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Daily NewslettersTornadoes are extremely rare in Iowa in December. Minnesota, which had never had a tornado in December, also had tornado warnings and a possible sighting.
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Tornadoes are extremely rare in Iowa in December. Minnesota, which had never had a tornado in December, also had tornado warnings and a possible sighting.
A line of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes that swept across the Midwest last week was the result of a serial derecho — the first on record in December, officials with the National Weather Service said Monday.
The National Weather Service said it confirmed 12 tornadoes Wednesday, six of them considered “significant” on a rating scale.
Storm blows over semi in Walford, killing the driver. It was the only reported fatality from the unusual December thunderstorm.
One person has died in Iowa as a powerful storm system swept across the Great Plains and Midwest, authorities said, bringing hurricane-force wind gusts and spawning reported tornadoes in Nebraska and Iowa.
The National Weather Service has issued a high wind warning for much of the state, including Eastern Iowa, lasting from Wednesday afternoon into Thursday morning.
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In all, at least 30 tornadoes were spotted in six states.
A monstrous tornado, carving a track that could rival the longest on record, ripped through the middle of the U.S. in a stormfront that killed dozens and tore apart a candle factory, crushed a nursing home, derailed a train and smashed an Amazon warehouse.
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With the arrival of November, Eastern Iowa’s fall sweater weather is expected to change to winter jacket weather for this week.
Both rainfall and temperatures were above average for the week ending Oct. 24, state climatologist reports.
Despite widespread rain across Iowa, farmers had nearly five days of suitable weather to continue their corn and soybean harvests as well as fall tillage and fertilizer application.
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