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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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Omaha, NE - Winds

Posted by Natalie Kilpatrick On June - 26 - 2008

This is the infamous June 2008 wind storm. I don’t exactly know how much damage (money-wise) this storm caused, but it must have been in the millions. A tornado would have been a better option for the city of Omaha. Power was out around town for days, even at my apartment where we have underground electricity, power was out for 2 days.

Rockport, MO - Tornado Bust

Posted by Natalie Kilpatrick On May - 4 - 2003

Total bust here. All images were shot east of I-29, 1 and 2 were just before Rockport, the other two to the west of Tarkio. Storm was just moving too fast, I was never able to catch it.