Well ****. I'd enjoy getting good sleep, but I tend to not do that in bad weather nights.
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Doesn't look like it will be a problem. Whatever was holding.things in place seems to have broke loose. Storms pretty much blew right through most of the metro.
Feels like that's the story of a lot of storms lately. Look nasty then start to fall apart a few miles west of the metro
Yeah, 0.07” inches of severe devastation recorded by my weather station while I slept. Must have been brutal.
Must have gotten windy in Ankeny last night. I lost a big branch on one of my maple trees.
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Last Night.
I am sitting pretty. I still have a truck and a home. Neighbors a mile west dont have homes. Tornado in April.
For those that were watching the house did end up falling in last night.
www.kcrg.com
BREAKING: House next to Rapidan Dam falls into Blue Earth River
The home of the owners of the Rapidan Dam Store has apparently fallen into the Blue Earth River.
www.kcrg.com
For those that were watching the house did end up falling in last night.
BREAKING: House next to Rapidan Dam falls into Blue Earth River
The home of the owners of the Rapidan Dam Store has apparently fallen into the Blue Earth River.
That sucks but was only a matter of time unfortunately.
That second round that came through the metro could have been worse if we didn't have the prior storms. The atmosphere was pretty worked over and that second round 'elevated' as the moved into central Iowa.
No doubt there were some spots that did receive that damaging wind 60+ but it wasn't widespread in that warned area as it moved through. I'd estimate 40-50 was more common on a widespread level. With the the first round it helped stabilize things at the surface which makes it bit harder to punch that strongest wind to the surface. Not only that but a lot of it actually started deviating to the south which followed the instability gradient/outflow from the first round. Was a bit more potent in SW Iowa and S Iowa near the border.
I saw a couple posts on the socials about the 90 mph wind in Omaha coming towards the DSM metro. The likelihood of that actually happening in central Iowa was actually quite low because of this.
No doubt there were some spots that did receive that damaging wind 60+ but it wasn't widespread in that warned area as it moved through. I'd estimate 40-50 was more common on a widespread level. With the the first round it helped stabilize things at the surface which makes it bit harder to punch that strongest wind to the surface. Not only that but a lot of it actually started deviating to the south which followed the instability gradient/outflow from the first round. Was a bit more potent in SW Iowa and S Iowa near the border.
I saw a couple posts on the socials about the 90 mph wind in Omaha coming towards the DSM metro. The likelihood of that actually happening in central Iowa was actually quite low because of this.
