The city of knoxville saw the worst of last nights storms. 42 02 i was just inside the back door it started raining hard and the winds picked up quite a bit and in a matter of 10 seconds something hit the back of the house then the lgiths were out and it was all over so it happened a matter of half a minute or so. 42 17 wind gusts picked up chris normans garage and dropped it in his neighbors front yard. He says there wasnt much warning before the storms hit. Norman says he is just thankful no one was seriously injured. But his home was just one of several that were damage in the storm. On the other side of town police say strong winds ripped two air conditioners off the roof of the walmart. Some minor injuries were reported there. But Officials Say no one was seriously hurt. Meteorologists of the National Weather service says the damage to the store shows just how strong this storm was. 19 56 it looks like the roof was up lifted for a little bit. Glass everywhere there is water that h
Drop off a bit tonight and tomorrow they are not going away just yet. Skies will be clear tonight and into friday. Jack caught on camera this is the now confirmed tornado that touched down right near the des moines airport. Why the people who spotted it tonight have their jobs in jeopardy. Clip 1454 24 32 my wife saw it coming through the window and i said lets head for the basement. 24 35 stephanie more storm stories too we talk to the iowans who rode out last nights wild weather. Jack and later why were out of about an iowa pipeline project . Local 5 news at 10 in hd starts now. We are iowa nats a tornado forming right above our heads right now nats wow scanner nats radio beeps nats tornado on the ground nats wow look at that thing jack the National Weather service has now confirmed five twisters touched down in iowa yesterday. It tore up farms buildings and flipped vehicles on roads. Jack thanks for joining us stephanie and im stephanie recapping those central iowa is our big story
Was it like to be here during it it was very quick. We got a message shortly before 3 oclock that we were under a tornado warning. We called all of our buildings and said to go under the procedures and probably within in a minute or so the event was over. But we did keep kids in shelter, until we were for certain that they were safe. And we held the buses for half an hour until we were sure that going out into the country would be safe for all of the students. I know, during november, this is not a time that anyone expects Something Like this to happen. It was kind of a time where you use your procedures that you put in place in the spring . Yes, we certainly did and the nice thing is our emergency manager for Madison County gave us a heads up saying that we had the potential for some Severe Weather and that put us on alert for today. And i know, lastly a lot of people are wondering whats next, as far the damage is concerned. How long is it going to take to repair it all . Were picking