A home on county road E64 two and half miles south of Tama was significantly damaged during a tornado that struck Tama County on the evening of March 5. The home was reportedly occupied but with the help of area first responders, the individuals inside were able to be evacuated safely. No injuries were reported as a result from Saturday's Tama County tornado, however six people in Madison County and one person in Lucas County have died as a result of tornados produced by the same storm system. -- Photo by Darvin Graham

A tornado reached the ground in southern Tama County during the evening of March 5.

The tornado is believed to have touched down shortly after 6:40 p.m. Saturday in Columbia Township south of Tama.

No injuries have been reported however two homes in the area as well as some farm structures have sustained damage.

According to an initial survey from Tama County Emergency Management, the path of the tornado began two miles west of U.S. Highway 63 on 370th Street. From there it’s believed to have taken a diagonal trajectory northeast across Highway 63, ending up on county road E64 about a mile and a half east of Sandhill Auto Salvage.

Residents in Tama and Chelsea reported power outages Saturday that lasted well into the night.

Debris lies strewn across a field on county road E64 in Tama County across the road from where a residence was severely damaged by a tornado that landed south of Tama on March 5. -- Photo by Darvin Graham

The severe storm system traveled across Iowa from the southwest corner of the state, causing the most damage in Winterset in Madison County where six people died.

A seventh person was also reported dead in Lucas County near Chariton while several more in both Madison and Lucas counties were injured.

The storm system was the most deadly to hit the state in over a decade, dating back to the 2008 Parkersburg tornado.

Saturday’s tornado marked the second tornado Tama County has seen in the past nine months after a category EF-1 tornado swept through the southern city limits of Dysart on July 14.

National Weather Service teams are conducting damage surveys on Sunday and Monday and more details from the storm are expected in the coming days.

The roof of a single-family home in rural Tama was blown off during a tornado that swept through Columbia Township south of Tama Saturday evening. The residence is believed to have been occupied during the storm, though no injuries were reported. -- Photo by Darvin Graham

Video of the March 5 tornado that hit southern Tama County.

(Footage courtesy of Chelsi Toeun)