June 7, 2007
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UNISYS Water Vapor Satellite of the USA (12 hour loop click on title of entry)
By DAN PILLERREGISTER STAFF
June 7, 2007
Central and eastern Iowa cringed under hazardous weather warnings and at least two tornadoes struck. The first touched down shortly after noon in Marion County near Melcher-Dallas shortly after noon and the second wound around Iowa City and Cedar Rapids, between 3:30 p.m. and 4 p.m., apparently causing little or no damage or injuries.
June 7, 2007
Central and eastern Iowa cringed under hazardous weather warnings and at least two tornadoes struck. The first touched down shortly after noon in Marion County near Melcher-Dallas shortly after noon and the second wound around Iowa City and Cedar Rapids, between 3:30 p.m. and 4 p.m., apparently causing little or no damage or injuries.
A third tornado was spotted shortly before 5 p.m. in the Cedar County town of Tipton, about ten miles northeast of Iowa City.
Another storm was developing to the northeast in Jones and Delaware Counties.
There were no reports of injuries by mid-afternoon.
The National Weather Service said winds of up to 80 m.p.h. and half two and one-half inches in diameter would hit parts of eastern Iowa by early evening.
The Knoxville-Pella area was pelted with a heavy thunderstorm that featured winds as high as 60 m.p.h. A tornado watch was issued for the entire state of Iowa until 10 p.m. tonight.
The weather service said all of Iowa east of Interstate Highway 35 was vulnerable to the storm system, with the highest probabilities on a line from Waterloo to Ottumwa.
The storm is moving northeast at 45 mph.
Those areas could see "all types of severe weather are possible with this system, however the most likely will be wind gusts of up to 75 mph and isolated tornadoes," the service said.
Heavy thunderstorms are expected along with the heavy winds.
The tornado warning that was issued for Ringgold, Clarke, Decatur and Lucas counties south of Des Moines has expired.
