and if that weather wasn't w wd enough, an ef-1 tornado o was confirmed to have touched down near avoca iowa, with winds blowing at 100 miles per hour, toppling an 18 wheeler off of the interstate . our affiliate in omaha has more. "(ketv)--as bad as it felt in the omaha metro area, it looked a lot worse on the other side of the river. the nationalal weather service confirmed that a tornado touched down in shelby county, iowa. in less that 15 minutes, the tornado left a scar on the county landscape 12 miles long. "i just saw a black cloud coming and it was right over that grain bin, which is only like 50 yards from here," avoca resident doug brown said. "it was time to go to the basement." the tornado touched down just south of interstate e 80, mangling power lines and grain bins. "a"a i heard was a ump," brown said. "i figure that's when that grain bin must have went." "sideways rain and that's all i could see," mike johnson, who lost a cattle barn and corn crib, said. "i slowed down real quick and i couldn't see anything. i looked out the window and saw some hail coming down and then

the national weather service confirmed an ef-1 tornado near avoca . that's a town in pottawattamie county. last night's twister packed winddat about 110 miles per hour. it damaged a grain bin, along with barns and trees on farm. there are no reports of any injuries. in eastern iowa, the storms damaged several out-buildings with farm chinery inside of them. this is a picture from north of wyoming in jones county, courtesy of tim ott. and in iowa city, the storms scattered debris across the road. mathew cover sent us this photo. in knoxville, cleanup begins from some extensive damage.. there are downed trees, power lines and debris all over the road. fortunately no one was hurt. the knoxville police chief said it was the worst damage from weather he had seen. with the storm slammed her home. "petrifying. your house shakes and you think it's going to come off. you hear glass breaking and things being thrown against your house." the walmart in knoxville was also damaged - of the roof and also overtururd this semi ttuck. this video - sent in by viewer tony

the first was on interstate 80 near avoca. the accident was reported around 2 p.m. closing the westbound lanes for a period of time forcing officials to divert traffic. a second semi rolled on interstate 29 near missouri valley and the third 18- wheeler was reported to have rolled near marne, iowa just south of i-8-8and not far from avoca. few details are available concerning injuries. jenna: today's storms caused problems in the mornignside area elier this afternoon after lighing struck a home. authorities say that lightning hit the chimney of this home on the 4900 block of morningside avenue around 1:30 this afternoon. two people were home at the time the incident happened however, they were able to get out of the home ok. the home did suffer minor smoke damage to the chimney and attic area of the home. tim: over 11 thousand peop in and aroundndioux city were without power briefly day after problems at a local sub station. officials s th mid american energy tell us that the outage that hit around 11am.... lasted only for about 4 minutes, but affected customers as

in all....3 rollover semi truck wrecks reported wednesday near avoca iowa. nats - wind/blizzard the storm didnt stop there.... ortions of new mexico, wyoming, colorado, nebraskaand kansas saw blizzard like conditions... some of those sameme ates hit with thunderstorms as well. truck driver "it's been rough, slow going....55mph from kansas city, that's about all i could get. you just wanna go, go, go but you can't!" nats: snow raping... from snow to ice...in colorado...? frozen roads more like an ice skating rink for drivers.... nats - wind/blizzard he saving it, he saved it lighter snow in western kansas.. but residents bracing themselves for slower commutes. in northern california...the early thing. skiers and snowboardede craving for some snow...welcoming an n early ski season... the main threat today will be strong winds from the central rockies to the great lakes.... up to 60 mile an hour winds... good news: expected to last just one day. stephanie ramos s news washington jessica rae: and here in sioux city... rain, wind, and even snow caused trouble for

the national weather service confirmed an ef-1 tornado near avoca . that's a town in pottawattamie county. last night's twister packed winds at about 110 along with barns and trees on farm. there are no reports of any injuries. in eastern iowa, the storms damaged several out-buildings with farm machinery inside of them. this is a picture from north of wyoming in jones county, courtesy of tim ott. and in iowa city, the storms scattered debris across the road. mathew cover sent us this photo. in knoxville, cleanup begins from some extensive damage.. there are downed trees, power lines and debris all over the road. several homes were damaged, but fortunately no one was hurt. the knoxville police chief said it was the worst damage from weather he had seen. jennifer mcgrath was home alone with the storm slammed her home. "petrifying. your house shakes and you think it's going to come off. you hear glass breaking and things being thrown against your house." the walmart in knoxville was also damaged - after high winds blew off parts of the roof and also over

