‘Thought the whole house was gonna go’: York County homes damaged in severe storm
At least 10 homes were damaged near
No injuries were reported in the Timberlake neighborhood off S.C. 55, west of S.C. 49. Damage ranged from extensive roof damage on some homes to shingles torn off, said
Radar Sunday indicated rotational conditions that could have been a tornado, with a "potential touchdown," he said. A
"The radar showed circulation, and there was damage on the ground, but right now we don't have enough information to say it was a tornado or not," Haynes said.
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Timberlake residents on Monday morning said they were more certain a tornado had skipped through their common area, taking down massive trees and damaging several homes.
"I think that's where it started, behind my house," said resident Al Vesting. "And it came through. And what happened was, all of a sudden the rain came down and I looked out the window, and I said, wow, look at that rain. And all of a sudden it started going sideways and there was all kinds of noise and everything. I thought the whole house was gonna go."
Vesting said he fears structural damage at his home. He isn't alone.
"The house next to me, the woman had to move out, because her one side wall moved over," Vesting said. "They've got the yellow tape around it. The fire department came, told her she had to move out. And the house on the other side of me, half her roof blew off. She's got a tarp over it. Across the street, another gentleman with half his roof blown off."
Only some of the damage had been cleaned by Monday morning. Metal and siding hung on downed and standing trees. A crater unearthed beside the exposed root system of a massive tree.
Craig's husband had just come in from mowing the lawn, and she was in the kitchen, when the storm hit.
"The windows exploded in," she said, "and I saw the rain was going this way, and then all at once the rain was going that way. And everything exploded. It was over as fast as it started."
The roof and windows at the home, where the family has been almost three years, remained patched Monday awaiting an insurance adjustor.
The hail in the neighborhood was golf ball size hail, and several homes had extensive damage, said resident
"It was crazy out here as it passed through," Howland said. "Some trees were ripped out by their roots, and luckily fell into the road and not into anyone's home. It could have been a lot worse."
Howland and other neighbors responded to help neighbors put up tarps to cover spots where shingles were torn off.
The storm knocked down fencing in the neighborhood and caused other damage.
A garage and vehicle were damaged in a fire on
A tree fell on an SUV on
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