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Ptah

(33,019 posts)
Mon Jul 2, 2018, 09:13 PM Jul 2018

5-ton Tractor Still Missing After Tornado Touches Down

Last Thursday's storm spawned at least five tornados in rural Carter County, Montana, and Harding County, South Dakota
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS // JUL 2, 2018

BILLINGS — Weather officials say a tractor that was carried away in a tornado last week near the Montana-South Dakota state line has yet to be found.

The National Weather Service says last Thursday’s storm spawned at least five tornados in rural Carter County, Montana, and Harding County, South Dakota.

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One report by the weather service says the tornado carried away farm machinery, including a 5-ton tractor that has yet to be found. Another report service says residents reported finding numerous dead deer.


https://flatheadbeacon.com/2018/07/02/5-ton-tractor-still-missing-tornado-touches/



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5-ton Tractor Still Missing After Tornado Touches Down (Original Post) Ptah Jul 2018 OP
I sheltered under a D-8 Dozier during a tornado in Georgia. DemoTex Jul 2018 #1
Over the rainbow? Throck Jul 2018 #2
Ask the Oopmpah Loompah MontanaMama Jul 2018 #3
If he only had a brain......... Throck Jul 2018 #5
And a heart... MontanaMama Jul 2018 #8
Maybe somebody found it murielm99 Jul 2018 #4
Look for it at the nearest scrap metal yard. 3Hotdogs Jul 2018 #6
Why scrap it when there's tens of thousands in parts? marble falls Jul 2018 #7

DemoTex

(25,390 posts)
1. I sheltered under a D-8 Dozier during a tornado in Georgia.
Mon Jul 2, 2018, 09:43 PM
Jul 2018

Last edited Tue Jul 3, 2018, 02:44 PM - Edit history (1)

It was during the big tornado outbreak on April 3, 1974.

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