Posted on 11/12/2005 3:26:36 PM PST by janetjanet998
Reports just now coming in....via stormchasers and NWS storm reports..very few details at this time..chasers reporting a large tornado hit Ames 30 minutes ago..
note: football game was onging at ISU at the time...think the torando went just north of there
WHOA!
WHOA!
We have another wind advisory for Sunday in Michigan. I'm getting a little tired of this crap.
does that mean TWO tornados?
Tornado captured on ISU webcam..
http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/archive/data/2005/11/12/camera/SMDI4/SMDI4_200511122235.jpg
http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/ia/public.html
Will have updated reports of tornado sightings & damage reports...
According to their website, the pink triangles stand for "Tornado vortex signatures"...
It's awfully blustery here in Kansas!
The Town of Stratford, Iowa has been hit by a tornado, there are multiple gas leaks - law enforcement working on evacuating the city...
Is it near Huxley?
EXTENSIVE DAMGAGE SOUTH SIDE OF WOODWARD IA from a tornado
Stratford is about mid-way on a diagonal between Ames & Ft. Dodge.
Thanks Keith
MODS..please update title...not sure in AMES got hit directly..so maybe "strong damaging Tornadoes reported in IA" or something...
Tornado Damage There was a tornado touchdown in southeast Woodward and severe damage to the area. There are gas leaks have been reported in both Woodward and Stratford.
KCCI's Bryan Karrick said he saw cars flipped and large trees overturned. He said emergency crews are going house to house checking on residents.
Stadium Evacuated
The Jack Trice stadium was evacuated of fans before the Iowa State University football game.
A convenience store on the northwest side of Ames and a home in Stratford were reported damaged.
Officials reported that fans at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames waiting for Iowa State's football game against Colorado were moved into Hilton Coliseum as the storm moved in.
Ames police dispatcher Pam Litchfield says there were reports of damage in the northwest part of the city, including a building that had been blown apart. She didn't know if it was a house or outbuilding.
Prayers offered...
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