LaVon Eblen visits with Atlantic Parks & Recreation Director Bryant Rasmussen.
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(Radio Iowa) – Storm damage is scattered from one end of Iowa to the other after severe weather rolled through late Monday night and early this (Tuesday) morning. National Weather Service meteorologist Alex Krull says at least a dozen counties are reporting damage to trees, roofs and farm outbuildings, with some of the worst of it being found in Hamilton County. “We had some strong winds, anywhere between 60 and 70 miles per hour, that resulted in some downed power lines as well as grain bin damage,” Krull says. “We’re also looking at the potential for other tree damage that may have occurred in the county. We had some isolated reports of hail up to about quarter size with some of the initial storms that went up in northern Iowa.”
While it is tornado season in Iowa, Krull says it appears all of the damage from this storm was caused by straight-line winds. “We’ve not had any reports of tornadoes or suspect any of the damage was caused by a tornado, therefore we do not anticipate doing any surveys,” Krull says. “We will be calling emergency managers and other core partners to get more damage reports. If we do suspect that there is anything that may have been tornadic, then that would require sending crews out.”
Hamilton County Sheriff Doug Timmons says it was a rough night and clean-up is well underway. “We had a lot of tree damage, some structural damage to machine sheds, a little bit of roof damage to residential, some grain bins destroyed, a lot of power lines laying on the roads and power poles knocked over,” Timmons says, “but the biggest thing is that we’ve had no injuries reported.”
While some Iowa cities had high temperatures Monday in the 80s and low 90s, cooler weather is coming behind the storms that should mean highs by Wednesday only in the 60s and 70s.
(Red Oak, Iowa) – Montgomery County Auditor Stephanie Burke reports, “In early May, the Montgomery County Courthouse sustained roof damage to the center most cupola as a result of strong significant wind. On Monday May 30th, several additional pieces of the cupola fell as a result of continued strong winds, damaging a nearby parked car.
“The Montgomery County Board of Supervisors have been working with a contractor as well as the county insurance carrier to remedy the issue as quick as possible. Due to the location of damage, height and complexity of the issue, an immediate fix is not possible but every effort is being made to mitigate it from being a further problem.”
Photos via the Montgomery County EMA Facebook page
Burke says “Once a complete plan is made, it will be released to the public as well as any necessary building or road closures should they be needed.” The County is also aware of the condition of the American flag at the top of the clock tower. Much like the cupola, due to the height of the flagpole and the amount of it that is torn and wrapped around the base, it will most likely require the service of the roofing company and crane service.
(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Cass County Sheriff’s Office reports six arrests from May 19th through the 30th.
The 2022 Boys State Team Tennis Tournament will be contested today. Class 1A is playing at Waveland Tennis Courts in Des Moines. Class 2A is playing at Prairie Ridge Sports Complex in Ankeny. Semifinals will start the day with Consolations and Championship matches being played later in the day.
Class 2A Semifinals
#1 Pleasant Valley vs. #4 Valley, WDM
#2 Iowa City West vs. #3 Waukee Northwest
Class 1A Semifinals
#1 Cedar Rapids Xavier vs. #4 Spencer
#2 Pella vs. #3 Dubuque Wahlert Catholic
The 2022 Girls State Soccer Tournament begins today at the Cownie Soccer Complex in Des Moines with Quarterfinals being played in all classes. Semifinals will be held Thursday and Championships will be on Saturday.
The Boys State Tournament will be at the same site with Quarterfianls on Tuesday, Semifinals Friday, and Championships on Saturday.
Here’s a look at the girls quarterfinal schedule.
Class 1A Quarterfinals
#1 Davenport Assumption (14-4) vs. #8 Center Point-Urbana (15-3) 10:00 a.m.
#4 Bishop Heelan (14-4) vs. #5 Nevada (12-6) 10:15 a.m.
#2 Des Moines Christian (18-1) vs. #7 Van Meter (11-5) 10:30 a.m.
#3 Dike-New Hartford (16-1) vs. Underwood (13-2) 10:45 a.m.
Class 2A Quarterfinals
#1 Dallas Center-Grimes (19-0) vs. #8 North Polk (13-4) 12:30 p.m.
#4 Spencer (15-3) vs. #5 Xavier (12-3) 12:45 p.m.
#2 Waverly-Shell Rock (16-1) vs. #7 North Scott (12-5) 1:00 p.m.
#3 Norwalk (16-3) vs. #6 Lewis Central (15-5) 1:15 p.m.
Class 3A Quarterfinals
#1 West Des Moines Valley (18-0) vs. #8 Muscatine (13-5) 3:00 p.m.
#4 Waukee Northwest (16-2) vs. #5 Ankeny Centennial (16-3) 3:15 p.m.
#2 CB Abraham Lincoln (15-3) vs. #7 Dowling Catholic (12-5) 3:30 p.m.
#3 Ankeny (17-1) vs. #6 Pleasant Valley (13-5) 3:45 p.m.
(Council Bluffs, Iowa) – The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office reports numerous recent arrests:
(Audubon, Iowa) – City officials in Audubon are asking residents to please try to conserve their water usage. The request was being made due to some damage from high winds at the Audubon water plant. City Clerk Joseph Foran says the repairs should only take an estimated one or two days.
(Audubon, Iowa) – Severe thunderstorms with high winds caused damage to cattle barns Monday evening, in Audubon County. The National Weather Service says the damage happened about 2-miles east-southeast of Audubon, a little before 5-p.m. No one was hurt, and no animals were harmed. Thunderstorms passing through the area were packing winds of 60-to 70-miles per hour.
The Weather Service says an automated weather observation device 2-miles east of Harlan, recorded a non-thunderstorm 58-mph gust of wind, at around 5:45-p.m.
Jim Field visits with Atlantic Community School District Food & Nutrition Director Natalie Ritter about the free summer breakfast & lunch program and some changes in the coming school year as the federally-funded free lunch for all program comes to an end.
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