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May 11, 2008 6:00 pm US/Central
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Storm Cleanup Dominates Mother's Day In Delta Co.
DELTA COUNTY (CBS 11 News) ―
The killer storm system that spawned tornadoes in Oklahoma and Missouri was also felt in Texas.
High winds accompanying the storm front cut a wide swath of damage through the City of Cooper in Delta County.
Straight-line winds sheared off trees like a titanic buzz saw. They pulled roofs from homes and businesses.
The roof over an old feed store was ripped off and thrown into Ben Parker's yard, among others. He's lucky only a fence was damaged.
"The roof extended over 150 some odd feet onto the property and caught the edge of our fence," he said. "About another 20-30 feet, it would've hit the house."
Michael Mothershed is amazed the storm hit so quickly. "It made a horrific noise, but it was just so quick. It was just over in seconds," he said.
City officials say the storm cut a path two miles long and a mile-and-a-half wide, pulling down billboards and even twisting the Delta County sheriff's radio tower back onto itself.
"We had probably an inch of rain over about 20-minutes, some bursts of winds," said fire marshal Harold Watkins. "[The tower] is still functional right now, not as well, we don't get as good a coverage as normal but we still are in service."
Robert Hurst was visiting his parents and suddenly found himself in an emergency command post established at the family home.
"I got a little tickled, because I'm the director of homeland security for Nacogdoches County and here I am, 180-miles away and were right in the middle of it," he said.
Gratefully, despite the damage, there were no reported injuries.
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