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airplane hanger and badly damaged another one. Several semi-trailers were also tipped over and damaged by the very high winds.

2013: A cluster of thunderstorms became severe over southeastern Meade County during the morning hours. The storms produced hail up to golf ball size as they moved eastward across eastern Pennington and northwestern Jackson Counties. In Wall, golf ball size hail damaged houses and vehicles causing an estimated four hundred thousand dollars in damage.

1882: Eyewitnesses near Dubuque, IA claimed two frogs hopped out of a melting hailstone after a thunderstorm.

1944: A confused tornado in Sioux City, IA spun in one spot for 20 minutes. Then the tornado moved erratically as it made a u-turn and headed southeast for 3 miles.

1992: Sixty-five tornadoes ravaged the central United States. In Minnesota alone 27 tornadoes touched down. An F5 tornado cut a 16 mile long path across Nobles and Murray Counties, leveling half of Chandler, killing 1 person and doing $27 million in damages.