in a a....3 rollover mi truck wrecks reportedsday near avoca iowa. nats - wind/blizzard the storm didnt stop there.... ortions of new mexico, wyoming, colorado, nebraska and kansas saw blizzard like conditions... some of those same states hit with thunderstorms well. truck driver "it's been rough, slow going....55mph from kansas city, that's about all i could get. you just wanna go, go, go but you can't!" nats: snow scraping... from snow to ice...in colorado...? frozen roads more like an ice skating rink for drivers.... nats - wind/blizzard he saving it, he saved it lighter snow in western kansas.. but residents bracing themselves for slower commmmes. in northern california...the early dosesef winter weather is a good thing. skiers and snowboarders craving for some snow...welcoming an early ski season... the main threat today will be strong winds from the central rockies to the great lakes.... up to 60 mile an hour winds... good news: expected to last just one day. stephanie ramos abc news washington ssica rae: and here in sioux city... rain, wind, a

another twister was spotted in the southern iowa town of avoca. an 18 wheeler was blown off the road there by 77-mile-per-hour winds. that same severe storm system created blizzard conditions across the rocky mountains and western plains. the blinding snow made driving dangerous near denver. eric fisher is chief meteorologist at our cbs station in boston, wbz. eric, how bad is it? >> charlie, we've been watching these damaging storms move across iowa this afternoon and into this evening. several reported tornadoes along the way. there are still more damage reports coming in as we speak and the weather service will be surveying some of the damage tonight and into the day tomorrow. some of those pictures showing certainly several tornadoes have touched down. we still have tornado watches that extend farther off to the east this evening as the whole line will be tracking its way into illinois and parts of wisconsin. the thunderstorms moving east. as we head into the overnight and into the day tomorrow. still many showers but the storm becomes more wi

49 - low: 42 tonight, the national weather service confirmed that an ef-1 tornado touched down near avoca. that's a tow in pottawattamie county in souuwest iowa. this tornado's winds peaked at about 110 miles per hour, and they damaged a grain bin, along with barns and trees on farmland. there are no reports of any injuries. in astern iowa, the storms damaged several out-buildings with farm machinery inside of them. this is a picture from north of wyoming in jones county, courtesy of tim ott. and in iowa city, the storms scattered debris across the road ways. mathew cover sent us this photo. we want to say a big thank you to all of you who sent us information about storm damage. when you see news, call newsline nine at 319-365-9999. or you can email pictures and news tips to newsroom at kcrg dot com. more than 100 black students at the university of iowa are standing in solidarity with those at the university of missouri. they rallied outside the old capitol on the pentacrest this afternoon. several administrator s also joined the students. for weeks, students, faculty, and staff at the m

confirmed touchdowns in avoca, guthrie county, knoxe, barnes city, and melrose. kcci's rose heavy is in melrose tonight. how powerful was the tornado there? rose: here, south of melrose in monroe county, national weather -- you can see that an ef-2 tornado came in behind me. they are just happy no one was hurt. homeowners and family focused on cleanup today. national weather service officials say gusts of 100 miles per hour blasted through the border between monroe and appanoose counties. they say about a 5 mile stretch was impacted the worst, with several homes and equipment sheds torn apart. families took for cover once they heard the winds coming their way. it only lasted several minutes but their homes became , unrecognizable. >> i looked up the basement stairs and i could see a lot of daylight coming through the kitchen because there was no roof anymore. rose: many families are thinking their alert systems because they were saying they were able to take cover just in time. stacey: in the des moines metro, all but a few homes are still without power. but kcci

near avoca in western iowa, outbuildings were damaged on several farms by a confirmed tornado. to the east, high winds and heavy rains stalled traffic and caused numerous flight cancelations nbc's ron mott has more from chicago. << the so-called late fall storm is called the witch of november is appropriately named because of all the howling winds coming across the midwest ands especially here in the chicago overnight. we saw, look at this, last night thunder and lightning over downtown chicago, just to our west in iowa there were confirmed nine tornados that touched down there. fortunately they were in less populated areas, rural area where there was minimal damage to property. now going forward today the story is wind, wind wind wind today here in chicago and to our east. we are expecting wind gust in the chicago area of 50-55 miles per hour. obviously that is going to have an impact on air travel in the chicago area. already we are staring to see cancelations at o'hare and as we get into the afternoon hours and these winds continue to whip up today we expect to see even more

