The threat of heavy rain is looming over eastern iowa. Expect the rounds of thunderstorm have rolled through the we go to meteorologist terry swails with what to expect tonight. Here is the outline of the Flash Flood Watch that remains in effect for our viewing area. It has been pared back little bit in the northeast. From waterloo to the quad cities the southwest of outline you can see the counties ingrain are the flash flood the watch is out there but as we go to the radar you will be able to see the heavier thunderstorms have remained well to the south of us. We do have a line of showers that extend along highway 30 e. Of cedar rapids west towards kmart. Further to the south you can see heavier thunderstorms south to see heavy rains. Thats part of Washington County and keokuk. The could be totals of an inch or two. As you go further north the amount of what to be lighter. Overall i do not think the flash flood threat is great. Down in the southern counties there could be a few storm
Your screen. Crisis Response Agency foundation 2 in cedar rapids helps answer those calls. Kcrgtv9s Dave Franzman joins us live from jefferson. Dave, at this point, do we know how the boy is doing . Beth, investigators tell us the 15yearold student was transferred to the university of iowa hospitals and clinics, and there is no current condition update. However, police de morning as life threatening. Immediately following the shooting, the school went on a lockdown with students unable to come and go. Some parents gathered outside wanting to take their students home for the rest of the day. The lockdown ended just before ten oclock. Classes continued for available. A number of students told tv9 about half took the option to leave early. I havent talked to my daughter yet, but just the situation going on i want to bring her home and well discuss the events that happened today Cedar Rapids Police do not believe the student who tried to take his own life attempted to enter the school with
Or alcohol. Many timm they had linns to opioid use, including heroin, which is a common substitute for people who opioids. Kcrg tv nines Iowa City Bureau chief mark carlson joins us live from iowa city. Mark, theyre calling this a new drug epidemic . Officials fight back like heroin seem to gain steam. The death of former hawkeye football star tyler sash shocked fans and former teammates. An autopsy revealed he died from mixing powerful pain medications methadone and hydrocodone. Both are forms of opiods powerful and increasingly popular prescriptionnpainkillers. Doctors nationwide wwite nearly 260 million prescriptions a year for them. Obviously they dont want to see patients in pain. With s many of the painkillers streets annually experts say millions are going unused. They then become easy targets for people looking to get high. One of the big keys about all this drug control needs to be the diversion issue of prescription medications, to find a conveeient way for people to take the
To 50 to 55 mph possible. As high pressur build sin behind this systems colder air works its way down from canada dropping highs on friday into the upper 30s and lower 40s. Tonight showers stor ms ending, windy low 3743 winds sw 1530 and gustythursday p cloudy, very windy high 50 low 40 friday m cloudy, stll windy high 43 low 33 saturday mostly sunny high 56 low 26 sunday mostly sunny high 58 low 36 monday chance of showers high 53 low 3 tuesday chance of showers high 49 low 42 tonight, the National Weather service confirmed that an ef1 tornado touched down near avoca. Thats a tow in Pottawattamie County in souuwest iowa. This tornados winds peaked at about 110 miles per hour, and they damaged a grain bin, along with barns and trees on farmland. There are no reports of any injuries. In astern iowa, the storms damaged several outbuildings with Farm Machinery inside of them. This is a picture from north of wyoming in jones county, courtesy of tim ott. And in iowa city, the storms scatter
An update to a story we fst brought you on cbs 2 this morning. We now know the name of the man killed by police after a shoout with Cedar Rapids Police. The Police Department says it was all apart of an ongoing drug investigation. Investigation. Police officers pulled over three suspects along the 3200 hundred block of ravenwood terrace northwest. When the hicle stopped 21 year old Jonathan Gossman got out and ra two officers and a k9 unit chased him. Him. Police say gossman shot at officers when they were trying to arrest him. They shot back hitting and killing him. Right now the identities of the officers are not being released. The iowa dci will be investigating the shooting. Just yesterday city leaders served on a panel at Jefferson High School meeting with students on how they can take action to make the community safer. Safer. Its part a national day of concern about gun violence across the countr Cedar Rapids Police chief wayne jerman was there along th mayor ron corbett and and