Nodaway-Holt R7 school was forced to cancel school Wednesday after overnight storms caused major damage to the building, including several inches of flood waters in classrooms and hallways and removed a large section of the roof.

“It’s just really scary to see everything we have gone,” Nodaway-Holt R7 Sophomore Rachel Farmer said. “It’s a million times different. I mean everything is trashed.”
“It’s like flooded everywhere, everything is ruined,” Junior Ashley Brashears said.

According to the National Weather Service Tuesday night’s supercell thunderstorms produced a total of four tornadoes across portions of Northwest Missouri as well as numerous reports of straight line wind damage.

Nodaway-Holt Superintendant Karma Coleman said she can’t speculate on wether the damage to the school was from a tornado or just from the strong storm system.

“I do know that a tornado was spotted west of here in Maitland which is also in our district and that we have significant wind and water damage,” Ms. Coleman said. “However, I am not equipped to say.”

Students said they are concerned about the state of the school with homecoming scheduled for the end of the week. But Ms. Coleman said with the extend of damage to the building right now she is not sure when they will be able to head back to class.

“At this point in time it’s not looking real promising to have school tomorrow,” she said. “We are trying. It’s our homecoming week so we are making an effort but right now it’s just too soon to tell.”