Cherry Location

Iowa State University meteorology students and storm chasers wait along Cherry Avenue, a gravel road just a tenth-of-a-mile south of Highway 175 (seen in the background) and about 2.8 miles west of Onawa, Iowa exit of Interstate 29 around 5:56 PM, Saturday, April 9, 2011. Severe weather was approaching from the left in this image. About ten minutes after this photograph was taken, the chase resumed--driving north, then east, following the SE flank of a strong storm system that would drop a small (EF0) tornado northeast of Onawa within a half hour then a much stronger (EF3) twister at Mapleton a little over an hour later. The chasers are from left: Bryce Link, Sam Schreier (leaning on car), Tyler Roney (foreground), Ryan Alliss, Nick Carletta and Tristan Morath (behind Carletta).