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SEVERE WEATHER: Storms have moved through Lincoln; damage reports roll in

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A tree was down at 4 p.m. Wednesday on 19th Street near Van Dorn.

MATT OLBERDING, Journal Star

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A tornado watch has been issued for parts of IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, SD until 8 PM CST pic.twitter.com/Z85G2tJbWA

— NWS Omaha (@NWSOmaha) December 15, 2021

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Lincoln and Nebraska residents urged to prepare for gusty winds on wild weather Wednesday

Two years ago: Epic wind event in Nebraska

LINCOLN, NEB. - 12/15/2021 - City workers remove a tree fallen on a car after the strom, Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021, at 13th and Pawnee Streets. JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star

JUSTIN WAN Journal Star

Damage to a home near Ithaca on Wednesday.

CHRIS DUNKER, Journal Star

Damage to a home near Ithaca on Wednesday.

CHRIS DUNKER, Journal Star

LINCOLN, NEB. - 12/15/2021 - City workers remove a tree fallen on a car after the strom, Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021, at 13th and Pawnee Streets. JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star

JUSTIN WAN Journal Star

Damage to a home near Ithaca on Wednesday. 

CHRIS DUNKER, Journal Star

A suspected tornado destroyed the garage on a Ithaca farmstead, tossing the remnants onto the roof of a nearby home. Tornadoes, rare events in December in Nebraska, were reported from near Hastings, in northeast Nebraska near Columbus and north of Lincoln.

CHRIS DUNKER, Journal Star

Lincoln, NE - 12/15/2021 - Winds knocked over a hackberry tree in Antelope Park on Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021. GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star

GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star

City workers remove a tree that toppled onto a car parked near 13th and Pawnee streets during Wednesday's storm.

JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star

Neighbors check out downed trees on Sheridan Boulevard near Bradfield Drive on Wednesday.

GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star

Lincoln, NE - 12/15/2021 - Downed trees block the sidewalk on Sheridan Boulevard near Bradfield Drive on Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021. GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star

GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star

A tree was down at 4 p.m. Wednesday on 19th Street near Van Dorn.

MATT OLBERDING, Journal Star

A funnel cloud formed on the west side of Wood River at 1:45 p.m. The sky became brown-gray, and moments later a powerful rush of wind and rain struck the town. It cleared and calmed within five minutes and the storm moved northeast scattering debris, damaging fences and knocking down some power lines. 

Independent/Brandon Summers

A construction crane stands still as high winds move through Lincoln on Wednesday.

GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star

Husker running back Markese Stepp watches as a storm passes through Lincoln on Wednesday.

ANNA REED, THE WORLD-HERALD

A view of stormy skies over the construction of Robinson Elementary School on Wednesday afternoon. Potential high winds that could have ripped insulation off the roof of the under-construction school were a worry for Scott Wieskamp, Lincoln Public Schools' director of operations.

EAKIN HOWARD, Journal Star

A storm approaches Lincoln on Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021.

ANNA REED, THE WORLD-HERALD

In the aftermath of the strong winds and storms Wednesday afternoon, a large tree and a street sign were knocked down along 33rd Avenue between 31st and 34th streets in Columbus.

HANNAH SCHRODT, THE COLUMBUS TELEGRAM

Strong winds blew over a traffic sign near downtown Beatrice Wednesday afternoon. 

Daily Sun staff

Ominous clouds approach from the west as viewed from Skyline Drive on Wednesday.

CHRIS MACHIAN, THE WORLD-HERALD

A camper at a residence on 30th Avenue in Columbus, near Lost Creek School, is turned on its side following strong storms and wind Wednesday afternoon.

HANNAH SCHRODT, THE COLUMBUS TELEGRAM

A fence in Lincoln was knocked over by the wind Monday afternoon.

L. KENT WOLGAMOTT, Journal Star

The 85 mph winds on Wednesday caused not only damage to the historical sign at Grand Island's Pioneer Park, but also caused a large branch to snap and briefly block a portion of Second Street.

