Some of the large hail that fell in the Vandalia area. Photo by Bill Washburn.
While Northwest Marion County, along with Fayette, Bond, Clinton, Washington, Jefferson and Clay Counties all were placed under tornado warnings late Friday night and early Saturday morning, damage was isolated. Most damage was the result of the strong winds and downed trees. There were also isolated power outages and large hail in the Vandalia area.
The most serious damage in Marion County appeared to be the collapse of a pavilion next to the Centralia High School tennis courts and a large tree limb that fell onto a mobile house in the Cartter area nearly splitting it in two. The Jesse Misel family of 5039 Carter Road was home when the tree fell, but got out of the home safely. Salem Firemen responded to make sure gas and electric were off.
Another large tree fell across Van Buren Street in Junction City and was struck by a car driven by 33-year-old Jessica McGrew of Junction City as it came down. McGrew and two juveniles were checked for injuries and declined hospital treatment.
Odin Firemen handled two incidents during the storm. A power line became tangled in a fallen tree in the 2100 block of Soper Drive that resulted in a power outage and started a small grass fire. Odin Firemen were also called to the intersection of Kirkwood and DeWolf Street to a power pole that appeared to have broken off at the base and caused the power lines to lay on top of a car.
The Salem Water Plant recorded 45-hundredths of an inch of rain and the Centralia Water Plant 14-hundredths of an inch from the storms. Other areas under more severe areas of the storm system received much more rain.
Large tree is uprooted southwest of Centralia in Washington County. Photo by Lori Reid McDonnough.
