High winds blow down half of barn in Cortez

Reed Branson was in his house when he heard a loud noise and looked out his window to see that half of his barn had blown down. The back half of the barn now rests on the ground. He built the barn, in the 18900 block of County Road 23.5, in 1967.

Half of Reed Branson’s barn blew down, dented his tractor and exposed his boats to the weather on Monday afternoon.

The back half and the roof of the barn at County Road 23.5 rests in front of the building after a windstorm on Monday afternoon.

The roof over the front deck of the mobile home and part of the home’s roof at 18490 County Road 23.5 was blown away during a windstorm Monday afternoon.

The front porch roof of the Williford home at 18490 Road 23.5 is now in the backyard after high winds on Monday.

Part of the roof of the Williford home at 18490 County Road 23.5 is tangled up in the backyard after a windstorm Monday.