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Video: Tornado touches down in Adams County, toppling wind turbines

Video: Tornado touches down in Adams County, toppling wind turbines
Sir. Yeah. Yeah. Can you hear me? Ok, so we are. Ok. So we are, you're seeing, you're seeing this tornado here right now? That's just off to the, uh, ok. I gotta check my location. I'm sorry, northwest of Prescott. So we're *** little ways north of Prescott. That's, I mean, in front of you here, folks, I think we're probably three or four, maybe five miles straight north of town. So Lake Ikaria would be just off to the west and southwest. That's the tornado right now. It's gonna kind of pass by us just to the north and west. It can't be more than maybe *** mile or two away. So this is northern Adams County, kind of north central Adams County. That's the tornado you're seeing on the ground, folks. It's, it's *** pretty viol looking one. There's, it's not fully condensed the ground at all times. You see it's kind of grungy looking, you can sort of see through it at times, but it is definitely *** circulation all the way to the ground. There's some rain wrapping around it *** little bit. We still have winds blowing into the storm right now. Uh, from So we're looking basically straight west off of, uh, what county road are we on here? Let me check my location quick. Ok. We're on County Road. Uh, N 61 or Quincy Avenue would be what it would be called. We are about four or five miles straight north of Prescott. The tornado is just passing by us to the west northwest. Maybe I would say less than *** mile. It's gonna kind of pass by this, uh little substation here that you can see just past our stop sign. So it's continuing to try off to the north and east. This is going to head up towards about William, the little town Williamson there on the uh northeastern side, northeastern part of Adams County. So it's headed that direction right now. We're gonna, yeah, Robbie Brian's moving the cameras. You can see it right behind that power line substation, really some gusty winds coming too. If you can see *** little bit of the grass blowing in the ditches behind us as well. That's your tornado. It's definitely on the ground and it's continuing off to the north and east. We're probably gonna have to reposition here now. So our shots, you're probably gonna lose our shot here shortly. Um Yeah, because we want to keep up with this tornado as it continues off to the north and east again, north central northeastern Adams County, uh basically *** few miles north of Prescott is where this tornado is right now.
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Video: Tornado touches down in Adams County, toppling wind turbines
A tornado touched down Tuesday in Adams County, Iowa, toppling several wind turbines and leaving behind a trail of damage. The tornado touched down just northwest of Prescott around 3 p.m. Tuesday as a line of severe storms pushed into the state.vlog's Zane Satre witnessed the storms touching down first-hand.“It’s a pretty violent-looking tornado. It’s not fully condensed to the ground at all times. You can see it’s kind of grungy looking," he said. "You can sort of see through it at times. But there's definitely circulation all the way to the ground."Multiple wind turbines were destroyed by the tornado as it ripped across the county. Satre said he observed at least three 250-foot towers snapped like twigs, their blades scattered across the area. Below, raw video: Wind turbines folded in half after tornado rips through Adams CountyThe National Weather Service issued a tornado watch for the entire state. The watch lasts until 9 p.m. Tuesday for most of the state.FOLLOW FULL COVERAGE FROM vlog HERE.

A tornado touched down Tuesday in Adams County, Iowa, toppling several wind turbines and leaving behind a trail of damage.

The tornado touched down just northwest of Prescott around 3 p.m. Tuesday as a line of severe storms pushed into the state.

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vlog's Zane Satre witnessed the storms touching down first-hand.

“It’s a pretty violent-looking tornado. It’s not fully condensed to the ground at all times. You can see it’s kind of grungy looking," he said. "You can sort of see through it at times. But there's definitely circulation all the way to the ground."

Multiple wind turbines were destroyed by the tornado as it ripped across the county. Satre said he observed at least three 250-foot towers snapped like twigs, their blades scattered across the area.

Below, raw video: Wind turbines folded in half after tornado rips through Adams County

The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch for the entire state. The watch lasts until 9 p.m. Tuesday for most of the state.

FOLLOW FULL COVERAGE FROM vlog HERE.