We don’t often see the undercarriage of rail-freight cars, but a complex of severe thunderstorms the prior night shoved these over and permitted just such a view. The crosswinds here were unknown in strength but likely severe; 82-mph gusts occurred a few miles south of nearby York. The storms responsible for this mess began the prior afternoon over eastern Colorado and hurled a broad swath of severe and damaging wind across large parts of northern Kansas and southern Nebraska.
1 WSW Hampton NE (15 Jun 14) Looking SE
40.8747, -97.9086
Derailed
We don’t often see the undercarriage of rail-freight cars, but a complex of severe thunderstorms the prior night shoved these over and permitted just such a view. The crosswinds here were unknown in strength but likely severe; 82-mph gusts occurred a few miles south of nearby York. The storms responsible for this mess began the prior afternoon over eastern Colorado and hurled a broad swath of severe and damaging wind across large parts of northern Kansas and southern Nebraska.
1 WSW Hampton NE (15 Jun 14) Looking SE
40.8747, -97.9086