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Iowa Great Lakes Disaster

  • Summer

    Weather was usual for June
  • 6:19 p.m

    A sever weather notice came from Des Moines weather Bureau covering Osceola, Dickinson and Emmet Counties
  • 7:30p.m.

    7:30p.m.
    The sighting of tornadoes in dickinson County
  • 7:40

    The tornadoe started in Emerson Bay traveled east and struck on a broad fronton the south and east shores of west lake Okoboji across pillsbury point the town of Arnolds park and north to smiths trailer park.
  • Damage

    Damage
    The damage was established to be at least $3,000,000 in Dickinson County $8,000,000 over all Damage
  • Water level

    9.5 in above level
  • Water levels

    Water levels
    55.68 in above level DNR isued a no wake zone on all the lakes
  • Water levels

    39.12 in above level
  • Water levels

    2.88 in above level