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The Preliminary Numbers Following the Tornado

small tornadoDickinson County Fire District One spokesman Paul Froelich has released some of the preliminary numbers from the Chapman area tornado Wednesday night.

Multiple authorities converged on the Chapman area to assist after the storm that just missed that town but did cause damage in the rural west and south of the city.

Froelich said on a Facebook post that the preliminary numbers from the Dickinson County command post included 20 homes damaged, including six that are a total loss. All residents were accounted for. There were some minor injuries.

123 responders completed preliminary and secondary searchs overnight.

The command post was set up at the landfill near Chapman.

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