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No injuries from this tornado in the Warren County, IA area. 'Lucky or fortunate,' he said, 'either one of those words are the right words.'įrancesca Block is a breaking news reporter at the Des Moines Register. Preliminary estimates are EF-1 category tornado. This time, he said, 'I think we dodged a bullet.' Wilson said he has worked in emergency management services for more than two decades, and in that time has led Johnson County through floods, derechos and tornados. Updates: Tornadoes wreak extensive damage in eastern Iowa disaster proclamation issued for 12 counties Saturday morning, including 14 for public assistance, six for a gas line break, five for rescue and 24 for road hazards, according to data provided by Wilson. Officials responded to 118 calls for service as of 8 a.m. All three at the off-site location had departed as of 8:30 a.m.Īcross the county, only two minor injuries were reported, he said, and there were no fatalities or reports of anyone trapped.

The county helped shelter 11 individuals following the storm: Eight stayed at the Red Cross-run shelter at the Coralville Recreation Center, and three stayed in an off-site location for 'medical special needs,' Wilson said. As if 2:30 p.m, fewer than 300 homes in Johnson County were without power. Local power companies helped restore power to the majority of buildings, and the county was able to reopen all roadways by midnight Friday, Wilson said. Wilson reported 'scattered damage' throughout smaller towns and rural areas in the county. The storm then 'hopped up' to Solon, Wilson said, where it damaged a new subdivision under construction and took the roof off a local hardware store and Mexican restaurant. The area is made up of apartment buildings, a few individual residences and commercial storage sheds, he said.įrom there, the storm moved to the west of Iowa City over the city's landfill and ended up in Coralville, where a portion of four blocks stretching from Highway 6 to Boston Way sustained damage, he said. In Hills, 'about a six-block-wide area between Highway 218 and the railroad tracks' sustained notable damage, he said. The tornadoes first were sighted in the southwest corner of the county, in Frytown, and made their way up through the west side of Hills, he said.

Tornado lacona iowa code#

Try searching for a city, zip code or point of interest. Wilson believes up to three tornadoes may have touched down in the county. 73 F Use your current location Recent Lacona Iowa 73 No results found. Radars clocked over 70 mph winds and residents braced for potential golf ball-sized hail. Sirens blared across Johnson County Friday, warning residents of potential tornadoes and severe thunderstorms, Wilson said. 'I think we dodged a bullet,' Johnson County emergency coordinator says He said the NWS in the Quad Cities issued 56 tornado warnings starting Friday afternoon through the evening, which he described as an unusually high volume.ĭodson and Cousins said the NWS is sending out crews today across the affected regions of the state to assess damage and further confirm the number of tornadoes. 'This is a really strong and unusual storm system for our area for late March, early April,' Cousins said. More: 'Where are my kids going to stay?': Storm damage leaves some Coralville families homeless There also may be more tornadoes not yet reported.ĭavid Cousins of the NWS in the Quad Cities said the office received damage reports stretching from Ottumwa all the way up to Coralville and Iowa City. Northeast of Wellman in Washington Countyĭylan Dodson, a meteorologist for NWS in Des Moines, said these reports are based on information provided by residents nearby and still need to be confirmed through further analysis. Head-on crash in Warren County kills two people Story by Nicole Tam 3m ago warren co crash © Provided by KCCI Des Moines Two people are dead and two others are injured after a crash that involved. Noelle Alviz-Gransee is a breaking news reporter at the Des Moines Register. We're just going to be able to do more things. 'We've never been material people, I can say that,' Gordy said in a release. The others were a $1 million Mega Millions prize purchased in Davenport and a $400,000 InstaPlay jackpot purchased in Cascade. Gordy, a dietary aide at a hospital, was the first of three to claim a big lottery prize in Iowa over a 48-hour period. Hy-Vee will receive a $2,000 bonus from the Iowa Lottery. The winning ticket was purchased at the Hy-Vee Fast & Fresh on 1027 N. Gordy was the only one to win in the country that night. She had added the Powerball Play option, which multiplied prizes at the Match 5 level to $2 million. Gordy's ticket matched the first five numbers but missed the Powerball to originally win a $1 million prize during Saturday's drawing, according to the release. Saturday's winning numbers were: 2-38-44-50-62 and the Powerball was 19.