You couldnt actually see it across the street, it moved quickly but it was a wild ride. Elizabeth strong wind caused widespread damage across a lot of the state. This was the scene on southwest 26th in des moines. Where more than the second floor of nearby jefferson elementary. A powerful nearby was snapped at its base, leaving that area pitch black after sunset. My heart just stopped, i couldnt believe how much damage happened in such a short amount of time. Unbelievable. Elizabeth the National Weather service will be surveying that area along southwest 26th to determine if the damage was caused by wind or an actual tornado. Eric in knoxville, extensive damage on the east side of town there. Downed trees and power lines and debris all over the road. Some homes were damaged but Jennifer Mcgrath was home alone when the storm slammed into her home. Petrifying, your house shakes and you think it will come up. You hear glass breaking and things being thrown. Eric the police chief says is t
We just had a gust of 43 Miles Per Hour in the des moines area and if you are traveling to the east, keep in mind your speed because you might get a boost from the wind. The wind will continue to be gusty all day long. The high wind warning has expired but we have the wind advisory all day long for wind gusting close to 55 Miles Per Hour and wind chills are only in the 20s. Eric well start this morning with wednesdays wild weather. Check out these videos on your screen right now. On the left, strong wind in ames sent in by one of our viewers there. And on the right, i actually shot this right off my porch out in west des moines. As this was passing through, you could barely see across the street. It did move quickly but it was a wild ride for a few minutes. Elizabeth the strong winds caused widespread damage across a lot of the state last night. This was the scene on southwest 26th street in des moines where more than a dozen oak trees came crashing down. Strong winds also shattered so
Triple point of a very center moving it and the heat and wind coming together with higher levels of stability. Thats all occurring right now as we speak. How fast its moving out. Put about two hours ago this would be out of here and moving through the metro fire around 44 30 and by five and 6 00, we will talk cedar rapids into the east that we have the strongest Severe Weather and the wind will whip up behind us tonight at 5050mile an hour wind speed slightly into tomorrow morning so we will have high Wind Warnings to deal with. These are the most important. The Tornado Warnings and this one brett is outlining in jasper counting near newton. You can see the outline up a scraggly edge and that is on the north side of that particular Tornado Warning. Marion and Poweshiek County, a little farther to the south, still Jasper County and the edges of the other county under that Tornado Warning as well as we go through the next 45 minutes. We see the green and red and when we see that bobble,
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