The Nation - News from July 29, 1986

The Port Neal generating station in Salix in northwest Iowa was severely damaged by a tornado that destroyed 12 cars in the parking lot, said Dick Engel, an Iowa Public Service spokesman. A security guard was taken to a Sioux City health center, Engel said. The twister was one of at least six that struck Woodbury County and destroyed a motel and a convenience store in Sloan, officials said. In Spencer, two farm homes were destroyed but no one was hurt.