'Came out of nowhere': Family farm in Cass County damaged by severe weather

The National Weather Service confirms two EF1 tornadoes touched down in Otoe County Friday night. But other areas outside of the twister's paths also felt the strength of the storms. A family in Cass County says the storms destroyed one of the buildings on their farm.

NE ED TO KNOW QUESTIONS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONFIRMS TWO EF-1 TORNADOES TOUCHED DOWN IN OTO COUNTY FRIDAY NIGHT, BUT OTHER AREAS OUTSIDE THE TWISTERS PATHS ARE ALSO FELT THE STRENGTH OTHF OSE STORMS TONIGHT A FAMILY IN CASS COUNTY SAYS THE STORMS DESTROYED ONE OF THEIR BUILDINGS ON THEIR FARM KETV NEWS. WATCH 7’S ABBY PETERSON. IS IN THE HOCKEY TODAY SAW THE DAMAGE FIRSTHAND. DOZENS OF NAILS STICK OUT OF A PIECE OF WOOD THE BUILDING THAT SET ON TOP RIPPED STRAIGHT OFF OFHE T FOUNDATION AND OVER THIS SMALLER BARN YOU CAN BE READY FOR IT, BUT YOU’REOT N AND IT LANDED HERE ABOUT A HUNDRED YARDS AWAY RITGH ON JOHN KANABI’S HOUSE. EVERYBODY TAKE WARNING. YOU CAN SAY IAIT N’T GONNA HAPPEN YOU BUT IT WILL. CAN ABBY WAS HOME AT THE TIME? THOUGHT MAYBE SOME TIN HIT HIS HOE,US BUT NEVER IMAGINED THIS YOU CAN SEE ON ALL THIS DEBRIS ON THE GROUND. EVERYTHING IS COVERED IN A LERAY OF SOMETHING. WELL THE OWNERS TELL ME THE BARN THE BLUE AGAINST THE HOUSE WAS FORMALLY A HOG BAR. SO THISS I HOG MANURE HIS GRANDDAUGHTER CRYSTAL LIVED ACROSS THE PASTURE. YEAH. I HAD GOTTEN HOME GOT THEAR C IN THE GARAGE AND I KNOW MORE THAN GOTTEN TO THE LIVING ROOM AND WE HEARD AOU LD BAN THEGN SHE GOT A CALL FROM HER GRANDFATHER TO HELP. SO THIS RELYAL CAME OUT OF NOWHERE WITHIN JUST A FEW MINUTES, BUT SIRENS NEVER DID GO OFF IN OUR AREA. SO IT’S PRETTY ALARMING HOW QUICKLY STOR CMSAN JTUS COME OUT OF NOWHERE CANNABI BELIEVES A SMALL TORNADO COULD HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE CASS COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WAS IN THE AREA FDARIY AND SATURDAY A SPOKESPERSON SAYS THEY DID SUBMIT INFORMATION TO THE NATIONALEA WTHER SERVICE. IT’S HARD FOR ME TO BELIEVE THAT JUST WHEN DID THIS BUT CRAZY THINGS. WITH OTHER NOW THE CANNABI FAMILY WAIT ON INSURANCE INSPECTORS BEFEOR THEY CAN PULL ANYTHING AWAY FROM THE HOUSE. IT’S HAPPENED BEFORE UNFORTUNATELY HERE ON OUR FARM AND WE’LL CLEAN IT UP ANDEE KP GOGIN REPORTING IN C

'Came out of nowhere': Family farm in Cass County damaged by severe weather

The National Weather Service confirms two EF1 tornadoes touched down in Otoe County Friday night. But other areas outside of the twister's paths also felt the strength of the storms. A family in Cass County says the storms destroyed one of the buildings on their farm.Dozens of nails sticking out of a piece of wood. The building that sat on top was ripped straight off of the foundation and over a smaller barn. "You can be ready for it but you're not," John Knabe said.And it landed about 100 yards away, right on Knabe's house. "Everybody take warning. You can say it ain't gonna happen you but it will," Knabe said.Knabe was home at the time and thought maybe some tin hit his house. But never imagined this.His granddaughter Krystl lives across the pasture. "I had gotten home, got the car in the garage and I no more than got into the living room and we just heard a loud bang," Knabe said.Then she got the call from her grandfather to help. "So this really came out of nowhere within just a few minutes. The sirens never did go off in our area. So it's pretty alarming how quickly storms can just come out of nowhere," Knabe sajid. Knabe believes a small tornado could have been responsible. She said she hopes emergency managers will review the damage. "It's hard for me to believe that just wind did this but crazy things happen with weather," Knabe said.Now they wait on insurance inspectors before they can pull anything away from the house. "It's happened before unfortunately here on our farm and we'll clean it up and keep going," Knabe said.

NEHAWKA, Neb. —

The National Weather Service confirms two EF1 tornadoes touched down in Otoe County Friday night.

But other areas outside of the twister's paths also felt the strength of the storms.

A family in Cass County says the storms destroyed one of the buildings on their farm.

Dozens of nails sticking out of a piece of wood. The building that sat on top was ripped straight off of the foundation and over a smaller barn.

"You can be ready for it but you're not," John Knabe said.

And it landed about 100 yards away, right on Knabe's house.

"Everybody take warning. You can say it ain't gonna happen you but it will," Knabe said.

Knabe was home at the time and thought maybe some tin hit his house. But never imagined this.

His granddaughter Krystl lives across the pasture.

"I had gotten home, got the car in the garage and I no more than got into the living room and we just heard a loud bang," Knabe said.

Then she got the call from her grandfather to help.

"So this really came out of nowhere within just a few minutes. The sirens never did go off in our area. So it's pretty alarming how quickly storms can just come out of nowhere," Knabe sajid.

Knabe believes a small tornado could have been responsible. She said she hopes emergency managers will review the damage.

"It's hard for me to believe that just wind did this but crazy things happen with weather," Knabe said.

Now they wait on insurance inspectors before they can pull anything away from the house.

"It's happened before unfortunately here on our farm and we'll clean it up and keep going," Knabe said.

'Came out of nowhere': Family farm in Cass County damaged by severe weather

The National Weather Service confirms two EF1 tornadoes touched down in Otoe County Friday night. But other areas outside of the twister's paths also felt the strength of the storms. A family in Cass County says the storms destroyed one of the buildings on their farm.

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