The National Weather Service Survey team has confirmed that a tornado did touch down in Clinton County on Monday. The tornado was on the ground for nearly 9 miles and extended from 3.2 miles NNE of Charlotte (pronounced Char Lot not like the city in North Carolina) to 4 miles SSE of Goose Lake. It …

IEM (Iowa Enviromental Mesonet) has a link to a number of pictures of the storm damage from Sunday’s event on their website Here’s the Link NOTE: You will have to click each folder to get to the picture.

There has been widespread wind damage in central this afternoon and evening from severe thunderstorms. Numerous trees down and some structure damage has been reported. A full blown list will be posted tomorrow as severe weather is still ongoing and the final report will not be finalized by the National Weather Service until later tonight …

The KCCI Webcam located at the Iowa Speedway (which is right next to the Newton Airport where a tornado was spotted by law enforcement didn’t see the tornado. It looks to be rain wrapped and could be VERY dangerous as it moves SE away from Newton.

There has been numerous reports of a tornado on the ground in southern Carroll county mainly along IA Hwy 141. Reports from Templeton, Dedham and west of Coon Rapids show that the tornado was still on the ground or may have been several brief touchdowns as the storm is moving to the east.

Nickel Sized hail was reported NNE of State Center at 1:13am. At 1:29am the Marshalltown airport, located 4 miles north of Marshalltown recorded a wind gust to 60mph. These storms will continue to move east-southeast and may briefly reach severe criteria.

TORNADO #1 * LOCATION…6 MILES WNW TO 3 MILES W OF WELTON * TIME OF OCCURRENCE…APROXIMATELY 210-225 PM JULY 11 * INJURIES/FATALITIES…NONE. * EF-SCALE RATING…EF-0. * ESTIMATED WIND SPEED…80 MPH. * PATH INFORMATION…PATH WIDTH WAS 50-100 YARDS. PATH LENGTH WAS 5 MILES. THE PATH EXTENDED FROM 6 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF WELTON TO 3 MILES …

0730 AM HEAVY RAIN BERTRAM 41.95N 91.54W 07/10/2008 M1.10 INCH LINN IA TRAINED SPOTTER FELL IN 45 MINUTES. 0950 AM HAIL 2 W LAMONT 42.60N 91.68W 07/10/2008 M0.50 INCH BUCHANAN IA TRAINED SPOTTER DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT INTERSECTION OF 150TH STREET AND THE 2800 BLOCK. RELAYED BY COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER. 0955 AM HAIL 5 …

The Tornado that touched down near Van Horne yesterday was rated EF1 by the National Weather Service in the Quad Cities. It touched down at 5:10 PM, 2 miles east of Van Horne and was on the ground for 1 mile with estimated winds at 90 mph. It destroyed grain bins and some machine sheds, …