NWS DAMAGE SURVEY EFFORTS ARE ONGOING AT THIS TIME. PRELIMINARY SURVEY RESULTS FROM NEAR WINTERSET NORTHEAST INTO TAMA COUNTY WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL LATER TODAY (Monday)..

NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA.

GARDEN GROVE/HUMESTON TORNADO…

EF-2 TORNADO DEVELOPED JUST NORTHEAST OF LEON AND CONTINUED NORTHEAST, GRAZING GARDEN GROVE AND HUMESTON BEFORE ENDING JUST NORTHEAST OF DERBY IN LUCAS COUNTY.

ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 122 MPH; PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 19.1 MILES; PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: TBD

FATALITIES: 0; INJURIES: 0

START DATE: 3/5/2022, START TIME: 507 PM, START LOCATION: 2.1 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEON;

END DATE: 3/5/2-22, END TIME: 534 PM, END LOCATION: 1.2 MILES EAST OF DERBY

CHARITON/RED HAW STATE PARK TORNADO…

EF-3 TORNADO DEVELOPED AS THE PREVIOUS TORNADO WEAKENED NEAR DERBY. THE TORNADO TRACKED JUST SOUTH OF CHARITON, TAKING A DIRECT PATH THROUGH RED HAW STATE PARK.

ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 138 MPH; PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 16.5 MILES; PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: TBD

FATALITIES: 1, INJURIES: 1

START DATE: 3/5/2022, START TIME: 530 PM, START LOCATION: 2.4 MILES SOUTH OF DERBY

END DATE: 3/5/2022, END TIME: 554 PM, END LOCATION: 5.5 MILES EAST OF CHARITON

ALLERTON/CORYDON TORNADO…

AN EF-2 TORNADO DEVELOPED JUST SOUTHWEST OF ALLERTON AND SKIRTED THE SOUTHEAST EDGE OF THE COMMUNITY. THE TORNADO THEN TRACKED NORTHEAST, EVENTUALLY PASSING JUST EAST OF CORYDON.
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 118 MPH; PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 7.5 MILES; PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: TBD
FATALITIES: 0, INJURIES: 0

START DATE: 3/5/2022, START TIME: 538 PM, START LOCATION: 1.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALLERTON

END DATE: 3/5/2022, END TIME: 548 PM, END LOCATION: 2 MILES EAST OF CORYDON

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EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES
TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATAGORIES.

EF0…WEAK……65 TO 85 MPH
EF1…WEAK……86 TO 110 MPH
EF2…STRONG….111 TO 135 MPH
EF3…STRONG….136 TO 165 MPH
EF4…VIOLENT…166 TO 200 MPH
EF5…VIOLENT…>200 MPH

(Radio Iowa) – Madison County residents and volunteers will continue clean up today (Monday) from a deadly weekend tornado on the south edge of Winterset that killed six people. Volunteers with equipment and chain saws were helping clean up Sunday at the home of Teresa Hoag off Highway 169. She said her husband was going out to pull the car in the garage when the tornado hit Saturday evening. “And as he opened the door, I could see it, I could hear it over the hill,” She says. Hoag said she saw dark angry-looking clouds and it all happened very quickly. “Started hearing the crashing and booming and the wind – and then it was over,” Hoag says.

Her husband Don said he was trying to get the car out of the hail when he heard the tornado. “A train was coming down the road, it sounded like a train just coming. As soon as I got in the house, and around the corner, we had big tall pine trees in our yard and I just watch them take off. And then the door came in,” Hoag said. They lost seven outbuildings and the upper portion of their log home blew off. Don Hoag said it was much worse for their neighbors across the road. “As soon as I got my bearings and looked outside and everything was gone, I knew they were in trouble, and I ran, and Judy was crying, and she was by her husband,” Hoag said.

The home of Teresa & Don Hoah near Winterset

Their neighbor — 67-year-old Rodney Clark — was one of the people who died. Hoag said a large pile of rubble in front of his home is all that is left of the Clark’s house. There are bits of pink insulation hanging from the branches of the trees left standing around their home. The other victims of the Winterstet tornado were identified as 63-year-old Melissa Bazley, 72-year-old Cecilia Lloyd, 37-year-old Michael Bolger, five-year-old Kinley Bolger, and two-year-old Owen Bolger. The Hoag’s were overwhelmed by the people who turned out to clear trees and debris from around their home. A fundraising page has been established for the Bolger family.

