Power Outage in Otho, IA

Tornado. This tornado started on the east side of the Des Moines River valley southwest of Duncombe and moved quickly northeast. The tornado snapped several power poles near the intersection of Taylor Avenue and 220th Street west of Duncombe. Another outbuilding was destroyed northwest of Duncombe near the intersection of 210th Street and the Canadian National Railway. The tornado lifted not long afterwards.

December 15, 2021

Thunderstorm Wind. Emergency manager reported numerous trees down along with power outages.

August 10, 2020

Thunderstorms moved northeast into Iowa overnight. While overall instability was around 500 J/KG, the 0-3km MLCAPE was over 125 J/KG across southwest Iowa accounting for around a third of the overall updraft strength. Effective helicity values were nearly 500 m2/s2. The strongly sheared environment along with decent near surface instability led to the development of two tornadoes across southwest Iowa during the night. The first tornado was an EF-1 and virtually destroyed an old farm building southeast of Anita. The second more powerful tornado occurred southeast of Adair and impacted a few different farmsteads. The final farmstead encountered received EF-2 damage producing 1 injury and 1 fatality. The tornado crossed Interstate 80 and then remained in rural cropland for the remainder of the path.

May 22, 2019

Thunderstorm Wind. Trained spotter reported widespread power outages, upwards of 40 foot tall trees down, and estimated at least 70 mph winds. This is a delayed report.

May 16, 2017

Thunderstorm Wind. Trained spotter reported multiple tree limbs down along with a few transformers throughout town. Power out in many locations.

May 16, 2017

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@KingsgateIns - May 29, 2020 19:08