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The National Weather Service reviewed damage in the county on
Tuesday and determined that it was straight-line winds, not a
tornado that caused damage in Mason County and in the town of San
Jose, though there isn’t much difference in damage between 110 mph
straight-line winds and 90 mph winds of a tornado.
An F0 tornado struck north of Chestnut. The path it left measured
40 yards wide. It traveled on the ground a quarter of a mile
starting at 900th Street and 2000th Avenue, skipped and touched down
again at 2100th Avenue and 925th Street, then again touched down in
the 1000 block of 2200th Avenue.
That tornado damaged three outbuildings and ripped up three large
trees, leaving scattered debris of trees, metal building pieces and
shingles ripped off homes. It narrowly missed a home by yards.
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The F2 tornado that struck the area two weeks earlier caused
extensive damage south of Mount Pulaski and near Latham. Storm
cleanup continues. Volunteer crews from Mount Pulaski and Chestnut
were out with city of Mount Pulaski equipment again this last
weekend. A lot of work got done, Logan County Emergency Management
Agency director Dan Fulscher said, though there is still metal in
ditches in south Mount Pulaski.
Cleanup efforts from the storms are expected to take some time.
Mount Pulaski has landscape waste pickups scheduled every couple of
weeks through November, the next being on April 24. [See
details of pickup.]
[Jan
Youngquist]
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