LSRDMX
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1151 PM CDT MON MAY 07 2007
.TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
.DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0420 AM HAIL AFTON 41.03N 94.20W
05/06/2007 E2.75 INCH UNION IA EMERGENCY MNGR
UPDATE FROM UNION COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER. SEE
DISCUSSION BELOW.
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SPENT THE DAY DOING A DETAILED HOUSE-TO-HOUSE SURVEY. IN AFTON...236
PRIMARY BUILDINGS AND 174 OUT BUILDINGS AND GARAGES WITH MODERATE
HAIL DAMAGE CONSISTING OF ROOF DAMAGE...PRIMARILY TO THE SLOPES
FACING SOUTH AND WEST. ALL ROOF VENTS AND EVES...EITHER ALUMINUM OR
PLASTIC...WERE DAMAGED. ALMOST 100 PERCENT OF THE BUILDINGS WITH
SOUTH-FACING WINDOWS HAD DAMAGE TO SCREENS...BROKEN GLASS STORM
WINDOWS...INTERIOR SINGLE AND DOUBLE PANE WINDOWS...AND IN CASES OF
PLASTIC FRAMED WINDOWS EVEN THE SASHES AND STOOLS WERE
DAMAGED. ALL SIDING WAS DAMAGED ON THOSE SIDES NO MATTER OF
THE MATERIAL.
IN THE RURAL AREAS AROUND AFTON WE FOUND 38 RESIDENCES WITH
30 OUT BUILDINGS WITH MODERATE DAMAGE. WE FOUND THAT ARISPE...
5 MILES SOUTH OF AFTON...WAS ALSO HAIL DAMAGED BUT NOT AS
SEVERE. THERE ARE 40 RESIDENCES WITH MINOR DAMAGE AND 30 OUT
BUILDINGS.
ALL TOGETHER WE ESTIMATE 346 VEHICLES ARE HAIL DAMAGED AND MANY HAD
WINDOWS BROKEN COMPLETELY OUT. TWENTY THREE CAMPERS SUFFERED VENT AND
SKY LITE DAMAGES AS WELL AS EXTERIOR DAMAGES. HARDLY ANY OF THE
SKYLITES WITHSTOOD THE HAIL...EITHER IN CAMPERS OR HOUSES.
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