Kopelman has the latest. This was a really rare situation and in which the dynamics werent really there to support a tornado touching down. However there was just enough spin in the mid levels of the atmosphere that supported this funnel cloud developing. There was a report it touched down which did lead to a tornado warning. It included the another part of linn county and that led to tornado sirens sounded across the entire county which is the only way the Emergency Management can sound those sirens thats why you may have heard them in cedar rapids. This was a weak funnel cloud and weak tornado and no damage was record. Right now showers and storms on the radar near and south of i80 producing locally heavy rain in washington and also in portions of keokuk and iowa counties. They will fade away within the next couple of minutes. Feeling in the air throughout the night. Temperatures will fall down into the mid to up certificate 60s by morning and patchy fog in the Morning Hours so you w
Right now a waterloo man is accused of luring two girls from chicago and forcing them into sex trafficking. Trafficking. Officers say theyve arrested Lawrence Campbell junior. Waterloo police tell cbs 2 news they discovered the crime earlier this week when they caught a girl shoplifting at the waterloo target. They say campbell met both 16yearolds onlineand told them to waterloo from chicago for a better life. When they got there, campbell allegedly told them they would need to have sex in order to make money. Police have now contacted the girls parents to let them know theyve been found. Across the country hundreds of thousands of children are at risk for being sold into Human Trafficking. Unlike other Violent Crimes this one can go unnoticed. Unnoticed. One corridor woman who asked us to conceal her name and identity escaped the sex trafficking trade. She tells cbs 2 news we all have to band unnoticed. One corridor woman who asked us to conceal her name told us about the sex traffick
Overall, plan on a very muggy day with dew points well into the 70s. Actual air temperatures should warm to the low 80s in all locations. Plan on a chance of scattered storms, prarily after 10am. Unfortunately, these will be so poorly organized, its tough to time out favored areas of dry or wet weather this afternoon and the chance of storms will have to be maintained until the sun goes down. Like yesterday, any storms that form will be extremely slowmoving, leading to areas of excess rainfall in isolated spots. The same boundary is still in our area tomorrow, but will move south tomorrow night. From wednesday through saturday, cooler High Pressure builds in as a tropical system impacts the southeast united states. Today scattered t ght s. Low 67 tomorrow ae of storms. Partly sunny. Nd nw 510. High 80 tom. Night storms early, then partly cloudy. Wind w 510. Low 62tha people in elkader are making progress after devastating flooding late last week. But theres a lot of work to be done. Th
Just want to take a minute to show you how severe this flooding was. If i would have been standing in this exact spot on friday, the water would have been up from Central Plumbing all the way back to their dock and that was all sandbags 7 feet high and tonight at 10, hear how the Flood Impacted Businesses along the turkey river. Live in elkader, jordee kalk, kcrg tv cedar rapids and how can we stop it . Parents, Law Enforcement and fed up residents are working on solving those questions right now in redmond park. This comes after numerous shootings in town, some involving minors. Last september this fourteen year old, robert humbles, shot and killed another teen. Humbles bullet hit fifteenyearold Aaron Richardson in the abdomen during a fight between two ri part of town. Humbles pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter among other charges. Kcrg tv nines phil reed was at todays rally for change. The annual stop the violence the man accused of sexually finally transferred to a facility w
Gehrts has your first alert forecast, justin. Another fairly warm day is ahead with many of us climbing well into the 80s. The day starts with plentiful sunshine but storms are possible late today as a cold front moves in. The highest chance of from about 5 through 9, and there is the potential for a few of these to turn strong. They wont waste time getting out of here, though. Tuesday is looking dry, but Occasional Storm chan the week into the weekend as a front dangles nearby. It probably wont rain each day, however, and we will fine tune who has the highest and lowest odds as the time draws closer. Today turning partly sunny with a chance of storms late. Wind sw 1015. High 85 alo 84 dbq 83 iow 86 tonight chance of storms early, then decreasing clouds. Wind n 510. Low 57 alo 56 dbq 57 iow 59 thanks justin. For one marion teenager being able to walk is her biggest dren life. 16 year old sasha duval has arthogryposi s , a condition that affects the be able to walk, but sasha is determi