By KENT THOMPSON For the second time in 12 days, Humboldt County was struck by some severe storms early Saturday evening, April 23, causing property damage to some rural Humboldt County farm buildings. Humboldt County Sheriff Dean Kruger reported that a severe thunderstorm warning with strong winds and possible hail was issued at 5:21 p.m. by the National Weather Service, saying that severe storms would be arriving in the county around 5:30 p.m. A severe thunderstorm warning was issued for southeastern Humboldt County at 5:59 p.m., lasting until 7 p.m. The county did receive reports of wind damage to three rural properties in the county. The most severe was on the Douglas Sandven farm 5 miles northeast of Humboldt at 2527 210th Street. A large, open-air cattle shed, measuring 560 feet long by 120 feet wide on the Sandven farm, had the roof and sides ripped apart. Another shed about 50 feet to the north had a portion of the roof taken off and possibly other damage was still being assessed on Monday. “We lost the end wall and about 300 feet of the 560-foot building. Now there is nothing to hold it to keep it from folding over. We did put in some load binders to help stabilize things and on the north building we had to cut out some roof trusses that were hanging by a thread,” Doug Sandven said. Read more about this story and see more photos in this week's Humboldt Independent.

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