DES MOINES, Iowa (AP/KCRG) – UPDATE 10:46 p.m.: The National Weather Service in Des Moines confirms that three tornadoes occurred in central Iowa on Tuesday. Damage caused by what the National Weather Service in Des Moines says is a tornado in Lacona on August 20, 2019 (WOI) A tornado in Marion County near Tracy was…
NWS to Conduct Storm Surveys for Lacona, DeSoto Tornadoes
JOHNSTON, Iowa – The National Weather Service out of Johnston has confirmed two tornadoes touched down Tuesday morning south of the metro. Both tornadoes were confirmed using the radar tornado debris signature and damage reported by law enforcement. The first happened southeast of De Soto, near Badger Creek State Park around 5:20 a.m. The second…
Tornadoes, severe thunderstorms spread damage across central Iowa
DES MOINES, Iowa — The National Weather Service confirmed Tuesday that an EF-1 tornado touched down in Tracy as severe weather swept across the state. The NWS confirmed the latest tornado following a preliminary damage survey. Tornadoes were also confirmed near Melcher-Dallas, Lacona and southeast of De Soto in Badger Creek State Park. Heavy rains…
Sunday’s Tornado Outbreak Pushed Colorado’s 2019 Twister Count To 42
DENVER (CBS4) – An outbreak of severe thunderstorms hit northeast Colorado Sunday afternoon producing up to 4.5 inch diameter hail, damaging wind gusts and six tornadoes. Localized flash flooding was also reported. Most of the tornadoes touched down in open fields but there were a few reports of minor damage on some area farms. The…
Tornado touched down in Maine, first confirmed in state this year
A tornado touched down this week in Maine, the National Weather Service confirmed Thursday. It marks the first tornado to hit the state in 2019. The tornado was categorized as an EF1, featuring wind speeds as high as 90 miles per hour. It hit two areas in Washington County at approximately 5:40 p.m. Monday, with…
Four tornadoes reported in Flint Hills region Thursday night
ALMA, Kan. (WIBW) — The National Weather Service confirmed four tornadoes swept through the Flint Hills region Thursday evening. While most of them were short-lived and didn’t cause any damage, one of them lasted nearly 20 minutes and reached triple digit wind speeds. The twister touched down shortly after 8:30 p.m. about 8.75 miles northeast…
Confirmed tornado touchdown near Grand Mound, Iowa Sunday
GRAND MOUND, Iowa — A National Weather Service team from the Quad Cities concluded that an EF-0 tornado touched down just 2.8 miles southwest of Grand Mound, Iowa in Clinton County early Sunday morning. Survey teams found damage consistent with a downburst-induced tornado that briefly spun up on the eastern edge of private property. Numerous…
Tornado hits Luxembourg, injuring 19, damages 100 homes
A rare tornado injured 19 people, two of them severely, in Luxembourg, while 15 soccer players were injured by a lightning strike in southern Germany as unseasonal storms hit northern Europe late Friday. The tornado in the southwestern Luxembourg communities of Pettingen and Kaerjeng left a path of destruction that made up to 100 homes…
Tornadoes tear through Amsterdam and Luxembourg
Tornadoes touched down across Western Europe on Friday, bringing scary scenes more typical of Kansas. A damaging tornado hit Luxembourg while a menacing twister also sliced through Amsterdam. Watch the tornado shown in the video above as it tears across Amsterdam’s Oosterdok Basin Friday evening, frightening residents and tourists caught on or near the water…
Tornado reported near Henning
A report of a tornado touching down near Henning at 2:22 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 13, had Wadena County on high alert as it appeared the storm was headed northeast towards Wadena this afternoon. Henning police/fire chief Mike Helle said a tornado touched down about 2 miles south of Henning, in Otter Tail County, damaging crops…