Tornado near Niles Township IA June 17th 2009

Accidentally caught on tape while recording a storm moving into Iowa. June 17th 2009.
At 0:32, you can hear debris falling. It was actually a little darker than this outside. I was not able to see the small tornado down the road, hence the comment, "GO!" after hearing that.

A tornado warning was never issued for this tornado as far as I know, only the following watch for the area - SEL9 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 449
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
700 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST IOWA SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 700 PM
UNTIL 100 AM CDT. TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
FAIRMONT MINNESOTA TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF LA CROSSE WISCONSIN. FOR
A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU9). REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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[poopinhair12]

this was by ionia

[zagnut48219]

@poopinhair12

You'll have to forgive me. I've only lived in IA for two years and still don't know my way around very well. This was actually closer to Niles Township.

I was on Co Hwy T64 / 155th st approximately half mile west of Asherton Ave.

[LinksFan123]

@zagnut48219 Was anyone hurt?

[zagnut48219]

@LinksFan123

Not that I know of. Not positive though. The house on the property was untouched, so I assume not.

[spymasterwade]

i saw this too

[XtremeStormX]

You can see the debris from the barn if you look close!! Nice lightning too!