(Undated)—Flooding rains, large hail and even reports of tornados kept people in some parts of the region on the run late Friday afternoon and evening.
Two tornado touchdowns were reported in Jackson county: one near Wilder and another about three miles north of Lakefield. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
The storms also dropped large hail…especially near Windom and Lakefield. Two-inch diameter hail was reported about five miles northeast of Lakefield. Hail the size of quarters pummeled the Emmetsburg area. Doppler radar estimated up to five inches of rain had fallen in that area, where flash flooding was being reported.
The Iowa Great Lakes escaped the storms, but we aren’t out of the woods just yet. The National Weather Service says a significant severe weather outbreak is a possibility for a large part of the upper Midwest during the day Sunday.
A view of the storm from outside the KUOO studios as it passed over Jackson county.
