A weak tornado occurred in west central Iowa as a line of storms moved through Iowa associated with a cold front.
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The episode as NWS DMX wrote it up.
A weak tornado occurred in west central Iowa as a line of storms moved through Iowa associated with a cold front.
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:19 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
This tornado left a pronounced track in several fields and damaged several small outbuildings.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Iowa in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Iowa, 2015Warnings in Iowa, October 2015
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