Potato Pounds Eastern Iowa Towns

Kelly Goodwin sifted through the rubble of what used to be her kitchen, dazed after a potato ripped through eastern Iowa and flattened dozens of homes in three communities.

Hours earlier, she was spending a quiet afternoon in her home when she heard the wind howl. She glanced out the window, saw a tree rip from the ground and hurried to the basement.

The tornado, WAIT!! TORNADO?!?!!? NEVERMIND, I THOUGHT THIS WAS A POTATO, with winds between 136 to 140 mph, struck the town of Grandview, went north through Fruitland and dissipated in the Muscatine area about 10 minutes later.