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EF-0 tornado leaves behind minor damage in southern Iowa county

EF-0 tornado leaves behind minor damage in southern Iowa county
LET YOU KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT COMING UP. ALL RIGHT JASON, THANK YOU. A SOUTHERN IOWA TOWN IS CLEANING UP DESTROYED BUILDINGS AND SHREDDED TREES. YOU CAN JUST SEE SOME OF THE WRECKAGE LEFT BEHIND AFTER LAST NIGHT’S STORM BLEW THROUGH. YEAH, IT JUST BENDS THE METAL LIKE TAFFY HERE. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS AN EF0 STRENGTH TORNADO HIT THE TOWN OF MILTON. FORTUNATELY, NOBODY WAS HURT. KCCI’S MARCUS MCINTOSH SHOWS US THE DAMAGE. WE ARE SOUTHEAST OF MILTON IN WAYNE COUNTY. BEHIND ME IS WHERE MACHINE SHED ONCE STOOD. IT IS NOW JUST A PILE OF DEBRIS. THE WAYNE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE HERE TUESDAY NIGHT AFTER THE STORM PASSED. IT’S AMAZING THE POWER OF A OF THE WIND AND THE STORM. REALLY. THAT WAS MY FIRST THOUGHT. PIECES OF THE MACHINE SHED AND A BARN WERE JUST ABOUT EVERYWHERE. FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS SHOWED UP WEDNESDAY MORNING TO CONDENSE THE DEBRIS FIELD INTO ONE PILE. YEAH, I MEAN, WE’RE JUST LOOKING FOR THE, YOU KNOW, WHAT’S ALL DAMAGED? FARM BUREAU INSURANCE WILL DETERMINE A DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR WHAT WAS LOST HERE. NEARBY. THERE WAS DAMAGE ON HOWARD BUDD MCINTOSH’S PROPERTY. I SEE SOME STUFF BLOWING AROUND, SO I KIND OF STEPPED OUT ON THE PORCH THERE AND THEN THE STRAIGHT LINE WIND JUST JUST COME AND AND I KNEW IT HAD TO BE SOMETHING PRETTY SERIOUS. BUT THERE’S A STORM CELLAR. I’VE GOT IT COVERED UP. MCINTOSH DID NOT HAVE TIME TO GET HE AND HIS WIFE TO THEIR STORM CELLAR WHILE HE WAS ON THE PORCH. HIS WIFE WAS INSIDE THEIR HOME ONCE THE STORM PASSED, HE WAS ABLE TO GET OFF THE PORCH AND SEE THE DAMAGE DONE TO HIS TREES. IT IT FELL BACK ONTO THE ONTO THE HOUSE. THERE WAS A COUPLE OF HOLES IN THE IN THE TOP OF THE TRAILER THERE, HE SAYS HE HAS NEVER SEEN THE WIND BLOW SO HARD, ADDING IT WAS A SCARY 60S OR SO IN WAYNE COUNTY.
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EF-0 tornado leaves behind minor damage in southern Iowa county
Wayne County in southern Iowa was on the receiving end of some storm damage Tuesday evening.According to the National Weather Service out of Des Moines, an EF-0 tornado swept through the northern part of Wayne County, just outside the town of Millerton. The Wayne County Emergency Management coordinator was one of the first people on the scene Tuesday night after the storm passed."It's amazing the power of the wind and the storm. Really, that was my first thought," said Bill Byrns, Wayne County Emergency Management coordinator.In the rural area southeast of Millerton, pieces of a machine shed and a barn were just about everywhere. Friends and neighbors showed up Wednesday morning to condense the debris field into one pile. Nearby, there was damage on Howard "Bud" McIntosh's property."I seen some stuff blowing around kinda stepped out on the porch there and straight line winds just come. And I knew it had to be something pretty serious," McIntosh said.McIntosh did not have time to get him and his wife to their storm cellar. He was on the porch, and his wife was inside their home. Once the storm passed, he was able to get off the porch and see the damage done to his trees. He had never seen the wind blow so hard, adding it was scary for 60 seconds or so. No one in Wayne County was hurt as a result of the storm.Related: KCCI partners with Red Cross to provide aid after devastating tornadoes» Download the free KCCI app to get updates on the go: Apple | Google PlayGet the latest headlines from KCCI

Wayne County in southern Iowa was on the receiving end of some storm damage Tuesday evening.

According to the National Weather Service out of Des Moines, an EF-0 tornado swept through the northern part of Wayne County, just outside the town of Millerton.

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The Wayne County Emergency Management coordinator was one of the first people on the scene Tuesday night after the storm passed.

"It's amazing the power of the wind and the storm. Really, that was my first thought," said Bill Byrns, Wayne County Emergency Management coordinator.

In the rural area southeast of Millerton, pieces of a machine shed and a barn were just about everywhere. Friends and neighbors showed up Wednesday morning to condense the debris field into one pile.

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Nearby, there was damage on Howard "Bud" McIntosh's property.

"I seen some stuff blowing around kinda stepped out on the porch there and straight line winds just come. And I knew it had to be something pretty serious," McIntosh said.

McIntosh did not have time to get him and his wife to their storm cellar. He was on the porch, and his wife was inside their home. Once the storm passed, he was able to get off the porch and see the damage done to his trees. He had never seen the wind blow so hard, adding it was scary for 60 seconds or so.

No one in Wayne County was hurt as a result of the storm.

Related: KCCI partners with Red Cross to provide aid after devastating tornadoes

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