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‘ALL HECK BROKE LOOSE’ A tornado with winds of 105 miles per hour hit Mott on Friday evening. Courtesy photo / N. Auch
Mot t b l a ste d b y tor nad o, hig h w ind s By Brad Mosher The Herald An EF-1 tornado hit Mott Friday evening, destroying several buildings, trailers, and the 4H building at the Hettinger County Fair. Witnesses credit quick action by the Hettinger County Sheriffs Department and fair personnel and an evacuation to the county courthouse helped to prevent casualties when the tornado demolished the fairgrounds building just east of the city. A class reunion at the nearby golf course was also evacuated. The tornado was an EF-1 according to the National Weather Service’s Warning Coordination Meteorologist John Paul Martin after he
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examined the damage Saturday. Martin, based in the Bismarck office, explained that the tornado went through the northeast area of the city for about 2.85 miles. It had winds of 105 miles per hour and lasted for about eight minutes after touching down at approximately 9:25 p.m. Friday near 70th Street SW, north of the city. According to the National Weather Service, wind gusts of 72 mph and 90 mph were measured by a North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network (NDAWN) station, likely associated with the outer edge of the tornadic circulation. The intense mesocyclone dropped golf ball size hail around Lefor, before heading towards Mott, according to the
NWS. The tornado forced the cancellation of planned events on the final day of the annual fair, including the 5-kilometer race, parade and demolition derby. Clean up starts early However, while the community was cleaning up all the fallen trees and debris left by the storm, the fair board was able to set up several events for Saturday including a community meal during the afternoon at the local Knights of Columbus building. By evening, the fair board had also arranged for the once-canceled final night concert to be moved to downtown. The South Dakotabased band, Broken Spokes, set up in front of the Farmers Union Insurance building and bleachers were moved downtown for seating. The once-canceled 5-kilo-
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The tornado demolished a fairgrounds building east of the city. Herald photo / Brad Mosher
Cleaning up the debris. Herald photo / Brad Mosher
New Renaissance Festival gets off to sizzling start in Regent By Brad Mosher The Herald The inaugural North Dakota Renaissance Festival got off to a sizzling start Saturday in Regent. Literally. With temperatures hovering near 90 degrees in the open field behind the Enchanted Castle, it still had a strong opening day Saturday. But organizer Randy Jones said he quickly learned some lessons from the opening day. The biggest lesson was the need for more shade. He said he helped
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improve that when he bought large umbrellas and placed them in large wooden spindles, providing shady areas for the audiences in the jousting area as well as around the booths. But Mother Nature had another surprise for him when he came back to the site Sunday morning for the second day of the festival. The canopy he used for his booth was hundreds of yards away, crumpled, thanks to stormy weather for the second straight night accompanied by high winds.
Sword fight at the North Dakota Renaissance Festival. Herald photo / Brad Mosher Jones said he advertised the festival with radio and television interviews over previous
months throughout the state. He is hoping that helps bring in more
people from all over the state throughout the rest of the summer before
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