Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Storm Damage

BOONE, Iowa---Many Boone County residents were awakened by warning sirens early Wednesday morning.  The National Weather Service issued a Tornado Warning for northern Boone County about 1:25 AM when radar indicated a tornado between Ogden and Boxholm.  Spotters did not confirm a tornado on the ground, but there was damage from south of Boxholm to south of Fraser to right east of Boone.  Authorities report damage to structures, trees knocked down and in the case of house damage east of Boone, the damage caused a fire.  Authorities noted that even with a wide variety of damage, there were no injuries.  Round two could occur Wednesday night to Thursday morning.

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