“We’ve a lot of friends and family, and people we don’t even know out here helping,” Teresa Hoag said.

Governor Kim Reynolds toured the area and also commented on the people who showed up to help. “Two-hundred to 300 Iowans. Not only from Madison County and Winterset — but from communities and towns all across the state — that were on the ground the minute it was light and they could start helping,” the governor said. “It’s just unbelievable. I tried to walk through and thank them and over and over the response was “we’re Iowans and that’s what we do’.”

Madison County Emergency Management Coordinator, Diogenes Ayala had more details on the storm. “The National Weather Service determined that the tornado that tore through our community was estimated to be an E-F-3. With wind speeds between 136 miles and 155 miles per hour. There were approximately 52 damaged or destroyed homes in the path of the tornado that spanned over 13-point-seven miles,” according to Ayala.

The governor issued a disaster proclamation for Madison County. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources confirms one person died in the storm Saturday at Red Haw State Park in Chariton. The park had extensive damage and will be closed until further notice.

Today: (Winter Weather Advisory until 8-a.m.) Light snow ending (< than 1/2″ additional accumulation); Becoming partly cloudy. High 33. NW @ 10-20.Wind chill values as low as 10.
Tonight: Fair to P/Cldy. Low around 12. Winds becoming light and variable.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 46. SW @ 10-20. Wind chill values as low as 10 early.
Wednesday: P/Cldy. High 37.
Thursday: Cloudy w/a chance of snow. High near 28.

Today: A chance of rain and snow, mainly after 5pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 39. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Tonight: Snow likely, mainly before 4am. Cloudy, with a low around 19. North northwest wind 9 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.
Monday: Mostly cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 36. Wind chill values as low as 10. North northwest wind 8 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 47. South southwest wind 6 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.
Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 39.

Saturday’s High in Atlantic was 63. Our Low this morning, 25. We received .13″ of rain during the day, Saturday. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 65, and the Low was 25. The Record High was 76 in 2017. The Record Low was -20, in 1960.

(Madison County, Iowa) – Rural Winterset took a direct hit from a tornado that touched down Saturday evening. Official says the Winterset tornado hit 25-30 homes. Madison County authorities and the Iowa State Patrol are urging the public to please stay away from the area in the coming days.

Here is a partial list of the damage caused by tornadic storms and severe weather (Wind/rain/hail) that occurred Saturday afternoon and evening, in our listening area, as compiled by the NWS through storm spotter/emergency management & other reports.

5:12-p.m.: 3 miles N. of Patterson (Madison County)… TORNADO DAMAGE REPORT VIA SPOTTER NETWORK – THERE IS DAMAGE TO A STRUCTURE HERE AS WELL AS EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IN THIS AREA

5:00-p.m.: 1 mile S/SE of Winterset…TORNADO DAMAGE REPORT VIA SPOTTER NETWORK – 12 TREES SNAPPED BRANCHES SNAPPED, PATH A COUPLE HUNDRED YARDS WIDE ON CLARK TOWER ROAD 1/2 MILE NORTH OF ST CHARLES ROAD SOUTH OF WINTERSET.

4:51-p.m.: 2 miles E/SE of Winterset…TORNADO DAMAGE REPORTED VIA SPOTTER NETWORK – TREE DAMAGE AND MINOR DAMAGE TO A HOME AT THIS LOCATION.

4:50-p.m.: 1 mile W/SW of Winterset…TORNADO DAMAGE REPORT VIA SPOTTER NETWORK – BARNS DESTROYED AND HOUSES BADLY DAMAGED IN WINTERSET.

4:48-p.m.: 2 mi. S/SW of Winterset…TORNADO DAMAGE IN WINTERSET TO SHED REPORTED VIA TWITTER.

4:47-p.m.: 2 mi S/SW of Winterset… TORNADO DAMAGE REPORT VIA SPOTTER NETWORK – HOMES AND TREES DAMAGED AND A GARAGE WAS DESTROYED ON 169.

