Statewide Iowa — A line of severe storms swept through Iowa Wednesday, with trained spotters confirming more than a dozen tornadoes.
Tornadoes started touching the ground in north central Iowa late Wednesday afternoon. Just after 10 p.m., National Weather Service radar confirmed a tornado east of Monticello. Farmsteads, the school bus shed in Lake City, the football stadium in Oelwein and the sale barn in Manchester are among the facilities damaged. Just before 8 p.m., spotters reported a tornado on the ground southwest of Manchester and another touchdown to the north.
Delaware County Emergency Management Director Mike Ryan.
There was minor damage to a convenience store and vehicles on the store’s lot. The Delaware County Fair is underway this week and about 15-hundred people were evacuated from the fairgrounds. Ryan says about five years ago, the fair board updated its emergency response plans.
A tornado touched down west of Lake City shortly before 4 p.m. Eric Wood is the city administrator in Lake City.
A month ago, Dobson Pipe Organ Builders in Lake City was destroyed by fire and this is the second tornado in six years to hit the community.
The storm system also produced some downpours and flash flooding in the state. More than five-and-a-half inches of rain was reported near Maxwell.
