FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM CDT SATURDAY…
* WHAT…Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 27 expected.
* WHEN…From midnight tonight to 8 AM CDT Saturday.
* IMPACTS…Frost and freeze conditions could harm or kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Freeze Warning for counties in purple.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
Take steps now to protect tender plants and outdoor plumbing from the cold.
(Johnston, Iowa) – The National Weather Service in central Iowa reports two additional tornadoes occurred during the storms on April 16th. One took place in/near Anita in Cass County (IA), the other in/near Carbon, in Adams County.
Anita tornado path
The twister in Anita happened between 9:58- and 10:00-a.m. Tuesday, and was rated an EF-1 on the Fujita Scale, with wind speeds estimated at 90-mph. The tornado was on the ground for a little more than six-tenths of a mile. It was estimated to be 30-yards wide.
The tornado in Carbon took place between 9:31- and 9:33-a.m., Tuesday. It was rated an EF-0, with winds estimated at 80-mph. It traveled on the ground for about 1.75-miles, and was a maximum of 30-yards wide.
In both counties, there were no injuries or deaths resulted from the storms, but there were reports of property damage. Wednesday morning, Cass County Emergency Management Coordinator Mike Kennon said 12 homes were identified as having some minor damage, such as broken windows, siding and trim, shingles and ridge caps, as well as to garage doors. Caring Acres Nursing Home sustained some damage. Numerous trees were knocked down in the area.
Tornado near Carbon (Photo courtesy McCade Morrison)
Adams County tornado path
With the additions of Cass and Adams Counties, total number of tornadoes that occurred on or about April 16th in Iowa, amounts to 15.
Other confirmed tornadoes include those in/near:
Rockwell City
Manson
Palmer
Gilmore City
Rolfe
In some cases, the same tornado appeared in two-or three-counties. The preliminary information is still be compiled by the Weather Service.
DES MOINES, Iowa [KCCI/NWS]— The National Weather Service determined at least five tornadoes touched down Tuesday afternoon (April 16,2024) in Calhoun and Pocahontas counties. All five twisters came from the same thunderstorm that traveled through that area of northwest Iowa. The strongest was an EF-1 that tracked just east of Rockwell City.
Those tornadoes are in addition to the EF-0 that spun up in Dallas County, two others in eastern Iowa, and at least four between Sioux City and Sioux Center, for a total of a dozen twisters.
More tornadoes from Tuesday could still be confirmed.
Today: FREEZE WARNING UNTIL 8-A.M.; Widespread frost before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 56. W/NW winds 10-25 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 29. Northwest wind 10-20.
Saturday: Widespread frost before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 51. NW @ 10-20 mph.
Sat. Night: Widespread frost after 2am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 27.
Sunday: Widespread frost before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 60.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 35.
Monday: A 40 % chance of showers, otherwise partly sunny & windy, with a high near 68.
Mon. Night: Showers likely. Low around 44.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny & breezy, with a high near 64.
Thursday’s High in Atlantic was 57. We received just under 1/4″ of rain (.25″). Our Low this morning was 28. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 74, and the Low was 48. The All-Time Record High on April 19th in Atlantic, was 87, in 1908, 1946 & 1987. The Record Low was 15, in 1988. Sunrise: 6:34. Sunset: 8:04.
(Atlantic, Iowa) – As mentioned in an earlier report, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, Wednesday issued a disaster proclamation for Cass and five other counties affected by severe storms on Tuesday, April 16th, 2024. Cass County Emergency Management Coordinator Mike Kennon was in a Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday morning. Afterward, he received word from residents and local officials in the area, wanting him to take a look about damage from a possible tornado having occurred in Anita, near the golf course, across a subdivision, a business on the north side of Highway 83, and at Lake Anita State Park.
Damage area image courtesy Mike Kennon
The damage occurred at around 10-a.m., Tuesday. Kennon says 12 homes were identified as having some minor damage. Broken windows, siding and trim, shingles and ridge caps, as well as garage doors, sustained damage in some parts of Anita. Numerous trees also fell, to varying degrees. Mike Kennon said the nursing home in Anita also appeared to have sustained damage from the weather event.
While the skies turned dark in Atlantic and parts of Cass County, late Tuesday morning, Kennon said there were no warnings issued by the National Weather Service at the time.
As mentioned, the governor’s proclamation open’s up the possibility of individual assistance that can be accessed, according to Kennon.
He said there may also be other, widespread damage from a storm front that passed through Cass County Tuesday afternoon. Strong winds affected most, if not all of the county. Kennon said Persons with property damage, who have not already done so, should contact Mike Kennon at 712-254-1500. And, if you happen to have photos of the severe weather event as it was occurring, you can send those to Mike Kennon at mkennon@casscoia.us .
Today: Showers or thunderstorms. Breezy. High near 54. N/NE winds 15-25 mph. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 32. N/NE winds 10-20 mph.
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 57. West southwest winds 10-20 mph.
Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29.
Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 51.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 59.
Wednesday’s High in Atlantic was 68. Our Low this morning was 45. We received .07″ rain at KJAN for the past 24-hours (7-a.m. Wed. to 7-a.m. today). Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 68, and the Low was 38. The All-Time Record High on April 18th in Atlantic, was 89, in 1948. The Record Low was 17, in 1905. Sunrise: 6:36. Sunset: 8:03.
(Radio Iowa) – The National Weather Service says a minimum of four tornadoes touched down in Iowa on Tuesday, including one each in Calhoun, Dallas, Lee and Pocahontas counties. Among the damage, a barn was leveled near Dallas Center and there’s major damage to a house near Salem. National Weather Service meteorologist Kristy Carter says survey teams are fanning out this (Wednesday) morning to look over the damage at the various sites.
Photo taken around 10-a.m. Tuesday, North of Carbon, in Adams County. (Photo courtesy McCade Morrison)
“Those numbers can change as we continue to get more data throughout the day today,” Carter says. “We don’t have any ratings on any of those tornadoes yet. We’ll continue to be collecting data and trying to look at satellite imagery to figure out paths and surveys.” It was initially thought that just one twister set down in north-central Iowa around 2:30 P-M, but she says there were at least two, perhaps more, that emerged from that single storm cell.
“There were a couple of tornadoes that happened in Calhoun and Pocahontas. They weren’t necessarily all continuous, so at least at the moment, we’re thinking there are multiple tornadoes,” Carter says. “That’ll just be part of the data that we continue to collect here today and as we get some information about damage in the path and the survey.” There are multiple reports of large hail all over central and eastern Iowa, while winds were clocked up to 72 miles an hour in Cedar County near Stanwood. All across the state, there were reports of fallen trees and tree limbs which caused dozens of power outages.
“There were some reports of hail. We had one-to-two inches in diameter. We had plenty of wind gusts, 50-to-60 miles an hour,” Carter says. “It was really the winds that most people probably experienced, with all of our environmental wind, so outside of thunderstorms.” Funnel clouds were reported over Le Claire and near Cedar Rapids, but neither reached the ground to become tornadoes. No injuries are reported.
Today: Cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 67. Windy, with W/NW winds 15-30 mph.
Tonight: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after midnight. Low around 45. NW-E/NE @ 15-20 mph. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tomorrow: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 56. N @ 15-25 mph. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Friday: Partly sunny & breezy, with a high near 55.
Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 51.
Tuesday’s High in Atlantic was 75. Our Low was 50. We received .46″ rain at KJAN. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 64, and the Low was 33. The All-Time Record High on April 17th in Atlantic, was 85, in 2004. The Record Low was 11, in 1907. Sunrise: 6:37. Sunset: 8:02.
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