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Omaha, NE - Tornado

Posted by Natalie Kilpatrick On March - 23 - 2009

200903230530This was not by any means a storm chase! These are pics that I took from work while being held hostage by a Tornado Warning. Because of liabilities, etc. etc. etc. I got chewed out pretty good for standing out back taking video and pictures of this storm as it rolled through.

There was a ton of hail that came down, lots of rain, some strong winds. It was pretty exhilarating! The storm formed tornadoes in Cass County, NE injuring 8 people total when an outbuilding flew into a car injuring 5, and a tree fell onto a truck injuring 3 both occurring in Eagle, NE.

During this time that it was over Omaha, Joey (my co-worker) and I were out back shooting video and taking pictures when Linda (our supervisor) just about had a fit with us. Mom called from WalMart saying that they were being held hostage, as well, and that WalMart was not permitting anyone to leave the premise. Moments afterwords, when the wall cloud was visible, I called her back and she said that they were just leaving. I thought that was a bad move on WalMart’s part, but, eh.

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Waverly, NE - Tornado

Posted by Natalie Kilpatrick On June - 13 - 2004

These images were shot looking towards Waverly, Nebraska. Click here for images of the same storm later on by Mike Hollingshead. This was my first tornado ever. I have to give credit to Jeff Miller for actually teaching me how to catch this storm. Photos and video of the storm was featured on KM3 News on June 13, 2004.

Norfolk, NE - Funnel

Posted by Natalie Kilpatrick On June - 9 - 2003

This was a chase Jeff Miller specifically told me to chase in Norfolk, Nebraska. Photo 1 is presumed a Meso, but I haven’t received 100% verification on that. Photo 2 is a wall cloud that developed east of Norfolk, I think just west of Belden. Photo 3 is a funnel that began to drop from the storm. Can’t remember the name of the town I was in when this was photographed, I’m pretty sure it was Belden, possibly Laurel.