Independent/McKenna Lamoree

Debris from strong storms and wind Wednesday afternoon was seen along 33rd Avenue in Columbus. 

HANNAH SCHRODT, THE COLUMBUS TELEGRAM

Utility crews could be seen along 38th Street near Lost Creek School in Columbus on Wednesday following severe storms and strong winds. Some Loup Public Power customers lost power after the storm.

HANNAH SCHRODT, THE COLUMBUS TELEGRAM

Trash cans blow out into the street during Wednesday's wind storm. Wednesday brought record heat and wind for mid-December to the area.

John Grinvalds, Beatrice Daily Sun

A basketball hoop tipped over in a Beatrice yard during Wednesday's wind storm. Wind gusts in the area went beyond 60 mph.

John Grinvalds, Beatrice Daily Sun

PhotoFiles: It's a Twister! Nebraska tornadoes through history

It's a Twister!

A tornado picks up debris outside of Hebron in 1965. A photographer for the Hebron Register newspaper was able to capture this clear shot of the funnel right as it reached the ground.

Journal Star file photo

It's a Twister!

A tornado approaches Milford in 1964.

Journal Star file photo

It's a Twister!

A tornado tears across the Plains southwest of Ord in 1961. Harold Holoun got this picture from his father's farm.

Journal Star file photo

It's a Twister!

Farmer Wallace Peterson got this shot of a tornado 1¼ miles south of his rural Nebraska homestead in 1968.

Journal Star file photo

It's a Twister!

A still-forming tornado approaches a stalled train near Grand Island in 1990. The storm would eventually derail 24 cars several cars back from the engine. Note the silhouettes of the two daredevil engineers standing on top of their machine in the lower left corner.

Journal Star file photo

It's a Twister!

This is a tornado in its infancy. This thunderhead near Stromsburg spawned a series of tornadoes across south-central Nebraska in 1968.

Journal Star file photo

It's a Twister!

A low, wide funnel cloud dips below the horizon near Auburn in 1963. Witnesses said the cloud was at least a half-mile wide.

Journal Star file photo

It's a Twister!

It may look small, but it's mighty. A funnel cloud contemplates whether it should visit the ground 10 miles west of Nebraska City in 1972.

Journal Star file photo

It's a Twister!

One of the factors that make tornadoes so dangerous is how hard it often is to see the funnel clouds before they reach the ground. A fledgling tornado is barely visible in this 1977 photo from rural Walton.

Journal Star file photo

It's a Twister!

The same funnel cloud near Walton quickly tightened up and made itself more visible.

Journal Star file photo

It's a Twister!

This thin tendril of swiftly rotating clouds doesn't look like much. But its location directly over Grand Island in 1982 was nerve-wracking for the thousands of people who lived there. Luckily, none of the three funnels from this storm touched down inside the city.

Journal Star file photo

It's a Twister!

An ominous funnel cloud is seen through torrential rains from 5400 Orchard Street in Lincoln in 1961.

Journal Star file photo

It's a Twister!

This undated photo from rural Nebraska was used as an educational tool by the General Adjustment Bureau of New York City in the 1980s to illustrate what kind of monster could cause such damage on the plains. Those city boys don't know what they're missing out here!

Journal Star file photo

It's a Twister!

A great white devil of a twister nears the Edgar Klein farm in northeast Stromsburg in 1968.

Journal Star file photo

It's a Twister!

This photo defies both death and time. Taken from the heart of Hildreth, this tornado touched down and terrorized the town in 1908. The picture is more than 100 years old.

Journal Star file photo

It's a Twister!

Talk about a near miss. A sinister-looking funnel cloud skirts north Lincoln in 1975 but never touched down. The photo was taken from the observation deck of the Capitol (not a safe place to be in a tornado). In the next edition of PhotoFiles, we'll show you what could have become of the Capital City had it touched down. That's right. Next time is the aftermath of tornadoes. We'll see you after the storm clears.

Journal Star file photo

Reach the writer at 402-473-2647 or molberding@journalstar.com.

On Twitter @LincolnBizBuzz.

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