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Tornado Damage June 2011 Last Updated: Jun 28, 2011 - 8:37 AM


Tornado Does Extensive Damage in Polk County
Jun 23, 2011 - 9:37 AM

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The tornado caught on film by Greg Dumas as it was was crossing Hwy. 92 west of Osceola.

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The tornado moved northeast across the fields, it was low and wide as it ran along the ground through the fields, taking every big of green crops as it went.

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The home owned by Bonnie Wilshusen, along Hwy. 66 was hit hard by the tornado.

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This building was damaged by the tornado at the Bonnie Wilshusen home.

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This truck was overturned in the driveway by the tornado at the Bonnie Wilshusen residence.

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The Bonnie Wilshusen home had it's roof ripped off in the tornado.

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The home owned by Bonnie Wilshusen sustained heavy damage by the tornado

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This combine was rolled into a near ball in the field next to the Scott Larson residence.

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Outbuildings were destroyed at the home where Scott Larson's daughter Lacey and Dustin Lang live.

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Scott Larson watched as the tornado hit the farmstead where his daughter, Lacey and Dustin Lang live just east of where Scott lives.

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The home of Andrew and Flora Bolin was destroyed by the tornado.

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What appears to have been a John Deere Gator was found in the field at the Bolin residence.

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The Bolin's 4-wheeler was found in a tangle of trees.

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The Bolin's pickup was destroyed by the tornado.

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The bark on this tree was peeled back showing the unpredictable nature of a tornado. (Bolin residence.)

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People begin the long clean-up process at the Bolin home.

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Andrew Bolin checks out the damage done by the tornado to one of his tractors.

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At the home of Rod and Kathy Jones a building that housed his equipment was destroyed.

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This shed was destroyed by the tornado at the Jones residence.

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A new Morton building was destroyed at the Rod Jones farmstead.

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What was left of a building is resting atop equipment at the Rod and Kathy Jones home.

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A garage was destroyed at the Jones home.

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Debris is scattered over a large area by the tornado that hit the Jones home.

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This barn sustained damage at the home of Rod and Kathy Jones.

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Neighbors help clean up trees that were uprooted and snapped off at the home of Rod and Kathy Jones.










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