Two tornadoes touch down in Sunday storm

CEDAR RAPIDS - A line of severe thunderstorms that moved through Eastern Iowa Sunday afternoon left at least one dead and a large amount of damage.

According to the Keokuk County Sheriff's Office, one person died in Kinross as a result of the storms.

The National Weather Service had indicated pea-sized hail and 70 mile-per-hour winds were possible as storms moved north from Missouri.

The storm system gathered strength as it moved through Iowa, with a trained weather spotter in Norway reporting gusts of up to 89 mph. Those gusts were strong enough to rip the roof off the Mahaska Health Partnership building, near the Oskaloosa Family Medical Center.

The National Weather Service confirmed two tornadoes touched down, one northeast of Mount Vernon and another north of Floris, near Ottumwa.

According to the Ottumwa Courier, an assistant fire chief in that city reported that four or five people had gone to the hospital in private vehicles and at least one person had gone via ambulance. He did not know how serious the injuries were.

Tornado warnings were issued Sunday for parts of Iowa, Keokuk and Linn counties, but no tornadoes were confirmed from those warnings.

The storm system brought a lot of rain in a short period of time. In Parnell, a trained weather spotter reported 0.70 inches fell in 15 minutes and wind blew a gutter off a house.

One person was reportedly hurt in Martinsburg in Keokuk County when a barn blew over.

The online websites of Alliant and MidAmerican listed thousands of customers without power in Iowa, Wapello and Washington counties, among others. Service had been restored to many customers as of 8 p.m.