• Home
  • News
    • Politics & Government
    • Business & Economy
    • Crime / Courts
    • Health / Medicine
  • Sports
    • High School Sports
    • Radio Iowa Poll
  • Affiliates
    • Affiliate Support Page
  • Contact Us
    • Reporters

Radio Iowa

Iowa's Radio News Network

You are here: Home / Fires/Accidents/Disasters / Most of state saw severe weather

Most of state saw severe weather

June 17, 2014 By Dar Danielson

Crews clean up downed trees in Des Moines.

Crews clean up downed trees in Des Moines.

The National Weather Service is trying to assess the damage from severe weather overnight. Meteorologist Jeff Johnson coordinates weather warnings and says it was a busy night and early morning.

“The damage was pretty widespread, of course we didn’t have the high-end stuff they had over in Nebraska with the unfortunate loss of life over there, we had none of that in Iowa fortunately,” Johnson says. “But just looking at the map this morning, we had widespread wind and even a few tornado reports.”

The storms that did the deadly damage in Nebraska were the same ones that ended up in Iowa. “They formed over northeast Nebraska, southeast South Dakota, northwest Iowa, and then kind of merged into some sort of line and then it kinda just went right across northern Iowa and then east-central Iowa in the early morning hours,” Johnson says.

Storm spotters sometimes can confirm twisters, but Johnson says otherwise it’s like a jigsaw puzzle as they try to look at the damage and determine the type of storm.

“We did have confirmed tornadoes, and definitely one up in northwest Humboldt County. We had a visual confirmation with that and pictures,” Johnson says. He says that tornado

Tree damage in Fayette County.

Tree damage in Fayette County.

touched down in an open field and did not do any damage. Johnson says they are confident there were tornadoes near Mason City and the north-central part of the state. They have a survey team in Clarksville trying to sort out some of the damage.

The weather pattern won’t change for the next couple of days

. “We’re gonna have episodes of heat on the south side of this warm frontal boundary that is snaking its way across the state and upper midwest,” Johnson says. “And then usually in the late afternoon and overnight hours we’ll have thunderstorms develop near that boundary and kind of race off to the east. Just looking at tonight, much of Iowa is under the gun for another round of storms tonight.”

Johnson says this is typical June weather, although things have been quiet the last couple of years.
(Fayette County photos courtesy of the Sheriff’s Department)

More tree damage at a home near Westgate in Fayette County.

More tree damage at a home near Westgate in Fayette County.

 

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Filed Under: Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News, Weather

Featured Stories

Iowans 65+ now eligible in next phase of Covid vaccinations

Bill would remove transfer limits in five Iowa school districts

Former Iowa sports talk host sentenced to federal prison for ticket scams

Feenstra only member of Iowa delegation not at Biden’s inauguration

Congresswoman Axne favors Biden pandemic relief plan, Hinson not ruling out a ‘yes’

TwitterFacebook
Tweets by RadioIowa

UNI adds two nonconference games to basketball schedule

Iowa State-Kansas postponed

Iowa-Michigan State postponed

Fire damage to Riverfront Stadium electrical system will cost Waterloo thousands

Iowa State at Kansas State postponed

More Sports

eNews and Updates

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

Archives

Copyright © 2021 ยท Learfield News & Ag, LLC