Wow, this probably would have been an event to live through. I guess the track and buildings are pretty heavily damaged, so I guess everyone will just have to drive down Hwy 63 to the Eagle Raceway now.
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/crnews/display_story.php?wfo=oax&storyid=3365&source=0
000
NOUS43 KOAX 101944 AAA
PNSOAX
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...COR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY
245 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2006
...SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE FROM MICROBURST SURVEYED IN CASS COUNTY...
A STORM SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED IN CASS AND SAUNDERS COUNTIES FOR
DAMAGE AROUND THE GREENWOOD AND ASHLAND AREAS. THE MOST EXTENSIVE
DAMAGE IS AT THE NEBRASKA RACEWAY PARK NEAR GREENWOOD. OTHER DAMAGE
IN THE AREA INCLUDED A LARGE NUMBER OF LIMBS DOWN AT THE ASHLAND
COUNTRY CLUB...WITH ONLY MINOR TREE DAMAGE NOTED IN THE COMMUNITY OF
ASHLAND.
THE NEBRASKA RACEWAY PARK NEAR GREENWOOD RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT
DAMAGE. DAMAGE COSTS AT THE RACETRACK ARE ESTIMATED NEAR A HALF
MILLION DOLLARS WITH ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 100 MPH.
DAMAGE INCLUDED AN OVERTURNED MOBILE HOME...CAMPER...FOUR EMPTY
SEMI TRAILERS AND A 2 TON STORAGE TRAILER. TWO TICKET BOOTHS WERE
COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WAS DONE TO A SET OF
BLEACHERS. THE CRASH FENCE ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE TRACK ALSO
SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. THE FENCE POLES...REINFORCED BY
CONCRETE...WERE PULLED OUT OF THE SATURATED GROUND ON THE NORTHWEST
SIDE OF THE TRACK WHERE ADVERTISING BANNERS WERE HANGING.
THE DAMAGE WAS THE RESULT FROM A MICROBURST THAT MOVED THROUGH THE
AREA AROUND 315 AM THURSDAY. THE DOWNBURST OCCURED TO THE SOUTHEAST
OF THE TRACK AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 100 MPH RACED NORTH NORTHWEST
ACROSS THE RACEWAY AS INDICATED BY THE DAMAGE.
A MICROBURST IS A LOCALIZED DOWNBURST CREATING DAMAGING WINDS AT THE
SURFACE. THE DIAMETER OF A MICROBURST IS USUALLY LESS THAN 2.5 MILES
WIDE. THE MICROBURST FORMS FROM A COLLAPSING THUNDERSTORM...CAUSING
DOWNBURST WINDS POTENTIALLY IN EXCESS OF 100 MPH AT THE SURFACE.
$$
GRIFFIS/BOUSTEAD
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/crnews/display_story.php?wfo=oax&storyid=3365&source=0
000
NOUS43 KOAX 101944 AAA
PNSOAX
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...COR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY
245 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2006
...SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE FROM MICROBURST SURVEYED IN CASS COUNTY...
A STORM SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED IN CASS AND SAUNDERS COUNTIES FOR
DAMAGE AROUND THE GREENWOOD AND ASHLAND AREAS. THE MOST EXTENSIVE
DAMAGE IS AT THE NEBRASKA RACEWAY PARK NEAR GREENWOOD. OTHER DAMAGE
IN THE AREA INCLUDED A LARGE NUMBER OF LIMBS DOWN AT THE ASHLAND
COUNTRY CLUB...WITH ONLY MINOR TREE DAMAGE NOTED IN THE COMMUNITY OF
ASHLAND.
THE NEBRASKA RACEWAY PARK NEAR GREENWOOD RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT
DAMAGE. DAMAGE COSTS AT THE RACETRACK ARE ESTIMATED NEAR A HALF
MILLION DOLLARS WITH ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 100 MPH.
DAMAGE INCLUDED AN OVERTURNED MOBILE HOME...CAMPER...FOUR EMPTY
SEMI TRAILERS AND A 2 TON STORAGE TRAILER. TWO TICKET BOOTHS WERE
COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WAS DONE TO A SET OF
BLEACHERS. THE CRASH FENCE ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE TRACK ALSO
SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. THE FENCE POLES...REINFORCED BY
CONCRETE...WERE PULLED OUT OF THE SATURATED GROUND ON THE NORTHWEST
SIDE OF THE TRACK WHERE ADVERTISING BANNERS WERE HANGING.
THE DAMAGE WAS THE RESULT FROM A MICROBURST THAT MOVED THROUGH THE
AREA AROUND 315 AM THURSDAY. THE DOWNBURST OCCURED TO THE SOUTHEAST
OF THE TRACK AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 100 MPH RACED NORTH NORTHWEST
ACROSS THE RACEWAY AS INDICATED BY THE DAMAGE.
A MICROBURST IS A LOCALIZED DOWNBURST CREATING DAMAGING WINDS AT THE
SURFACE. THE DIAMETER OF A MICROBURST IS USUALLY LESS THAN 2.5 MILES
WIDE. THE MICROBURST FORMS FROM A COLLAPSING THUNDERSTORM...CAUSING
DOWNBURST WINDS POTENTIALLY IN EXCESS OF 100 MPH AT THE SURFACE.
$$
GRIFFIS/BOUSTEAD
