Naig said the farm damage would have been much worse had the storm hit the state late in the growing season as happened last year. “We’re hearing mostly that roofs have been torn from buildings, so those animals may need to be moved” to different locations, he said.
Iowa is home to millions of chickens, pigs, turkeys and cattle, but Naig said the state agency hasn’t received reports that livestock were lost.
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“We don't have the full picture just yet,” Naig said Thursday, “but in those areas that had tornadoes, we’re hearing about some pretty extensive damage to ag buildings.”
Naig: Buildings damaged but storm would have been worse earlier in the seasonģ:30 p.m. Mike Naig, Iowa’s agriculture secretary, said the state's getting “numerous reports” that livestock facilities, grain bins, barns and machine sheds were damaged in Wednesday night’s storm. More: Kim Reynolds praises Iowans' response to Wednesday storms, says damage could have been 'a lot worse' Rudd library, historical society, homes in tatters "The governor's proclamation allows state resources to be utilized to respond to and recover from the effects of this severe weather," the news release from the governor's office said. The earlier counties were: Allamakee, Appanoose, Audubon, Bremer, Buena Vista, Butler, Calhoun, Cass, Cerro Gordo, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Davis, Fayette, Floyd, Greene, Guthrie, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Harrison, Howard, Ida, Kossuth, Lucas, Madison, Marshall, Mills, Mitchell, Monroe, Montgomery, O'Brien, Page, Pottawattamie, Ringgold, Sac, Shelby, Union, Washington, Webster, Winnebago, Winneshiek, Wright, and Worth. The newly added counties are: Emmet, Franklin, Humboldt, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, and Woodbury.Įarlier Thursday she included 43 counties in the proclamation. Kim Reynolds added six more counties to her disaster proclamation Thursday evening. Kim Reynolds' disaster proclamationĥ:12 p.m. Gov. These are only tornadoes confirmed in the National Weather Service's Des Moines branch coverage area. The branch does not asses the damages in the whole state - they have help from other branches in La Crosse, Wisconsin Sioux Falls, South Dakota the Quad Cities and Omaha, Nebraska.Įarlier today, the weather service in La Crosse confirmed an EF-1 tornado in Rudd. The agency stated that as it continues to assess damages, more tornadoes are likely to be confirmed. The weather service is still analyzing a fifth tornado that travelled through southeastern Sac County and ended near Lytton. to 6:01 p.m., an EF-2 tornado travelled 26.7 miles from around Paton, to northwest of Harcourt, and then ended west of Duncombe, according to the weather service.Įstimated peak winds for these three tornados ranged from 115 mph to 120 mph.Ī fourth EF-2 tornado struck near Springbrook State Park, travelled 17.4 miles northwest of Bagley, and ended south of Jefferson. to 5:31 p.m., another EF-2 tornado travelled 24 miles from southwest of Bayard and into the town.Īnd from 5:43 p.m. on Wednesday, an EF-2 tornado travelled 26.1 miles "from southwest of Atlantic to between Extra and Hamlin," the agency tweeted Thursday.įrom 5:17 p.m. Three of those tornado had 24 to nearly 27 mile paths, according to the National Weather Service in Des Moines.įrom 4:50 p.m.
As Iowans continue to asses the damage created by a storm said to be "one of a kind" across the Plains on Wednesday, weather officials here have confirmed at least five tornados hit the state. 16 At least five confirmed tornados so far, including two that travelled 26 miles eachħ:30 p.m. Watch Video: Tornado confirmed in Atlantic, Iowa near Interstate 80 Storm updates from Thursday, Dec.
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