October 1, 2007
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UNISYS Enhanced Infrared Satellite as the 'Heat Transfer Vortex,' which caused the storm, moves out of the Midwest.
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Jasper County residents have a lot of work to do after a tornado ripped through Sunday night.
The storm didn't just touch down near Sully. It covered about 20 miles of Jasper County.
Initial reports show it stayed on the ground for 25 minutes.
The tornado touched down about 4 four miles south of Sully near Co-Line manufacturing. The company makes car parts and basketball hoops.
One hundred mile mph winds took out the company's walls and sent sheet metal flying.
The fire chief talked about where the flying sheet metal ended up.
"(A) lot of it wrapped around (the) owner's house. There's insulation half a mile north of here that I assume is from here out in the field," said Fire Chief Mike Vandermolen.
No one was in the building when the tornado hit.
Power was knocked out to 800 people in the area for more than three hours.
The tornado also damaged several homes, and at least three barns and a machine shed were destroyed.