it was taken outside avoca in western iowa. no one was hurt. the tornado toppled a semi on i- 80 and damaged some farm buildings. another tornado was confirmed near knoxville. in eastern iowa, there's a mess to clean up. damaged by the high winds. a shed was knocked down, toys blown all over -- but no cows were hurt. a school was also damaged. part of the roof of eisenhower elementary in dubuque came apart. inside, water affected the gym and the art room. the school's prinicpal says they're trying to go about decision 2016 -- donald trump is back in iowa --- and comes out swinging at a campaign rally. trump was in fort dodge -- and targeted doctor ben carson -- who is now ahead of trump in many polls. trump repeatedly questioned carson's life story. "i'm not saying it. he said he's temper" and then he defined it cure for that folks. okay? there's no cure for that." trump also talked about isis -- saying he would bomb the oil fields isis controls. on the democratic side -- senator bernie sanders has locked down his biggest union endorsement. the

the national weather service now confirms 5 tornadoes touched down in avoca, guthrie county, knoxville, barnes city and melrose. in melrose, the damage surveyed between an ef-1 and an ef-2 tornado. wind gusts of about 100 miles per hour blasted through monroe county, tearing apart several homes and equipment sheds. in des moines, a suspected tornado at the airport. in the southwest part of the city, we found dozens of downed trees today. the wind knocked a massive tree near sw 26th and watrous onto a garage with two cars inside. kurtis, you were tracking those storms. a number of tornadoes reported. kurtis: in des moines, it was an ef-0. four ef-1's. what is most impressive, there are still 11 possible tornadoes that need to be surveyed up in marshall county. southwestern jasper, north-central boat. adams county, taylor, wayne county. we will look at these and see if winds are slowly dying down. a breezy night across the state. this coming in from clearing lake. 9:00 a.m., 39. hour. clear skies at 6:00 p.m.. kevin: wednesday's wild weather day is a bit reminiscent of years ago. stacey:

you can see the e-f-one tornado touching down near avoca -- takk on meanwhile people are busy cleaning up the mess here in eastern iowa. take a look at the damage here at a farm near balltown. owners say it's the worst wind damage they've ever had. you can see a shd knocked down, toys blown all over -- but a local elementary school also seeing some damage. the rubberized roof of eisenhower elementary in dubuque blowing off in laststnight's storr. workers were at the school today replacing the roof. inside, water damage heavily affected the gym area, and the art room. the school's prinicpal says they'ri trying to go about things as normml as possibibe -- but are having to change some plans. "we're trying to have school as normal as posble. we made a decision last night when we determined that kids could be here safely, that we could have school. we've had to cancel our this point." lunchroom--so they servvd sack lunches that students ate in their classrooms. those high winds continuing today - - making it tough on semi truck drivers. a hawkeye communittcollege transportatton instructor

you can see the e-f-one tornado touching down neer avoca -- taken on this cell-phone video. no severe weather toy -- but still some very strong winds -- let's s go to storm track seven chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg now for your first forecast. from tt kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. see the screen for your complete weather information. here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: the wind will not be as strong tonight as it was last night and today. the wind gradually diminishes friday afternoon. a dry weekend is ahead a cloudy and wet week. rainchances start monday and cotinue through at least thursday.the wind will not be as strong dry weekend is ahead a cloudy and wet week. rain chances start monday and continue through at least thursday.the wind will not be as strong tonight as it was last night and today. the wind graduallyy diminishes friday afternoon. a dry weekend is ahead a cloudy and wet week. rain chances start monday and continue through at least thursday. plenty of people across eastern iowa still dealing with the fal

spotted this evening in powersville, iowa, another twister was spotted in the southern iowa town of avoca. an 18 wheeler was blown off the road by 76 mile per hour winds. that same severe storm system created blizzard conditions across the rocky mountains and western plains. the blinding snow made driving dangerous near denver. >> eric fisher is chief meteorologist at our station in boston, wbz, eric how bad is it? >> charlie, we have been watching storms across iowa this afternoon. several reported tornados along the way. there are more damage reports coming in. the weather service will survey damage tonight and into the day tomorrow. some of the pictures showing certainly several tornados have touched down. we still have tornado watches that extend farther off to the east this evening. this whole line will b btracking its way into illinins and parts of wisconsin. see the timeline here. thunderstorms moving east as we head into the overnight and into the day tomorrow. still many showers but the storm becomes more wind, not just from severe weather, a broad area, very strong wind will be

