In Coralville we got torrential rain and wind for about 15-20 minutes but now we're back to normal rain/Thunderstorm. Getting some really good rain out of these storms the last few days. And maybe tomorrow as well. Drought is hopefully over.
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Same here. Pretty interesting lightning and thunder show and maybe some gusts up to 50-60 mph but fairly short lived. Nice steady light rain now, and we still really need it. @bagdropper I'll set up the biggest fan I have outside pointing north, see if that gets some moisture your direction.
Get your ass inside before it kills the power and you can't find the stairsWomen, children, and reasonable people sheltering in the basement. Dads out in the front yard watching the tornado bear right down on them.
Finally getting a bit of a soaker. Slow, steady shower - the kind we simply haven't been getting the past few years like we should.
Keep 'em coming, please.
Keep 'em coming, please.
I knew Ringgold County had a few tornadoes touch down, and I knew some were close to Tingley but I didn't know until just a few mins ago that Tingley took a direct hit. I spent my summers down there when I was a kid. Played at the park and around the community center in these pictures all the time. This was tough to see.
Updated Sun, April 28, 2024 at 3:23 PM CDT·4 min read
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Mitchell Gilliland was standing in the garage of his Tingley home Friday night, when he saw a tornado coming.
“I heard him scream, ‘Get in the basement!’” said his wife, Charity.
What followed were frantic, frightening seconds as the couple scrambled to get five children to safety.
“We were literally tossing the kids down the stairs,” Charity said.
Mitchell, bringing up the rear, was standing on the landing leading to the basement and next to the back door when the garage disappeared right before his eyes.
When they finally felt safe to exit the basement, the family could assess the damages. Windows on the south side of the house were broken and upstairs, where the bedrooms were located, was even worse — most of the roof was gone.
“It’s not fixable,” said Charity of the house on Saturday afternoon as the clean-up effort was in full swing all around her. “It’s a total loss.”
Two tornadoes swept through Ringgold County Friday, with a third traveling nearly 26 miles across the county near Mount Ayr. The Tingley tornado traveled an estimated 10 miles and was classified as an EF-2 by the National Weather Service, with peak wind speeds of 125 MPH.
Despite the widespread property damage from Friday’s storm, Ringgold County residents were fortunate there were no deaths or serious injuries.
The southwest city will likely be without electricity for two to three days, according to an Alliant Energy crew working to restore lines because the tornado badly damaged a substation. The Tingley Community Building was also destroyed in the storm.
The Tingley Community Building sits destroyed from tornado damage Saturday, April 27, 2024, in Tingley, IA.
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Residents work to clear the debris left by a strong tornado Saturday, April 27, 2024, in Tingley, IA.
They said they had no warning that Friday's tornado was coming.
“There were no sirens,” Charity Gilliland said.
Part of the problem was that electricity was out by the time the tornado hit, said Earl Briner, who was watching TV with his wife, Colleen before the storm arrived.
“If we could have had (WHO-TV13 meteorologist) Ed Wilson on we might have known it was coming,” Briner said.
Tornado damage is seen Saturday, April 27, 2024, in Tingley, IA.
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Briner said he and his wife first realized the severity when four of their windows blew out, forcing the retired couple to scramble and put up plastic to keep the rain away.
By Saturday afternoon, the Briners were wandering a debris-strewn field north of their house, looking for the electric meter that had been blown off their damaged home.
“We really want to find it (the meter) because they (the Alliant Energy crew) told us it costs $1,500 to replace,” said Briner, adding that they did not have homeowners insurance because they use a wood-burning furnace that prevented them from getting a policy.
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Tornado damage is seen Saturday, April 27, 2024, in Tingley, IA.
The Mount Ayr tornado, which ran parallel to the one in Tingley, was classified as an EF-1 with a maximum wind speed of 110 MPH. The rotation lasted nearly 45 minutes, touching down around 7:30 p.m. with a width of 300 yards, according to the National Weather Service.
The storm left an estimated 40-50 homes uninhabitable in Ringgold County, according to Ringgold County Emergency Management Coordinator Melissa Stark.
Damage was also reported at some hog facilities and at an operation with 500 head of cattle. Stark did not know how many livestock were lost.
She said at least one Amish farm sustained home and outbuilding damage.
The tornado likely formed out of a second weather system that crashed through Ringgold County on Friday. The earlier storm tracked to the west, said Stark.
“We think this was a second cell separate from one that we had been tracking earlier starting in the southwest corner of the county," Stark said. "I think this one started in Worth County (MO) and there just wasn’t much warning. It was moving so quickly."
Power lines went down as the first storm passed through around 8 p.m. The second system arrived in Tingley less than 45 minutes later at 8:39 p.m.
Stark said Ringgold County is going to make a request to the state for disaster assistance.
Buddy Allen (left) and Darrel Case (right) watch as residents clean up damage done by a tornado Saturday, April 27, 2024, in Tingley, IA.
Kevin Baskins covers jobs and the economy for the Des Moines Register. Reach him at kbaskins@registermedia.com.
This article originally appeared on Ames Tribune: What we know about a tornado that hit Tingley in Ringgold County
A large tornado tore through northern Ringgold County with no advanced warning, residents say
Kevin Baskins, Des Moines RegisterUpdated Sun, April 28, 2024 at 3:23 PM CDT·4 min read
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Mitchell Gilliland was standing in the garage of his Tingley home Friday night, when he saw a tornado coming.
