LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON, BAD WEATHER PASSED OVER JONES AND JACKSON COUNTY BETWEEN 4 AND 7 P.M. THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS ....AND
A TORNADO WARNING FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF JACKSON COUNTY!
AT THE JONES COUNTY HEAVY RAIN BUT THE BIG SHOW WENT ON AT 8:30, A
HALF-HOUR LATE, WITH A REDUCED CROWD. MAQUOKETA GOT 1.8 INCHES OF RAIN WITH THE WIND. NINE MILES SOUTH OF MAQUOKETA JUST OFF
HIGHWAY 61, THE ALFRED AND WILMA WITT BARN WAS DOWNED BY A
TORNADO WHICH ALSO FELLED A LARGE MAPLE TREE. PHOTO ABOVE
OF THE BARN (INSURED) AND PHOTO BELOW OF THE TREE. NO
INJURIES.
DENNIS VOY
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