Cleanup is progressing well in Admire after severe storms and heavy rainfall early last week.
The Admire area — and the US Highway 56 corridor in general — were hard hit by 5-9 inches of rain July 1, followed almost immediately by a severe windstorm July 2. On KVOE’s Newsmaker segment Monday, Mayor Donna Uhl said the storms blowing through north Lyon County early last week were “significant” and, to a large degree, surprising.
Audio PlayerCity Council member Nichole Kuhn says the affected trees were among the oldest in the town.
Audio PlayerThe city worked with residents to bring roll-off containers to Admire City Park so residents could drop off their tree debris as well as mobile wood chippers. The downed trees and branches were largely recycled in places like wineries and compost piles.
Plans are now finalized for the city’s rescheduled July 3 celebration, which will now take place this upcoming Saturday. Kuhn says the schedule will be identical to the original plan, including a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the city’s new multi-use court at 6 pm, followed by the traditional potluck meal at 6:30 pm, horseshoes and fireworks by 9:45 pm.
The storms early last week followed tornadic activity in Lyon and Osage counties June 28. Damage between Admire and Reading has not been listed with one tornado, and there was tree and minor building damage southwest of Osage City with the second twister. The third tornado caused significant issues to the east side of Melvern Lake. The lake’s marina says two docks pulled off their moorings have been secured and the service shop has reopened. The US Army Corps of Engineers had all affected campsites open and available late last week. It says the Couer d’Alene beach area had tree damage cleaned up, but that area had to be closed due to flooding from heavy rainfall last week. The lake discharge has gone from 20 cubic feet per second Friday to 2,500 cubic feet per scond Monday morning.
