Abilene Reporter-News from Abilene, Texas • 4

Sclbilene £rporter-12rtajf 4A Friday March 5 2004 wwwreporternewscom Roy Davis and some local high school students help clean up the remains of Davis' sIstsHiHaw Alina McCormack's fame room In building sanding It and Its contents across the yard and Into a neighbor's tree No one was Injured Moran Thursday afternoon High Tfcxas Utilities Tuscola and Roby were among the hardest hit WTU spokeswoman Linda Caton said Ekxiridty was not expected to be hilly restored to those communities until late Thursday night Abilene's electricity remained relatively unscathed by the storms with only a handhil of outages reported San Angelo's office of the National Weather Service will send teams today to Tuscola Stamford Moran and other locations where hmnol-shaped clouds were reported will be able to tell whether it was a tornado or straight-line wind damage" said Wright from the National Weather Service" Because it was a fast-moving storm rainfall estimates were low he said Rainfall was estimated at 061 Inches at Abilene Regional Airport Breckenridge The storm struck Breckenridge shortly after noon causing Storm Continued from 1A Thursday alUrntxni and evening were county cummisskmcrs' raid crews and the Big Country chapter of the American Red Cross The raid crews cleared fallen trees from the raids Red Cross personnel assess xJ tlic damage and pivjNund to bring fixxl to Tusmla residents US IVix Chniliu Stenlwlm of Abilene sakl his sialT contacted officials of the Hxbral Emergency Management Agency and the TVxas Division of Emergency MmiagiHix'nt on Thursday Hie offickds advised that until the region hits teen declared a disaster area residents should contact city or county emergency pre-psuvdness or response offices for assistance he said The storm knocked down 57 high-voltage transmission lines oiid 35 distribution poles mostly outskle Abiknc according to West GET THE THE III nonn csnnnonmMii winds blew apart the lightweight He said the flmnel cloud moved northeast cutting a path a quarter of a mile wide and 15 miles long Rising Star Fire Chief Ted Murphree reported damage to houses and barns throughout foe area but no Injuries According to Mike Wilson manager at Brownwood Regional Airport wind speeds were docked at 54 mph Wilson reported that part cf the roof blew off of the old terminal building Reporter-Newsstqff writers Jason Sheehan Sidney Levesque Melissa Barden Thackkus Dejesus Brim Murphy CeUnda Emtson Foquel Garza Jerry Reed Ken Ellsworth andcamspondent Winnie Barclay contributed to this report extensive damage to the western part of the city Two semi-trucks with trailers were overturned In the parking lot of the Wal-Mart -The Wal-Mart lost most of Its roof and windows were blown out of cars parked in the parking lot One tractor-trailer rig was blown into a power pole across from the store Jones County In Avoca Richard Frary 61 looked at the pile of rubble that-was supposed to become his home before high winds blew it down Thursday then took a picture of It then another He hadn't been hurt and he was thankful for that He had been living with his son-in-law Rosilio Cantu about a Nock away while preparing foe used mobile home for his own use Damage was reported across much of Jones County A storm spotter said a tornado touched down in south Anson but apparently did little damage Students in all Anson schools were temporarily ordered into hallways for safety The Stamford Mice Department reported severe straight-wind damage to at least two hones on Lake Stamford Large portions of Haskell and Jones counties were without electric power for hours No Injuries were reported Moran Dick Murray had planned to spend Thursday repairing the hinges on the door of his workshop behind his home in Moran After foe storm the loose door is foe least of his worries Highspeed winds tore die top off his shed was walking on the door" Murray 58 said "The roof bounced and then laid right here next to the house" An uprooted tree Hot In the front yard of a homo on Graham Street In Tuscola FUTURE HAS ARRIVED AHEAD OF SCHEDULE! STOP BY AND SEE US! FEELING! roof blown off a trailer home on Plaza Street to minor accidents and downed power lines Inclement weather canceled three flights at Abilene Regional Airport Thursday's storm blew over KGNZ-FM's 400-foot broadcasting tower south of Potosi around 1130 am forcing the contemporary Christian music station off foe air for at least a few days Several other radio stations went off foe air because they lost power at their transmitters Rising Star Mice Chief Jim Byars reported seeing what he believed was a torna-do" near foe Williams community in Brown County around 1245 pm 041T0Y0TAWAMRY1LE Moran is about 40 miles east-northeast of Abilene with a population of about 230 No one in Moran was injured Shackelford County Sheriff Richard Wagman said Several homes sustained damage and everyone lost power but no one was homeless he said By late afternoon foe National Weather Service in San Angelo had yet to confirm that a tornado hit Moran did have tomadic storms up there so we rule it out" meteorologist Amy McCullough said Abilene and Brawn County Abilene emergency crews responded to calls ranging from a I vjk $188185 ABILENE TEACHERS FEDERAL CREDIT UNION See us Saturday March 6 For Our Best Prices Of The Year During Our Annual One Day Sale! 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