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Stoughton Neighborhood Hit Hard
A Stoughton woman says she's grateful everything she lost in Saturday's storm can be replaced. SUNDAY UPDATE: Press Release from the City of Stoughton
Reporter: Brock Bergey
Email Address: bbergey@nbc15.com
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UPDATED Sunday, June 8, 2008 --- 10:25am
POSTED: Saturday, June 7, 2008 -- 9:30pm

"I wasn't home," says Amy Towne. "I was driving home. But, my fiancee and 3-month-old son were in the house."

A house that now is without a roof. That roof -- scattered throughout a nearby farm field.

"He just says he doesn't know what hit the house, but something hit hard, obviously," Amy says.

She says her fiancee and son were in the living room, on the first floor, when the storm hit.

They had been in the basement, seeking shelter, but Amy says her fiancee thought the brunt of the storm had passed.

"That's when it hit, a couple of minutes after that," Amy adds.

"I saw trees blowing away a debris flying," says Dave Anderson, who watched the storm blew through the northwest part of the city.

"It was just dark and so much rain, you couldn't even see," he says.

Anderson says no major damage at his place, "Real lucky."

But, a farm building on County Highway B is shredded to pieces.

Stoughton police report a nearby church also suffered some structural damage.

Everything in a direct path from Amy's Greig Trail home.

"This is all replaceable," she says.

It's still too soon for damage estimates.

Authorities are also working to determine if was a tornado or just strong winds that caused it.

Regardless, people in Stoughton are thankful no one was hurt.

"Thank God, thank God for that," says Amy.

Stoughton area residents are no strangers to severe storms.

On August 18, 2005, a F-3 tornado, with winds up to 200 miles-per-hour, carved a 10-mile path of destruction.

A town of Pleasant Springs man died in that storm. More than 20-people were injured.

Nearly 140-homes were damaged or destroyed.

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SUNDAY UPDATE: Press Release from the City of Stoughton:

City of Stoughton Storm Damage

Stoughton - At approximately 5:05 p.m. on Saturday, June 7, 2008 the Northwest quadrant of the City of Stoughton experienced high winds and rain resulting in the localized damage of homes, a church, trees and power outages. At this point in time there has not been a determination as to whether the damage was caused by sheer winds or tornado activity.

Christ Lutheran Church on Cty. Hwy. B has experienced structural damage in their education wing of the facility. Two homes on Greig Trail have had their roofs blown off and several other homes have minor structural damage. An assessment on the cost of the damages has not been made at this time.

No injuries have been reported. Emergency services in the City of Stoughton have been activated as well as the Dane County Emergency Operations Center.

Stoughton Hospital has activated their emergency preparedness system and is being updated by Emergency Services.

Stoughton Lumber can be reached at 873-4141 if residents need supplies or equipment.

Greig Trail and Cty. Hwy. B remain closed at this time. Non-residents of these areas are encouraged to use alternate routes.


Latest Comments

Posted by: rich Location: yorkville il on Jun 9, 2008 at 01:23 PM

we will pray for you lake delton
Posted by: Anonymous on Jun 8, 2008 at 05:27 PM

weather like that sucks, its nice to have heavy rain for a while but not so they do all the damage along with the strong winds.
Posted by: Steve Smith Location: Stoughton on Jun 8, 2008 at 01:54 PM

These storms were nasty.. lots of people scared for a recursor of the tornado 2 years ago.
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