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| Looking west from the western edge of Grand
Island the night of the tornadoes. |
Satellite image at 6:15 CST (7:15 CDST).
Note the thunderstorm building over Grand Island. |
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| The eastern edge of the thunderstorm clouds
were reaching the Missouri RIver at 7:15 PM CST. |
The thunderstorm was basically stationary
over Grand Island with the anvil of the thunderstorm reaching Des Moines
by 8:45 PM. |
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| It is now, 9:15 PM CST, 10:15 CDST and the
thunderstorm is still the only storm in Nebraska and remains over Grand
Island. |
This is the only known photo of the Grand
Island tornadoes. The picture is looking north from North Johnson
Drive. A tornado is in the center, and another twister is at
the left . Photo Courtesy of Rod Gartner. |