The southern part of Winneshiek county suffered heavy storm damage after a round of severe weather went through the area Monday night. Winneshiek county emergency management coordinator Sean Snyder says the most localized damage came in the southwestern portion of the county. Large hail did a lot of damage. “In Fort Atkinson the homes on the west side of people’s properties are completely shredded. Kind of looks like Swiss cheese in a way — it’s heavily damaged,” Snyder says.
Wind and hail damage was reported in Calmar and Ossian as well. Snyder says officials from the National Weather service office in La Crosse, Wisconsin will be on the scene today.He says they’ll do an assessment and match the damage with the models they produced to confirm how accurate their models were and can maybe explain the type of storm that hit.
The National Weather Service had issues a tornado warning for the area around 7 p-m.
(Radio Iowa)
Today: Partly cloudy w/isolated afternoon showers. High 88. S @ 15-25.
Tonight: Showers & thunderstorms. Low 67. S @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy w/scatt. shwrs & tstrms. High 79. S @ 10-20.
Thursday: P/Cldy to Cldy. High 67.
Friday: Mostly cldy w/shwrs & tstrms High 64.
Monday’s High in Atlantic was 91, which tied the record set for May 15th that was first set in 1894! Our 24-hour Low was 68. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 55 and the low was 38. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 93 in 1939. The Record Low was 25 in 1907.
Today: P/Cldy & windy w/isolated afternoon shwrs. High 88. S @ 5-15 w/gusts to 20.
Tonight: P/Cldy. Low 67. S @ 10-15.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy w/isolated afternoon shwrs & tstrms. High 88. SW @ 15-30.
Wednesday: Mo. Cldy w/showers & thunderstorms. High 77.S @ 15-35.
Thursday: P/Cldy to Cldy. High 65.
Sunday’s High in Atlantic was 86. Our 24-hour Low was 61. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 66 and the low was 35. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 91 in 1894. The Record Low was 29 in 1929, 1973 & 1983.
Today: Sunny & breezy. High near 85. South wind 10 to 20 mph, w/gusts to near 30.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 62. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
Monday: Partly sunny w/a 20% chance of showers & thunderstorms. High 89. South wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25.
Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. S @ 15-30.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny & windy, w/a 20% chance of showers & thunderstorms. High near 87. S @ 15-35.
Tuesday Night: Showers & thunderstorms likely through midnight. Low 64. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Wednesday: Showers and thunderstorms likely through Noon. High near 78.
Today: Mostly Sunny. High 85. SW @ 5-10.
Tonight: Mostly Clear. Low 57.S/SW @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: Mostly Sunny. High 87. SW @ 10-15.
Tom. Night: Partly cloudy. Low 62.
Monday: P/Cldy. High 88.
Tuesday: P/Cldy. High 88.
Wednesday: P/Sunny w/showers & thunderstorms. High 84.
Friday’s High in Atlantic was 77. Our 24-hour Low was 44. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 67 and the low was 36. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 95 in 1915. The Record Low was 23 in 1997.
Today: Areas of fog this morning; Mostly Sunny. High 72. NE @ 5-10.
Tonight: Partly Cloudy. Low 46.Winds light and variable.
Tomorrow: Mostly Sunny. High near 80. SW @ 10-15.
Sunday: P/Cldy. High 83.
Monday: P/Cldy w/isolated thundershowers. High 83.
Thursday’s High in Atlantic was 73. Our Low this morning (as of 5-a.m) was 41. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 68 and the low was 39. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 94 in 1956. The Record Low was 25 in 1895.
Today: Areas of fog this morning; P/Cldy to Cldy. High near 70. N @ 10.
Tonight: P/Cldy. Low 42.Winds light and variable.
Tomorrow: Areas of morning fog; Mostly Sunny. High 72. Variable @ 5-10.
Saturday: Mostly sunny. High 78.
Sunday: P/Cldy. High 82.
Wednesday’s High in Atlantic was 71. Our Low this morning (as of 5-a.m) was 52. Rainfall in Atlantic yesterday amounted to just under ¾ of an inch (.73”). Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 77 and the low was 48. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 95 in 2000. The Record Low was 27 in 1891, 1946 & 1981.
MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa (AP) — Officials say a tornado has touched down south of Mount Pleasant in the southeastern corner of Iowa, but no reports of injuries or damage has been made.
Mount Pleasant City Administrator Brent Schleisman says the tornado was confirmed around 3 p.m. Wednesday. It hit as the National Weather Service placed parts of Henry and Des Moines counties under a tornado warning until later Wednesday afternoon.
Schleisman said he believed the tornado skirted south of Mount Pleasant, but had not had much of a chance to check in with residents. Schleisman said he and other City Hall employees “just got out of the basement ourselves.”
Spring weather in Iowa often includes hailstorms and Iowans filed 27-hundred hail claims last year with State Farm Insurance. The average cost to repair hail-damaged cars was over four-thousand dollars while the average home roof repair topped 11-thousand dollars. State Farm spokeswoman Holly Anderson suggests Iowans check in with their insurance agent now, before the next storm strikes. “Find out what is your deductible, what will your insurance cover,” Anderson says. “You need to know those things when you’re filing a claim and just for peace of mind so you know that during this hail season, that you are covered.”
Iowans need to be vigilant when it comes to severe weather and Anderson suggests keeping an ear to the radio. “We always say safety first, but if you know that there is an advance storm warning that’s threatening damaging winds and hail,” Anderson says, “we really advise folks to move their cars and boats and their other fun toys under cover so that you can try to avoid damage.” If your home’s roof or windows have been compromised by a storm, Anderson says you may need to act quickly.
“If you know you’ve had hail damage, whether it’s significant or not, if it’s safe to do so, go ahead and make temporary repairs to prevent any additional damage that might be coming through from rain and things like that,” Anderson says. “Save your receipts because a lot of times, those temporary repairs are something that’s covered under your policy.”
In the State Farm report for 2016, Iowa ranks 25th in the nation for the most hail claims.
(Radio Iowa)
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