ARIZONA'S HIGHCOUNTRY TWISTER (11 images)

A rare swarm of tornadoes shoved semis off highways and destroyed homes in the pre-dawn darkness Wednesday, leaving startled residents wondering if they were in Arizona anymore or had woken up in the twister-prone Midwest.

After one tornado rumbled through Bellemont around 5:30 with wind speeds of up to 110 miles per hour, residents armed with flashlights emerged from their homes to check on the damage _ a house splintered, windows smashed, garage doors twisted, but no major...
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A rare swarm of tornadoes shoved semis off highways and destroyed homes in the pre-dawn darkness Wednesday, leaving startled residents wondering if they were in Arizona anymore or had woken up in the twister-prone Midwest.

After one tornado rumbled through Bellemont around 5:30 with wind speeds of up to 110 miles per hour, residents armed with flashlights emerged from their homes to check on the damage _ a house splintered, windows smashed, garage doors twisted, but no major injuries. Some time later one of these twisters set down in the forest west of Flagstaff and cut a mile long path through the forest and across AZ Hwy 180 about a mile south of Harts Prarie's Meadow northern exit. The tornado pulled out and snapped in half, topped about 250-300 trees, a mixture of fur and aspen.
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