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Trees down. Corn crops destroyed in rural Winnebago County. All from a hailstorm that hit Thursday night.
“In seconds, a huge hailstorm started coming to us, and the wind and the rain was intense,” said Milburn. “
Basically it started with wind, then raining then hailing. I had never seen it hail so long. Sometimes you see it hail for five minutes or so, this was a good half hour and it never stopped,” said Burkhart.
Milburn says the hail was at least the size of half dollars. A severe thunderstorm warning was issued a little after nine and didn’t expire until well after 10. But it wasn’t just hail. Wind damage was reported just north of Stillman Valley, with several trees 1-2 feet in diameter being blown over. Other areas such as Byron and Janesville were also affected but not as badly as this.
“This is a huge loss to the rural farmers in this area. In the 43 years I’ve lived here, I’ve never endured a hailstorm of this magnitude,” said Milburn.
Now, fields of corn that used to be green are not much short of wasteland. Burkhart says he now has to wait at least a week until his crops can be inspected — but believes the damage will add up to thousands of dollars.
Courtesy of mystateline.com
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