Marshalltown just got slammed by a tornado

[unsubstantiated]

Brutal

 

[BioHawk]

Do you have any more details than this?

 

[luvmyhawks]

Were you there? Hope everyone is ok? Details?

 

[anon_snp6dc585nnj4]

Sounds like a large tornado straight through the town. Building collapsed with trapped people and injuries.

Twitter sources

 

[naturalmwa]

Pella too. Ottumwa looks to be in line next.

 

[anon_snp6dc585nnj4]

 

[anon_snp6dc585nnj4]

 

[McLovin32]

Bondurant also got hit by one pretty hard.

 

[andrewrayhons]

Is the Bickford there ok? That's my company.

 

[McLovin32]

 

[McLovin32]

 

[BioHawk]

geeze

 

[unsubstantiated]

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"vehicles missing" - wtf

 

[Kozisek]

My SIL (no pic, perverts) posted this earlier. They live in Bondurant. My mom (no pic, perverts) lives in the north edge on Bondurant and said the funnel clouds went right over their house.

 

[anon_snp6dc585nnj4]

"vehicles missing" - wtf

Picked up and presumably dropped miles away

 

[mstp1992]

Damn!

I’m on far NE side of CR, but might as well hang out in the basement for awhile.

Be safe everyone.

 

[anon_snp6dc585nnj4]

Mass casualty trailers requested for Marshalltown. (Injuries=causality)

 

[anon_snp6dc585nnj4]

Damn!

I’m on far NE side of CR, but might as well hang out in the basement for awhile.

Be safe everyone.

Thinking it’ll go south. Fingers crossed, I’m watching from Florida. My house in on the NE side too.

 

[Kozisek]

Did all this just come out of nowhere or was central IA supposed to get lit up today?

 

[McLovin32]

Picked up and presumably dropped miles away

Csb time. When I was little a tornado went through rural SW Iowa. My grandpa told me he wanted to show me something. We went out into a pasture, and there was a pickup truck on its top in the middle of the field. The guy that owned it lived 3 miles away.

 

[McLovin32]

 

[Smalls4IA]

I just got back a checkbook this year that was found in prairie duchenne. Guessing over 120 miles from here.

 

[McLovin32]

Got all the Twitter links today

 

[McLovin32]

Did all this just come out of nowhere or was central IA supposed to get lit up today?

There was a slight chance of severe weather. I don’t think they expected an all out tornado outbreak though.

 

[anon_4v8fwjfqmw9bi]

Is the Bickford there ok? That's my company.

That's where my Mom lives now and she's safe. Tornado came down from Albion and went through north of there. Apparently downtown was a direct hit and the courthouse was damaged.

 

[jellyfish10]

There was a 70% chance of storms in CF...just rain so far. About 1.5” in my garden. I have done 2 projects on the SW side of Marshalltown...did that area get hit too?

 

[andrewrayhons]

Is the Bickford there ok? That's my company.

That's where my Mom lives now and she's safe. Tornado came down from Albion and went through north of there. Apparently downtown was a direct hit and the courthouse was damaged.

Thanks herky, glad to know your mom and hopefully the rest of the residents are safe. Would love to chat with you sometime about your experience with the Branch there!

 

[JMNSHO]

I just got back a checkbook this year that was found in prairie duchenne. Guessing over 120 miles from here.

You in Parkersburg? We found all kinds of bits of paperwork from the Parkersburg elevator on my family's land about 5 miles NW of Prairie du Chien.

I hope nobody died today. Also, the aftermath is very dangerous too. The only fatality from the McGregor tornado was a tractor rollover during cleanup.

 

[Smalls4IA]

I just got back a checkbook this year that was found in prairie duchenne. Guessing over 120 miles from here.

You in Parkersburg? We found all kinds of bits of paperwork from the Parkersburg elevator on my family's land about 5 miles NW of Prairie du Chien.

I hope nobody died today. Also, the aftermath is very dangerous too. The only fatality from the McGregor tornado was a tractor rollover during cleanup.

Yep. My kids are going nuts today.

 

[lucas80]

Legitimate Ts and Ps to my fellow Iowans.

 

[jellyfish10]

You in Parkersburg? We found all kinds of bits of paperwork from the Parkersburg elevator on my family's land about 5 miles NW of Prairie du Chien.

I hope nobody died today. Also, the aftermath is very dangerous too. The only fatality from the McGregor tornado was a tractor rollover during cleanup.

We had projects going on in P’Burg at the time just east of the golf course. Man that was insane.

 

[anon_4v8fwjfqmw9bi]

OMG that tornado was massive!

 

[Franisdaman]

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Bob - NILStormChaser‏@nilwxreports 14m14 minutes ago

530pm: The marshalltown supercell fell apart drastically. Storm across Southeastern Iowa continues on strong with tornado warnings.

 

[Franisdaman]

pic from Marshalltown:

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[srams21]

That Marshalltown tornado looks like it may be an ef4 type storm. Massive damage. Hope everyone is ok

 

[Smalls4IA]

Im going to say EF2 maybe 3. I've seen 5, can't imagine that's a 4 by the looks of it.

 

[ConvenientParking]

Yep. My kids are going nuts today.

You're from Pburg? I graduate from HS there. 07. Was there for after my freshman year of school at Iowa.

 

[Smalls4IA]

Yep. My kids are going nuts today.

You're from Pburg? I graduate from HS there. 07.

Then I probably had you as a student

 

[Franisdaman]

 

[ConvenientParking]

Then I probably had you as a student

Business?