4:35-p.m.: Winterset…TORNADO ONGOING WITH DEBRIS S OF WINTERSET  MULTIPLE REPORTS VIA TRAINED SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS.

4:35-p.m.: 2 mi. S of Winterset… TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS LARGE TORNADO ON THE GROUND SOUTHWEST OF WINTERSET, APPROACHING TIME. DEBRIS VISIBLE. LOCATION ESTIMATED.

4:24-p.m.: 6 miles W/SW of Macksburg (Adair County)…TRAINED SPOTTER REPORT OF A FUNNEL CLOUD.

4:22-p.m.: Orient (Adair County)…TRAINED SPOTTER REPORT OF 2 INCH HAIL (egg size) IN ORIENT.

4:13-p.m.: 2.5″ diameter hail (tennis ball size)  3 mi. E/NE of Orient. (Report of school bus windows broken out)

3:55-p.m.: 1 mi. SE of Cumberland (Cass County)… MULTIPLE STORM CHASER REPORTS OF A FUNNEL CLOUD.

3:55-p.m.: 5 mi. N/NE of Prescott (Adams County)…HAIL REPORT OF 1.75 INCHES (Golf ball size)

3:42-p.m.: 1 mi. SE of Nodaway (Adams County)… 1 1/4″ hail (Quarter to ping-pong ball size)

3:40-p.m.: 1 mi. S. of Corning (Adams County)….MULTIPLE REPORTS OF BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN.

3:25-p.m.: 2 mi. S. of Walnut (Pott.County)….penny-size hail (3/4″)

3:18-p.m.: 6 mi. N. of Villisca (Montgomery County)…Funnel cloud reported.

3:17-p.m.: 4 mi. E/SE of Essex (Page County)…multiple reports of a funnel cloud.

3:16-p.m.: 1 mi. SE of Emerson…roof damage & a flipped trampoline.

3:15-p.m.: Quarter-size hail 7 mi. E. of Essex.

3:02-p.m.:  1 mi. NE of Emerson (Mills Co.)…Tornado observed by storm spotter.

3:01-p.m.: 1 mi. SE of Emerson (Mills Co.)…Powerlines down and outbuildings destroyed.

There were numerous reports of damage in central and eastern Iowa as the storms moved through and intensified.

Skyscan Forecast  Saturday, March 5, 2022  Dan Hicks

Today: Partly cloudy to cloudy. Scattered showers and thunderstorms. S @ 15-25, shifting to the NW. High 65.

Tonight: Showers ending. Mostly cloudy. NW @ 15-25. Low 25.

Sunday: Partly cloudy to cloudy. NW @ 15-25. High 40.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain and snow. N @ 5-10. Low 20.

Monday: Mostly cloudy. Light snow. High 35.

Tuesday: Partly cloudy. High 44.

Yesterday’s high was 60 and the 24-hour low was 28. This day last year the high was 58 and the low was 21. The all-time record high was 74 in 1921 and the record low was -31 in 1960. Sunrise this morning is 6:49 a.m. and sunset tonight is 6:15 p.m.

Today: P/Cloudy & warmer. High 65. S/SE @ 1-25 mph.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy w/rain & possible thunderstorms. Low 50. S @ 10-15.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy to Cldy w/scattered showers & tstrms. High 68. S winds @ 15-25 becoming Northwesterly, late.
Sunday: P/Cldy to cldy. High near 40.
Monday: Cloudy w/a chance of light snow. High around 35.

Thursday’s High in Atlantic was 45. Our Low this morning, 26. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 62 and the Low was 27. The Record High on this date was 78 in 1921. The Record Low was -17 in 1978.

Today: P/Cloudy to Cloudy w/a chance of flurries/sprinkles this morning. High 45. NE @ 10-15 mph.
Tonight: P/Cldy. Low 30. E @ 5.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 65. S @ 15-25.
Saturday: P/Cldy to cldy w/showers & thunderstorms. High 65.
Sunday: P/Cldy to Cloudy. High near 40.

Wednesday’s High in Atlantic was 75. Our Low this morning, 29. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 66 and the Low was 25. The Record High on this date was 79 in 1983. The Record Low was -11 in 2014.