the national weather service confirmed an ef-1 tornado near avoca . that's a town in pottawattamie county. last night's twister packed winds at about 110 miles per hour. it damaged a grain bin, along with barns and trees on farm. there are no reports of any injuries. in eastern iowa, the storms damaged several out-buildings with farm machinery inside of them. this is a picture from north of wyoming in jones county, courtesy of tim ott. and in iowa city, the storms scattered debris across the road. mathew cover sent us this photo. in knoxville, cleanup begins from some extensive damage.. there are downed trees, power lines and debris all over the road. several homes were damaged, but fortunately no one was hurt. the knoxville police chief said it was the worst damage from weather he had seen. jennifer mcgrath was home alone with the storm slammed her home. "

this is video of an e-f-one tornado touching down near avoca in eastern iowa -- people are cleaning up from storms here. take a look at the damage at a farm near balltown. owners say it's the worst wind damage they've ever had. you can see a shed knocked down, toys blown all over -- but luckily they say no cows were injured. and here's video of eisenhower elementary in dubuque -- part of the roof blew off during wednesday's storms. inside, the gym and art room seeing heavy water damage... "we're trying to have school as here safely, that we could have school. we've had to cancel our pe, art and music classes because those are unusable at this point." the gym is also the school's lunchroom--so they served sack lunches and students ate in their classrooms. high winds yesterday made it tough for semi truck drivers. a hawkeye community college transportation instructor says high winds are mentallly and physically challenging for semi wind that gusts to 50, that could make that truck change lanes. so extra leeway." for student drivers in the program this was their first time driving in high

the national weather service confirms five tornadoes touched down in avoca, guthrie county, knoxville, barnes city, and melrose. tornado. wind gusts of about 100 miles per hour blasted through monroe county, tearing apart several homes and equipment sheds. i think everybody is hoping for a quiet day in the weather department. metinka: a great stretch of weather, the wind has settled and no fog or rain to worry about and no storms this morning . temperatures frosty, grab your jacket. in the 20's and low-30's. 33 in des moines. as you are addressing the kids, you need the jackets early with temperatures near 38. a seasonable 50 degrees with sunshine and some warmer temperatures on their way in time for the weekend with highs into the 60's. eric: sounds great. -- elizabeth: sounds great. looking ahead at the kcci day planner. the drake rowing team breaks ground on the new bright-beckwith boathouse. that is at 10:00 at prospect park. members of iowa's water task force are touring several farms today. the group is trying identify common ground solutions to improve water quality. and today,

shaina: and on i 80 near avoca high winds blew over several semis the cleanup took a long time, delaying drivers for several hours. one driver says he had a heck of time keeping his rig on the road and to make matters worse, some drivers were in too big a hurry and were not leaving the proper distance between vehicles. >> basically like being on a boat, your wake shakes you back and forth, that's basically what it feels like. >> i have a relationship with jesus christ and i pray and it gets even closer. oh lord, give me a hand here. shaina: one of those drivers had in a matter of hours yesterday he saw it all -- snow, ice, and rain. eric: we have pictures of another semi turned over too this is near columbia, south of , knoxville. this hyvee truck overturned you saw the image during our live breaking weather coverage. the driver's wife did post on my facebook page yesterday afternoon say that he needed stitches and has bruises but he will be ok. and really we say it everytime but we can't cover storms like , these without your help. keep those pictures coming in. be sure to share them wi

this evening in powersville, iowa, another twister was spotted in the southern iowa town of avoca. an 18 wheeler was blown off the road by 76 mile per hour winds. that same e vere storm system created blizzard conditions across the rocky mountains and western plains. the blinding snow made driving dangerous near denver. >> eric fisher is chief meteorologist at our station in boston, wbz, eric how bad is it? >> charlie, we have been watching storms across iowa this afternoon. several reported tornados along ththway. there are more damage reports coming in. the weather service will survey damage tonight and into the day tomorrow. some of the pictures showing certainlnlseveral tornados have touched down. we still have tornado watches that extend farther off to the east this evening. this whole line will be tracking its way into illinois and parts of wisconsin. see the timeline here. thunderstorms moving east as we head into the overnight and into the day tomorrow. ill many showers but the storm becomes more wind, not just from severe weather, a broad area, very strong wind will be blo

