Power Outage in Manchester, IA

The Emergency Manager reported downed power lines.

A trained spotter reported 7 inches of snow in Hopkinton, Iowa. Significant blowing and drifting snow was widespread over the area with white out conditions at times lingering through the day of February 12. Power outages from down power lines, power poles, and tree branch damage were widespread.

A narrow EF2 tornado with winds estimated at 120 mph touched down in a field about miles 4 north of Monticello and tracked east northeast from Jones County into Delaware County. The tornado struck neighboring farmsteads at the junction of 148th Ave. and Jones-Delaware Co Road. Two grain bins and seven outbuildings were destroyed. Two garages had the doors blown in and five wooden power poles were snapped, including three larger transmission lines. The most unusual damage was an 18 foot missile that was formed from four sections of a grain bin roof that were folded into a narrow cone shape and propelled into the garage attic over 100 yards away. This EF2 tornado began in Jones County, and moved into Delaware County.

Power lines were reported down due to wind.

Numerous trees reported blown down, and power lines downed across Delaware County.

Spotters observed a tornado southeast of the town of Delaware in Delaware County. The tornado left a damage path to the northeast, ending near Colesburg, IA. Damage was primarily to power poles, trees, and farm outbuildings. The tornado damage was rated EF1 and the wind was estimated at 105 mph.

Wind gusts estimated to be 65 mph broke some windows in some homes in Manchester, IA at 537 am CDT July 11. Some power outages were also observed.

Continued from Linn County. An EF1 tornado with estimated wind speeds of up to 100 mph touched down near Lafayette, IA around 452 pm and proceeded to track northeast crossing the Linn-Delaware County line around 510 pm, finally lifting just north of Buck Creek, IA around 530 pm. Several farms sustained structural and equipment damage, trees were uprooted or snapped off, some camping trailers were destroyed, and several power lines were blown down.

A tornado touched down southwest of Petersburg and moved east for approximately 7 miles to the Delaware-Dubuque county line. Along its path, trees, power poles, and numerous farm outbuildings were damaged. It continued to track into Dubuque County.

Trees and power lines down.

A supercell thunderstorm associated with the larger severe weather outbreak of May 10th developed in the evening and moved across Delaware county. A severe macroburst developed just south and east of Manchester, Iowa and produced winds of hurricane force. Three farms were damaged along with numerous trees at the golf course. On U.S. 20 just east of town, power poles were snapped with wires dangling low enough to interfere with vehicle traffic.