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Untitled Document Severe Weather Bow Echo EventJuly 13, 2005 NWS Glasgow Damage Survey July 14, 2005 Tanja Fransen, Warning Coordination Meteorologist Jennifer Zeltwanger, General Forecaster and IMET High Wind Damage Areas Radar Images 848 pm 854 pm 906 pm Bow Echo Diagram Photos of Damage North side of the northern hanger at Dallas Aero in Poplar. Looking to the SW. Debris from roof all blown NE. Dallas Aero south side hanger. The SE corner of the building roof was blown off. Looking NNE in this photo. Sprole grain elevator: Grain bin blown into the side of the elevator. Picture is looking NE. 1 mile east of Brockton looking west to the Grain Elevator. 1 mile east of Brockton: 9 car BNSF train derailment. The train was blown to the south side of the tracks. Train derailment: BNSF had already righted many of the cars and containers when we arrived the next morning. 5 miles North of Brockton: 5 grain bins blown across Hwy 344. Picture is looking north. Grain bin in northwest Brockton. Looking northeast. Church in Brockton: Looking north-northeast, second photo is looking south. Church in Brockton: Looking south. Incident Command Center in Brockton. The top of the roof was peeled off. Looking to the north in this photo. Top of Brockton elevator, looking south-southeast. Brockton Elevator looking to the NNW. Brockton elevator, looking SSW. Notice the door blown out at the base of the elevator. Brockton elevator debris lying to the SSE. Brockton elevator, west side door blown in to the building. Inside Brockton Elevator. Glass blown apart in window. Brockton elevator: west side garage door remnants. The entire shaft to the top of the elevator has been shifted. Uprooted pine tree in the powerlines in SW portion of Culbertson. Roof of a home that was blown off in Culbertson. This view is looking to the SW. This is the only home in the town that had an entire roof failure. It is located on the north side of town, across from the ball park. Roof failure in Culbertson. This view is in the back yard looking to the south. This portion of roof was from the NE corner of the house. Inside the home with the roof failure. This is looking into the kitchen. This is the dining room area in the SW side of the house. Roofing of the house in Culbertson was attached with nails. New garage destroyed behind house with roof loss in Culbertson. Looking South in this photo. The garage was just east of the house. Neighbors' truck with debris impaled through the windshield in Culberston. This was just east of the garage in the previous slide. Culbertson garage destroyed behind house with roof loss looking to the north-northeast. Large pine tree topped, and large cottonwood uprooted in front of the Culbertson School. A ventilation shaft from the roof is also on the ground. Looking WSW in this photo. ~4 miles SE of Froid, looking north Damage thus far Poplar Airport roof on two hangers Shingles and antennas on some homes just east of the airport Measured 86 mph wind at the Poplar RAWS site Poplar to Brockton Not one tree that is over 25 feet tall was left undamaged. All homes in the area had some sort of roof damage. Some crop damage…intermittent. Sprole Grain Bin blown into the Grain Elevator there. Brockton Grain Elevator suffered significant structural damage Many structures with damage to roofs...shingles mostly but in some cases even the plywood At least 6 grain bins blown over…others with damage County Commissioner lost the west side of the roof of his home 2SW Brockton BNSF train derailed 9 cars 1 mile east Brockton. Wind estimated to be at least 113 mph. Fort Kipp Two homes (one in Fort Kipp, another on the old highway to Brockton) with roof damage down to the plywood. Several other homes, mainly on the west side of town with shingle damage. Culbertson Significant damage to nearly every tree in town. Many homes with shingle or siding peeled off. One home with an entire roof loss and garage destroyed. Froid Significant tree damage Some grain bins blown over Significant crop damage with crop blown down. Grain Elevator in town has some metal siding peeled off. It was also shifted slightly. Structural integrity is being evaluated. Measured 107 mph gust 6ENE Froid Summary Rough estimate of damages: ~25-50 homes/structures with significant roof damage and exposed to the outside ~300-500 structures/homes with shingle damage ~5,000 trees damaged 3 Grain Elevators with damage (Brockton, Sprole and Froid)

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