Kurt Silvey
EF4
While returning home from my recent SE NE bust, I suddenly came across a path of twisted and shredded trees, both to my left and right. As the trees disappeared into my rearview mirror, it suddenly dawned on me where I was at, HWY 15 NE of Dayken, NE. (See map below for location). I hit the brakes, made a U-turn and went back to take a closer look. This was the spot where the Hallam tornado crossed HWY 15 approximately 8 mi from its origination point. On the map they have the tornado listed as an F0 at this point, but it sure did a lot of damage. The first pic below is looking NE the next two are to the SW. There was a brick farm house less than 2 tenths of a mile to the north. Nobody was around, so I could not talk to anyone, but it appeared the house and out building were unscathed. Other than the trees you could not tell the tornado had passed through. I don’t know if they replanted the fields or not, but there was no sign of damage to the crops. It was still a bust day, but this took the edge off and made the ride home a little better.
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