The first advised us to get into the basement. Downtown Fargo remained dry and WDAY Chief Meteorologist John Wheeler said no damaging winds were reported in the metro.The reason for this, Wheeler said, is because of an old agreement between cities across the Fargo-Moorhead area to all use their sirens if one of the cities is affected by a tornado warning.Another viewer-submitted photo showed snapped trees on a farm near Blabon, N.D., about 50 miles northwest of Fargo. I never was able to keep in touch with any of my classmates from Fargo and as an only child felt very close to many of them. ... 2K14 (EP 28) Interstate 94 West in Fargo, North Dakota - …
After observing quantities damage I begin to search for my new bicycle. There seemed to be an attitude that we were all a poor and undereducated lot.
I find it demeaning. Homes have been built where lives were shattered by destruction. Living in Moorhead at the time I happened to be caddying at the Moorhead country club the day of the tornado.
Many neighbors decided not to rebuild so there were many empty lots. The "round house" a switching area for trains was about two blocks from us and there were huge rail cars scattered everywhere along with buildings nearby flattened. Property can be replaced. - N. Ft. Meyers, FL We had viewed the storm for what seemed like fifteen minutes, when my mother said the tornado had dropped out of the storm from the base of the wall cloud. My mother herded my baby sister, brother and I into the house and into the basement. My father phoned that he would be home in a few minutes. My mother brought a radio downstairs. At the entrance to the clubhouse basement I was grabbed by several people and lifted over their heads towards the back. The Flood Warning continues for the Sheyenne River at Harwood. When You Hear the Sirens. Tornado event. We tried calling my parents phone, calling the Red Cross, police. See a list of all of the Official Weather Advisories, Warnings, and Severe Weather Alerts for Fargo, ND. That evening we stayed in our rooms at Ceres Hall which had no electricity. The next morning we headed for the Health Center as one of our FFA members had his insulin there. As we approached we met the nurse and she asked if we knew who had insulin in the health center. -- Jean and Dom Rolczynski55) In 1957, when I was 7 years old, I lived in Fargo, North Dakota, with my parents, Bud and Helen (Bohlman) Quiggle and my little sister, Marilyn. So as a 3 year old I donot where it was but I recall it was such destruction. -- Roger Wimpfheimer, Power, IdahoYou know it?s funny, I don?t remember a thing after that, the clean up etc. All the windows had blown out.
I?ve lived in the Madison Neighborhood almost my whole life. While in the clubhouse basement we could hear the tornado pass over the clubhouse. and he gave us his card and a note telling the National Guard who we were and where we lived. We finally got home about midnight to worried parents.39) On the 20th of June, 1957, I had just celebrated my 6th birthday at 1909 7th Street north in Fargo. That house, still standing, was three houses north of Barnett Field. The neighbor boys and I used to catch home run balls over the left field fence. On that afternoon, my mother, told my two younger sisters and I to go down to the basement. My father was out of town, I think. I assume she had heard about the tornado from Dewey Bergquist or neighbors. Our picture window faced west and the sky was very dark. I remember being disappointed on not being able to see the funnel.After the tornado, grade school students became refugees and were bussed to schools around the city for up to 2 years.
* Flood stage is 84.0 feet. That evening a gentleman and myself were trying to complete the ninth hole and it became very dark and calm. Our whole neighborhood was renamed Madison in 1959 when the James Madison grade school was finished and opened. See a list of all of the Official Weather Advisories, Warnings, and Severe Weather Alerts for West Fargo, ND. My Mom had prepared dinner and we had just finished eating, she had made a cherry pie and had just served it to us. They had hunkered down in the basement while the storm blew fragments of all sizes around them. I was in the path and it blew down the garage next door toward the avenue. Our garage was damaged and our porch had a limb through it. Until we headed for the basement when the wind got very strong, we observed the tornado for about 4 or 5 minutes. My mother heard warnings on the radio and gathered us and the dog up ready to head for the basement. When we went outside it was like a different world. It was totally calm with bright sun and damp air. Very beautiful. I saw power lines down, trees across the streets and tree branches all over. Everything looked so green. We had a piece of metal sliced into our tree out front. We had leaves all over inside our house but all the screens were intact and the fireplace had a board over it. Leaves were even in drawers. Very strange.