“I heard him scream, ‘Get in the basement!’” said his wife, Charity.
What followed were frantic, frightening seconds as the couple scrambled to get five children to safety.
“We were literally tossing the kids down the stairs,” Charity said.
Mitchell, bringing up the rear, was standing on the landing leading to the basement and next to the back door when the garage disappeared right before his eyes.
When they finally felt safe to exit the basement, the family could assess the damages. Windows on the south side of the house were broken and upstairs, where the bedrooms were located, was even worse — most of the roof was gone.
“It’s not fixable,” said Charity of the house on Saturday afternoon as the clean-up effort was in full swing all around her. “It’s a total loss.”
Two tornadoes swept through Ringgold County Friday, with a third traveling nearly 26 miles across the county near Mount Ayr. The Tingley tornado traveled an estimated 10 miles and was classified as an EF-2 by the National Weather Service, with peak wind speeds of 125 MPH.
Despite the widespread property damage from Friday’s storm, Ringgold County residents were fortunate there were no deaths or serious injuries.
The southwest city will likely be without electricity for two to three days, according to an Alliant Energy crew working to restore lines because the tornado badly damaged a substation. The Tingley Community Building was also destroyed in the storm.
The Tingley Community Building sits destroyed from tornado damage Saturday, April 27, 2024, in Tingley, IA.
More: Trees downed, homes damaged in Pleasant Hill after tornadoes sweep through area.
Residents work to clear the debris left by a strong tornado Saturday, April 27, 2024, in Tingley, IA.
Tornado arrived with no warning
Tingley, a town of less than 200 residents in northern Ringgold County, was busy with clean-up efforts Saturday afternoon — all keeping an eye on the sky as another storm was predicted by later in the day.They said they had no warning that Friday's tornado was coming.
“There were no sirens,” Charity Gilliland said.
Part of the problem was that electricity was out by the time the tornado hit, said Earl Briner, who was watching TV with his wife, Colleen before the storm arrived.
“If we could have had (WHO-TV13 meteorologist) Ed Wilson on we might have known it was coming,” Briner said.
Tornado damage is seen Saturday, April 27, 2024, in Tingley, IA.
More: 'Large and extremely dangerous' tornadoes sweep across Iowa. Minden hit hard.
Briner said he and his wife first realized the severity when four of their windows blew out, forcing the retired couple to scramble and put up plastic to keep the rain away.
By Saturday afternoon, the Briners were wandering a debris-strewn field north of their house, looking for the electric meter that had been blown off their damaged home.
“We really want to find it (the meter) because they (the Alliant Energy crew) told us it costs $1,500 to replace,” said Briner, adding that they did not have homeowners insurance because they use a wood-burning furnace that prevented them from getting a policy.
More: Tiny Minden, Iowa, riddled with debris after tornado smashes through town Friday
Tornado damage is seen Saturday, April 27, 2024, in Tingley, IA.
Severe storm devastates much of Ringgold County
The tornado that passed through the tiny Ringgold County town of Tigley was indiscriminate in wreaking devastation — some people were left homeless, while other homes appeared to be unscathed. One yard had a full-sized RV flipped on its side while another was stuck in a nearby tree.The Mount Ayr tornado, which ran parallel to the one in Tingley, was classified as an EF-1 with a maximum wind speed of 110 MPH. The rotation lasted nearly 45 minutes, touching down around 7:30 p.m. with a width of 300 yards, according to the National Weather Service.
The storm left an estimated 40-50 homes uninhabitable in Ringgold County, according to Ringgold County Emergency Management Coordinator Melissa Stark.
Damage was also reported at some hog facilities and at an operation with 500 head of cattle. Stark did not know how many livestock were lost.
She said at least one Amish farm sustained home and outbuilding damage.
The tornado likely formed out of a second weather system that crashed through Ringgold County on Friday. The earlier storm tracked to the west, said Stark.
“We think this was a second cell separate from one that we had been tracking earlier starting in the southwest corner of the county," Stark said. "I think this one started in Worth County (MO) and there just wasn’t much warning. It was moving so quickly."
Power lines went down as the first storm passed through around 8 p.m. The second system arrived in Tingley less than 45 minutes later at 8:39 p.m.
Stark said Ringgold County is going to make a request to the state for disaster assistance.
Buddy Allen (left) and Darrel Case (right) watch as residents clean up damage done by a tornado Saturday, April 27, 2024, in Tingley, IA.
Kevin Baskins covers jobs and the economy for the Des Moines Register. Reach him at kbaskins@registermedia.com.
This article originally appeared on Ames Tribune: What we know about a tornado that hit Tingley in Ringgold County
People in western Iowa are going to remember the date April 26 for a long time, if for anything else as much as the number of storm chasers that got some breathtaking video of all those storms.
As the videos began coming out, I remembered watching the YT Convective Chronicles guy last week leading up to Friday, and I recalled something he said in one of his videos about how this system might be one of the types of systems that creates very photogenic tornadoes. Maybe it was because it was going to have a lot of "cold core" characteristics to it...can't remember for certain.
But he certainly nailed that prediction. The video out now from several of the tornadoes is absolutely crazy - and there's seemingly 5 (give or take) stunning videos out on EVERY one of the storms.
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