Brock woman caught in hail storm
BROCK - Hailstones covered a mile-wide section of Nemaha County Tuesday, including Coryell Park.
Ann Epler of Brock was caught in the storm in her van.
Epler: “Storm came up. It just brewed like crazy. As you can see there’s a ton of hail and I feel sorry for the farmers – all the crops damaged or gone – “
Where you driving in the hail?
Yeah, driving in the hail. I’m surprised I don’t see that many dents on the van.”
Epler: “Oh yea, we’re stuck. It’s planed out. She won’t go. She’ll go a little bit, but I don’t know.”
Kaleb Bruggeman said the hail fell for about 10 minutes at Coryell Park, cracking windshields and dimpling cars.
A normal waterway was blocked with ice, so water and ice flowed in new directions, leaving a ridge of ice over a foot deep.
Storm timeline
7:30 p.m. – 1.5 inch hail reported at Burr.
7:45 p.m. – 1 inch hail at Cook
8:28 p.m. – 1 inch hail at Auburn, 1 inch at Nemaha
9:36 p.m. – Cass County Emergency Managemnet reports 2.75 hail at Eagle.
10:29 p.m. – wind damage near Sterling. Wind damage near Dunbar. Power line down.
OPPD reporting 22 power outages in Otoe County.