ALLIANCE, Neb. (AP) – A government meteorologist says straight-line winds caused the damage in Alliance last week – not a tornado.
John Griffith of the National Weather Service says radar and other evidence lead him to rule out a tornado. Griffith says photographs showing what looks like a twister likely show a cloud of dust.
Friday’s storm ripped the roof off an Alliance home and pushed six coal cars off the tracks at a Burlington Northern Santa Fe rail yard on the south side of town.
No injuries were reported.