06/11/08: NOW: NE/IA/KS/MO

[Van DeWald]

Possible tornado reported near Chalco, which is in southern Omaha metro area.

 

[Anthony Petito]

Reports of Little Sioux Boy Scouts Camp in Little Sioux has been destroyed, injuries reported, EMS enroute. Pray the everyone is OK.

 

[Carrie Halliday]

The hook is very defined on the storm coming in on Hoisington, KS...

 

[Van DeWald]

Media possibly reporting 30 to 40 injuries at the Little Sioux Boy Scout ranch with an all-out emergency response requested. This is in northwest Iowa, between Little Sioux and Blencoe.

 

[Robert Rohloff]

Very heavy mutual aid response in progress for the scout camp with reports of many injured...........

 

[Jeff Piotrowski]

Boy Scout camp hit N side of Omaha

I just received word that a Boy Scout camp called Little Sioux was hit on the N of Omaha. The camp had over 100 hundred boys at the camp this week. All hospital are on code four alert in Omaha injuries are coming in from this camp.

 

[cstrunk]

Interstate 80 interchange near Greenwood, NE.... spotter reports a tornado.

 

[Nick Hartley]

4 fatalities reported at Little Sioux.

 

[Van DeWald]

4 possible fatalities at the Boy Scout Camp in Little Sioux, IA reported by WOWT in Omaha, but they are not fully confirmed yet.

 

[Darren Addy]

If Hebron, NE isn't getting clocked then it had a very near miss. Storm Relative Velocity with GRLevel3 is showing rotation right over the town.

 

[Anthony Petito]

Very strong rotation and hook shown near Springfield, NE, path shows it going through Bellevue and Papillion in Sarpy county.

EDIT: KOAX Radar is back up.

 

[Stuart Robinson]

Not Good

TORNADO HIT A BOYSCOUT RANCH JUST NORTH OF THE HARRISON COUNTY LINE. THIRTY TO FORTY INJURIES WITH 4 FATALITIES REPORTED BY HARRISON COUNTY DISPATCH.

 

[Mike Smith]

Impressive hook near Claflin, KS at the moment ... after passing over Hoisington. NWS reports a tornado very near Hoisington.

EDIT1: TOR 2 mi. NE of Claflin. TOR WRNG Ellsworth Co., moving east at 50 mph.

 

[Robert Rohloff]

Omaha radar back on line

 

[Heidi Farrar]

Here is a link for the scout camp situation:

http://www.nonpareilonline.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19766468&BRD=2703&PAG=461&dept_id=555106&rfi=6