T-R PHOTO BY GARRY BRANDENBURG Water gathers in the floodplain area along Highway 14 just north of Marshalltown on Friday.

A sound that is particularly unpleasant to local residents in light of events over the last decade was heard early Friday morning.

According to a social media post from Marshall County Emergency Management, the outdoor warning sirens went off at approximately 5:54 a.m. “because of trained storm spotter reports of storm rotation in the northeast part of the county.”

At presstime, an attempt to reach Emergency Management Coordinator Kim Elder for further comment had been unsuccessful. Most of the reports of damage in the county came from areas north of Marshalltown such as Liscomb, Albion and Green Mountain, and T-R Outdoors Today Columnist Garry Brandenburg had 2.11 inches of rain at his gauge in Albion. Brandenburg also shared images of flooding in the area jokingly referred to as “Lake Marshalltown” on Highway 14, and the Iowa River is expected to crest at 15’5″ by Monday.

Elsewhere in the T-R coverage area, Tama County Chief Deputy Joseph Quandt reported “a lot of down tree branches,” and hundreds of customers in Tama, Hardin and Grundy counties were without power well into the day on Friday. KCCI reported that several facilities in Eldora including the courthouse, city hall and the aquatic center were closed as a result of the damages.