it was taken outside avoca in the tornado toppled a semi on i- 80 and damaged some farm buildings. another tornado was confirmed near knoxville. in eastern iowa, there's a mess to clean up. a farm near balltown was damaged by the high winds. a shed was knocked down, toys blown all over -- but no cows were hurt. a school was also damaged. part of the roof of eisenhower elementary in dubuque came apart. inside, water affected the gym and the art room. the school's prinicpal says they're trying to go about things as normal as possible as they make repairs. the high winds we had thursday -- can be a tough challenge for truck drivers. a hawkeye community college instructor says gusty winds are mentallly and physically challenging for semi drivers.. as they are constantly correcting the path of the truck. he says -- other drivers -- need to "you know all of a sudden a 15 mile an hour wind that gusts to profile vehicles a little extra for student drivers in the program, this was their first time driving in high winds. several say it was eye opening to see how different it is decision 2016

the first was on interstate 80 near avoca. the accicint was portrt around 2 p-m... closing the westbound lanes for a period of time forcingofficials to divert traffic. a second semi rolled on i- 29 near missouri valley and the third 18- wheeler was reported to have rolled just south of i-80 not far fromavoca. jessica rae: and the storms caus problems in the mornignside area after lightning struck a home. authorities say lightning hit the chimney of this home on th4900 block of morningside avenue around 1-30 in the afternoon. two people were home at the time of the inciden, they are said to be o-k... but the homeme did suffer minor smsme damage to ththchimney and attic arar. . jejeica let's ececk in wit for t t weather. matt: yesterday's storm system continues to pass off to the east and northeast. in its wake, we'll have sunny skies but strong winds gusting around 40 mileper hour. tomorrow and nice with sunshine and gradually warming temperatures as we get into the weekend. today's forecast calls for a high of 50 with sunshine and bririsk wind. we'll have clear skie

tornado was spotted this evening in powersville, iowa, another swiser in the southern iowa town of avoca. an 18 wheeler was blown off the road by 76 mile per hour winds. that same severe s srm s stem created blizzard conditions across the rocky mountains and western plains. the blinding snow made driving dangerous near denver. >> eric fisher is chief meteorologist at our station in boston, wbz, eric how bad is it? >> charlie, we have been watching storms across iowa this afternoon. several reported tornados along the way. there are more damage reports coming in. the weather service will survey damage tonight and into the day tomorrow. some of the pictures showing certainly several tornados have touched down. we still have tornadodo watches that extend farther off to the east this evening. this whole line will be tracking its way into illinois and parts of wisconsin. see the timeli here. thunderstorms moving east as we head into the overnight and into the day tomorrrr. still l ny showers but the storm becomes more wind, not just from severe weather, a broad area, very strong wind will be

the natiool weather service nfirmed an ef-1 tornado near avoca . that's a town in pottawattamie county. last night's twister packed winds at about 110 miles per hour. it damaged a grain bin, along with barns and trees on farm. there are no reports of any injuries. in eastern iowa, the storms damaged several out-buildings wit farm machinery inside of them. this is a picture from north h f wyoming in jones county, courtesy of tim ott. and in iowa city, the storms scattered debris across the road. mathew cover sent us this photo. in knoxville, cleanup begins from some extensiveeamage.. there are downed treee power lines and debris all over the road. several homes were damaged, but fortunately no one was hurt. the knoxville police chief said it was the worst damage from weather he had seen. and now here's your first alert forecast. plan on a very windy day. we'll have gusts around 50 mph, especially this morning. if today is your trash day, keep an eye on the bins, espially once they have been emptied out. give high profile v vhicles some extra room as

this morning -- we've learned the national weather service has confirmed an ef-1 twister hit avoca -- which is in western iowa. at weather. wind advisory continues today. ry strong winds will continue todaywith gusts to 50 mph. chills dipping into the teens by friday morning. winds will cooperate for the weekend as highs climb back into the 50s. a chance of we'll be back in 30 minutes, be sure to check kwwl dot com for the latest news if you're lookininfor a medicare plan, we're health alliance. we believe in superheroes. in the slow dance at the end of the night. in being yourself. we believe in simplicity... and in doioi good when no one's looking. to us, it just seems right. call health alliance now and learn more. you'll talk to a real person, not an automated system. we're part of your community, not a conglomerate. you can see the doctors you know and trust. and here is the best part. we have medicare plans at can save you hundreds of dollars on premiums. plans with prescription drug coverage, $0 deductibles and dental, vision and hearing benefits. seem right to you? callllow fo