Power Outage in Varina, IA

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Last report: January 22, 2018

Here's How to Report Power Outage in Varina

To report a power outage in Varina, Iowa, located in Pocahontas County, please contact your local utility company using the following methods:

City of Laurens, IA

Calhoun County Elec Coop Assn

Iowa Lakes Electric Coop

Contacts listed above can be used to report power outages in the following ZIP codes: 50593.

Recent Weather Related Causes of Power Outages in Pocahontas County

Tornado. Tornado developed a few miles east northeast of Palmer and moved northeast to north for the entire path. The tornado destroyed a farm buildings and also snapped several power poles producing the EF2 rating. Otherwise, much of the path was in rural cropland with a large dust cloud enveloping the tornado for much of its life.

April 12, 2022

Ice Storm. In Fonda, law enforcement estimated a quarter inch of ice on elevated surfaces, weighing down tree branches and powerlines. Power outages in many parts of town. Roads remain only wet with no ice.

November 10, 2020

Thunderstorm Wind. A Large tree fell and toppled power lines in the town of Rolfe.

September 04, 2012

Tornado. A short but relatively intense tornado. This was a satellite tornado to a large wedge tornado that moved through western Pocahontas County. This tornado became absorbed into the circulation of another powerful satellite tornado that moved in from the west.

April 09, 2011

Thunderstorm Wind. Several large tree limbs were blown down in town along with one power line.

June 17, 2010

Power Outage Related Posts on X from Varina, Iowa

RT @Fonda_IA: At 9A visibilities are under a 1/4 mile in fog and light rain. It is amazing the number of people without headlights going wa…

@NWSDesMoines - March 13, 2019 14:29

At 9A visibilities are under a 1/4 mile in fog and light rain. It is amazing the number of people without headlight… https://t.co/deUdTJJeJ5

@Fonda_IA - March 13, 2019 14:13

Update to power outage: MidAmerican has checked their equipment and they have not found any issues. The city is wor… https://t.co/Co8oXzKYau

@Fonda_IA - March 13, 2019 14:02

The city is responding to the power outage. Not sure of its origin at this time.

@Fonda_IA - March 13, 2019 11:15