Got your metal detector or a magnet for the post-tornado cleanup this week?

They could come in handy for any yard nails, provided the weather behaves. But while rotating winds can leave unwelcome and undetected hazards with lawnmowing season just around the corner, the weather of last week was a bit non-committal in terms of expected seasonal norms, bringing thun der and lightning complete with hail and a cold rain Tuesday April 12, then switching in turn to snow flurries that briefly touched down on Thursday, later melting with the rising temperatures and sun. With no ovcial gauge for the Yellow River flowing north of Boyd and past Cadott, the National Weather Ser –

The landmark D.R. Moon Memorial Library was among those places hit with flurries Thursday.

Photo by Joseph Back

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vice recorded a sharp increase in height for the Chippewa River at Chippewa Falls, rising from around 9 feet to crest at 16.17 feet on Thursday, with the Eau Claire River (which feeds into the Chippewa) at Fall Creek cresting at 8.7 feet ear- ly Friday morning, the flow rate being around 5700 cubic feet per second. With cold winds and snow following in sequence, things were back to spring by the weekend.

Come Monday April 18, meanwhile, there was snow on the ground. We appeal to Nature to figure out what it's doing and get back to us.

The view just south of the bridge on County Highway S was fast and furious as the Yellow River overflowed its banks from a Tuesday, with a strong current and rapids created by underwater rocks, too heavy for the water to transport. Meanwhile, the Tuesday rain also brought hail! Photos taken safely from high and dry land by Joseph Back.