Comfrey–St. Peter tornado outbreak was an unseasonably-strong tornado outbreak which affected the Upper Midwest region of the United States on March 29, 1998. A strong area of low pressure combined with a warm front and favorable upper-level dynamics to produce 16 tornadoes across the region—14 in Minnesota and two in Wisconsin.
A civil defense siren is a siren used to provide an emergency population warning to the general population of approaching danger. Initially designed to warn city dwellers of air raids (air-raid sirens) during World War II, they were later used to warn of nuclear attack and natural disasters, such as tornadoes (tornado sirens).
Since its initial usage in May 1999, the National Weather Service (NWS) in the United States has used the tornado emergency bulletin — a high-end classification of tornado warning — sent through either the issuance of a warning or via a "severe weather statement" that provides updated information on an ongoing warning—that is issued when a violent tornado (confirmed by radar or ground ...
Vasu Communications will upgrade controls for the county's 44 tornado warning sirens. American Rescue Plan Act dollars will pay for the project. Richland County to spent nearly $194,000 to upgrade ...
Following the Siren tornado, Wisconsin Governor Scott McCallum declared a state of emergency. [21] Milwaukee's American Signal Corporation donated a T-121 siren to the village. [ 22 ] The village of Siren received a state grant of $500,000; Burnett and Washburn counties received $250,000 from the United States Department of Labor to help rebuild.
Most Iowa counties activate sirens for severe storms with winds of 65-70 mph in addition to tornado or funnel cloud sightings, said Troy Bass, coordinator with Warren County emergency management.
1892 Southern Minnesota tornado; 1918 Tyler tornado; 1919 Fergus Falls tornado; Tornado outbreak of June 19, 1951; Tornado outbreak sequence of June 25–27, 1951; Tornado outbreak of June 23–24, 1952; 1953 Waco tornado outbreak; Fargo tornado; Tornado outbreak sequence of June 20–23, 1957; Tornado outbreak sequence of May 14–31, 1962