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Microburst cause of Wednesday storm damage

By Greg Bebermeyer

11/01/2024

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(KMZA)--The National Weather Service says a microburst that produced straight line winds of 80 to 100 miles an hours caused damage in parts of Marshall and Nemaha Counties Wednesday.

A survey team from the Weather Service on Thursday examined the damage from the storms from near Vermillion to near Sabetha.

Nemaha County Emergency Management Director Eddie Aldrine said the Weather Service believes what some residents thought were tornadoes were, in fact, gustnadoes, a brief, shallow surface-based vortex which forms within the downburst emanating from a thunderstorm.

In Marshall County, one man was injured in the Vermillion area when his house slid off its foundation. Also multiple outbuildings were damaged, trees and power lines downed.

In Nemaha County, multiple outbuildings were heavily damaged or demolished.

No injuries were reported in Nemaha County.

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