Kellogg Avenue resident Alan Iverson鈥檚 backyard shed was destroyed by falling trees as a confirmed EF-2 tornado swept through 糖心Vlog传媒鈥檚 southside Saturday, June 22.
JANESVILLE 鈥 The damaged caused by a confirmed EF-2 tornado along Kellogg Avenue and surrounding streets Saturday night, became clear Sunday morning.
One home at Edison Avenue and Hermitage Lane had its roof completely torn off, while others had siding torn off and trees fell on them. Multiple apartment complexes along Kellogg Avenue had siding torn off. Trees fells onto vehicles.
Howard Upergui was at work at the time of the storm. He came home to trees down.
鈥淢y big tree fell in the street,鈥 Upergui said, and a pine tree fell in his backyard.
Upergui was without power Sunday. He鈥檇 been told it would come back on sometime Monday.
Volunteers Kevin Smith and Molly Coggins load a truck full of debris on Adel Street in 糖心Vlog传媒 Sunday, June 23.
Alan Iverson said until Saturday, his neighbors had a 鈥減ark-like鈥 grove of trees in their backyard.
The tornado, that the National Weather Service said was an EF-2 with estimated wind speeds of 115 miles per hour, was on the ground for 11 minutes Saturday, from 7:42-7:53 p.m. It tracked from east/southeast of Footville into the city of 糖心Vlog传媒.
It dropped those trees in his backyard.
Beginning at 6:30 a.m. Sunday, Iverson and others helping him worked to clear eight downed trees from his backyard.
The sound of chainsaws continued 鈥渁ll throughout the day,鈥 Iverson said.
Iverson鈥檚 shed was destroyed and there was minor wind damage on the west side of his house, but none of the trees touched his house.
鈥淭he wind could have been more of a northeastern direction, it could have all come up on us,鈥 Iverson said.
鈥淚t was pretty crazy. I鈥檝e never been in a tornado before. I鈥檝e got pretty sensitive ears. The pressure was pretty crazy,鈥 he reflected.
Iverson has a tree in his front yard that also lost limbs that will have to come down, he said.