MOBILE, AL—–JULY 8 2007 A Walmart on the service road of I-65 was hit by what emergency workers say was a microburst during a severe thunderstorm. The high winds tore off much of the roof, water poured inside a large area of the store damaging goods and causing flooding. A gaspipe also broke and there was damage to the front area of the store. Yet, less than a week later store officials say that they will be open within a week. A crane is being used to help repair the roof and both store employees and contractors have been working on the damage night and day in an effort to get this busy store back in tip top shape and reopened.
A passer- by who caught the twister on his cellphone said that it was definitely a tornado that was spinning on the west side of interstate 65 and he watched it as it came across and hit the Walmart store.
Other businesses and police officials say that there was no other report of damage in the area along the service road but there had been a sighting of another funnel cloud near the Daulphin Island Road area.
A passer- by who caught the twister on his cellphone said that it was definitely a tornado that was spinning on the west side of interstate 65 and he watched it as it came across and hit the Walmart store.
Other businesses and police officials say that there was no other report of damage in the area along the service road but there had been a sighting of another funnel cloud near the Daulphin Island Road area.
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